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Jennings B. Friday
DALLAS — Jennings Bryan Friday, 86, 335 Loray Farm Road, died Sept. 30, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital
He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Julius Bickly and Lula Flo Rhyne Friday. He was a member of Antioch Lutheran Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Elenora Pasour Friday; son, James B. Friday, Charlotte; daughters and son-in-law, Barbara Lawrence, Dallas, Mary E. "Libby" and Dean Moore, June Greene, Gastonia; brothers, Joe, Earl Friday, Dallas; sisters, Mae Bentley, Florene Bridges, Stanley, Faye Henderson, Huntersville; grandchildren, Rebecca Michelle Greene, Tammy Greene Hall and husband John, Lisa Greene, Brian Lawrence and wife Cassey; great-grandchildren, Sabrina and Tabitha Greene, Taylan Lawrence.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Antioch Lutheran Church, Rev. Michael O’Grady
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Dallas Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Antioch Lutheran Church Cemetery Fund, 330 Old NC 277 Loop, Dallas 28034
Kathleen Bost
GASTONIA — Kathleen "Katie" Bost, 93, 142 W. Garrison Blvd., died Oct. 1, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
She was a native of Iredell County, daughter of the late Chalmers Bost and spouse, wife of the late Jerry Hope, she was retired from CDA Mill.
SURVIVORS: Number of nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Ward Funeral Home
James C. Brown
GASTONIA — James Cecil Brown, 85, of Courtland Terrace, formerly of West Hillcrest Avenue, died Oct. 1, 2000 at his home.
He was a native of Old Fort, son of the late James Samuel and Nancy Gilliam Brown. He was a graduate of Gastonia High School, former co-owner of Brown’s Grocery and a retired manager of Harris-Teeter Super Market with over 30 years of service. He was an active member of Loray Baptist Church, where he was an usher, former Sunday School Outreach Director, and Sunday School song leader
SURVIVORS: Wife of 66 years, Mabel Edith Gardner Brown; son and daughter-in-law, James Samuel II and Kay Brown, Gastonia; daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley Brown and Fred Jones, Lake Wylie, S.C., Linda Brown and James Addison, Gastonia; brother, John Roland Brown, Gastonia; grandchildren and spouses, Fred Ridgeway Jones, Jr. and wife Vicki, Timothy David Jones and wife Nancy, Gastonia, James Hamilton Jones and wife Kim, Denver, Amanda B. Few and husband Tom, Richmond, Va, James Samuel Brown III and wife Dawn, San Anselmo, Calif., James Ridgeway Addison, Washington, DC, Heather Michelle Addison, Gastonia; great-grandchildren, Will, Amber, Carlee, McKenna and Jimmy Jones, Pierce and Folger Few, Tyler Brown
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. John Bridges
VISITATION: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia. and other times at the home of Linda and James Addison, 432 Shallowood Lane, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: Loray Baptist Church, 1128 W. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia 28052
A.V. Kennedy, Jr.
LAWNDALE — Austin Victor Kennedy Jr., 60, 348 Vic Randall Road., died Sept. 30 2000 at Hospice of Wendover.
He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late A.V. Kennedy Sr. and Maggie Corene Wallace Kennedy. He was a member of East Kings Mountain Church of God, retired from the landscape division of the NC Dept. of Transportation.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, Arthur C. Kennedy, Kings Mountain, Ronnie and Nancy Kennedy, Shelby; daughters and son-in-law, Tammy and Grady Patterson, Shelby, Kayron Wiseman, Muncie, Ind.; brothers, Earl Kennedy, Lawndale, J.W. Kennedy, Shelby; sisters, Thelma Sealey, Sue Powell, Jean Dover, Shelby; 11 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; mother of his children, Ansley Terry, Kings Mountain; longtime family friends, Lucy Hope, Kings Mountain, Sheena Kennedy Anthony, Boiling Springs
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Arthur C. and Lee Kennedy; sisters, Linda and Dianne Kennedy, Ruth Cooper FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday, East Kings Mountain Church of God, Rev. John Heath; body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service
BURIAL: Wallace Grove Baptist Church
VISITATION: 6:30-8 tonight, Stamey Funeral Home; other times at the home of Ronnie and Nancy Kennedy, 842 E. Green St., Shelby
MEMORIALS: East Kings Mountain Church of God, c/o Rev. John Heath, 304 Waco Road, Kings Mountain 28086
Miriam D. Hartman
CHERRYVILLE — Miriam D. Hartman, 87, 7802 Flay Road, died Sept. 30, 2000 at Carolina Care Center, Cherryville
She was native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Wilson P. and Kimmie Baker Dellinger, wife of the late Cone Bess. She was retired as a seamstress from Mead Knitting of Cherryville, member of Cedar Grove Lutheran Church, Vale, former member of Evangelical Lutheran Churches of America Women’s Auxiliary and the Senior Citizens Club of the church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Charles Hartman; one step-son; three step-daughters; brothers, Heman Dellinger, Vale, Bernice Dellinger, Newton; sisters, Varlene D. Riley, Cherryville, Junie Bryte Lemmond, Decatur, Ga., Eunice Turner, Morganton; number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Lawrence and Orlin Dellinger; sisters, Camilla Beam, Talathy D. Dellinger
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. today, Cedar Grove Lutheran Church, Rev. Dale Pederson
BURIAL: Cedar Grove Lutheran Church Cemetery
VISITATION: After the service at the church
MEMORIALS: Cedar Grove Lutheran Church Building Fund, 261 Cedar Grove Church Road, Vale 28168
ARRANGEMENTS: Stamey-Cherryville Funeral Home
Charles R. Yarborough
GASTONIA — Charles Robert "Bob" Yarborough, 62, 212 Woody Court, died Sept. 30, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late John Merle and Connie Wright Yarborough. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Belmont, a mechanic for Siemans-Westinghouse, a former member of the National Guard.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Carolyn Foster Yarborough; sons and daughters-in-law, Ronald and Cleresa Yarborough, Keith and Teresa Yarborough, Gastonia; step-children, Doug Parks, Gastonia, Tammy Burgess, Gastonia, Angela Fisher, Tulsa, Okla.; 10 grandchildren
FUNERAL: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
PRIVATE BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 6-7:45 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, 23 N. Central Ave., Belmont 28012; American Heart Association, 1229 Greenwood Cliff, Suite 109, Charlotte 28204
William S. Fulton, Jr.
KINGS MOUNTAIN — William S. "Bill" Fulton, Jr., 81, 613 E. Ridge St., died Sept. 30, 2000 at his home.
He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late W. Sage Fulton Sr. and Vivian Ware Fulton. He was retired owner of Fulton’s Department Store in Kings Mountain, member of Boyce Memorial A.R.P.Church, the Kiwanis Club for over 45 years, was awarded a life membership in the Kiwanis Club, treasurer of Boyce Memorial Church for 30 years, served as deacon, elder and trustee. He was also a member of the board of directors of First Federal Savings and Loan and the board of directors of Erskine College, a veteran of the Army Air Corps in World War II and was also a Shriner.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, W.S. "Corky" and Barbara Fulton III, Kings Mountain, Carl G. Fulton, Hendersonville, James P. Fulton, Salisbury; grandchildren, Sage, Jennifer, Charlotte, Elizabeth and Catherine Fulton
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Lenora Fulton
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Boyce Memorial A.R.P. Church, Kings Mountain, Rev. Doug Petersen
VISITATION: After the service in the church fellowship hall
INTERMENT: Mountain Rest Cemetery
MEMORIALS: Boyce Memorial A.R.P. Church, Edgemont Road, Kings Mountain 28086; Hospice of Cleveland County, 952 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby 28150
ARRANGEMENTS: Harris Funeral Home
Shirley B.B. Norwood
LINCOLNTON — Shirley Bishop Bost Norwood, 68, 744 Fernwood Road, died Sept. 30, 2000 at her home
She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Clarence Edgar Bost and Beulah Caldwell. She was a member of Boger City Baptist Church and worked as a clerk for 25 years at a drug store.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Lawrence Harold Norwood; sons, Dr. Scott H. Norwood, Tyler, Texas, Douglas B. Norwood, Iron Station; daughter, Patrica E. Norwood Cooke, Iron Station; sister, Ruth Bost Cash, North Myrtle Beach, S.C.; seven grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, William A. and James E. Bost; sister, Irene Bost Summey
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, Boger City Baptist Church, Rev. David Carter
BURIAL: Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church
PALLBEARERS: James, Joseph, Patrick, Adam, Michael and Scott Norwood
MEMORIALS: Boger City Baptist Church Building Fund, 2201 E. Main St., Lincolnton 28092
ARRANGEMENTS: Burke Mortuaries
Stella Funk
FALLSTON — Stella Curtis Beam Funk, 90, died Sept. 30, 2000 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
She was a native of Texas, daughter of the late Joshua Beam, wife of the late Clyde Milton Funk. She was retired from Broughton Hospital as a registered nurse and was a member of Fallston Baptist Church. She was in the U.S. Navy as a Lt. registered nurse
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, George and Doris Funk, Fallston; grandchildren, Mike Funk, Fallston, Sherry F. Hunt, Nebo; great-grandaughter, Kayla Hunt, Nebo; step-great-grandson, Cory Hunt, Nebo
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rev. Fred Helms Jr.
VISITATION: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Stamey Funeral Home
Margaret G. Pitman
FAIRFAX, S.C. — Margaret Goodman Pitman, 74, died Sept. 30, 2000 at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Augusta, S.C.
She was a native of Wilcox County, Ga., daughter of the late James Ellison Goodman and Grace Keene Goodman Sloman, she was a homemaker and an active member of the First Baptist Church of Fairfax since 1954, a former Sunday school secretary and member of the Ruth Sunday School class and the adult choir.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Lyman Pitman, Sr.; sons, Lyman Pitman, Jr., Hampton S.C., James Pitman, York, S.C.; daughters, Judy P. Manuel, Hartsville, S.C., Brenda P. Bennet, Allendale, S.C.; brother, James Goodman, Port Royal, S.C.; sisters, Vera Flowers, Yemassee, S.C., Bonnie Carr, Thorsby, Ala.; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Reba Aragon
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, First Baptist Church of Fairfax
BURIAL: Fairfax Cemetery
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church of Fairfax, or Camp Jackson
ARRANGEMENTS: Smith-Rhoden Funeral Home, Allendale, S.C.
