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Mildred Millar
GASTONIA - Mildred Keener Millar, 79, formerly of New Hope Road, died March 9, 2002. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Crowders Creek ARP Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 8:30 in the chapel at Greene Funeral Service.
Born in Lincoln County, she was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and worked as an insurance agent for 35 years until retirement. She was also employed with Homelite Manufacturing,a nd Akers Trucking Co.
Survivors include one son, Ron Millar of Gastonia; one brother, Gene Keener of Miami, Fla.; one sister, Juanita Keener Costner of Lincolnton; and two grandchildren, Meredith Lynn Millar, and Shannon Leigh Millar.
Memorials may be made to Crowders Creek ARP Church, Crowders Creek Church Rd., Gastonia, N.C.
Ossie Mintz
SHELBY - Ossie Curry Mintz, 78, died March 8, 2002. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Shoal Creek Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church 30 minutes prior to the service.
She was born in Cherokee County, S.C.
Enloe Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Lane Holmes
CONCORD - B. Lane Holmes, 70, died March 9, 2002. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at University City United Methodist Church in Charlotte where he was a member. Internment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery.
Born in Charlotte, he was a U.S. Army veteran. During his career, he worked for the Federal Reserve Bank, Wahcovia and Allied Financial Services. He was the Senior Vice-president of Operations for Lincoln Bank until retirement.
Survivors include his son, Jeff Holmes of Landis; one daughter, Jeanette Johnson of Lilburn, Ga.; two brothers, Tom Holmes of Charlotte, and David Holmes of Louisville, Ky.; three grandchildren, Jeffrey Holmes, Alexandra Johnson, and Vivienne Johnson; and one great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 5301 Albemarle Rd., Charlotte, N.C. 28026.
The Wilson Chapel of Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
Horace Ross Jr.
AIKEN, S.C. - Horace V. Ross Jr., 78, died March 8, 2002. A funeral service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the George Funeral Homes Historic Downtown Chapel. Burial followed in Aiken Memorial Gardens.
Born in Lincoln County, N.C., he was a member of First Baptist Church of Aiken, the Ed. Cushman Sunday School class, Masonic Lodge, ACTS, the American Legion, and the VFW. He worked for Dupont for 28 years until retirement.
Survivors include his wife, Nell Digh Ross; two sons, Timothy Daniel Ross of Aiken, Gregory Alan Ross of Irmo, four sisters, Doris Beard of Maiden, N.C., Phyllis Cloer of Nice, Fla., Audrey Ramsey of Crouse, N.C. and Ruth Thornburg of Lincolnton, N.C.; and six grandchildren, Bret Ross, Ashley Ross Risher, Alan Ross, Virginia Ross Geddings, Holly Ross, and Jennifer Ross.
Onie Littlejohn
CHERRYVILLE - Onie Bridges Littlejohn, 90, of 209 West Fourth Street, died March 11, 2002. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. today at First Baptist Church in Cherryville where she was a member. Burial followed in City Memorial Cemetery.
Born in Winston County, Miss., she worked for Ora Mill in Shelby until retirement. She was also a member of the Lib Holleman Sunday School class, and the Pearl Elliott Circle.
Survivors include two sons, Don Littlejohn of Cherryville, and Randy Littlejohn of Shelby; one daughter, Kay Farris of Daytona Beach, Fla.; one sister, Ollie Clark of Granite Falls; seven grandchildren, Jimmy Littlejohn, Jonathan Littlejohn, Joy Atkinson, Yates Farris, Brad Farris, Shanna Littlejohn, and Lindsey Littlejohn; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 301 E. First St., Cherryville, N.C. 28021; or Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia, N.C.
Stamey-Cherryville Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Alene Armstrong
Alene Hoover Armstrong, 86, of Cardinal Health Care, formerly of 5068 Reepsville Road, Vale, died March 11, 2002. A funeral service was held at 11 a.m. today at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Born in Lincoln County, she worked in the furniture industry.
Survivors include one son, Richard L. Armstrong of Tavares, Fla.; one daughter, Janice Armstrong Ruth of Homestead, Fla.; two brothers, Clyde Hoover, and Bill Hoover, both of Vale; two sisters, Dot Eaker, and Evelyn Lackey, both of Lincolnton; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Warlick Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mamie Newton
CHERRYVILLE - Mamie Moss Newton, 100, of 419 N. Mountain Street, died March 11, 2002. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church of Cherryville where she was a livelong member. Burial will follow in City Memorial Cemetery.
She was the co-owner of Newton Music Shop.
Survivors include three daughters, Margaret Beam, Imogene Beam, and Betty Bame, all of Cherryville; 11 grandchildren, Michael Beam, Judy Beam, H. L. Beam III, Priscilla Helms, Denise Shuford, Merinda Arthurs, Lu Ann Sellers, Terry Bame, Renee Stroupe, Dermont Beam, and David H. Bame; 26 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church General Fund, 301 E. First St., Cherryville, N.C. 28021.
