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Eleanor C. Goter
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Eleanor Rachel Canan Goter, 84, 606 Hillside Drive, died Aug. 9, 2000. She was a native of Crookston, Minn., daughter of the late E. Burt and Clara Elizabeth Thompson Canan, wife of the late Edwin Robert Goter, graduate of Crookston High School, student for three years at the University of North Dakota, member of Madrigal Chorus and Alpha Chi Omega at UND, charter member of Resurrection Lutheran Church, choir, served in other capacities, active in charitable and civic endeavors, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son, Dr. Edwin Robert Goter Jr. and wife Linda, Houston; daughter, Dr. Carol Goter Robinson and husband William E. Robinson Jr., Takoma Park, Md.; grandchildren, Brian Robinson, Allison and Elizabeth Ann Goter; six nephews and nieces
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday, Resurrection Lutheran Church, Rev. Kenneth Gillikin
INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Monday, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Resurrection Lutheran Church, 600 Crescent Circle, Kings Mountain 28086 or Lutheran World Relief, c/o Dr. Carol Goter Robinson, 7409 Maple Ave., Takoma Park, Md. 20912
Nell Goodnight
CONCORD — Nell Virginia Reynolds Goodnight, 86, died Aug. 10, 2000, at Total Living Center in Stanley. She was a native of Moore County, youngest of 14 daughters of the late George W. and Annie Marie Reynolds, wife of the late Jay W. Goodnight, homemaker, active member First Presbyterian Church, Kannapolis, youth advisor, Women of the Church leader, Women’s Club, Eastern Star.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Jaynelle and the Rev. George L. Oehler, Hampton, Va.; son and daughter-in-law, John R. and Libby Goodnight, Belmont; sister, Esther Cox, Kannapolis; grandchildren, Vanise, Craig, Jay Goodnight, the Rev. Philip W. Sr. and Emily Oehler; great-grandchild, Philip Oehler Jr.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, First Presbyterian Church of Kannapolis, Dr. Joseph R. Crawford
BURIAL: Private
VISITATION: Following the service, church
MEMORIALS: First Presbyterian Church, organ improvement fund, 201 Vance St., Kannapolis 28081
ARRANGEMENTS: Lady’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis
Ruth S. Hester
GASTONIA - Ruth Seigle Hester, 86, 326 Queens Court, died Aug. 10, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Seattle, Wash., daughter of the late Henry and Otta Jones Seigle, wife of the late Charles G. Hester, a homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son, Buster Hester, Gastonia; daughter, Janice H. O’Neal, Gastonia; sisters, Ruby German, Lenoir, Addie and Bobbie Seigle, Lawrenceville, Ga.; grandchildren, Doris Gragg, Mandy Nivens, Nicky Hester, Clover, S.C., Cathy McGee, York, S.C., Mitchell O’Neal, Chuck Hester, Gastonia, Michelle Taylor, Asheville; eight great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Son, Charles "Bucky" Hester; brothers, Cecil, Carl, John and Earl Seigle
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Rev. Leonard Johnson
BURIAL: Olney Presbyterian Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 5-7 tonight, funeral home
PALLBEARERS: Greg Carter, Noel Heffner, Johnny Pennington, John Reid, Jimmy Sisk, Stacy Thomas HONORARY PALLBEARER: Jeff McGee
Barbara R. Johnson
CHARLOTTE - Barbara Robinson Johnson, 54, Westcliff Drive, died Aug. 10, 2000, at home. She was a native of Iredell County, daughter of the late Arthur Garfield Robinson and Gladys Gunther Freeze, member of Trinity Nazarene Church of Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Husband, David L. Johnson; daughters and sons-in-law, Tina and Chad Hutchins, Chesnee, S.C., Linda and James Penley, Rennie and Pablo Gonzalez, Charlotte; brothers, Bill and Ford Robinson, Salisbury, Harry Robinson, Mobile, Ala., Jerry Robinson, Hattiesburg, Miss., Gene Robinson, Garden City, S.C., Paul Robinson, Birmingham, Ala., Larry Robinson, Rockmart, Ga., Tommy Robinson, Murrells Inlet, S.C.; sister, Metoker Jenkins, Troutman; grandchildren, Trina Bartram, Charlotte, Joshua Hutchins, Chesnee
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Trinity Nazarene Church, Pastor Ray Moore
BURIAL: Union Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont
Louise Roberts
SHELBY - Mary Louise Phillips Roberts, 67, 1049-A Old Boiling Springs Road, died Aug. 10, 2000 at home. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late G.S. and Savannah Camp Phillips, wife of the late Carl Evan Roberts Jr., retired chemical operator at Foote Mineral in Kings Mountain, member Poplar Springs Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Jeanne and Alan Price, Shelby; sons and daughters-in-law, Richard E. Roberts, Mooresville, Carl Philip and Melody, Don Gene and Regina Roberts, Shelby; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jack and Bessie Phillips, Monroe, Alan Steve Phillips, Mildred Phillips, Shelby; sisters and brothers-in-law, Frances Swink, Boiling Springs, Martha Lail, Forest City, Marie Callahan, Harvey Ferree, Shelby, Mary and Jerry Goins, Easley, S.C.; grandchildren, Scott Moss, Shelby, Hallie Roberts, Mooresville, Graham, Philip, Joe, Evan Roberts, Shelby.
