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Clara Williams
SHELBY - Clara Chapman Williams, 74, 419 Crystal Lane, died Sept. 5, 2000 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Rutherford County, daughter of the late Herman and Short Chapman, stepdaughter of the late Vernie Chapman, Columbia, wife of the late Charles Williams, retired spinner with Lily Mill Co., Elizabeth Baptist Church, Grace Sunday school class.
SURVIVORS: Stepbrother, Jimmie Chapman, Blacksburg, S.C.; nieces, Carolyn Widener, Sandra Summers, Blacksburg; special friends, Hazel Carr and George, Blacksburg
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Clay-Barnette Chapel, Rev. Terry Jordan
BURIAL: Beaver Dam Baptist Church cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before the service, funeral home
Carol Cody
BELMONT - Carol Elaine Groner Cody, 50, 205 Nixon Road, died Sept. 6, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital Harris Hospice Unit in Charlotte. She was a native of Mecklenburg County, East Belmont Baptist Church, choir soloist, attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, S.C., where she sang in the women’s choir, sang with Charlotte Oratorial Choir, before her illness she worked with CTG Systems in Charlotte as administrative manager.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Richard C. Cody; son, Richard Moore Cody, the home; mother and father Dorothy O’Daniel and Robert Howard Groner Jr., Belmont; brother, Terry Duane Groner, Belmont; grandson, Hunter Logan Cody
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Friday, East Belmont Baptist Church, Rev. Alan Smith
BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, c/o Harris Hospice Unit, 200 Hawthorne Lane, P.O. Box 33549, Charlotte 28233-3549
Estell Lemons Ivie
DENVER CITY, Texas — Estell Lemons Ivie, 76, died Sept. 4, 2000, at Lubbock, Texas. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Yates D. and Mae Green Lemons, wife of the late Joe Ivie.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Boyd and Betty Ivie, Yates and Jerri Ivie, Denver City; grandsons, Mike, Mark, Marty and Kenny Ivie, Denver City; granddaughter, Tonya Ivie, Denver City
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brother and sister-in-law, Ray and Mabel Lemons; sister and brother-in-law, Lucille and Paul Black
FUNERAL: 10 a.m. today, Trinity Baptist Church, Denver City
BURIAL: Church cemetery
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Cleveland Funeral Services, Shelby
HELEN T. MCGINNIS
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Helen Tidwell McGinnis, 73, 202 S. Sims St., died Sept. 5, 2000, at White Oak Manor. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Frelen Alvertus and Effie Franklin Tidwell, wife of the late Jacob Tracy McGinnis, member of First Presbyterian Church, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son, J.T. "Chip" McGinnis III and wife Patricia Strickland McGinnis, Kansas City, Mo.; grandson, Clint McGinnis, Kansas City; nephew Robert E. "Bob" Cabaniss, Shelby
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. Friday, First Presbyterian Church, Dr. Richard Newsome
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Presbyterian Women "Special Project Fund," c/o First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1188, Kings Mountain 28086
Betty N. Hopkins
LINCOLNTON - Betty Norris Hopkins, 69, of Brian Center, formerly of 123 Perrien Park Loop, Mooresville, died Sept. 5, 2000. She was a native of Johnson City, Tenn., daughter of the late Joe and Minnie Norris, wife of the late Thomas Richard Hopkins Sr., a housewife.
SURVIVORS: Thomas Hopkins Jr., Mooresville, Mark Hopkins, Lincolnton; daughters, Donna Gordon, Mount Holly, Dena Stutts, Mooresville, Brenda Harrelson, Myrtle Beach, S.C; brothers, Burrell Norris, Kinston, Bobby Fair, Dean and Faul Norris, Johnson City; sisters, Ellena Polinka, Mary Hammett, Johnson City; 16 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Friday, Berea Baptist Church, Rev. Dan Freeman
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 202, Lincolnton 28093
Faye Waldroop Snead
MOUNT HOLLY - Mrs. Faye Waldroop Snead, age 73, passed away on September 6, 2000, at her home surrounded by the love of her family. She showed relentless courage and faith during her long battle with cancer. She made everyone she touched a better person. She was encouraged and strengthened by all the prayers, visits and calls and countless acts of kindness toward her and her family. She was very blessed to have such strong support from her church family. She was a native of Gaston County, wife of the late Thomas "Bill" Snead, daughter of the late Allen Oscoe and Lila Lowe Waldroop. She was retired from American & Efird and a member of First Baptist Church, Mount Holly. She was preceded in death by her brothers Oliver Waldroop, Gene Waldroop and Rueben Waldroop. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Danny A. and Carolyn Snead; daughter and son-in-law, Cindi and Bobby Laughlin; grandchildren, Clay and Dana Snead, Clint and Cindy Laughlin and Phillip Laughlin, all of Mount Holly. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Mount Holly with burial to follow in Hillcrest Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday night from 7-9 p.m. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church Building Fund, 300 S. Main St., Mount Holly or to Hospice of Charlotte, 1420 E. 7th St., Charlotte, N.C. 28204 Carothers Funeral Home in Mount Holly is serving the family.
