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Sue Fortenberry
Sue Jean Gabriel Fortenberry, 73, of 2630 East Main St., died Oct. 1, 2001. A funeral service was held this morning at 11 at First United Methodist Church where she was a member. Burial followed in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Born in Catawba County, she was a graduate of Kings Business College and worked with her husband at Fortenberry Accounting Service until her retirement. She was a member of the United Methodist Women at her church and a member of the Lincoln Chapter 114 Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include one daughter, Jean “Buffy” Rowe of Alpharetta, Ga.; one sister, Mildred Gabriel Finger of Lincolnton; and two grandchildren, William James Rowe, and Mary Ruth Gabriel Rowe, both of Alpharetta, Ga.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church Building Fund, 201 E. Main St., Lincolnton, N.C. 28092.
Warlick Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Joyce Baker
GREENSBORO — Joyce Lawing Baker, of #5 Sommerton Dr., died Sept. 27, 2001. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Warlick Funeral Home Chapel, Lincolnton. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
She was born in Lincoln County.
Survivors include her husband, James W. Baker; her mother and father, Ada P. Lawing and Gaither Lawing, both of Lincolnton; two brothers, Howard Lawing, and Vernon Lawing, both of Lincolnton; two sisters, Ruth Little of Lincolnton, and Brenda Pearce of Denver.
Memorials may be made to the ITP Society of the Children’s Blood Foundation, 333 E. 38th St. Suite 830, New York, N.Y. 10016-2745.
Garland Buff
CASAR — Garland Granville Buff, 72, of 330 Jesse Mountain Rd., died Oct. 2, 2001. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Olive Grove Baptist Church where he was a member. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight at Stamey Funeral Home from 6:30 until 8:30.
Born in Cleveland County; he was the owner of Shady Side Drag Way in Boiling Springs, Harris Speedway of Rutherford County, and Buff’s Superette of Casar. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #579 of Casar.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia Lutz Buff; a son, Ronald Garland Buff of Boiling Springs; a daughter, Donna Dianna Buff of Casar; a brother, Steve Buff of Casar; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
William Dellinger
CHERRYVILLE — William Lester “Tracy” Dellinger, 74, of 309 Linwood Ave., died Oct. 1, 2001. A graveside service will be held today at 3 p.m. in City Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends this afternoon from 1 until 2:30 at Carpenter’s Funeral Home.
Born in Gaston County, he was a retired brick mason with Dixie Lumber Co. and a member of First Baptist Church in Cherryville.
Survivors include one son, John L. Dellinger of Bessemer City; two brothers, J.C. Dellinger and Max Dellinger, both of Cherryville; and four sisters, Ruby Hubbard, and Dorothy Blalock, both of Shelby, Kay Marks of Lincolnton, and Gail Peele of Crouse.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 301 E. First St., Cherryville, N.C. 28021.
Georgia Rhyne
Georgia Lee Rhyne, 86, of 4669 Hunter Rhyne Rd., died Oct. 3, 2001. A funeral service will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. at Holy Cross Lutheran Church where she was a member. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday night from 7 until 9 at E.F. Drum Funeral Home.
Born in Lincoln County, she was retired from Crowell Hospital.
Survivors include three sons, William Hunter Rhyne, Grady Lee Rhyne, and Darrell Robert Rhyne, all of Lincolnton; five daughters, Clara Crouse, and Betty Poteat, both of Lincolnton, Minnie Dellinger, Catherine Sherrill, and Dorothy Hull, all of Maiden; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and one great-great- grandchild.
Memorials may be made to Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 2639 E. Hwy. 150, Lincolnton, N.C. 28092.
David Stuckey
STANLEY — David Frank Stuckey, 64, of 1946 Cardinal Loop Rd., died Sept. 26, 2001. A funeral service was held at Alliance Christian and Missionary Alliance at 10 a.m. on Sept. 29. Interment was in Highland Memorial Park. A memorial service will be held at 3p.m. Sunday at Denver Wesleyan Church, where he was a member.
Born in Maximo, Ohio, he was a pattern maker who worked for General Motors until his retirement.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Stuckey; two daughters, Christa Henning of Alliance, Ohio, and Cherie Estridge of Stanley; one son, Wayne Stuckey of Anchorage, Ala.; three sisters, Audrey Rininger, Wanda Anderson, and Vonda Myers, all of Alliance, Ohio; one brother, Art Stuckey of Canton, Ohio; and 11 grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Denver Wesleyan Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 312, N.Hwy. 16, Denver, N.C. 28037.
Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Bobby Burson
SHELBY — Bobby Gene Burson, 66, of 504 Suttle St., died Oct. 1. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Eskridge Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 8 at the church.
He was born in Cleveland County.
Enloe Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Jean Williams
MAIDEN — Jean Arndt Williams, 65, of 2761 Water Plant Rd., died Oct. 2, 2001. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church where she was a member. Burial will be in the Maiden City Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service.
Born in Catawba County, she was a customer service representative for Ethan Allen Furniture and has served as the librarian at her church.
