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Oliver P. ‘Pete’ Greene
BELMONT - Oliver Pervie "Pete" Greene, 71, 109 Brookwood Road, died May 14, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte. He was a native of Belmont, son of the late William Thomas Sr. and Beulah Whitaker Greene, husband of the late Pauline Elizabeth Propst Greene, charter member of Unity Baptist Church, Sunday school and Bible school teacher, worked for 26 years as a fixer for Vision Hosiery, retired parts rebuilder from Trane Inc., Charlotte, after 15 years, Air Force veteran, active firefighter for Catawba Heights Volunteer Fire Department for 16 years.
SURVIVORS: Son, Reid Greene, Hendersonville; daughter, Renie Elizabeth Greene, Mount Holly; brother, William T. "Red" Greene Jr., Mount Holly; sisters, Micki D. Thompson, Tucson, Ariz., Julia Irene "Renie" Cook, Gallatin, Tenn.; grandchildren, Travis Collier, Mount Holly, Kristin and Matthew Greene, Hendersonville; honorary daughter, Cheryl T. Harris, Stanley; special friend, Joyce Wright, Kings Mountain
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4:30 p.m. today, Greenwood Cemetery, Rev. Bill Miller, funeral attendees should dress casually
VISITATION: 3-4 p.m. today, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Presbyterian Hospital Foundation to benefit Harris Hospice Unit, P.O. Box 33549, Charlotte 28233 or Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, P.O. Box 3450, Duke University Medical Center, Durham 27705
George S. Robinson
SHELBY - George Steven Robinson, 45, 233 Whiteside Drive, Rutherfordton, died May 11, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 1 p.m. today, White Oak Springs Baptist Church, Rev. Eugene Pryor
VISITATION: At the home of sister Linda Wilson, 1452 Williamson Road, Kingstown
ARRANGEMENTS: Genesis Funeral Service
Anthony W. Flemings
MOUNT HOLLY - Anthony Warren "Timmy" Flemings, 33, 132 Catawba Ave., died May 13, 2000, at home. He was a native of Logan, W.Va., son of the late Bernie Junior Flemings, graduate of East Gaston High School and Governor Moorehead School for the Blind.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Katherine Marie McComas Hamrick, Blacksburg, S.C.; son, Josh Flemings, Belmont; daughter, Ashley Flemings, Belmont; stepfather, Cecil George Elswick, Mount Holly; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bernie Lee and Johnny Ray Flemings, Ronnie Dale and Donna Flemings, Mount Holly, Dwayne and Jean Elswick, Clover, S.C., Cecil Elswick, Florida; sisters and brothers-in-law, Rhonda and Bobby Pruett, Mount Holly, Edith and John Davis, Jacksonville, Fla.; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Thursday, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly, Rev. Michael Forester
BURIAL: Pineview Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home, other times at the home of Cecil Elswick, 528 Rankin Ave., Mount Holly
MEMORIALS: Guiding Eyes, Yorktown Heights, New York
Beulah Boyles Reid
BALTIMORE — Beulah Boyles Reid, 78, 424 Mirabila Lane, died May 14, 2000. She was a native of Lincoln County, wife of the late Robert B. Boyles and Russell R. Reid, daughter of the late Clarence D. and Martha Hoyle Mode, electronics technician with Martin-Westinghouse.
SURVIVORS: Son, Johnny Mode Boyles, Hydes, Md.; daughter, Shelia Yvonne Crist, Williamsburg, Va.; sisters, Inez Crowder, Cherryville, Velma Webb, Mooresville; grandchildren, Patrick J. and Adrienne Rogers, Christopher Boyles; one great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Thursday, Carpenter’s Funeral Home, Cherryville, Rev. Bob Baynard
BURIAL: City Memorial Cemetery, Cherryville
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home
Golden Pettyjohn Sr.
SHELBY - Golden Pettyjohn Sr., 90, 1206 Borders Road, died May 14, 2000, at home. He was a native of Gainesville, Ga., husband of the late Beaunetter Barnes Pettyjohn, son of the late Frank and Fronie Parks Pettyjohn, father of the late Jessie Pettyjohn and Rosie Williams, brother of the late Rillie Mae Pettyjohn Dixon, M.B. and L.C. Pettyjohn, member of Zion Hill Baptist Church, retired from Patterson Nursery, worked for many years as a custodian in the Lincoln County school system.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, David and Patricia Pettyjohn, Shelby, Golden H. and Joseph E. Pettyjohn, Washington, D.C., Johnny W. Pettyjohn, Anaheim, Calif.; daughters and son-in-law, Frances P. and Horace Jenkins, Charlotte, Ruby Nell Pettyjohn, Shelby; Christine Morris, Cherryville; brother Frank Pettyjohn Jr., Hickory; sisters, Lillie Stokes, Hickory; Annie Smith, Spartanburg, S.C.; 38 grandchildren; great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Friday, Zion Hill Baptist Church, Rev. Roger W. Fuller
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Ebony and White’s Funeral Home
Helena Hester Adams
GASTONIA - Helena Christina Hester Adams, 65, 101 Eastover Drive, died May 15, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Grady Hester, employed by Burlington Mills Plant No. 1.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Carrie Boozer Hester; daughters, Barbra Adams Collins, Black Mountain, Bernadine and Rosalind Adams, Gastonia; sister, Margaret Snow, Rochester, N.Y.; brother, June Boozer, Chase City, Va.; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Friday, Martin’s Funeral Home
BURIAL: Weeping Mary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bowling Green, S.C.
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, church
EMMANUEL R. ANDERSON
GASTONIA - Emmanuel Rhodes Anderson, 60, 1105 N. Ransom St., Apt. C, died May 12, 2000, at Rehabilitation and Health Center. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late John Anderson, plumber, worked for the city of Gastonia and the city of Dallas, member of the United House of Prayer for All People.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Mary Rhodes Anderson, Gastonia; son, Kenneth Anderson, Buffalo, N.Y.; daughters, Elaine Anderson, Buffalo, Mary H. Phillips, Selecia Miller, Gastonia; aunts, Eula Mae Glenn, Gastonia, Zelma Hope, Plymouth; 16 stepchildren; 17 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2:30 p.m. Friday, United House of Prayer, Dallas, Apostle Robert Patton
BURIAL: Weeping Mary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bowling Green, S.C.
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, church, other times at the home of Mary H. Phillips, 2631 Pembroke Road, Apt. 12
ARRANGEMENTS: Martin’s Funeral Home
RICKEY D. ROBINSON
SHELBY - Rickey Dean Robinson, 42, 208 Ramblewood Drive, Apt. 24, died May 12, 2000, at Apt. 5, Thompson Place.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 1 p.m. today, White Oak Springs Baptist Church, Rev. Eugene Pryor
VISITATION: At the home of sister Linda Wilson, 1452 Williamson Road, Kingstown
ARRANGEMENTS: Genesis Funeral Service
Dr. Abe L. Feuer
GASTONIA - Dr. Abe Lawrence Feuer, 85, 1006 Fairfield Drive, died May 16, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of New York City, husband of the late Jacquelyn Wylie Feuer, son of the late Joseph and Fannie Weidner Feuer, brother of the late Annie F. Desind, member of Temple Emanuel since 1948, member of the Gaston County Medical Society, North Carolina State Medical Society, American Medical Association, Hospital Ship Hope Alumni Society, fellow of the American College of Surgeons, N.C. Medical Society 50 Year Club, licensed airplane pilot, ham-radio operator, regularly wrote articles for various newspapers including The Gaston Gazette and the Charlotte Observer, wrote two novels, entered Cornell University in 1931 after graduating from public and Hebrew high schools, received a B.S. degree in 1935 and an M.D. degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania and the Hanemann University School of Medicine in 1939, interned with Fordham Hospital in New York City from 1939-1941, moved with his wife and son to Dallas where he practiced from 1948-1953, and in Gastonia from 1953-1958, served as president of Gaston County Cerebral Palsy chapter, physician to the Gaston County Disabled Children School, president of the AARP local chapter, attended the Medical University of S.C. in Charleston for two years of training in nose, ear and throat, returned to Gastonia to practice his specialty from 1960-1985, served as a volunteer on the Hospital Ship Hope for a total of six months in South America and Northern Africa.
SURVIVORS: Son, Ronald Feuer, Charlotte; daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Dale Dunn, Lisa and Scott Olson, Gastonia; brothers, Bernard Feuer, Sun City, Ariz., Dr. Lewis Feuer, Boston; grandchildren, Heather Carrigan and Somer Burgin, Dallas, Liam and Abram Olson, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Thursday, McLean Funeral Directors, Rabbi Celso Cukierkorn, Dr. A. Douglas Aldrich
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, full military rites by the Last Man Club
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home
MEMORIALS: American Diabetes Association, 1820 E. Seventh St., Charlotte 28204
Anthony W. Flemings
MOUNT HOLLY - Anthony Warren "Timmy" Flemings, 33, 132 Catawba Ave., died May 13, 2000, at home. He was a native of Logan, W.Va., son of the late Bernie Junior Flemings, graduate of East Gaston High School and Governor Moorehead School for the Blind.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Katherine Marie McComas Hamrick, Blacksburg, S.C.; son, Josh Flemings, Belmont; daughter, Ashley Flemings, Belmont; stepfather, Cecil George Elswick, Mount Holly; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bernie Lee Flemings, Johnny Ray and Crystal Flemings, Ronnie Dale and Donna Flemings, Mount Holly, Dwayne and Jean Elswick, Clover, S.C., Cecil Elswick, Florida; sisters and brothers-in-law, Rhonda and Bobby Pruett, Mount Holly, Edith and John Davis, Jacksonville, Fla.; fiance, Jennifer Ann Coffey; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly, Rev. Michael Forester
BURIAL: Pineview Cemetery
VISITATION: At the home of Cecil Elswick, 528 Rankin Ave., Mount Holly
MEMORIALS: Guiding Eyes, Yorktown Heights, New York
WILLIAM C. JUMPER
GASTONIA - William C. Jumper, 80, 1548 Westbrook Circle, died May 16, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Columbia, S.C., son of the late William C. and Mary Wilson Jumper Sr., retired general sales manager from McKinney Chevrolet, grew up in ARP Church, member of First Baptist Church, attended Georgia Tech, past president of Kiwanis Club, past president of Lingerfeldt PTA, past president of Toastmasters, past president of Gastonia Inter-Civic Council, served as captain in the Army Air Corps in World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 57 years, Dorothy Hargett Jumper; sons and daughter-in-law, Wilson and Susan Jumper, Rutherfordton, William Jumper III, Gastonia; daughter, Linda C. O’Neal, Seven Devils; brother and sister-in-law, Henry M. and Rita Jumper, Gastonia; granddaughters, Sarah and Kim Jumper, Rutherfordton preceded in death BY: Brother, Floy Jumper
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, First Baptist Church, Dr. Leon Smith, Rev. Harry Schutte
VISITATION: One hour before service, church
PALLBEARERS: Bill Hargett, Cliff, Daniel, Mack and Floy Jumper, Randy Morris
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Building Fund, 2650 Union Road, Gastonia 28054, or American Heart Association, 1229 Greenwood Cliff, Suite 109, Charlotte 28204 or Gaston County Cancer Society, 220 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia 28052
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