Carpenter’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Shelby Matthews
MULLINS, S.C. - Shelby Jean Edwards Matthews, 52, of 602 Sandy Bluff Road, died March 10, 2002. A funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. Burial followed in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Born in Florence County, S.C., she worked as a clerk at a Family Dollar Store in Mullins.
Survivors include three sons, Allen McQuay of Raleigh, N.C., Billy Carroll Matthews Jr., and Michael Keith Matthews, both of Gainesville, Fla.; three brothers, James Robert Edwards of Lincolnton, N.C., Kenneth Eugene Edwards of Newton, N.C. and James Arthur Edwards Jr. of Columbia, S.C.; and four grandchildren.
Frank Phelps Jr.
Frank Eugene Phelps Jr., 60, of 526 Old Lincolnton-Crouse Road, died March 8, 2002. No services are planned at this time.
Born in Syracuse, N.Y., he was a service advisor for Earl Tindall Ford for five years.
Survivors include his wife, Anne Warner Phelps; one son, Frank Eugene Phelps III of Dallas; one daughter, Brenda D. Phelps of Iron Station; two brothers, Gerald Phelps of Baldwinsville, N.Y., and Gary Phelps of Fulton, N.Y.; and two sisters, Patricia Bartlett, and Sandra Rossetti, both of Phoenix, N.Y.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia, N.C.; or the Crisis Assistance Ministry, 805 W. Airline Ave., Gastonia, N.C. 28054.
Warlick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Elizabeth Buckner
MORGANTON - Elizabeth “Libby” Goins Buckner, 57, of N. Council Oak Street, died March 11, 2002. A funeral service will be held Thursday at noon at Calvary Lutheran Church where she was a member. Burial will follow in Burke Memorial Park. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 until 8 at Sossoman Funeral Home.
Born in Lincoln County, she was a medical-surgical nurse at Grace Hospital and the first full time nurse for Hospice of Burke County where she was the Nurse Coordinator until retirement. She was chosen as Woman of the Year by the Burke County Business and Professional Women’s Club, was a member of several local, state, and national nurses’ organizations and served on the Governor’s State Cancer Coordinating Committee.
Survivors include her husband, Charles “Charlie” W. Buckner; one daughter, Angela L. Buckner of Baton Rouge, La.; and two brothers, Ted Goins of Dallas, and Samuel Goins of Leesburg, Fla.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Burke County, P.O. Box 1029, Valdese, N.C. 28690; or Calvary Lutheran Church, 319 N. King St., Morganton, N.C. 28655.
Terry Gantt
VALE - Terry Dale Gantt, 49, of 7346 Reeps Grove Church Road, died March 13, 2002. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the chapel at Warlick Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Reeps Grove United Methodist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 8:30 at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born in Cleveland County, he was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Dottie F. Gantt; one son, Allen Gantt of Shelby; three brothers, Bobby Gantt, Rusty Gantt and Sammy Gantt, all of Vale; and one sister, Mary G. Smith of Mountain View.
Catherine Davis
Catherine Reynolds Davis, 71, of the Brian Center, died March 13, 2002. A graveside service was held at 11 a.m. today in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Born in Cherokee County, she was a homemaker.
Survivors include two brothers, James Davis of Kings Mountain and Albert Davis of Shelby; one daughter, Kathy Hart of Lincolnton; four sisters, Jerdine Woods, Lois Hundson, Sara Reynolds and Hazel Kitter, all of Shelby; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Warlick Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Nellie Hollifield
CHERRYVILLE - Nellie Stroupe Hollifield, 89, of 1407 East Church St., died March 12, 2002. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. today at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
She was born in Lincoln County.
Survivors include five sons, Ben Hollifield of Ocoee, Fla., Wayne Hollifield of Lincolnton, Tony Hollifield of Grants, N.M., Michael Hollifield, and Roger Hollifield, both of Cherryville; four daughters, Mardecia H. Winkler of Granite Falls, Kaye H. Craven of Charlotte, Nora H. McIntyre, and Barbara H. Hensley, both of Cherryville; one brother, Ernest Stroupe of Valdese; 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Carpenter’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Lee McNeely
CHERRYVILLE - Lee Roy McNeely, 72, of 1431 Requa Road, died March 13, 2002. A graveside service was held at 11 a.m. in City Memorial Cemetery.
Born in Gaston County, he was retired from Dixie Lumber.
Survivors include his mother, Bertha Simpson Griffith of Cherryville; and one sister, Marie M. Black of Cherryville.
Carpenter’s Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Garland Hopper
Rev. Garland Hopper, 80, died March 11, 2002. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. today at Ellis Chapel Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church 30 minutes prior to the service.
Enloe Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Ethel Hall
CHARLOTTE - Ethel Lee Hall, 85, died March 10, 2002. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. today at Maple Springs Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Webb Memorial Lawns. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.
She was born in Atlanta, Ga.
Enloe Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