Survivors include her husband, Roger S. Williams; two brothers, Leonard Arndt of Newton, and Giles Arndt of Gastonia; and three sisters, Ara McRee of Gastonia, Hilda Pyatt of Salisbury, and Mary Lee Murray of Maiden.
Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 303 N. Main Ave., Maiden, N.C.
Goodin-Drum Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Hal Baxter
HICKORY — Hal Thomas Baxter, 62, of 5th St. Dr., died Oct. 2, 2001. A funeral service will be held today at 4:30 p.m. at the Hickory Funeral Home. The family will receive friends at the funeral home following the service.
Born in Lincoln County, he was the owner and operator of Far East Nissan-Suzuki and Fast Company.
Survivors include his wife, Gail Black Baxter; his mother, Matilda Bess Baxter of Newton; four daughters, Amanda Baxter of Charlotte, Stephanie Pollard of Misenheimer, Megan Baxter of Winston-Salem; and Meredith Baxter of Evanston, Ill.; two sons, Mark Baxter of Boston, Mass., and Brandon Baxter of Daytona Beach, Fla.; and one sister, Betty Jean Cole of Atlanta, Ga.
Memorials may be made to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 1329, Hickory, N.C. 28603; or to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Norman Young
CHERRYVILLE — Norman McCoy Young, 68, of 1105 Sunset Rd., died Oct. 3, 2001. A funeral service will be held today at 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church where he was a member. Burial will follow in Bess Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Born in Cleveland County, he was the Director of Communications for Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. of Cherryville until his retirement, a member of Cherryville Masonic Lodge #505, the American Legion Post #100, and served on the Board of Directors of the Cherryville Country Club. He also served in the U.S. Army.
Survivors include two daughters, Francine Stroupe of Cherryville, and Kim Young of Lincolnton; one brother Keith Young of Jacksonville, one sister, Marilyn Campbell of Lexington; and two grandchildren, Amber Stroupe and Annsley Stroupe.
Memorials may be made to Bess Chapel United Methodist Church “Cemetery Fund”, 2741 N.C. 274 Hwy., Cherryville, N.C. 28021; or to First United Methodist Church, 601 N. Pink St., Cherryville, N.C. 28021.
Stamey-Cherryville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Naomi McLurd
CROUSE — Naomi Rudisill McLurd, 84, of Crouse School Rd., died Oct. 3, 2001. A funeral service was held this morning at 11 at Crouse United Methodist Church. Burial followed in Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Born in Lincoln County, she worked at Ruby’s in Cherryville until her retirement.
Survivors include one son, James W. McLurd Jr. of Houston, Texas; one daughter, Cathy McLurd Kelly of North Myrtle Beach, S.C.; one brother, Robert S. Rudisill of Lincolnton; and two grandchildren, Bradley McLurd and Cassandra McLurd, both of Houston, Texas.
Memorials may be made to Crouse United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 43, Crouse, N.C. 28033.
Warlick Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Rose Henley
MAIDEN — Rose Barringer Henley, 79, of 2641 Bud Arndt Rd., died Oct. 3, 2001. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Mt. Ruhama Baptist Church where she was a member. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the fellowship hall of the church following the service.
Born in Catawba County, she worked in the hosiery industry until her retirement.
Survivors include two sons, Boyce I. Henry, II of Cornelius, and Noah Richard Henley of Salisbury; two brothers, Joe Barringer of Conover, and Max Barringer of Chattanooga, Tenn.; two sisters, Alean Barringer Detter of Maiden, and Nancy Barringer Burke of Newton; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to The Good Shepherd’s Clinic, 120 N. Jackson St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144; or Faith Baptist Church “Together We Build a Program” P.O. Box 84, Faith, N.C. 28041; or Mt. Ruhama Baptist Church, Youth Fund, 3273 Mt. Ruhama Church Rd., Maiden, N.C. 28650.
Burke Mortuaries is in charge of arrangements.
Louise Lindsay
VALE — Myrtle Louise Lindsay, 58, of 7672 Macedonia Church Rd., died Oct. 3, 2001. A funeral service will be held on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in Smart’s Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 8:30 at the church.
Born in Carter County, Tenn., she worked for Quality Hardwood.
Survivors include her husband, Carl Lindsay; her parents, Clarence Oaks and Edna Bare Oaks of Roan Mt., Tenn.; four sons, Tommy Shell of Jonesboro, Tenn., Bryan Shell of Elizabethton, Tenn., Scotty Shell of Vale, and Clent Shell of Lincolnton; two step sons, Rick Lindsay of Vale, and David Lindsay of Maiden; one daughter, Sheila Martin of Rutherfordton; two step daughters, Pam Shuppin of Chesterfield, and Kim Lovelace of Kings Mountain; two brothers, Jerry Oaks of Monroe, and Gregory Oaks of Roan Mt., Tenn.; six sisters, Wilma O’Conner and Valerie Duke, both of Indiana, Carolyn Quesada of Illinois, Elizabeth Coon of South Carolina, Jeanette Pinex of Piney Flats, Tenn., and Gail Westberry of Roan Mt., Tenn.; 19 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Stamey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