Samuel R. Shook
GASTONIA - Samuel Richard Shook, 59, 5124 Ridgecrest Road, died Sept. 13, 2000, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Sam L. Shook, member of Rankin Lake Baptist Church, retired from N.C. Department of Corrections.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Maria Pastula Shook; sons and daughter-in-law, Cory Shook, the home, David and Marini Shook, Gastonia; daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie Shook and David Thomas II; mother and stepfather, Elizabeth Crowe and Neal J. Carpenter; sister and brother-in-law, Linda Shook and Benny Fincher, Dallas; grandchildren, Scott Thomas, Dakota Shook, Gastonia; nephews, Craig and Jason Fincher, Dallas
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Deborah Shook
FUNERAL: Private
VISITATION: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, other times at the home of Elizabeth Carpenter, 1534 Hoyle St., Gastonia
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053 or Maria Shook, c/o Greene Funeral Service, 1503 S. York Road, Gastonia 28052
Loyd Padgett
LOWELL— Loyd Padgett, 73, 323 Hemlock Lane, died Sept. 14, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Polk County, Tenn., son of the late Willie Nelson Padgett III and Olivie Picklesimer, retired from Sun drop Bottling Co.
SURVIVORS: Sisters and brothers-in-law, Joyce Ray and Judy and Carl Mitchem, Lowell, Elsie Robinson, Ruby Walker, Jane and Lee McAbee, Gastonia, Lucille and Robert Bolden, Dorothy and George Hardin, Kings Mountain, Eunavie and Robert Hensley, Lincolnton, Evelyn and Donnie Quaile, Milner, Ga.; brother and sisters-in-law, Jack and Gladys Padgett, Gastonia, Elaine Padgett, Dallas; step-mother, Cora Padgett, Gastonia; grandchildren, Cindy and Ronald Dixon, Lowell, Holly, Melissa, LeeAnn and Timothy, of the home
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Blanche Henderson; brothers, Eugene and Ray Padgett; grandson, Ronald Lee Dixson, Jr.; longtime companion, Vernie Morton Stone
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Ward Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. Doug King
BURIAL: Greenwood Cemetery, Belmont
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, at the funeral home; also at the home of Cora Padgett, 301 Ida St., Gastonia. Condolences may be sent to
Billie B. Farris
MOUNT HOLLY - Billie Brown "Bill" Farris, 76, 517 Rumfelt Lane, formerly of Dallas, died Sept. 13, 2000, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Leonard Allen and Clementine Hope Farris, husband of the late Wilma Sherrin Farris, Navy veteran, former owner of Bill’s Food Center, Dallas, retired from Food Lion, member of Grace Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Son, Ken Farris and wife Gail, Dallas; daughters, Kathy Rankin and husband Mike, Mount Holly, Suzanne Lingafelt, Gastonia; sister, Elizabeth Huggins, Belmont; brother, L.A. Farris, Supply; grandchildren, Jake and Chris Rankin, David and Jennifer Lingafelt; special nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brother, Jack Farris
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, Woodlawn Funeral Home, Revs. Jerry Stanfield, Kenneth Faulkenberry
INTERMENT: Hillcrest Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home; condolence messages may be sent to woodlawnfuneral@aol.com
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
James H. Kendrick
Gastonia — James Herbert Kendrick, 70, 146 Lindsay St., died Sept. 11, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of York County, S.C., son of the late Coleman and Eliza Shoats Kendrick, member of Liberty Hill A.M.E Zion Church, Lake Wylie, S.C., former chairperson of building fund committee, member of trustee board, church aid society, and mens chorus. He was a truck driver.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Betty Graham Kendrick; daughters and sons-in-law, Martha and Jerome Davis, Rose and Alfonzo Nabinett, Gastonia, Bessie and Samuel McClure, Belmont, Terrie and Lawrence Davis, Baltimore, Debra Kendrick, Gastonia; sons and daughters-in-law, John and Carol Kendrick, Cherryville, Billy, Richard and Anthony Kendrick, Gastonia, Randy Lowery, Atlanta; 17 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, host of other relatives and friends
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Daughter, Edith Faye Kendrick Moore
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Liberty Hill A.M.E. Zion Church, Lake Wylie, Rev. Terrence Jones
BURIAL: Mt. Harmony United Methodist Church, Bowling Green, S.C.
VISITATION: 1:30-2 p.m. Saturday, at the church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Frank L. Moore Sr.
BELMONT - Frank Lynn Moore Sr., 47, 105 W. Henry St., died Sept. 14, 2000, at home. He was a native of Mecklenburg County, son of the late Frank Moore, auto body repairman for Craig Dodge, Gastonia, member of Centerview Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Cathy Lynn Herring Moore; mother, Juanita Ewing Moore, Belmont; sons, David Moore and wife Brenda, Nebo, Frank Moore Jr., Gastonia; half brother, Gene Moore, Andrews; sister, Joy Wellman, Ranlo; half sister, Barbara Pate, Mars Hill; grandchildren, Cameron and Katey Moore, Nebo
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Saturday, Centerview Baptist Church, Revs. Robbie Moore, Tony Beaty
INTERMENT: Hillcrest Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Woodlawn Funeral Home, Mount Holly; condolence messages may be sent to woodlawnfuneral@aol.com
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
