13 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Tuesday, March 15, 1988 5B Deaths And Funerals In North Carolina ALBEMARLE Mrs. Anna Kretzer Harbers, 87, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Annunciation Catholic Church. Survivors are her son, Robert Harbers daughters, so Mrs.
Margaret Johnson of Great Falls, Mrs. Mary Ann Suriano of Central, Utah. Hartsell is in charge. ALBEMARLE Mrs. Geneva May Russell Mabry, 82, homemaker, died March 13, 1988.
Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Union Grove Baptist Church. Survivors are her son, Clarence Mabry; daughters, Mrs. Lucille Stevens of Fayetteville, Mrs. Geraldine Lemons; brother, Travis Russell; sisters, Mrs.
Lula Eury of Concord, Mrs. Altra Lowder of Harrisburg, Mrs. Agnes Lowder. Hartsell is in charge. ALBEMARLE Mrs.
Thelma Nash Stroup, 57, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Hartsell Funeral Home. Survivors are her husband, Allen; sons, Robert Couick of Ansonville, Eugene Couick of Asheboro; daughters, Mrs. Shelia Simpson of Norwood, Mrs.
Shirley Simpson, Mrs. Erseal Sewell; sisters, Mrs. Mary Cash, Mrs. Peggy Crump, both of Monroe. BANNER ELK Mr.
Iris Carroll Harmon, 77, retired carpenter, died March 14, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bethany Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, son, Bobby Harmon of Vilas; brothers, Dan Harmon of Boone, Harmon of Asheville, Howard Harmon of Sugar Grove, Clyde Harmon; sister, Mrs. Ruby Dishman of Sugar Grove.
Reins-Sturdivant of Boone is in charge. BOILING SPRINGS Carmen Elizabeth Lee and Casie Elaine Lee, infant twin daughters of Wylie and Diane Lee, died March 12, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Grover Cemetery, Grover. Survivors inaddintion to their parents are sister, Victoria Lee; grandparents, Mrs.
Jack Lee of Lattimore, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith of Grover; great-grandmother Mrs. Novella Smith of Grover. Lutz-Austell is in charge.
CHERRYVILLE Mrs. Virginia Brittain Lowery, 46, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton. Survivors are her husband, Junior; sons, Donald Brittain of New York, Luther Whisinent, Timothy Whisinent, both of Morganton; brother, Robert Brittain of Spartanburg; sisters, Mrs.
Marie Hester of Toccoa, Miss Diane Brittain of Myrtle Beach, Mrs. Joanne Frady of Newberry, S.C. CHINA GROVE Mrs. Virginia Coles Miller, 85, of Charlotte, formerly of China Grove, retired teacher, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 10 a.m.
Wednesday at Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home. Survivors are her nephews and nieces. CHINA GROVE Mrs. Bessie Carver Talbert, 84, retired homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m.
today at LinnHoneycutt Funeral Home. Survivors are her sons, Jimmy Talbert of Warner Robins, Bobby Talbert; daughters, Mrs. Myrtle Byrum, Mrs. Betty Beck, both of High Point, Mrs. Lillian Talbert; brother, Willie Carver of Albemarle.
CONCORD Mr. O.L. "Doc" Leatherman, 82, retired Mount Pleasant (N.C.) Hosiery Mill president, died March 14, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Epworth United Methodist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Margaret; sons, Bud Leatherman James Leatherman; brother, Hollis Leatherman of Lexington, N.C.; sisters, Mrs. Baxter Leonard, Mrs. Shelby Harris, both of Lexington, N.C. Wilkinson is in charge. GASTONIA Mr.
John Rufus Carpenter, 65, retired brick mason, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Lutheran Chapel Church cemetery. Survivors are his brother, Eu- gene Carpenter; sister, 1 Mrs. Mary Clemmer of Maryville, Pa.
Ward is in charge. GASTONIA Miss Annie Jane Hutchins, 90, textile retiree, died March 14, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Long Creek Cemetery, Dallas, N.C. Survivors are her nephews and nieces.
