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Patricia Braswell George
GASTONIA - Patricia Braswell George, 67, 300 Claudette Drive, died Aug. 11, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Malley and Thelma Warren Braswell, member of Victory Baptist Church, Downtown Gastonia Development, volunteer with Keep Gastonia Beautiful.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Richard Elvis George Sr.; sons, Richard E. Jr., David L., Tommy, Timmy and Jeffrey George, Gastonia; daughter, Dereama Harris Stroupe, Gastonia; brothers, Elbum Braswell, Charlotte, Michael Braswell, Mount Holly; sisters, Helene Price, Dallas, Vickie Ledford, Lake Wylie, S.C.; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Mary Lou Spearman
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Rev. Dennis Pruitt
BURIAL: Armstrong Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, funeral home; other times at the home
PALLBEARERS: Richard E. Jr., David L., Jeffrey, Timmy and Tommy George, Mitch Stroupe
MEMORIALS: Brookleigh Baptist Church, 700 Robinson Road, Gastonia 28056
ROSEMARY PETRO
GASTONIA - Rosemary Petro, 75, Covenant Village, died Aug. 11, 2000.
ARRANGEMENTS: Williamson & Spencer Funeral Home, Portland, Ind.
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Wilbert G. ‘Stump’ Braswell
SPRINGWOOD — Wilbert George "Stump" Braswell, 87, 203 Pinhook Road, died Aug. 11, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Clarence and Annie Thomas Braswell, retired from Smyre Mill.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Martha Smith Braswell; sons, Roger Lee Braswell, Mount Holly, Norman Ray Braswell, Springwood; brothers, John Braswell, Lowell, James Braswell, Belmont, William Braswell, Gastonia; grandsons, Kelly Scott Braswell, Mount Holly, Brian Keith Braswell, Springwood; great-granddaughter, Hanna Marie Braswell
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly, Rev. Odell Cook
BURIAL: McAdenville Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
Kameron Tyler Bratton
GASTONIA - Kameron Tyler Bratton, 9, 1077 Fairwell Drive, Apt. 511, died Aug. 10, 2000, at Baptist Children’s Hospital, Winston-Salem. She was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Sanaca Bratton, Gastonia; father, Victor Boulware, Gastonia; maternal grandmother, Connie Bratton, Gastonia; paternal grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Odell Boulware, Gastonia; maternal great-grandfather, Roy Bratton, Dallas; aunts, uncles and cousins
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Emmanuel Baptist Church, Rev. David Williams
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 30 minutes before the service, church; other times at the home of Connie Bratton, 3230 Northwynn Road, Gastonia
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Candice Nikole Wilson
GASTONIA - Candice Nikole Wilson, infant, 115-A E. Fourth Ave., died Aug. 11, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County.
SURVIVORS: Parents, Ernest S. Wilson and Tammy Bingham; paternal grandparents, Audrey Jean and Mike Wilson; maternal grandparents, Candy and Monti Glenn; maternal great-grandparents, Frank and Barbara Ogle; sister, Dehamma Wilson, the home; great-aunt, Ann Benge; three aunts; one uncle
PRECEDED IN DEATH: Maternal great-grandfather, Charles Bingham
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Rev. James Setzer Sr.
BURIAL: Westview Gardens, Bessemer City
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, the funeral home; other times at the home of Candy and Monti Glenn, 1421 Mauney St., Gastonia
JAMES D. JENKINS
MONROE — James David "Jim" Jenkins, 58, 1908 Rocky River Road South, died Aug. 11, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. He was a native of Rock Hill, S.C., son of the late William Grier Jenkins Jr., partner in Southeastern Mobile Home Movers, Monroe, Army veteran who served three tours in Vietnam.
