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Janie M. Alexander
CHARLOTTE - Janie Mae McGuire Alexander, 73, formerly of 5107 Curtiswood Drive, died Sept. 28, 2000, at Century Care, Gastonia. She was a native of North Carolina, daughter of the late Henry Patrick and Mary Harvell McGuire, wife of the late Millard Alexander, member of Green Memorial Baptist Church, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. today, Carolina Memorial Park, Concord, Rev. Jerry Stanfield
VISITATION: 1-2 p.m. today, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly
MEMORIALS: Green Memorial Baptist Church, 1324 The Plaza, Charlotte 28205
Mary K. Smith
YORK, S.C. - Mary Katherine Smith, infant daughter of Brian P. and Melissa Whisonant Smith, 5742 Adicks Court, died Sept. 28, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C.
SURVIVORS: In addition to her parents, paternal grandparents, Jerry and Patricia Smith, Clover, S.C.; paternal great-grandparents, Clyde and Juanita Smith, Lowell, Kate Moore, Kings Mountain; paternal great-great-grandmother, Myrtle Smith, Waynesville; maternal grandmother, Mary Whisonant, Rock Hill; maternal great-grandmother, Ruby Tucker, York
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: paternal great-grandfather, Wesley Moore; maternal grandfather, Forest Whisonant
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Sunday, Grandview Memorial Park, Rev. Patricia Griffith-Fallaw
VISITATION: Following service
MEMORIALS: Empty Arms, c/o Piedmont Medical Center, attn. Betsy Peake or Kay Grobusky, 202 S. Herlong Ave., Rock Hill, S.C. 29732
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Home, Rock Hill
Charles A. Williams Jr.
RANLO - Charles Archie Williams Jr., 54, 55 Central Ave., died Sept. 29, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Charles Archie Williams Sr., worked as a printer for 17 years at Southern Specialty Printing, Gastonia, in the maintenance department for the town of Ranlo, member of the Ranlo Church of God, Masonic South Fork Lodge No. 462, graduate of Ashley High School, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Carolyn Gardner Williams; son, Phillip Ray Williams, Charlotte; daughter and son-in-law, Tammy and Tony Johnson, Mooresville; mother, Marion Glover Williams, Gastonia; brothers, Joe Williams, Murphy, Randy Williams, Gastonia, Danny Williams, Six Miles, S.C.; sisters, Carlene Carpenter, Dallas, Ann Wells, Grover, S.C.; grandchildren, Madison Leigh and Alexander Ray Johnson, Mooresville
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia, Rev. Jack Ford
BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Ranlo Church of God, 1800 Spencer Mountain Road, Ranlo 28054
Charles F. Reel
IRON STATION - Charles Franklin Reel, 66, 3813 Highway 73, died Sept. 29, 2000, at home. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Able and Leckie Lynch Reel, husband of the late Joyce Hester Reel, a truck driver, served in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Gay Reel Griffin, Renee Reel, Iron Station; brother, Horace Reel, Iron Station; sisters, Nancy Patronik, Palos Heights, Ill., Pansy Carpenter, Lola Reel, Iron Station; four grandchildren
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Sunday, Warlick Funeral Home, Rev. Jerry Taylor
BURIAL: Macedonia Baptist Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: New Grace Baptist Church Building Fund, 3462 Highway 73, Iron Station 28080
Walter O. Dennis
STANLEY - Walter O. Dennis, 52, 116 Sherrill Drive, died Sept. 28, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Oscar and Vergie Evans Dennis, member of the Eighth Street Church of God, Bessemer City, worked in maintenance department for the town of Stanley.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Peggy B. Dennis; son, Walter Jason Dennis, the home; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill and Mary Dennis, Dallas, William and Barbara Dennis, Pondale, Calif.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sadie and Allen Neal, Titusville, Fla., Ann Lail, Dallas
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Eighth Street Church of God, Bessemer City, Rev. Ronnie Pendleton
BURIAL: Long Creek Cemetery, Dallas
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: Raymond Benton, Scott Bridges, Josh Fortenberry, Tim Lail, Wade Lemons, Michael Skidmore
MEMORIALS: Eighth Street Church of God, 906 Eighth St., Bessemer City 28016
Charles A. Williams Jr.
