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Gene Shane Hall
LOWELL — Gene Shane Hall, 29, 408 E. First St., died Sept. 19, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Rita Capps Carter, machinist.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Jodanna Shelton Hall; stepchildren, Tamara, Mikey and Rina Hall; father, William Hall, Richmond, Va.; aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews
MEMORIAL SERVICE: To be held at later date
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Arlie J. Alexander
GASTONIA - Arlie James Alexander, 65, 314-B S. Columbia St., died Sept. 20, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Richard and Cora Tankersley Alexander.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Gladys M. Pike, Gastonia; half sisters, Wanda Glenn, Gastonia, Hazel Bolen, Winston-Salem, Violet Jones, Rich Creek, Va.; half brothers, Ray Alexander, Winston-Salem, Edward White, Ohio; nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Stanley and Marvin Alexander; half brothers, Howard, Hubert, Dillard and Lewis Alexander; half sisters, Louise Crews and Zola Gibson
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Armstrong Cemetery, Rev. Jerry Millwood
VISITATION: At the home
MEMORIALS: National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 9844C Southern Pines Blvd., Charlotte 28273 or American Cancer Society, 500 E. Moorehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte 28202
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Hetty M. C. Smart
DALLAS - Hetty Mae Smart, 92, 4004 Wimbledon Drive, died Sept.20, 2000, at Brian Center, Gastonia. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Chauncy Pinkney and Fannie Pamela Peeler Crowder, wife of the late Everette R. Smart, retired certified nursing assistant at Valdese General Hospital, member of Springfield Baptist Church, Dallas.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Audrey Nadine Smart Webb and husband, Dallas; sister, Dova Smart, Hickory; grandchildren, Pamela Abee Suddreth, Bessemer City, Darren Robert Abee, of the home; three step-grandchildren; great-grandchildren, Jennifer Renee and Brandi Leigh Suddreth, Bessemer City; six step-great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Lucille Crowder; brothers, Furman, Ivey, J.C. and Ray Crowder
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, Dallas Funeral Home Chapel, 212 W. Trade St., Revs. Bill Sipe, Allen Harris
INTERMENT: 2 p.m. today, Burke Memorial Park, Morganton
PALLBEARERS: Jimmy Barker, Bobby McGirt, Joey and Steve Smart, Bobby Phillips, Gerald Futrell
Carrie B. Chalmers
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Carrie Bolt Chalmers, 89, 407 Garrison Drive, died Sept. 20, 2000, at Raleigh Community Hospital, Raleigh. She was a native of Laurens County, S.C., former resident of Anderson, S.C., and Wilmington, daughter of the late Robert Martin and Tempie Blackstone Bolt, wife of the late John Thompson Chalmers, member of First Baptist Church, Kings Mountain, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Sons, John Chalmers, Raleigh, David Chalmers, Wilmington, Joseph Chalmers, N. Augusta, S.C.; daughters, June Chalmers Lee, Kings Mountain, Joyce Chalmers Brooks and Hettie Reese, Westminster, S.C., Miriam Chalmers Smith, Norfolk, Va; 15 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Seven brothers and 5 sisters
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2 p.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church, Kings Mountain, Dr. John Sloan
INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain
VISITATION: At home the June Lee, 407 Garrison Drive, Kings Mountain
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 786, Kings Mountain 28086 or donor’s choice
ARRANGEMENTS: Harris Funeral Home
PATRICIA HUFFMAN
GASTONIA - Patricia Ann Wolf Huffman, 64, 123 Sequnia Drive, died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Dickerson County, Kansas, daughter of the late Floyd and Hilda Leckron Wolf, owner and operator of Dallas Dairy Queen, member of Dallas Four Square Gospel Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Donald Huffman; sons, Michael Leroy Huffman, Dallas, Randal Don Huffman, Clover, S.C.; daughter, Sandra Huffman Fork, Gastonia; brothers, Bill Wolf, Russellville, Ark., Paul Dean Wolf, Texas, Raymond Wolf, Kansas; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Daughter, Connie Sue Huffman.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Dallas Four Square Gospel Church, Rev. Fred Morrison
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7 to 9 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
MEMORIALS: Dallas Four Square Gospel Church, 109 W. Church St., Dallas
PALLBEARERS: Michael "Swain" Huffman, Charles Martin, David and Scott Mauney, Jimmy Pinaula, Ernest Ray Parker
RAY MORETZ
DAYTON, Tenn. — Ray Louis Moretz, 74, died Sept. 20, 2000. He was the son of the late G.C. and Florence Moretz, served in the Merchant Marine during World War II, survived a shipwreck, started retail business in Colorado, farmed in East Texas, developed mining claims in the Colorado mountains.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Nell W. Moretz; son, Stephen Moretz, Dayton; daughter and son-in-law, Donna and William Leydorf, Loudon, Tenn.; daughters, Laura Moretz, Dayton, Miriam Moretz, Hixson, Tenn.; siblings, Marietta Byrd, Gastonia, Nat Moretz, Charlotte; Harold and Alpheus Pasour, Dallas, Paul and Sue Moretz, Bessemer City, Carrie Moretz, Lake Placid, Fla.; grandsons, Brad Leydorf, Cincinnati, Mark Leydorf, New York; and beloved pets, Tom, Mr. C, Holly and Brandy.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Siblings, Alfred, Charley and Kay Moretz, Ray Byrd, Laverne Pasour.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: Private
MEMORIALS: Clyde W. Roddy Public Library, Dayton, or your favorite charity.
