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Ethel S. Walker
KINGS MOUNTAIN Ethel Slater Walker, 87, 1115 Rollingbrook Court, died Aug. 30, 1999, at home. She was a native of Tattnall County, Ga., daughter of the late David Arthur and Lillie Morrison Slater, wife of the late Russell Odell Walker, mother of the late Robert Odell Walker, grandmother of the late Derita Carlene Conrad, sister of the late D.A. Slater, lifelong member of First Church of the Nazarene, Gastonia, retired from CDA Mills.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Patsy W. Roberts, Kings Mountain, Dorothy Elaine Mullis, Monroe; sons, Charles Mincey, York, S.C., Arthur "A.J." and Bobby Mincey, Baxley, Ga.; brothers, Lamar Slater, Stockton, Calif., Rev. Hugh Slater, Maryland; sister, Juanita York, Houston, Texas; 22 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, First Church of the Nazarene, Gastonia, Revs. Tom Rodriguez, Albert PayneBURIAL: Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, McLean & Son Funeral Home, Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: Roger Steven Conrad Jr., Russell Odell and Eddie Earl Walters Jr., Robert Russell and Danny Walker, Duane Roberts
MEMORIALS: First Church of the Nazarene, 1500 Linwood Road, Gastonia 28052
Evelyn R. Stowe
MOUNT HOLLY Evelyn Rankin Stowe, 92, 1262 Stanley-Lucia Road, died Aug. 30, 1999, at home. She was a native of Gastonia, daughter of the late Rufus Andrew and Minnie Armstrong Rankin, wife of the late John Paul Stowe, graduate of Gastonia High School and City Hospital School of Nursing, registered nurse, certified public health nurse with Gaston County and Mecklenburg County health departments, retired from Mecklenburg County Health Department, member of First Presbyterian Church of Stanley.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Jane R. and Hubert Shook, Banner Elk, Anna Sue and Ronald Honeycutt, Yadkinville, Margaret E. and Sherrill Teague, Stanley; daughter, Mary E. Stowe, Winston-Salem; sisters, Alice R. Forbes, Charlotte, Helen R. Brafford, Raleigh; grandchildren and spouses, John Driggers, Banner Elk, James and Sherry Teague, Belmont, Vicki and Jim Castle, Norwich, Ohio, Brian Teague, Atlanta, Lea Anne Honeycutt, Salisbury, Cara and Bleu Hutchens, Yadkinville, Margie Teague, Gainesville, Fla.; nine great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews, special caregiver and friend, Ossie T. Nichols, Mount Holly
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church, Stanley, Revs. Dan King, Fred Murphy
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Stanley
MEMORIALS: Evelyn Rankin Stowe Endowed Nursing Scholarship, Gaston College, 201 Highway 321 South, Dallas, 28034; Hospice of Gaston County Inc., P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053 or First Presbyterian Church, 512 Old Mount Holly Road, Stanley 28164
Rita H. Barnes
LINCOLNTON Rita Harris Barnes, 91, Lincoln Nursing Center, formerly of 6844 Houser Farm Road, Vale, died Aug. 31, 1999. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Aldophus and Laura Edwards Barnes, wife of the late Orias Julius Barnes, nurses aid.
SURVIVORS: Nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, Bess Chapel United Methodist Church, Rev. John Stein, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Bess Chapel United Methodist Church, 2741 Highway 274, Cherryville 28021
Edwin Powell Sr.
NEWTON Edwin Dean Powell Sr., 83, died Aug. 29, 1999, at Abernethy Retirement Center. He was son of the late Lillian Dean and Rufus Edwin Powell, husband of the late Lillian Banks Powell, engineer, retired executive from Duke Power Co., longtime member and deacon of First Baptist Church of Mount Holly, life member of Mount Holly Lions Club and American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Trustee for Life of Mars Hill College, before retirement served as chairman of Turbines and Condensers Sub-Committee of Edison Electric Institute Prime Movers Committee, involved in community projects and the higher education of young people, spent 15 years in leadership roles in Boy Scouts of America, served 10 years as Scoutmaster, member of Calvary Baptist Church for the past four years.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Ruth S. Powell, Abernethy Center; children, Joanna Powell Heavner, Atlanta, Catherine Powell Farrar, Morganton, Dr. Edwin Dean Powell Jr., Hickory; five grandsons; four granddaughters; three great-grandchildren; stepdaughters, Cynthia Estridge, Richmond, Va., Sydney Shuler, Winston-Salem; four grandsons; two granddaughters; three great-grandchildren MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2 p.m. Saturday, Calvary Baptist Church, Newton
VISITATION: 7 p.m. Saturday, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, First Baptist Church, Mount Holly
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens, Mount Holly, after funeral service
MEMORIALS: Building Fund, Calvary Baptist Church, Newton or Jones Music Scholarship Fund of First Baptist Church, Mount Holly
Myrtle L. Ward
GASTONIA Myrtle Leonard Ward, 89, 519 Basswood Way, formerly of Linwood Road, died Aug. 30, 1999, at her residence. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Samuel and Mary Magallean Elmore Leonard.
SURVIVORS: Niece and spouse, Tracy and Scott Phillips, the home; great nieces and nephews, Joshua and Stacey Phillips, Gastonia; sister and brother-in-law, Versie and Glenn Cato, Gastonia; other nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 3:30 p.m. today, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Lamar Creel
VISITATION: 2-3 p.m. today, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, other times at the home
PALLBEARERS: Grady Breedlove, George Cathey, Brian Grindle, Don Lee, Joshua Phillips, Tom Zumwalt
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Lucy Blackwood Lynn
GASTONIA Lucy Blackwood Lynn, 76, 4416 S. Linwood Road, died Aug. 31, 1999, at home.