RANLO - Charles Archie Williams Jr., 54, 55 Central Ave., died Sept. 29, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Charles Archie Williams Sr., worked as a printer for 17 years at Southern Specialty Printing, Gastonia, in the maintenance department for the town of Ranlo, member of the Ranlo Church of God, Masonic South Fork Lodge No. 462, graduate of Ashley High School, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Carolyn Gardner Williams; son, Phillip Ray Williams, Charlotte; daughter and son-in-law, Tammy and Tony Johnson, Mooresville; mother, Marion Glover Williams, Gastonia; brothers, Joe Williams, Murphy, Randy Williams, Gastonia, Danny Williams, Six Miles, S.C.; sisters, Carlene Carpenter, Dallas, Ann Wells, Grover, S.C.; grandchildren, Madison Leigh and Alexander Ray Johnson, Mooresville
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia, Rev. Jack Ford, Masonic Rites
BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont
PALLBEARERS: Cam Carpenter, Danny Strader Sr., Doc Stowe, John Wilson, David Payseur, Jim Simons
MEMORIALS: Ranlo Church of God, 1800 Spencer Mountain Road, Ranlo 28054
Jack Willcox
GASTONIA - Jack A. Willcox, 84, 417 S. Linwood Road, died Sept. 29, 2000, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Jack A. and Violet Edith McLean Willcox Sr., retired mechanic technician from Craig Motor Co., Army veteran of World War II, member of First Presbyterian Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Iris S. Willcox; daughter and son-in-law, Toni W. and Ed Lewis, Gastonia; grandchildren, Leslie, Tina and Larry Lewis, Gastonia
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, Pisgah ARP Church Cemetery, Rev. Wilson P. Rhoton
VISITATION: One hour before service, McLean Funeral Directors
MEMORIALS: First Presbyterian Church, 1621 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia 28054
RUBY ALEXANDER
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Ruby Moss Alexander, 74, 103 Gold Dust Court, died Sept. 29, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital Hospice, Charlotte. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Theodore Moss, co-owner of Alexander Inc., a Realtor and developer, retired from U.S. Postal Service, member of First Baptist Church, active in youth ministry in the 1960s and 1970s, served on the board of directors of N.C. Baptist Foundation, Regal Ventures, Cleveland County United Way, Kings Mountain/Grover Advisory Board for the Life Enrichment Center, Cleveland Home Health and First Union National Bank, Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce, Kings Mountain Chamber of Commerce, member of Kings Mountain Board of Realtors, Cleveland County Home Builders Association, Kings Mountain Women’s Club, former Gardner-Webb University trustee, Sam Walton Award for Community Service recipient, Athena Award for Outstanding Business Women, honorary co-chairwoman for Kings Mountain Relay for Life.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Charles L. Alexander; son and daughter-in-law, Reg and Deco Alexander, Kings Mountain; daughter and son-in-law, Cindi and Larry Wood, Kings Mountain; mother, Pearl Huffstetler Moss Horne, Kings Mountain; brothers, Sonny Moss, Jackson, S.C., Jack Moss, Kings Mountain; grandchildren, Brandon and Lane Wood, Kyra Alexander
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, First Baptist Church, Dr. John Sloan and Rev. Reg Alexander
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 5-8 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 786, Kings Mountain 28086; Relay for Life, city of Kings Mountain, P.O. Box 429, Kings Mountain 28086; Regal Ventures Creative Ministries, P.O. Box 1010, Kings Mountain 28086
Walter O. Dennis
STANLEY - Walter O. Dennis, 52, 116 Sherrill Drive, died Sept. 28, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Oscar and Vergie Eddings Dennis, member of the Eighth Street Church of God, Bessemer City, worked in town of Stanley maintenance department.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Peggy B. Dennis; son, Walter Jason Dennis, the home; brothers and sisters-in-law, Bill and Mary Dennis, Dallas, William and Barbara Dennis, Pondale, Calif.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Sadie and Allen Neal, Titusville, Fla., Ann Lail, Dallas
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Eighth Street Church of God, Bessemer City, Rev. Ronnie Pendleton
BURIAL: Long Creek Cemetery, Dallas
PALLBEARERS: Raymond Benton, Scott Bridges, Josh Fortenberry, Tim Lail, Wade Lemons, Michael Skidmore
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
Norman Stevenson
GASTONIA - Norman Eugene "Gene" Stevenson, 67, 214 Carson Drive, died Sept. 29, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Lawrence Gordon Stevenson, disabled Army veteran of Korean War.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Hattie Buchanan Stevenson, Gastonia; sisters and brother-in-laws, Geraldine and Bill Lovelace, Denver, Wanda and Gerald Billbrey, Gastonia; nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. today, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Bruce Pittman; mititary honors by World War II Last Man Club
VISITATION: 1-2:30 p.m. today, Carothers Funeral Home
Jeffery Hannah
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Jeffery Thomas Hannah, 49, formerly of 1130 N. Rollingbrook Court, died Sept. 29, 2000, at Autumn Years Health Care, Shelby. He was a native of Greenville, S.C., son of the late David L. and Bonnie Terry Hannah, heavy equipment operator for the city of Kings Mountain, member of American Legion Post 155 and Veterans of Foreign Wars.
SURVIVORS: Brothers, Charles W. Hannah, Lake Norman and Elmer C. Hannah, Kings Mountain; sister, Bonnie Lawson, Kings Mountain
BURIAL: Private
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