ARRANGEMENTS: Coulter-Garrison Funeral Home, Dayton
CLARENCE BROWN
ANDERSON, S.C. — Clarence Michael "Mike" Brown, 51, 202 Bamboo Road, died Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2000, at his residence. He was a native of Gaston County, worked at Westside Wholesale in Anderson, former car salesman, served in the U.S. Army in Korea during the Vietnam War, and graduated from Hunter Huss High School in 1967.
SURVIVORS: Parents, J.B. "Pete" and Helen Failen Brown, Gastonia; sisters and brothers-in-law, Wanda and Jerry Neal, Myrtle Beach, S.C., Vickie and Randy Barber, Kings Mountain, Cynthia and Butch Smith, Durham; sister, Kimberly Bradshaw, Gastonia.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. today, Gaston Memorial Park, Revs. Clarence McMahan and Dennis Bean, full military honors.
VISITATION: Home of J.B. and Helen Brown, 1543 Auten Road, Gastonia.
MEMORIALS: Chaplain Clayton Fund, Anderson Area Medical Center, 800 N. Fant St., Anderson, SC 29621, attn: Chaplain Clayton; or Hospice of the Upstate, Inc., 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson SC 29621.
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
David Price
GASTONIA - David Price, 54, 511 E. Maple St., died Sept. 21, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Allen and Missouri Bingham Price.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Sandra P. Price; son and daughter-in-law, David Timothy "Tim" and Ruth Price, Gastonia; daughter, Kimberly D. "Kim" Price, Gastonia; Aedrell Williams; sisters, Pearlie Mae Moore, Gastonia, Virginia A. McConnell, Ranlo; grandchildren, Hugh Dorsey Chandler, Shanna Nicole Jones, Cameron Davis Walker
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Clyde, Glenn, Buddy and Donnie Price; sister, Wilma Lee King
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Sunday, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel, Revs. Doug James, Gene Leigh, Steve Ackers
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 5-8 tonight at the home, 511 E. Maple St., Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: Stephen Chandler, Randy King, Allen McConnell, Tim Price, Eugene Pryor, Aedrell Williams
Tony J. Adams Jr.
CLOVER, S.C. -Tony James "Grizzle" Adams Jr., 18, 109 Franklin St., died Sept. 20, 2000, at his home. He was a native of Gaston County, member of Life of Faith Fellowship, Gastonia, West Gastonia Boys and Girls Club, Bradley Center Boys and Girls Club.
SURVIVORS: Parents, Tony and Donna Adams, Clover; sister, Gabrial Lajean Adams, Clover; paternal grandparents, Polly and James Brownell, Gastonia, John Harris, Bessemer City; maternal grandparents, Davis and Trib Adams, Gastonia, Clarence Hullett, Clover; great-grandmother, Mary Detter Inman; special friends, John Whitley and Derek Cochran; godmother, Beverly Braswell Snider
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Rhonda Denise Ledford; grandmother, Peggy J. Hullett; great-grandparents, William P. Detter, Clarence and Christine F. Harris Sr.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel, Rev. Chris Diciaccio
BURIAL: Bessemer City Memorial Gardens
PALLBEARERS: Richard and Ronald Braswell, Brandon Frix, William Linton, Danny Snider, John Whitley IN LIEU OF FLOWERS: Tony and Donna Adams, 109 Franklin St., Clover 29710
FLORENCE FALLS
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Florence Conner Falls, 99, Lakewood Care Center, Denver, died Friday, Sept. 22, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center in Lincolnton. She was a native of Cleveland County, lifelong resident of Kings Mountain, daughter of the late James Phillip and Rebecca Elizabeth Howell Conner, wife of the late Mert Falls, retired from Mauney Mills, and a member of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church.
SURVIVORS: Nieces and nephews.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, Mountain Rest Cemetery, Rev. Ralph J. Wallace.
VISITATION: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Monday, Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain.
SALLY RAINES
CHARLOTTE - Sally Ethel Bell Raines, 75, 2632 McClintock Road, died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000 at Presbyterian Hospital. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late James Curtis and Mamie Elizabeth Beam Bell, retired secretary for a Charlotte florist, member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, and was preceded in death by her husband.
SURVIVORS: Sisters, Ida Lois Love, Charlotte, Alda Mae Hoyle and Ann Elizabeth Bell, Shelby; brothers, James C. and Michael Wray Bell, Kings Mountain.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4 p.m. Sunday, Grover Cemetery, Grover, Rev. James A. Bartos.
ARRANGEMENTS: Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain