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Mildred N. Wilson
GASTONIA - Mildred Neely Wilson, 74, 21 Central Ave., died May 4, 2000, at home. She was a native of Sullivan County, Tenn., daughter of the late John Patrick Neely, sister of the late J.P. Neely, attended Oakland Memorial Baptist Church, Lowell, member of VFW Auxiliary Post 9337, retired textile worker
SURVIVORS: Husband, Charles Wilson; mother, Grace Henard Neely, Gastonia; daughters and son-in-law, Phyllis and Gary Sarvis, Cathy Townsend, Gastonia; brother, James Neely, Covina, Calif.; sisters and brother-in-law, Hazel Dedmond, Jacksonville, Ruby and Boyce Setzer, Gastonia; close friend, Mary Nella Pennington, Gastonia; sister-in-law, Margaret Yates, Gastonia; grandchildren, Kimberly and Todd Sarvis, Charles Townsend, Gastonia; great-grandchild, Charles Townsend Jr.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Saturday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Rev. Mike Criswell
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
Violet C. Russell
CHERRYVILLE - Violet Cash Russell, 84, 3815 Tryon Courthouse Road, formerly of Twin Avenue, Gastonia, died May 11, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late John David and Janie Watson Cash, mother of the late Linda Jane Freeman, member of Chapel Grove Baptist Church, Gastonia, choir member, retired spinner from Textiles Inc. after 49 years of service.
SURVIVORS: Husband of 55 years, Rufus Alfred Russell; grandsons, Wayne Freeman, Cherryville, Roger Freeman, Dallas; granddaughters, Blake Freeman, Cherryville, Shelley Freeman, Bessemer City; great-grandchildren, Brandon Freeman, Ashley Church, Cherryville, Megan and Madison Freeman, Bessemer City; sister, Lucy Wiggins, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Bessemer City, Rev. Fred High
BURIAL: Westview Gardens, Bessemer City
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Parks L. Workman
GASTONIA - Parks Lindsay Workman, 91, 1208 Castlegate Drive, died May 12, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gastonia, son of the late Thomas Parks and Alice Long Workman, fireman for the City of Gastonia, Station No. 1, for 43 years, retired assistant firechief, member of Armstrong Memorial Presbyterian Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 65 years, Margaret Ela Dameron Workman; son and daughter-in-law, Harold P. and Judith Workman, Huntersville; grandchildren, Darin and Gina Workman, Atlanta, Danyelle and Jeff Smith, Palm Bay, Fla.; step-grandchildren, Darrell and Chandy James, Atlanta, Taylor James, Winston-Salem; 14 great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Sunday, Hollywood Cemetery, Rev. Leonard Bumgardner Jr.
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, McLean Funeral Directors
PALLBEARERS: Gastonia Firefighters
MEMORIALS: Armstrong Memorial Presbyterian Church, 825 Union Road, Gastonia 28054
Jeanette D. Goff
MOUNT HOLLY - Jeanette Gail Davis Goff, 53, 739 Riddle Road, died May 11, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Columbia County, daughter of the late Kirby Lee and Nellie Soles Davis, retired from Pharr Yarns, member of Message of Love Catawba Heights Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, George Boyd Goff, Aiken, S.C.; son, William Vance Johnson Jr., Mount Holly; daughters and sons-in-law, Angel Ann and Greg Surratt, Mount Holly, Nellie Ruth and Jimmy Blackwell, York, S.C.; brothers and sisters-in-law, Roy and Eva Davis, Keystone, Fla., Roger Davis, York; sisters and brothers-in-law, Janice and Bill Jackson, Stanley, Joyce Moody, Dallas, Johnnie Jackson, Gastonia; four grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Goshen Freewill Baptist Church, Revs. Howard Blankenship, Tony Bazen
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
VISITATION: Noon-1:55 p.m. Monday, the church
PALLBEARERS: Tin Goff, Joe Jr. and Joe Shealy Sr., Ray Davis, Tommy Barns, Timothy Cochran
ARRANGEMENTS: Dallas Funeral Home, Dallas
Hattie V. Wright Pittman
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Hattie V. Wright Pittman, 102, died May 12, 2000, at Jefferson City Health and Rehab Center. She was a native of Monroe County, Tenn., wife of the late Erskin Wright and E. J. "Jack" Pittman, mother of the late Senora Thomas, Mary Della and James H. Pittman, preceded in death by brothers and sisters, member of Marietta Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
SURVIVORS: Children and spouses, Eulys and Norma Wright, Seymour, Tenn., Kenneth and Annie Pittman, Morristown, Tenn., Ambers and Edis Pittman, Clover, S.C., William E. and Vie Pittman, Carrollton, Ohio, Stacy Warden, Bluefield, W. Va., Edith Miller, Orange, Texas, Marjorie Minyard, Hixon, Tenn., Roxie Rhea, Big Gap, Betty June and Marvin Adcox, Temple, Texas; daughter-in-law, Sherry Pittman, Lenoir City, Tenn.; close friend, Ruby Smith, Knoxville; 33 grandchildren; 64 great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Marietta Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Rev. Don Hubbard; body will be placed in church one hour before service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Click Funeral Home, Lenior City
William L. Wray
YORK, S.C. - William Leslie Wray, 76, 2541 Hwy. 161 South, died May 10, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Cherokee County, S.C., son of the late William and Emma Wyatt Wray, brother of the late Elizabeth W. Pettit, retired from Carolina Freight Carriers, Cherryville, after 31 years of service, member of Canaan United Methodist Church, Army veteran of World War II, served in the 272nd Field Artillery Battalion.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Frances Quinn Wray; daughter, Rebecca G. Oxford, Clover, S.C.; brother, Charles H. Wray, Sr., Gastonia; sister, Gladys W. Clark, York, S.C.; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Canaan United Methodist Church, Smyrna, S.C., Revs. Charles A. Phillips, Will R. Brown
BURIAL: Lakeview Memory Gardens
VISITATION: At the home of Rebecca Oxford, 573 Owens Road, Clover
MEMORIALS: Canaan United Methodist Church, 1347 McGill Hwy., Smyrna, S.C. 29743, or to the Clover Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 214, Clover, S.C. 29710
Ambis C. Lewis
SHELBY - Ambis Clenten "Toby" Lewis, 50, 104 Exter Lane, died May 9, 2000, at home. He was a native of Cherokee County, S.C., son of the late Walter and Cynthia Byers Lewis, member of The Peoples Church, mens group, employed by Copeland Corp.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Katina and Artis Dawson, Julia Brooks, Lori Dorsey, Shelby, Unqina and April Lewis, Kings Mountain; son, Clenten Lewis, Kings Mountain; sisters and brother-in-law, Eula Fraizer, Kings Mountain, Mamie and Ken Phelps, Cherryville, Eva and Frank Phelps, Lincolnton, Mae and Anothony Clark, Albany, N.Y.; brother, Walter Lewis, Kings Mountain; grandchildren, Arey Brewton, Coleman, Donte and Jada Dorsey, Shelby, Aylesha Dawson, Artaysa Brooks, Brooklyn Lewis, Kings Mountain; nephews, Walter Fraizer, Baltimore, Ronnie Fraizer, Atlanta, Lawyer Lewis, Florida
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, The Peoples Baptist Church, Rev. John Houze
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, church
ARRANGEMENTS: J.W. Gill and Sons Funeral Home, Kings Mountain
Joe Hudson
VALE - Joe Ralph Hudson, 77, 9413 N. Highway 10, died May 12, 2000, at home. He was a native of Burke County, son of the late Leland Jerome and Fronnie Swink Hudson, husband of the late Ruby Sigmon Hudson, former owner-operator of Hudson’s Produce, Morganton, member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Son, Steve T. Hudson, Morganton; daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Ray Walker, Vale; brother, Roy Lee Hudson, Morganton; sister, Ollie Mae Caulder, Hickory; grandchildren, Amanda, Johnny, Nicki and Lee Walker, Cindy Hudson, Tammy Goble; great-grandchildren, Johnathan Moretz, Jeremiah and Maria Hudson
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Stamey Funeral Home, Fallston, Rev. Ernest Richards
BURIAL: Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 6:30-8 tonight, funeral home, other times at the home of Ray and Kathy Walker, 9413 N. Highway 10, Vale
Jack Jolley
SHELBY - Jack Jolley, 95, 2125 Honey Haven Farm Road, died May 12, 2000, at Crawley Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Prier Wilkinson and Mary Elizabeth Humphries Jolley, husband of the late Edna Moore Jolley, self-employed as a farmer.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, William and Rachel Jolley, Boiling Springs; grandchild, Brenda Roper, Boiling Springs; great-grandchildren, Justin and Tyler Roper, Boiling Springs
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Sunday, Flint Hill Baptist Church, Rev. Keith Dixon
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before service, church; other times at the home of William Jolley, 125 Roper Drive, Boiling Springs
MEMORIALS: Flint Hill Baptist Church, 2207 Flint Church Road, Shelby 28152
ARRANGEMENTS: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
Ada C. Putnam
LINCOLNTON - Ada Carolyn Putnam, 84, 518 Hill Road, died May 11, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Mack and Sallie Cloninger Varner, wife of the late Clarence Lee Putnam, member of Lincolnton Church of God, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Ruby Lail, Sherrills Ford, Dorothy Stroupe, Martha Wade, Lincolnton; sisters, Flora Reinhardt, Vertie McCurry, Lincolnton, Lottie Christopher, Iron Station; brother, Henry Varner, Iron Station; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one step-great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, E. F. Drum Funeral Home, Rev. Jerry Goodman; body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery
VISITATION: 6-7:30 tonight, funeral home
Walter B. Weaver
BESSEMER CITY - Walter Barnard Weaver, 62, 609 E. Main Ave., died May 10, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Glenn W. and Florence Bradley Weaver, husband of the late Betty Smith Weaver, textile fixer, Army veteran, member of Springfield Baptist Church, Dallas.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Susan Weaver, Belmont, Davy and JoAnn Spencer, Stanley, Ricky and Teresa Spencer, Iron Station; daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and Jimmy Gaultney, Kings Mountain; brothers, Glenn Weaver, Kings Mountain, Ted Weaver, Gastonia; sisters, Faye Smiz, Gastonia, Gladys Lail, Bessemer City; aunt, Amy Gray; fiancee, Ann Long, Gastonia; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: Private
VISITATION: Tonight at the home of Davy and JoAnn Spencer, 116 Springwood Lane, Stanley
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Stanley