PRECEDED IN DEATH: Sisters, Ray Ferree, Lorene Phillips; brothers, George and Billy Phillips; mother- and father-in-law, Carl and Eunice Roberts
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Sunday, Cleveland Memorial Park, Dr. Jim Richardson and Rev. Clyde Buckner
VISITATION: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Cleveland Funeral Services and other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Poplar Springs Baptist Church building fund, 1106 Poplar Springs Church Road, Shelby 28152 or Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby
Adeline Hager
SHELBY - Adeline "Phonsie" Hager, 82, 1537 Spangler Drive, died Aug. 10, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late William C. and Cleo Whisnant Harris, wife of the late Howard Armstrong Hager, retired office manager from Kings Mountain Office of Southern Bell Telephone, member of Central United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Roger Hager and wife Carolyn, Shelby, Frank L. Wood and wife Maxine, Great Falls, S.C.; brother, Ed Harris, Shelby; sister, Amanda VanWageningen, Brattleboro, Vermont; seven grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Sunday, Sunset Cemetery, Dr. Joe Reeves
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Western Carolina Center, 300 Enola Road, Morganton 21655
Nancy Lewis
BESSEMER CITY - Nancy Jean Taylor Lewis, 62, 109 Stacy Lane, died Aug. 10, 2000, at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Eugene and Junie Mae Smith Taylor, wife of the late Billy H. Lewis, retired from A and E Groves Mill, member of St. Michaels Church, Spencer Mountain.
SURVIVORS: Son, Jeffrey Lewis, Kings Mountain; brothers and sisters-in-law, Forest and Robin Taylor, Dallas, Ronald and Jackie Taylor, Mount Holly; grandchildren, Erica Lewis, Dallas, Matthew Lewis, Gastonia, Tara Lynn Frances, Hickory
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Son, Michael Lewis; sister, Caroline Taylor Birt
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. William Ladell Stroupe
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home
Brady Stamey
BELMONT - Brady "Joe" Stamey, 88, 20 Myrtle St., died Aug. 10, 2000. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late John and Elizabeth Rebel Stamey, husband of the late Velma Barr Stamey, retired from Union News Railroad, member of Second Baptist Church, Mount Holly
SURVIVORS: Son, William Stamey, Concord; daughters, Jean Rhyne, Peggy Strawn, Belmont; grandchildren, Johnny and Johnny Stamey Strawn, Annette Spears, Judy Moore, Pam Harris, Kim Gaston, Rem and Cam Rhyne; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; special friends, Terry Fralick, Britney Blaine
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sons, Johnny and Brady "Smo" Stamey Jr.,; brother, Clarence Stamey
FUNERAL: Noon today, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly, Rev. Bruce Bradley
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens
VISITATION: At the home
Minnie Hamrick
STANLEY — Minnie Sarah Louise Hoyle Hamrick, 97, 2216 Dallas-Stanley Highway, died Aug. 9, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Stanley, daughter of the late Summy and Ida Hands Hoyle, member of Springfield Memorial Baptist Church, senior choir, a deaconess, Eastern Star Association, president of Missionary Society, director of the Sunbeam Children’s Group, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Frances H. Love, Clarksville, Va., Gladys Holly, Myrtle E. Powe, Brooklyn, N.Y., Karin Simpson, Hollywood, Calif., Jacqueline Woodard, Detroit, Donnie Jones, Winston-Salem; sons, Thaxton L. and William C. Hamrick, Stanley; sister, Elease Jackson, Stanley, Lydia Hall, Boston; sister-in-law, Maybell McDowell, Bostic; 22 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; nieces, newphes, relatives and friends
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Springfield Memorial Baptist Church, Rev. Theodore Armstrong Jr.
BURIAL: Hayne Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Cliffside
VISITATION: 30 mintues before service, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home, Gastonia
Cindy Lee Bumgardner
GASTONIA - Cindy Lee Bumgardner, 39, 1965 Cloverdale Circle, died Aug. 8, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late William Bumgardner Sr., homemaker, attended First Assembly of God.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Janice Pate Bumgardner, Gastonia; daughters, Hannah and Stephanie Tillman, Gastonia; brothers, Andy Bumgardner, Blacksburg, S.C., Matt Bumgardner, Kings Mountain, Lindsey Bumgardner, Gastonia; sister, Belinda Badger, Gastonia; grandparents, Craig and Annie Mae Pate, Gastonia; nieces and nephews; special friend, Tommy Keller
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brother, Larry Bumgardner
FUNERAL: Private
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
Ernest H. Long
GASTONIA - Ernest Herman Long, 52, 515 N. Weldon St., died Aug. 9, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. He was a native of Gastonia, son of the late Martin Luther and Mattie Geneva Sanders Long, member of Pleasant Ridge AME Zion Church, employed by Heafner Itco, Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Herman E. Jr., Sharman E., Malcolm S. and Brian Long, Derrek Currence, Tobbin Freeman, Lamar Adams, Gastonia, James Freeman, Charlotte; daughters, Mattie Marie and Erica Long, Synita Currence, Gastonia; sisters, Helena L. Brown, Gastonia, Gracie Ellebe, Washington, D.C.; brothers, Bobby Long, River Head, N.Y., Benny Long, Kansas City, Mo.; nieces and husbands, Madeline and Paul Meeks, Roslind Miller, Gloria and Randy Adams; nephews, Bobby Jr., Douglas Jr., Dwayne, Damen, Darren and Mike Long; 16 grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Martin L. Jr. and Douglas Long
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Dr. Benjamin Hinton
BURIAL: Pleasant Ridge AME Zion Church
VISITATION: One hour before the service, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Martin’s Funeral Home
BETHANY MARIE PHILLIPS
DALLAS - Bethany Marie Phillips, infant, 331 Dallas-Bessemer City Highway, died Aug. 10, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Gaston County.
SURVIVORS: Parents, Mark Anthony Phillips, Jody Erin Lyons; sister, Tiffany Phillips; maternal grandparents, Margaret J. and Joseph D. Lyons; paternal grandparents, Ken and Barb Phillips; maternal great-grandmother, Evelyn Scott; aunts, Stephanie Lyons, Brianna Simmons, Coretta Browning, Tonya and Anna Kiser; uncles, David and John Lyons, Kenny Phillips; cousins
FUNERAL: 5 p.m. Monday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
George G. Willis Jr.
GASTONIA - George Gravatt Willis Jr., 83, 509 W. Eighth Ave., died Aug. 11, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, husband of the late Helen Turner Willis, son of the late George G. Sr. and Eliza Lindsay Willis, retired as claims adjuster from Provident Life Insurance Co., member of First ARP Church, Gastonia, where he was a deacon emeritus, World War II Army veteran serving in the 36th Infantry Division.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, George G. III and Jo Ella Willis, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; daughter, Nancy Merrill Willis, Gastonia; sisters, Margaret E. "Betty" Willis, Nancy Willis Massey, Gastonia; grandchildren, Lisa M. Willis, Columbia, S.C., George G. Willis IV, Myrtle Beach; 2 great-grandchildren; special friend, Theoria Page, Gastonia
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Daughter, Elizabeth Zealy Willis
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, First ARP Church, Rev. Eddie Spencer, Dr. Harry Schutte
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 90 minutes before the service, church; other times at the home
MEMORIALS: First ARP Church, 316 S. Chester St., Gastonia 28052
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
JOAN MILLER LUNDY
RANLO - Joan Carolyn Miller Lundy, 60, 21 Maple Ave., died Aug. 11, 2000, at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Shannon Miller and Bertie M. Cooper Miller Bohanan, member of East Gastonia Church of God.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Caney S. Lundy; sons and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Dale Lundy, Gastonia, Robert "Ben" Lundy, Dallas; daughters and son-in-law, Rita Lundy, Ranlo, Sherry and David Killian, Gastonia; sisters, Gladys Abernathy, Hickory, Leatha Johnson, Ranlo; brother, H.K. Miller, Cedar Creek, Texas; sister-in-law, Nellie Richards, Knoxville, Tenn.; granddaughters, Amanda Guffey, Deanna Smith, Peaches and Alisha Lundy, Christy and Codie Jones, Susie Boyd, Stephanie Gardner; two great-grandsons
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Edith McClure; brother, Jack C. Miller
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Gastonia, Rev. Glen Mecum
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home; other times at the home
