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George W. Kendrick
GASTONIA George W. Kendrick, 502 N. Ransom St., died Aug. 21, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Burder F. Shope
BESSEMER CITY Burder F. Shope, 61, 313 E. Boston Ave., died Aug. 22, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
He was a native of Robbinsville, son of the late James Harley and Mary Milsaps Shope, attended True Gospel Baptist Church, member of Bright Light Baptist Church, retired Baptist minister, Army veteran who served during the Korean conflict.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 41 years, Juanita Shope; sons and daughters-in-law, Jimmy and Jody Shope, Timothy and Melissa Shope, Bessemer City; daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Danny Spirlin, Gastonia, Elizabeth and Johnny Carpenter, Bessemer City; brothers, Dillard Shope, Robbinsville, Clinton Shope, Bessemer City; sisters, Amanda Lorene Keough, Gastonia, Pauline Shope, Flora Wilson, Robbinsville; grandchildren, Benjamin, James and Krystin Shope, Chris Hensley, Amanda and Alan Carpenter, Lee, Justin and Elizabeth Spirlin
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Westview Gardens, Revs. Ralph Carver, Randy Funderburke
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Greene Funeral Service Westside Chapel
Bobby Dean Jackson
CLOVER, S.C. Bobby Dean Jackson, 62, 210 Calhoun St., died Aug. 22, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
He was a native of York County, son of the late James Boyce and Lila Nivens Jackson, brother of the late Charles, Donald and J.B. Jackson Jr., retired supervisor with Harrison-Wright Electrical Contractors, Charlotte, member of the Clover Moose Lodge, a Shriner, Mason in Alpine Lodge 208, Clover, past member of the Clover Jaycees.
SURVIVORS: Brothers and sisters-in-law, Leonard and Judy Jackson, Lake Murray, Richard and Kaye Jackson, Rock Hill; sisters and brothers-in-law, Jane and Sonny Sifford, Lake Wylie, Anne and Frank Dixon, Clover; fiancee, Phylis Parris, Clover; five nieces; five nephews; seven great-nephews; one great-niece
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Clover A.R.P. Church, Rev. Bob Patrick
BURIAL: Woodside Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home
PALLBEARERS: Jamie Dellinger, Jay and Jeff Jackson, Dean and Frank Dixon III, Gerry Oley, Fred Gravley, Mike Morrell, Ted Woods
MEMORIALS: Clover A.R.P. Church Building Fund, 127 Kings Mountain St., Clover 29710
Margaret Willis
SHELBY Margaret Hardin Greene Willis, 74, 33 Dyer Court, died Aug. 22, 1999, at Hospice at Wendover.
She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Everette L. and Ola Mae Blanton Hardin, wife of the late Earl Greene, sister of the late Martha Rose Hamrick, Shirley Heafner, William "Bud" and Lewis Hardin, employed by Ester Mill Corp., attended Peach Street Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Ralph Lee Willis; sons and daughter-in-law, Ronnie Greene, Shelby, Richard and Jane Greene, Charleston, S.C.; stepson, Glenn R. Willis, Osteen, Fla.; sisters and brother-in-law, Mary H. and Jim Hardin, Esther Sisk, Bonnie Worth, Shelby; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 7 p.m. tonight, Cleveland Funeral Services, Revs. Clarence Williams, Tommy Buchanan
BURIAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sunset Cemetery
VISITATION: Tonight, after service, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby 28150
William J. York
GASTONIA William John York, 80, 1103 West Fifth Ave., died Aug. 22, 1999, at home.
He was a native of Banks County, Ga., son of the late John and Etta Belle Chambers York, member of Temple Baptist Church, retired supervisor for Firestone Mills, World War II Army veteran, recipient of the Purple Heart.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 59 years, Lenore Anderson York; sons, Jack York, Gastonia, Larry York, the home; sisters, Dovie Black, Gastonia, Virginia Young, Maxine Nash, Bessemer City; grandchildren, Jeff York, Dallas, Sonya Mellone, Lisa York Smith, Jamie Morgan, Gastonia; four great-grandchildren; two stepgreat-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Rev. John Bridges
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
PALLBEARERS: Joe Mellone, Tony Roberts, Johnny and Nathan Smith, Jeff M. and Jeff S. York
Mary Nell Hurst
LOWELL Mary Nell Hurst of Lowell died Aug. 22, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late M.J. and Gertrude Taylor Hurst, sister of the late Lorene H. Stroupe, aunt of the late Terry Stroupe, graduate of Lowell High School, retired from TiCaro, Ranlo division.
SURVIVORS: Brother and sister-in-law, Darrell and Laura Hurst, Gastonia; brother-in-law, Abe Stroupe, Cramerton; niece-in-law, Micki Stroupe, Cramerton; nephews and nieces-in-law, Roger and Karen Hurst, Gastonia, Blair and Maria Stroupe, Dallas; niece and nephew-in-law, Kathy and Bob Cook, Statesville; nine great-nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Tuesday, McLean & Son Funeral Home, Rev. Norman Perkins
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home; other times at home of Roger and Karen Hurst, 110 Wildon Court, Gastonia
James R. Wray
BELMONT James Robert Wray, 17, Holy Angels, died Aug. 22, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
He was a native of Charlotte and had been at Holy Angels for nine years.
SURVIVORS: Parents, David and Starr Jenkins Wray, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, formerly of Clover, S.C.; sister, Katie Wray, Rock Hill; paternal grandmother, Becky W. Taylor, Gastonia; maternal grandparents, James and Edith Jenkins, Blacksburg, S.C.,; aunts, uncles, cousins
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Cardinal Gibbons Chapel, Holy Angels, Chaplain David Kuhn
BURIAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday Canaan United Methodist Church Cemetery, Smyrna, S.C.
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Holy Angels, 6600 Wilkinson Blvd., Belmont 28012
Gwendolyn S. Alford
GASTONIA Gwendolyn Sasser Alford, 79, 458 S. Weldon St., died Aug. 21, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
She was a native of Midland City, Ala., daughter of the late Joe and Vera Bell Brannon Sasser, a clerical secretary formerly employed by Knit Products in Belmont, member of Foursquare Gospel Church.
SURVIVORS: Brother, Joel Sasser, La Belle, Fla.; caregiver, Ethel Combs
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Monday, Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont, Pastor Lamar Creel
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053 or First Assembly of God, 1104 S. Myrtle School Road, Gastonia 28052
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home
Effie Johnson
GASTONIA Effie Senn Mason Johnson, 72, 309 W. Sixth Ave., died Aug. 21, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Judge Oscar F. and Lillian McLean Mason Jr., sister of the late Lillian McLean Ballard, mother of the late Samuel Brady Johnson, secretary for the Heart House Association, member of First United Methodist Church and its Circle Seven, graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, member of Gaston Humane Society.
SURVIVORS: Brother, Oscar Franklin Mason III, Lynchburg, Va.; granddaughter, Michele McLean Mason, who is attending the University of St. Andrews, Scotland
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Oakwood Cemetery, Dr. Jody Seymour
VISITATION: After service, at cemetery
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Dennis Gause
CONCORD Dennis Gause, 219 Young St., died Aug. 21, 1999, at Northeast Hospital.
ARRANGEMENTS: House of Irma Walkers
Michael C. Boyd
SHELBY Michael Crawford Boyd, 59, Kings Mountain, died Aug. 22, 1999, in Shelby. He was a native of Rock Hill, S.C., son of the late John Crawford and Thelma Horne Boyd, retired from Navy in 1977 at Virginia Beach, Va., owned restaurants in Virginia Beach, member of American Legion Frank Roach Post 34.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Marie Frend, Melissa Boyd, Milford, Mass., Mitchell Boyd, Mississippi; brothers, John M. and Donald G. Boyd, Rock Hill; sister, Evie Arant, Kings Mountain; five grandchildren
MILITARY GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Florence National Cemetery, Florence, S.C.