Ward is in charge. GRANITE FALLS Mrs. Mary Simmons Sheppard, 80, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Mackie-High Funeral Home.
Survivors are her son, Harold Sheppard of York, S.C.; daughter, Mrs. Peggy Campbell of Lenoir; brothers, Frank Simmons of Lenoir, Johnny Simmons of Hudson; sisters, Mrs. Lois Brank of Icard, Mrs. Ruth Tripplett, Mrs. Betty Travis.
HICKORY Mrs. Inez Newman Bunton, 83, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is p.m. Wednesday at Newman Chapel Baptist Church, Franklin, with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors are her sons, Larry Bunton of Panama City, Carl Bunton daughters, Mrs.
Jean Hodgkinson of Conover, Mrs. Mildred Kirby-Blair of Lincoln City, brother, Paul Newman of Otto; sister, Mrs. Myrtle Turner of Smyrna, Ga. Bass-Smith is in charge. HICKORY Mrs.
Agnes Hall Martin, 71, retired Hickory Well Supply Co. president, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Viewmont Baptist Church. Survivors are her sons, Jimmy Martin of Kannapolis, Wilson Martin of Statesville; daughter, Mrs.
Betty Martin of WinstonSalem; sister, Mrs. Mildred Salley. Bass-Smith is in charge. KANNAPOLIS Mr. Emmett Wishart Emerson, 74, textile retiree, died March 13, 1988.
Funeral is 4 p.m. Wednesday at Whitley's Funeral Home. Survivors are his daughters, Mrs. Stephanie Tucker, Mrs. Ann Allen.
LAUREL HILL Mr. Ezra Allen Freeman, 76, textile worker, died March 12, 1988. Funeral is 3 p.m. today at Springfield Church of God. Survivors are his wife, Ila; son, Dwight Dutch of Laurinburg; daughter, Mrs.
Bobbi Harrell. McDougald is in charge. MOCKSVILLE Mrs. Elizabeth Dixon Eagle, 99, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m.
today at Lyerly Funeral Home, Salisbury. Survivors are her son, Joseph Eagle of Salisbury; daughter, Mrs. Mable Fraley of High Point. MONROE Miss Patricia Ellen Malone, 21, Cuddy Farms shipping department worker, died March 13, 1988, as a result of an automobile accident. Funeral is 11 a.m.
Thursday at Lee Park Baptist Church. Survivors are her father and stepmother, Homer and Helen Malone; brother, Jeffrey Malone; sisters, Mrs. Cynthia Yountz of Indian Trail, Mrs. Sharon Griffin; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ralph Broome of Princeton, W.Va.; stepgrandparents, Mrs. Betty Malone of Lakeland, Mrs. Emma Holshouser. McEwen is in charge. MORGANTON Mrs.
Ivy Etta Willis Carpenter, 88, homemaker, died March 14, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Survivors are her sons, Reece Carpenter of Drexel, Hubert Carpenter, Everette Carpenter, J.C. Carpenter; daughters, Mrs.
Laurene Hoyle of Fallston, Mrs. Louise Causby of Valdese, Mrs. Betty Jo Style of West Jefferson, Mrs. Frankie Beane, Mrs. Willie Mae Bradshaw, Mrs.
Helen Brittain, Mrs. Clara Dale; sister, Mrs. Bertha Hawkins of Caroleen. Kirksey is in charge. MORGANTON Mrs.
Francies Ann Brown Hayden, 91, homemaker, died March 12, 1988. Funeral is 3 p.m. Wednesday at Corpening Chapel AME Church. Survivors are her sons, Cleveland Hayden of Nebo, George Hayden of Forest City; daughters, Mrs. Viola Hartsaw of Johnson City, Mrs.
Evelyn Poole, Mrs. Marie Rutherford, both of Glen Alpine, Mrs. Ruth Corpening; brother, Charlie Brown of Reading, Pa. Ebony is in charge. MORGANTON Mrs.
