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Grady W. Morgan
DELTON, Mich. — Grady W. Morgan, 79, died Oct. 5, 2000, at home. He was a native of Lowell, son of the late John and Julia Messer Morgan, owner-operator of Joe the Shoe Doctor, Kalamazoo and Richland, Mich., for many years, loved camping, avid deer hunter, fisherman and enjoyed landscaping.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Patricia Robinson Morgan; son and daughter-in-law, William and Marilyn Morgan, Vicksburg, Mich.; daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Brad Bushman, Otsego, Mich.; stepchildren and spouses, James and Gail Jager, Parchment, Mich., Kenneth and Deb Jager, Irons, Mich., John and Lu Jager, Hartsell, Ala., Richard and Nancy Jager, Nancy and Leonard Getty, Judith and Don Hoolsema, Patricia and David Austin, Kalamazoo, Mich., Karen and Mark Chastain, Greer, S.C., Kathy Jager, Bloomingdale, Mich.; brothers, John, James and Harley Morgan, Lowell, Carl Morgan, Belmont; sister, Aileen Swayney, Cramerton; grandchildren; great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Harkless, Rufus and Ernest Morgan
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, Williams Funeral Home, Rev. William A. Hertel
MEMORIALS: Barry Community Hospice or Faith United Methodist Church
Kermit C. Pendleton
VALE - Kermit Charles Pendleton, 90, 909 Northbrook #3 School Road, died Oct. 6, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center, Lincolnton. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late John F. and Ella Blanton Pendleton, husband of the late Eula Beam Pendleton, retired school teacher.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Don M. Pendleton, Lincolnton, Charles A. Pendleton, Richmond, Va.; daughter, Linda Benfield, Stanley; sister, Pricilla Mast, Morganton; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3:30 p.m. Monday, Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, Rev. Don Willis; body will be placed in church 30 minutes before the service
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Warlick Funeral Home
BURIAL: Church cemetery
Gregory B. McDonald
CHERRYVILLE - Gregory Brent McDonald, 53, 411 N. Pine St., died Oct. 6, 2000, at Integrated Health Services, Charlotte. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Joe T. and Mable Ann Whitaker McDonald, retired draftsman, member of Morning Star Ministries, Charlotte, former member of Laurel Wood Baptist Church, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Dick B. and Kandise McDonald, York, S.C.; daughters and sons-in-law, Kim and Tim Griffin, Kings Mountain, Stephanie and Rick Wirth, Cherryville; grandchildren, Richard, Josh and Elizabeth Griffin
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4 p.m. today, Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery, Rev. Carroll Henderson
VISITATION: 2:30-3:30 p.m. today, Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain; other times at the home of Kim Griffin, 310 Bell Road, Kings Mountain
Nettie T. Jarrell
VALE - Nettie Tessener Jarrell, 70, 708 Tower Road, died Oct. 6, 2000, at home. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Julius Tessener, retired from Delta Mills, Maiden, member of Highland Freewill Baptist Church, Boger City.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Floyd Cullen Jarrell; son, David Jarrell, Vale; daughter, Linda J. Huskins, Vale; mother, Cora Spencer Tessener, Lincolnton; brother, Junius Tessener, Virginia; sisters, Katherine T. Taylor, Rosie T. Spencer, Bertha T. Leatherman, Lincolnton; grandchildren, Brian, Wesley and Mathew Jarrell, Emely Huskins, Vale
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Highland Freewill Baptist Church, Rev. Brian Williams; body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
VISITATION: 7-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Carpenter’s Funeral Home
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Lincolnton
MEMORIALS: Jarrell Family, 708 Tower Road, Vale 28168
Bertha P. Smith
STANLEY - Bertha Pruitt Smith, 90, 719 Mauney Road, died Oct. 5, 2000, at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation Center, Gastonia. She was a native of Spartanburg, S.C., daughter of the late Rufus and Malissa Walker Pruitt, wife of the late John Beatty Smith Sr., homemaker, member of First Baptist Church in Stanley for 62 years, member of adult choir, taught adult Sunday school, member of Golden Years Club.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Margaret Mauney, Stanley; son, Graham Smith, Stanley; brother, Harold Pruitt, Stanley; sister, Helen Abernathy, Belmont; grandchildren, Brenda Sue McClure, Margaret Aileen Friday, Melissa S. Parker, Charlotte S., Mark, Allen and Eric Smith; nine great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Daughter, Shirley P. Rathers; son, John B. Smith Jr.; sisters, Nettie P. Cochran, Letha Fisher, Fannie Sue Jones, Dorothy Campbell; brothers, John, Walker, Bryson, Stafford and Floyd Pruitt; great-great-granddaughter, Kimberly Brianna Mauldin
