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George W. McGill
GASTONIA – George Washington McGill, 51, 402 N. Pryor Street, Gastonia, died Aug. 6, 1999, at home. He was a native of Gaffney, S.C., son of the late Alberta Jefferies, member of Concord Baptist Church, retired employee of Orange Construction Company of Silver Spring, Md., brick mason.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Sarah Smith McGill, the home; son, Dennis Griffin, Gaffney, S.C.; stepsons, Ray Camp, Concord, James Watkins, Washington, D.C., adopted daughters, Sarah Ann White, Belmont, Marlena Barton, Gastonia, brother, Billy Wayne McGill, Gaffney
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Concord Baptist Church, Rev. Michael A. Bridges
INTERMENT: Following funeral, church cemetery
VISITATION: 3 p.m. Tuesday, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Foster Funeral Home
Lucille E. Sadler
ALEXIS – Lucille Elizabeth Sadler, 73, 3446 Sadler Road, died Aug. 7, 1999, at home.She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late John and Clara Abernathy Sadler, homemaker. SURVIVORS: Brother, John E. Sadler, Alexis, sister, Margaret Dellinger, Lincolnton
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 11 a.m., Tuesday Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Rev. Phillip Tillman
VISITATION: 8:30 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton 28092
Ernest Davis
BLACKSBURG, S.C. – Ernest Davis, 82, 277 Tribal Road, died Aug. 7, 1999, at Mary Black Hospital.He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Plato and Docie Parker Davis, retired textile employee and farmer, member of St. John United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Onie Mae McFarland Davis, the home; son, Ernest Sebastian Davis, Duncan; daughter Margaret Ann Boone, Las Gatos, Ca., sisters, Eveleen Keeter, Bessemer City, Thelma Deaton, Lowell, four grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday Gordan Mortuary Chapel, Drs. Marneese Hampton and Bruce Davis
INTERMENT: Clingman Memorial Gardens
VISITATION: 7 to 9 tonight, Gordon Mortuary
PALLBEARERS: Eddie Mullinax, Bobby and Randy Davis, Pete and Wayne McFarland, Faron Dale Sisk
Madge M. Stepp
GASTONIA – Madge Minona Stepp, 74, Brian Center, 969 Cox Road, died Aug. 8, 1999, at home.She was a native of Smokemont, daughter of the late John Luther and Bertie Calloway Stepp, wife of the late Ray Hembree; sister of the late Paul W. Stepp, retired from the textile industry, member of South Marietta Street Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-laws, Frances H. and Raymond Putman, Greenville, S.C., Oledia H. and John Edge Jr., Gastonia, brother Russell H. Stepp, Lowell; grandchildren, Pam S. Putman, Greenville, Celeste P. Davis, Anderson, S.C., John A. Edge, Gastonia; great-grandchildren, Morgan Rae McCain, Lauren Celeste and T. Connor Davis; nephew, Russell H. Stepp Jr.; great-niece, Jessica Stepp; great-nephew, Todd Stepp
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Bill Miller
VISITATION: 6:30 to 8:30 today, McLean and Son Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: South Marietta Street Baptist Church Building Fund c/o South Marietta Street Baptist Church, 911 S. Marietta Street, Gastonia 28054, Meals on Wheels of your choice or Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Walter Bailey Sr.