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Bass Funeral Home, Rock Hill, S.C.
MEMORIALS: Cleveland County Hospice of Wendover, Shelby 28150
Effie M. Johnson
GASTONIA Effie Senn Mason Johnson, 72, 309 W. Sixth Ave., died Aug. 21, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Judge Oscar F. and Lillian McLean Mason Jr., sister of the late Lillian McLean Ballard, mother of the late Samuel Brady Johnson, secretary for the Heart House Association, member of First United Methodist Church and its Circle Seven, graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, member of Gaston Humane Society.
SURVIVORS: Brother, Oscar Franklin Mason III, Lynchburg, Va.; niece, Michele McLean Mason, who is attending the University of St. Andrews, Scotland
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Oakwood Cemetery, Dr. Jody Seymour
VISITATION: After service, cemetery
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Ottilie K. Haase
CLOVER, S.C. Ottilie Kuelz Haase, 89, 504 Stonegate Drive, died Aug. 22, 1999, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C.She was a native of Zerbst, Germany, daughter of the late Paul and Luise Kuelz, wife of the late Heinz Haase, member of Clover First United Methodist Church, previously lived in Charlotte. SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Christine H. and Robert Halling, Wilmington, Del.; son and daughter-in-law, Wolfgang and Louise Haase, Clover; five grandchildren; two great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Wednesday, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Rev. Paul Hutchison
INTERMENT: Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home Rev.
Burder Shope
BESSEMER CITY Rev. Burder F. Shope, 61, 313 E. Boston Ave., died Aug. 22, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.He was a native of Robbinsville, son of the late James Harley and Mary Milsaps Shope, attended True Gospel Baptist Church, member of Bright Light Baptist Church, retired Baptist minister, Army veteran who served during the Korean conflict.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 41 years, Juanita Jenkins Shope; sons and daughters-in-law, Jimmy and Judy Shope, Timothy and Melissa Shope, Bessemer City; daughters and sons-in-law, Deborah and Danny Spirlin, Gastonia, Elizabeth and Johnny Carpenter, Bessemer City; brothers, Dillard Shope, Robbinsville, Clinton Shope, Bessemer City; sisters, Amanda Lorene Keough, Gastonia, Pauline Shope, Flora Wilson, Robbinsville; grandchildren, Benjamin, James and Krystin Shope, Chris Hensley, Amanda and Alan Carpenter, Lee, Justin and Elizabeth Spirlin
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel, Gastonia, Revs. Ralph Carver, Randy Funderburke
BURIAL: Westview Gardens, full military honors by World War II Last Man Club
VISITATION: At the home
Annie T. Davis
GASTONIA Annie T. Davis, 88, died Aug. 22, 1999, at home.She was a native of Bridgeport, Tenn., daughter of the late Claude Andrews and Nora Elizabeth Harrell Thornburg, wife of the late Rev. G.R. Davis, Sunday school teacher of mothers class at Plainview Baptist Church, Victory Baptist Church in Grover, and charter member of Davis Memorial Baptist Church, where her husband was pastor. SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Charles L. and Patricia Davis, Charlotte, Robert E. and Patricia H. Davis, Columbia, S.C.; daughter and son-in-law, Shelby Jean and James H. Deaton, Kings Mountain; grandchildren, Renee Bailes, Daniel Bradley, Chuck and Johnny Davis, Rick Deaton, Gina Johnson; great-grandchildren, Justin and Kelsey Deaton, Roger Bailes II, Chad, Kristin and Jared Davis, Bo and James Johnson
FUNERAL: 10 a.m. today, Davis Memorial Baptist Church, Revs. Ken Lane, Larry McAllister
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
PALLBEARERS: Chuck and Dan Davis, Roger Bailes, Rick and Justin Deaton, Eddie Johnson
MEMORIALS: Davis Memorial Baptist Church, 3358 Robinwood Road, Gastonia 28054 or Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Marvin Randolph
SMYRNA, S.C. Marvin Randolph, 88, 6991 Highway 97, died Aug. 22, 1999, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C. He was a native of Rutherfordton, son of the late George Washington and Mollie McCraw Randolph, self-employed, member of Grassy Pond Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sons, George Randolph, Simpsonville, S.C., John M. Randolph Sr., Blacksburg, S.C.; daughter, Barbara "Sis" Burkett, Columbia, S.C.; sister, Mary Lessie Simmons, Forest City; brother, Ervin Randolph, Gastonia; six grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Frederick Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Rev. Sidney Norton
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home, Gaffney, S.C.