FUNERAL: 2:30 p.m. Sunday, First Baptist Church, Rev. Charles High, Dr. M.B. Morrow
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Stanley; other times at home of Mr. and Mrs. Reggie Friday, 5050 Dogwood Lane, Stanley
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church Building Fund, 409 Old Mount Holly Road, Stanley 28164
Evelyn C. Bridges
NEBO — Evelyn C. Bridges, 81, resident of McDowell Nursing Center, died Oct. 6, 2000, at home. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late John and Charlotte Lattimore Canipe, wife of the late Homer Carl Bridges, homemaker, member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Bill and Donald Bridges, Shelby; daughters, Rachel Melton, Ellenboro, Sarah and Teresa Bridges, Gastonia; sister, Mary Mosteller, Hickory; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery, Rev. Chris Wray
VISITATION: 1:30-2 p.m. Sunday, Clay-Barnette Funeral Home; other times at home of Donald Bridges, 1211 Scenic Drive, Shelby
MEMORIALS: Mt. Sinai Baptist Church, 1227 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Shelby 28152
SUZY SMITH
SHELBY - Suzy Smith, 56, 707 N. Lafayette St., died Oct. 5, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Clarence Torrence and Claudia Lucille Martin Smith, employed by Goodwill Industries Store, member of First Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Aunts and spouses, Doris and Jeff Connor, Margaret Spencer, Delores Hamrick, Mary Sue Olsen, Marie and Otha Collins, Shelby, Dee Martin, Knoxville, Tenn.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Sunday, Sunset Cemetery, Dr. Robert Canoy
VISITATION: 6:30-8 tonight, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Donor’s choice
ALF PETTIS
GASTONIA - Alf Pettis, 89, 667 Kilborne St., died Oct. 4, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of York County, S.C., husband of the late Lillie Mae Walker Pettis, custodian.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Mattie McGill, Vernie Sanders, the home, Joyce Smarr, Jean Starr, Gastonia, Lillian Pettis, Mildred McNeal, Kings Mountain; sisters, Mary Pettis Hager, Kings Mountain, Martha Pettis Clawson, Clover, S.C.; brothers, James P. Pettis, Gastonia, Samuel Pettis, Charlotte, Charles B. Pettis, Kings Mountain; 23 grandchildren; 46 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sons, John Louis and Alford Pettis Jr.
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Sunday, Costner Funeral Home, Rev. James Burris
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before service
BURIAL: Kellys Chapel Cemetery, Bessemer City
Louise L. Walker
GASTONIA — Louise Lowery Walker, 83, 707 Falls St., died Sept. 29, 2000 at Century Care of Gastonia
She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late William Pink and Mary Adams Lowery. Member of St. Stephans A.M.E. Zion Church, where she served on the Usher Board as past president, and was a retired worker in the Gaston County School Board System, a homemaker
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Allene Walker Sellars, Clover, S.C.; sister, Geneva McGill, Clover; six grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; 12 great-great-grandchildren; special nephew, Brown "Ray" Lowery, Gastonia; host of nieces, nephews, cousins, friends
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday, St. Stephens A.M.E. Zion Church, Dr. Bernard Sullivan
VISITATION: 30 minutes before the service at the church; other times at the home of Brown "Ray" Lowery, 125 Pam Drive, Gastonia
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Lawrence A. Sinclair Jr.
MAIDEN — Lawrence Aurther Sinclair, Jr., 57, 6970 East Highway 150, died Oct. 1, 2000 at Lincoln Medical Center.
He was a native of Portland, Maine, son of the late Lawrence Aurther Sinclair Sr. and Louise Goodwrich Sinclair. He was employed as a truck driver and served in the United States Marine Corps.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Joan Sinclair; son, Mike Sinclair, Dallas; daughter, Stephanie Hudspeth, Lincolnton; six grandchildren; several nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, at the funeral home
MEMORIALS: American Heart Association, memorials and tributes chairperson, 2638 Lee Lawing Road, Linconton 28092
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 Bilbrey, Gastonia; nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: Held Sunday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Bruce Pittman; mititary honors by World War II Last Man Club
PALLBEARERS: Joe, Chris, Stephen Bilbrey, Donnie Burris, Acie Wells, Bill Greenlee
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
