York County, South Carolina Obituary Collection

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David Hunt

CHARLOTTE - Mr. David Hunt, 56, of 1733 Newland Road died Wednesday, June 3, 1998, at home.

A memorial service will be 11 a.m. today at Richmond Funeral Home on Beatties Ford Road.

Surviving are his father, Dave Hunt, and stepmother, Bessie Hunt, both of Charlotte; his brother, Wilford Carter of Rock Hill; and four sisters, Pauline Caldwell, Patty Hall, Sylvia McLean and Esther Camp, all of Charlotte.

Parker Funeral Home in Rock Hill is in charge.

Clayton McDonald

ROCK HILL - Mr. Clayton Allison McDonald, 79, of 110 Sturgis St. died Tuesday, June 9, 1998, at Piedmont Medical Center.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Bishop Terry Bolinger officiating. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Park.

Mr. McDonald worked for Springs Industries and as a carrier for The Charlotte Observer. He had been a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1966.

Surviving are his wife, Ellie Taylor McDonald; his daughter, Donna McDonald Hernandez of Rock Hill; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Wolfe Funeral Home is in charge.

Mattie Moore

CHARLOTTE - Mrs. Mattie Roberson Moore, 96, of 2708 Statesville Road died Tuesday, June 9, 1998, at Presbyterian Hospital.

The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke Baptist Church. The Rev. James Hawthorne will give the eulogy. Burial will be at Pinewood Cemetery.

Surviving are her son, Elijah Moore of the home; two daughters, Wilhelmina Moore Simmons and Lillie Moore Simmons, both of Charlotte; her bother, Benjamin Roberson of Cincinnati; her sister, Mabel Roberson Jubery of Charlotte; 21 grandchildren; 52 great-grandchildren; and 17 great-great-grandchildren.

A quiet hour will be from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at St. Luke Baptist Church.

Parker Funeral Home in Rock Hill is in charge.

Morris Pressley

CHARLOTTE - Mr. Morris C. Pressley, 86, of Charlotte, died Tuesday, June 9, 1998, at Mecklenburg Health Care Center.

The funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at South Charlotte Baptist Church, with the Rev. John K. Pressley officiating. Burial will be at Sharon Memorial Park in Charlotte.

Mr. Pressley was a member of South Charlotte Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon. He was retired from United Tank Cleaners in Charlotte, a company that he owned and operated. He also was a farmer. He was the widower of Elizabeth Bryant Pressley.

Surviving are two daughters, Betty Laughter of Greer and Sara Shields of Charlotte; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Wolfe Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Hospice at Charlotte Inc., 1420 East Seventh St., Charlotte, NC 28277 or to Calvary Freewill Baptist Church, Route 1, Box 397-O, Lancaster, SC 29720.

Willie Roberts

KERSHAW - Mrs. Willie Mae Sims Roberts, 62, of 4025 Victory Road died Tuesday, June 9, 1998, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at Cauthen Funeral Home, with the Revs. Robert Jeske and Warren Jones officiating. Burial will be at Kershaw City Cemetery.

A native of Kershaw, Mrs. Roberts was a homemaker and member of Flat Creek Baptist Church.

Surviving are her son, Mickey Lee Roberts of China Grove, N.C.; two daughters, Judy R. Clark of Columbia and Melissa Jean Roberts of Camden; two brothers, George A. Sims of Elloree and Lewis J. "Jabo" Sims of Kershaw; four sisters, Vera Gerkins of Stanley, N.C., Mildred S. Kinsey of Charlotte, and Nita Yates and Billie Jean Sims, both of Matthews, N.C.; and five grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Cauthen Funeral Home and at other times at the home of Lewis "Jabo" Sims, 501 W. Pine St. in Kershaw.

Charles Bates

BELMONT, N.C. - Mr. Charles Randy "Chuck" Bates, 36, of Belmont died Sunday, May 31, 1998, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Burial was at Evergreen Cemetery.

Mr. Bates was employed with Allman Exterminating Co. in Rock Hill.

Surviving are his mother, Patsy Farr Haney of Belmont; his stepfather, James Lynn Haney of Belmont; his father, Odell Bates of Gastonia, N.C.; two daughters, Erica Lynn Bates and Madelynn Marie Bates, both of Gastonia.

Carothers Funeral Home was in charge.

Lamar Frenzel Bowen Sr

ROCK HILL - Lamar Frenzel Bowen Sr. was a jack of all trades - a photographer, a politician, a minister and longest of all, a barber.

Bowen, 85, died Monday, June, 8, 1998, at White Oak Manor.

For more than 30 years, Bowen operated City Barber Shop in Rock Hill. When he retired, his shop was located on Elk Street.

His first shop was on Black Street. "I lived at that barbershop, " said his daughter, Frances Miller.

She wasn't allowed be home alone after school, so she went to the barbershop and stayed until her father closed for the day. "I was the cashier, the cleaner-upper, the all-around errand girl. The only job I ever refused to do was cut hair."

Bowen taught five of his six children the trade. Elvin was the only one who didn't learn. "But I always practiced on him. Elvin got a lot of hair cuts, " Lamar Bowen Jr. said.

His youngest son, Holmsie, practically paid his way through college with the money he earned barbering at the shop with his father. "He taught me, and I was a registered barber by the time I was 18."

Bowen ran for a Rock Hill City Council seat twice in the 1970s but lost. "He loved Rock Hill and always thought there was something else he could do, " Miller said. In 1989, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat on the Rock Hill school board.

On Jan. 9, 1983, he was ordained as a minister and he served on the Ministerial Board at Trinity Baptist Church, where he also was a member. He was co-owner of Bowen Photography.

The accomplishment he was most proud of, Miller said, was getting his high school equivalency diploma. He was in his early 70s at the time. At the same time, he was attending a reading tutoring program to learn to read better.

"I could read the newspaper some, but I was called into the ministry in 1983 and I wanted to read better so I could read the Bible and study it better, " Bowen said in a story published in The Herald in 1985.

He was a member of the Sterling Elks Lodge No. 344 and the State Barber Association.

The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity Baptist Church, with the Rev. C. Sanders officiating. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Park.

Surviving are five sons, James F. Bowen of Hayward, Calif., Lamar F. Bowen Jr. of Abilene, Texas, Elvin S. Bowen of Rock Hill, Charles L. Bowen of Severn, Md., and Holmsee L. Bowen of Bloomfield, Conn.; his daughter, Frances B. Miller of Sierra Vista, Ariz.; his brother, James Franklin Bowen of San Francisco; his sister, Cecelia Lindsay of Everette, Wash; and several grandchildren.

The body may be viewed from noon to 8 p.m. Friday at Wright Funeral Home in York. The family will receive friends at the home, 508 Hampton St., Rock Hill.

The body will be taken to the church at 1 p.m. Saturday.

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