SURVIVORS: Companion, Debra Taddlock, Monroe; daughters, Cathy Connell, York, S.C., Sandy Stephenson, Rock Hill; stepdaughters, Stephanie Rodgers, Conway, S.C., Crystal Taddlock, Monroe; sons, James David Jenkins Jr., Catawba, S.C., Patrick Jenkins, Rock Hill, Michael Paul Jenkins, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; mother, Lottie Beam Jenkins, Clover, S.C.; sister and brother-in-law, Diane J. and Fred L. Dover, Clover; 10 grandchildren
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Tuesday, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover, Rev. Harry Bryant
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Lakeland Memorial Park, Monroe
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Monday, funeral home, other times at the home of Diane Dover, 1475 Ole Cambridge Drive, Clover
TERESA SISK RIZKALLAH
SHELBY - Teresa Sisk Rizkallah, 40, 1830 Kemp Circle, died Aug. 12, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: Private
VISITATION: 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, Cleveland Funeral Services
CARRIE BAKER VOYLES
BELMONT - Carrie Baker Voyles, 83, 2995 Lake Front Drive, died Aug. 11, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Poke County, Tenn., wife of the late Sam Voyles, daughter of the late Thomas and Margaret Baker, retired from Dixie Yarns Rex No. 2.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, Clarence and Pam Voyles, Bessemer City, Harold Voyles, Gastonia; daughters and sons-in-law, Katherine and Randy McClure, Belmont, Barbara and Mark Hamrick, Gastonia; brother, Tom Baker, Georgia; sister, Lissie Weaver, Georgia; 12 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel, Gastonia, Rev. Joe Baker
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
PALLBEARERS: Stephen Davis, David Lineberger, Shane Mathis, Ben, Daniel and Jason Voyles
Maryann Bittner Maholick
CLOVER, S.C. - Maryann Bittner Maholick, 63, 1810 Highway 55 West, died Aug. 11, 2000 at home. She was a native of Buffalo, N.Y., daughter of the late Alexander Bittner, fiber optic technician for Welch-Allyn-Vollpe, New York, attended Divine Saviour Catholic Church in York, S.C.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Leon M. Maholick Sr.; sons, Leon M. Maholick Jr., New York, Michael Maholick, Clover, Thaddeus Maholick, Georgia, Daniel Maholick, Greenville, S.C.; daughters, Laura M. Thompson, Arizona, Stephanie Maholick, New York; mother, Helen S. Bittner, New York; brother, Alexander Bittner Jr., New York; sister, Josephine B. Lauracella, New York; eight grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Divine Saviour Catholic Church, Father Edward McDivett
BURIAL: Rose Hill Cemetery, York, S.C.
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Bratton Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Hospice Community Care, 325 Oakland Ave., Rock Hill, S.C. 29732 or Divine Saviour Catholic Church, P.O. Box 341, York, S.C. 29745
Jack C. Moore Jr.
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Jack C. Moore Jr., 72, 1015 York Road, died Aug. 15, 2000. He was a native of Kings Mountain, son of the late Jack Clay and Veda Thompson Moore Sr., barber and owner of Piedmont Barber Shop, member of First Baptist Church, Navy veteran of Korean War.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Jo Ann Cole Moore; sons, Steven Moore and wife Sherry, Eric Moore and wife Cathy, Kings Mountain; brother, Fred Moore, Norfolk, Va.; grandchildren, Doren, Cole and Erica Moore
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brother, Roy Moore; sister, Hazel M. Smith
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Dr. John Sloan
INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights, Shelby 28150 or First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 786, Kings Mountain 28086
Jewell Audrey Sapp
GASTONIA - Jewell Audrey Sapp, 70, 306 N. Ransom St., died Aug. 15, 2000, at home. He was a native of Appling County, Ga., son of the late Leonard and Addie Lee Mullis Sapp, husband of the late Ophelia Smith Sapp.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Leander Sapp, Gastonia, Randall Sapp, Rock Hill, S.C.; daughter, Margaret Sapp, Winston-Salem; brother, Willie Sapp, Bessemer City; sisters, Carolyn Baliles, Asheville, Geraldine Williams, Warner Robbins, Ga.; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brother, James Aubrey Sapp
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Friday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Scott Wilson
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel
Paul C. Ballard
CENTRAL, S.C. — Paul Clinton Ballard, 59, 175 Cedar Creek Circle, died Aug. 16, 2000, at Anderson Area Medical Center. He was a native of Gastonia, son of the late James S. Ballard.