MEMORIALS: Hickory Grove Rescue Squad, Hickory Grove, S.C. 29717
Kathryn B. Bridges
SHELBY Kathryn Blanton "Kat" Bridges, 65, 1143 Bridges St., died Aug. 22, 1999, at home.She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Luther Blanton, wife of the late Denny Morre Bridges, sister of the late Judy Moss, former employee of Lily Mill, retired kitchen supervisor from Senior Center, attended Putnam Memorial Baptist Church, member of Lily Baptist Church, Lily Womans Club and Senior Center.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Dennis Bridges, Douglas "Buddy" and Lynn Bridges, Chuck Bridges and Sherry Padgett, Shelby, Lindy and Tamara Bridges, Morganton; daughters and son-in-law, Pat and Ernest McDonald, Lawndale, Cindy Bridges, Shelby; mother, Dora Ledbetter Blanton, Shelby; brothers, Bill Blanton, Newton, Doug Blanton, Casar; sister, Sadie Garver, Lawndale; grandchildren, David and Kelli Bridges, Terrany and David Wright, Teresa, John, Andy, Josh, Alan and Amber Bridges, Jennifer Pearson; great-grandchildren, Austin and David Keith Bridges
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, Putnam Memorial Baptist Church, Revs. Bryan Glisson, Marion Adams, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Sunset Cemetery
MEMORIALS: Hospitality House, 1214 Scott Ave., Charlotte 28203
ARRANGEMENTS: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
Theda W. Underwood
IRON STATION Theda Mavis Watson Underwood, 64, 842 Spring Lake Road, died Aug. 23, 1999, at Lincoln Medical Center. She was a native of Richlands, Va., daughter of the late Howard Britton and Sarah Viola Rose Watson, mother of the late Randy Michael Bokish, sister of the late Emory Kenneth Watson, homemaker, member of First Freewill Baptist Church, Boger City.
SURVIVORS: Husband, James Dilbert Underwood; son and daughter-in-law, Randy Allan and Elizabeth Underwood, Lincolnton; daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and Randy Dill, Clover, S.C.; grandsons, J.D. Hamm, Clover, Britton Underwood, Lincolnton; granddaughters, Kimberly Hamm, Kenzie Underwood, Lincolnton; great-grandsons, Joshua Hamm, Lincolnton, J.D. Hamm, Clover
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Alexis Baptist Church, Rev. Brian Williams
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Stanley
Marie E. Grice
CHARLOTTE Marie Edwards Grice, 83, 11114 Tema Circle, died Aug. 23, 1999, at Carolinas Medical Center. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Johnson L. and Elmina McIntosh Edwards, wife of the late Robert Hall Grice, mother of the late Bobby Grice, homemaker, member of Cooks Memorial Presbyterian Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Elaine Grice, the home; sons, John Grice, Cornelius, Terry Grice, Charlotte; sister, Mildred Keever, Baltimore, Md.; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchilden
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Cooks Memorial Presbyterian Church, Rev. T.J. Thompson
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 2:30-4 p.m. Wednesday, the church
MEMORIALS: Cooks Memorial Presbyterian Church, 3413 Mount Holly-Huntersville Road, Charlotte 28216
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly