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel
Margaret Barker Hutchins
GASTONIA Margaret Louise Barker Hutchins, 81, died Aug. 31, 1999, at the Rehabilitation and Health Center.
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel
David T. Murray
GROVER David T. Murray, 51, 207 N. Timberland Drive, died Aug. 31, 1999, at Wendover Hospice Center, Shelby. He was a native of Boston, son of the late Norbert W. Murray, retired financial officer and general manager of Azdel Inc., U.S. Navy veteran. SURVIVORS: Former wife, Patricia Garland Murray, Grover; mother, Dorothea Mueller Murray, Plainville, Mass.; daughters and son-in-law, Christina Murray, Gastonia, Sara Murray and James Rippey, Grover; brother, Stephen Murray, Medway, Mass.; sister, Patricia Guerrini, Mansfield, Mass.; grandchildren, Samantha Rippey, Noah Murray
FUNERAL MASS: 9 a.m. Thursday, St. Marys Church, Mansfield
BURIAL: church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Amici Funeral Home, Mansfield
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Road, Shelby 28150
ARRANGEMENTS: Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain
Ruthie Easter Ashley
YORK, S.C. Ruthie Lee Easter Ashley, 89, 5 Turner Ave., died Aug. 29, 1999, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill.
ARRANGEMENTS: Wright Funeral Home
Paul R. Willis
MOUNT HOLLY Paul Reid Willis, 79, 206 Wood St., died Aug. 31, 1999, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, husband of the late Lassie Cowart Willis, son of the late Charles and Jenny Tinkler Willis, brother of the late William and John Willis, Sue Carson and Joanne Brown, retired master carpenter with J.S. Jacobs Construction Co., sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II, recent recipient of the Silver Star and Purple Heart presented by Rep. Sue Myrick, member of the Gastonia VFW.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth and Linda Willis, Mount Holly; sisters, Katherine Britton, Dallas, Jane Stroupe, Gastonia, Doris Baker, Dallas, Tex.; stepgrandchildren, Elizabeth Parker, Gastonia, James Parker, Lincolnton, J. Scott Parker, Mount Holly; 5 stepgreat-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 3 p.m. Thursday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Joe Law
VISITATION: 1-2:45 p.m. Thursday, McLean and Son Funeral Home, Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: Dan, Dale, Don and Benny Britton, Jimmy Willis, Ronnie Stroupe
Paul A. Fair
GASTONIA Paul Adam Fair, 77, 427 E. 12th Ave., died Aug. 31, 1999, at home. He was a native of Copperhill, Tenn., son of the late C.L. and Beulah Stiles Fair, retired from the city of Gastonia Long Creek Water Plant after 15 years service, World War II Army veteran.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 58 years, Ruth Harmon Fair; daughters, Judy Pennington, Belmont, Mary Lee Greene, the home; son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Myra Fair, Gastonia; sister, Ruby Elliott, Gastonia, grandchildren, Monica Pennington, Chris Greene, Dana and Michael Fair, Christy Reddick; great-grandchild, T.J. Trakas
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 3 p.m. Thursday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Robert Wells
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Ward Funeral Home
PALLBEARERS: Hubert and Dick Hanna, Doug Greene, Randy Spencer, Brian Rushing, Terry Trakas
MEMORIALS: Gaston Hospice, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
R. Glenn Powell
GASTONIA R. Glenn Powell, 84, 425 Dunham Road, died Aug. 31, 1999, at home. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Rufus J. and Maude Corbett Powell, World War II Army Air Corps veteran, Oldsmobile-Cadillac dealer for 48 years, real estate broker, developer, contractor, past president of Merchants Association, director and co-founder of Carolina State Bank, Shriner, avid gardener, member of Home Builders Association, Gaston Association of Realtors, First United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 58 years, Edith McCoy Powell; son and daughter-in-law, David L. and Leslie R. Powell, Gastonia; daughter and son-in-law, Glenda P. and Jimmy R. Bannister, Gastonia; brother, Cletus Powell, North Wilkesboro; grandsons, Glenn E. Stevens, Robert A. Powell, Gastonia, Eric S. Stevens, Portland, Ore., 5 nieces, 3 nephews
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. First United Methodist Church, Gastonia, Drs. Joseph C. Seymour, James Westmoreland, Rev. Phil McCoy
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, McLean and Son Funeral Home, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: First United Methodist Church, 190 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia 28052
Kaitlynn Phillips
LINCOLNTON Kaitlynn Sydney Phillips, infant, 217 Landsdale Ave., died Aug. 30, 1999, at Lincoln Medical Center.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Julie Griffin, the home; father, Raymond Tilton Phillips, Bessemer City; brother, Brandon Wayne Burnett, the home; maternal grandparents, Jim and Doloris Griffin, the home; paternal grandparents, Amelia Louise and Charles D. Reagan, Gastonia; maternal great-grandmothers, Isabell Ellis, Kings Mountain, Irene Rodriguez, Mexico; paternal great-grandparents, Max Ray and Willie Herring, Chattanooga, Tenn.; aunts, Janett Clemmer, Tucson, Ariz., Christina Hord, Kings Mountain; uncles, Brian Scott Hord, Gastonia, James Robert Hord, Kings Mountain
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 11 a.m. Thursday, Westview Gardens, Bessemer City, Rev. Joel Rogers Jr.
VISITATION: 6-7:30 tonight, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Bessemer City