SURVIVORS: Sons, James Ray Ballard, Liberty, S.C., Paul Clinton Ballard Jr., Central; daughters, Renae Ballard Russell, Gastonia, Lorie Ballard Hunter, Belmont; mother, Pauline Elizabeth Holcombe Ballard; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Friday, Faith Tabernacle Church, Seneca, S.C.
BURIAL: Liberty Memorial Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home
Rosie S. Lunsford
GASTONIA - Rosie Lee Sherrill Lunsford, 79, 1750 Robinwood Road, died Aug. 14, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, wife of the late J. Van Lunsford, daughter of the late Herbert and Hattie Kimbrell Sherrill, retired from Guilford Mills, Greensboro, member of Ridge Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Joyce Lunsford and David Derreberry, Gastonia; sons and daughters-in-law, Blair and Patsy Lunsford, Larry and Olene Lunsford, Gastonia; sisters, Mary S. Webb, Dallas, Lillie Wilson, Atlanta, Pearl Hawkins, Gastonia; grandchildren, Angela Russell, Shane, Terry, Bobby, Robin, Scott and Cassie Lunsford, Dana Potter, Selena Derreberry; 10 great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Son, Henry G. Lunsford; brothers, Jim and Will Sherrill
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, Ward Funeral Home, Rev. Chester Waters
BURIAL: Armstrong Cemetery CONDOLENCE MESSAGES: May be e-mailed via the funeral home Web site, www.wardfuneral.com.
MEMORIALS: Ridge Baptist Church Building Fund, 3818 Old York Road, Gastonia 28056
Thomas L. Keeter
GROVER — Thomas Leard "Tommy" Keeter, 64, 101 Ellis Drive, died Aug. 16, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Marie Roberts Keeter, member of First Baptist Church, served as Sunday school superintendent, Sunday school teacher, deacon, usher, graduate of Appalachian State University, former city councilman, member of Grover Library Committee, taught school in Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, managed Keeter Furniture Store.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Suzanne Logan Keeter; sons, Chris Keeter and his wife Donna, Leard Keeter and his wife Wendy, Kings Mountain, Steve Keeter and his wife Kim, Grover; daughter, Angela Keeter Killian, Grover; father, T.T. Keeter, Grover; grandchildren, Logan, Maddison, Landon, Graham, Kelsey, Garrett and Gabby Keeter, Kala Buchanan, Michael Thomas Killian
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Drs. Tony Fulbright, Paul Sorrells, Rev. John Bridges
BURIAL: Grover Cemetery
VISITATION: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, 403 Cleveland Ave., Grover or Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Road, Shelby 28150
Master Brandon Johnson
GASTONIA - Master Brandon Adam Johnson, infant son of Steven Chad and Erich Stephenson Johnson, died Aug. 15, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
SURVIVORS: In addition to his parents, sister, Tori Adams, the home; brother, Steven Johnson Jr., the home; paternal grandparents, Shelia Johnson and Jerry Whiteside, Bessemer City; maternal grandparents, Janie Rogers, Belmont, Clinton and Martha Stephenson, York, S.C.; maternal stepgrandfather, Charles "Chuck" Homesley, Cherryville; paternal great-grandmother, Ruth Johnson, Gastonia
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Paternal grandfather, Fred Johnson; paternal step-grandmother, Orline Johnson; maternal grandmother, Faye Homesley; maternal grandfather, William Rogers
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Friday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. Mark Campbell II
BURIAL: Westview Gardens, Bessemer City
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, funeral home, other times at the home, 4805 April Drive, Gastonia
Eldie Von Miller
WILSON — Eldie Amerson Lewis Von Miller, 88, died Aug. 16, 2000.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Ann Von Miller Bowers, Afton, Va.; son, W.G. Von Miller Jr., Flower Mound, Texas; sister, Katherine Lewis Reynolds, Shelby; brother, Larry Lewis, Jacksonville, Fla.; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Maplewood Cemetery, Rev. Douglas Murray
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Joyner’s Funeral Home
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, Shelby