DALLAS – Walter Bailey Sr., 78, 1104 Old Dallas Road, died Aug. 8, 1999, at home.He was a native of Bakersville, son of the late Nimpson and Lillie Callahan Bailey, real estate broker, law degree from Wake Forest College in 1951, Air Force veteran, 77th Bomb Squadron 11th Air Force, POW in Japan during World War II, past commander Gaston County POWs, member of VFW, Last Man Club, member of Myers Memorial Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 35 years, Alene Payne Bailey, the home; son and daughter-in-law, Walter and Brenda Bailey, Gastonia; daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia and Allen Blalock, Dallas, Jane and Dale Rivelle, Gastonia; brothers, Stokes W. Bailey, Bakersville, Fred W. Bailey, Kingsport, Tenn.; sisters, Ruth Seatz, Granite Falls, Pauline Parker, Kings Mountian, Ida Goins, Chadbourne; grandchildren, Christy Hord, Kings Mountain, Kimberly, Carrie, and Lauren Bailey, David Waldrop, Travis and Brent Rivelle, all of Gastonia, Joseph and Jason Blalock, Dallas, great-grandchild, Emily Hord, Kings Mountain
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Myers Memorial Methodist Church, Revs. Tom Lattimore and Eugene Seitz
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, military honors
VISITATION: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Carothers Funeral Home
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Gaston County POWs
MEMORIALS: Little Red School House Sunday School c/o Myers Memorial Methodist Church, 301 S. New Hope Road, Gastonia
Miles Rhyne Clark
BESSEMER CITY – Miles Rhyne Clark, 78, 2501 Puett Chapel Road, died Aug. 8, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Ira Earl and Annie Rhyne Clark, brother of the late Ross and Walden Clark, owner and operator of Clark Mobile Home Park, lifelong member of Hephizibah Presbyterian Church, elder, deacon, treasurer, graduate of Tryon High School, served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Inez Mauney Clark, the home, son and daughter-in-law, Miles "Tim" and Marie Clark, Bessemer City; sister Zoe Ann Beam, Cherryville; grandchildren, Derek Lee and Leslie Michelle Clark, Bessemer City; special friends and caregivers, Bobby Rhyne and Rick Bingham, Bessemer City
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Hephzibah Presbyterian Church, Rev. Doctor Donald Patchel
BURIAL: Church cemetary, military honors
VISITATION: Body will placed in church one hour before service
MEMORIALS: Hephzibah Presbyterian Church, 1911 Hephzibah Church Road, Bessemer City 28016
ARRANGEMENTS: Carpenter’s Funeral Home
Inez Hill Walker
MOUNT HOLLY – Inez Hill Walker, 58, 118 Katie Lane, died Aug. 8, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Grady and Margaret Morrison Hill, member of Sharon Free Will Baptist Church, North Belmont.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Johnny Walker, North Belmont, Wayne and Leroy "Cooter" Walker, both of Mount Holly; brothers, Bobby Joe Hill, Gastonia, Junior Hill, Mount Holly; sisters, Frances Blake, Charlotte, Dot Walker, Mount Holly, Glenda Schmitd, Loganville, Ga., Diane Hyde, Bryson City; granddaughter Katelyn Walker; grandson, Matthew Walker
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sharon Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. Odell Cook
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Carothers Funeral Home
Sally D. Grindstaff
BELMONT – Sally Davis Grindstaff, 88, 229 Ferstl Ave., died Aug. 7, 1999. She was a native of Sevier County, Tenn., resident of Gaston County for 72 years, daughter of the late Nancy and John Davis, wife of the late Luther H. Grindstaff, mother of the late J.D. Grindstaff, and perator of Sally’s Beauty Shop, Belmont.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Jack and Pat Grindstaff, Belmont, Charles and Doris Grindstaff, Belmont, Margie Spencer Grindstaff, Mount Holly; sister Hedy Smith, Georgia; eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Tuesday, at Goshen Free Will Baptist Church, Mount Holly, Rev. J.C. Calvert
BURIAL: Greenwood Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before service
PALLBEARERS: Johnny Grindstaff, Bryan Baker, Hoyle and Jayson Hoffman, James Bahr, Sid Dellinger
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home
Ruth D. Latham
YORK, S.C. – Ruth Duncan Latham, 88, died Aug. 7, 1999, at Ebenezer Nursing Home.She was a native of Sharon, S.C. daughter of the late John Rufus and Daisy Young Duncan, wife of the late Boyd Latham, retired from York County Treasurer’s Office after 42 years, graduate of Winthrop College, attended Sharon A.R.P. Church, Sharon, S.C.
SURVIVORS: Brother, Frank Duncan, Sharon; sisters, Rebecca D. Moore, Rock Hill, S.C., Virginia D. Faulkner, Greenville, S.C.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 10 a.m. today, Sharon A.R.P Church Cemetery, Dr. Meredith Cavin
MEMORIALS: Sharon A.R.P. Church, 3915 York St., Sharon 29742 or Lutheran Hospice, P.O. Box 1353 Greer, S.C. 29652
ARRANGEMENTS: Bratton Funeral Home
Blaine Dellinger
CHERRYVILLE - Blaine Aderholdt "Bub" Dellinger, 78, 105 S. Mulberry Street, died Aug. 7, 1999, at home.He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late John and Vida Aderholdt B. Dellinger, Sr., husband of the late Jane Bulter Dellinger, mother of the late Janie B. Dellinger, president of Fairfield Textile and Glove Company Inc., member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, served on the church council and Sunday School Treasurer, past member of the Cherryville Rotary Club, graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College, served in the U.S. Navy, World War II.
SURVIVORS: Brothers, John Bennett Dellinger Jr., Cherryville, David C. Dellinger, Nokomis, Fla., nephews and spouses, Ben R. and Janet Rudisill II, Gastonia; R. Scott and Joyce Rudisill, Wrightsville Beach; Carl S. and Shirley Rudisill, Wilmington
FUNERAL: 11 a.m., today, St. John’s Lutheran Church
BURIAL: Church Cemetery, Rev. Michael Collins
MEMORIALS: The Blaine A. Dellinger Memorial Fund, c/o St. John’s Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 100, Cherryville, 28021
Lee Baker, Jr.
KINGS MOUNTAIN – Lee Baker, Jr., 69, Rt. 3, died Aug. 8, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Floyd "Buster" and Maggie Leonhardt Baker, husband of the late Anna Frances Baker, self-employed, member of the Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Son, Joey Lee Baker, Kings Mountain, daughter and son-in-law, Jeannie and Steve Boyles, Cherryville; grandchildren, Michael Shane Peeler and LeAna Boyles, Cherryville; sister, Phoebe Devine, Cherryville
FUNERAL: 11 a.m., Tuesday, Chestnut Ridge Baptist Church, Revs. Mitchell Pruitt and Jeff Glenn
INTERMENT: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7 to 9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
Virgil Hamrick
SPENCER MOUNTAIN – Virgil "Spud" Hamrick, 60, 153 Pharr Blvd., died Aug. 7, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.He was a native of Cherryville, resident of Spencer Mountain and Gaston County for 38 years, brother of the late William "Rick" Hamrick, employed with United Spinning and worked for Acme Spinning for 25 years, served in Germany in U.S. Army.
SURVIVORS: Parents, Wilburn and Mary Jane Cook Hamrick, Kings Mountain; wife, Mary Neal Wellman Hamrick; son, Tracy Allen Hamrick, Spencer Mountain; daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca Hamrick and Jason Beach, Grover; daughters Shelia Amanda and Jennifer Renee Hamrick, both of Spencer Mountain, brothers and sisters-in-law, Gilbert and Shirley Hamrick, Kings Mountain, Kenneth and Brenda Hamrick, Kings Mountain; sisters and brothers-in-law, Mona and Jack Scism, Kings Mountain, Linda and Frank Abernathy, Lowell; grandchildren, Aaron and Stephen Hamrick, Taylor Beach, Madison Heath, and Ariana Husky; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday, McLean and Son Funeral Home, Rev. John Heath
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7 to 9 tonight, McLean and Son Funeral Home
PALLBEARERS: Richard Abernathy, Stephen Heath, Tim Husky, Jason Beach, Neal Scism, Michael, Scotty and Rick Hamrick
MEMORIALS: The American Diabetes Association, 1660 Duke St., Alexandria, Va. 22314
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean and Son Funeral Directors Carlile