Cora Parlee Seagle Patton, 95, homemaker, died March 14, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bethel United Methodist Church. Survivors are her sons, Johnny Patton, Arthur Patton, Allen Patton, Delbert Patton; daughters, Mrs. Winnie Mangum, Mrs.
Ruth Baker, Mrs. Ella Puckett, Mrs. Naomi Watson, Mrs. Ruby Farris, Mrs. Faye Jaynes, Mrs.
Jean Jackson. Kirksey is in charge. MORGANTON Miss Edrie Elgiva Shepard, 57, N.C. School for The Deaf dormitory director, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m.
today at First Baptist Church, Glen Alpine. Survivors are her sisters, Mrs. Jewell Ledbetter of Yadkinville, Mrs. Bernice Mull. Kirksey is in charge.
MORGANTON Mrs. Mary Jo Wehunt, 66, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Trinity United Methodist Church, Dysartsville, with burial in the church cemetery. Survivors are her son, Gary Wehunt; daughter, Mrs.
Guylene Smith; sisters, Mrs. Para Payne of Greensboro, Miss Jessie Biggerstaff of Houston, Ms. Eloise Biggerstaff of Miami. Sossoman is in charge. OLD FORT Mr.
Theodore Earl Burgin, 81, retired construction worker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Ebenezer United Methodist Church. Surviving is his sister, Mrs. Mary Lytle.
Westmoreland-Clapp of Marion, N.C., is in charge. PINEBLUFF Mr. Berkley Lee Tulloch, 49, of Charlotte, formerly of Moore County, Salvation Army employee, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 4 p.m. today at Pinebluff United Methodist Church.
Survivors are his daughter, Mrs. Cathie Williams of Sunnyvale, parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Tulloch of Pinebluff; brothers, Charles Tulloch of Broadway, John Tulloch of Charlotte. Powell of Southern Pines is in charge.
POLKTON Mr. Thomas Wayne Sheppard, 29, lumber company supervisor, died March 12, 1988. Funeral is 3 p.m. today at Savannah United Methodist Church. Survivors are his wife, Pamela; son, Thomas Sheppard Jr.
of Wadesboro; mother, Mrs. Frances Sheppard of Lilesville; brothers, Jerry Sheppard of Charlotte, John Sheppard of Richfield, Charles Sheppard of Wadesboro, Allen Sheppard of Lilesville; sisters, Ms. Sarah Thompson, Mrs. Sue Bowers, Mrs. Mildred Crisco, all of Albemarle, Mrs.
Louise Allen of Cottonville, Mrs. Nancy Medlin of Marshville, Mrs. Linda Gray of Wadesboro, Mrs. Debbie Goodwin of Lilesville. Moore of Wadesboro is in charge.
RALEIGH Mr. Thomas Wood Fulghum, 63, Union Carbide Co. retiree, died March 12, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at McLaurin Funeral Home, Clayton.
Survivors are his wife, Carolyn; sons, Thomas Fulghum Jr. of Fayetteville, Kenneth Fulghum of Asheboro; mother, Mrs. Etta Fulghum; brothers, Billy Fulghum of Wake Forest, Charles Fulghum, Larry Fulghum, Ernest Fulghum; sisters, Mrs. Judy Gay of Rolesville, Mrs. Peggy Wood of Jacksonville, Mrs.
Janie Dennis, Mrs. Betsy Williams; stepson, Jim Cox; stepdaughters, Ms. Lisa Cox of Greenville, N.C., Ms. Amy Cox. ROCKINGHAM Mr.
Ray McPherson, 53, textile retiree, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 4 p.m. Wednesday at Maple Street Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Margaret; sons, Scott McPherson, Charles McPherson, Mike McPherson; daughter, Mrs. Gail Strickland; mother, Mrs.
Mollie McPherson; brother, William McPherson of Smyrna, Ga. WatsonKing is in charge. Deaths And Funerals In South Carolina BRITTONS NECK Mr. Woodrow W. Summerford, 72, retired farmer, died March 13, 1988.
Funeral is 4 p.m. today at Nebo Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Elwood; daughters, Mrs. Joyce Poston, Mrs. Jenny Tisdale, both of Pamplico; brother, Harold Summerford of Cranberry, N.J.; sisters, Emma Baker of Charleston, Mrs.
Marion Ray of Marion, S.C., Mrs. Uldine Dunn of Pine Mountain, Mrs. Pearl Atkinson. SmithCollins of Marion is in charge. CHESTER Mrs.
Mary Britton Dawkins, 74, homemaker, died March 14, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Barron Funeral Home. Survivors are her brothers, Cecil Britton of Roxboro, N.C., Harold Britton; sisters, Mrs. Caroleen Taylor of Lumberton, N.C., Mrs.
Elizabeth Neale of Homestead, Miss Mildred Britton. CLOVER Mr. Ralph Bigger Harper, 84, Commercial Ores Co. retiree, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m.
today at Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church. Survivors are his sons, Ralph Harper Candler Harper; daughters, Mrs. Dixie Isenhour of Charlotte, Mrs. Luora Franklin, Miss Helen Harper, Mrs. Virginia Tiller; sisters, Mrs.
Helen Price of Charlotte, Mrs. Virginia Davis. M.L. Ford Sons is in charge. CLOVER Mr.
William Edward Hoover, 70, textile retiree, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 4 p.m. today at M.L. Ford Sons Funeral Home. Survivors are his wife, Edna; stepson, Jimmy Brackett.
DILLON Mrs. Aileen Herring McDaniel, 59, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 4 p.m. Wednesday at Cooper Funeral Home. Survivors are her husband, Cecil; son, Jimmy Herring of Sellers; brothers, Leroy Lane, Houston Lane, Robert Lane; sisters, Mrs.
Maggie Fowler of Metter, Mrs. Nancy Hodges, Mrs. Imogene Moore. GREAT FALLS Mr. Samuel Raymond Powers, 80, Duke Power Co.
retiree, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 3 p.m. today at First Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Mae; son, Dwayne Powers of Charleston; daughter, Mrs. Sara Patterson of Columbia.
Dantzler-Baker is in charge. LANCASTER Mrs. Beatrice Heustess Ramsey, 77, Belk stores retiree, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Magnolia Cemetery, Hartsville.
Survivors are her husband, Alton; daughter, Mrs. Joan Bailey; brother, John Heustess Jr. of Hartsville. Brown-Pennington-Atkins of Hartsville is in charge. YORK Mrs.
Lois Falls Roberts, 88, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Harris Funeral Home, with burial in Mountain Rest 'Cemetery, both in Kings Mountain, N.C. Survivors are her husband, Pink; sons, Edward Roberts, David Roberts; daughters, Mrs. Edith Skipper of Cassatt, Mrs.
Virginia Fredrick of Greensboro, N.C., Mrs. Ethel Dover of Belmont, N.C., Mrs. Isabel Odom of Gastonia, N.C., Mrs. Donnie Cooper of Nashville; brothers, Fred Falls, Fort Falls, Vance Falls, all of Bessemer City, N.C.; sisters, Mrs. Melvin Hagar of Lincolnton, N.C., Mrs.
Lula Leonard of Bessemer City. PICK UP JEFF BORDEN Read His TV Column In The Charlotte Observer. SAINT PAULS Mr. Nathaniel Preston Willis, 65, civil service retiree, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 3 p.m.
today at McNeill Funeral Home. Survivors are his daughters, Mrs. Judy Tew, Mrs. Brenda Williams, Mrs. Evelyn Ezzell, all of Fayetteville, Mrs.
Patricia Osborne; brother, Albert Willis of Baytown, sisters, Mrs. Margaret Spears of Bennettsville, S.C., Mrs. Mildred Webb of Fayetteville. SALISBURY Mr. Algia Foy Shaver, 80, textile retiree, died March 13, 1988.
Funeral is 3 p.m. today at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Survivors are his wife, Grace; son, Tony Shaver; daughters, Miss Evelyn Shaver, Mrs. Renee Moore.
Lyerly is in charge. SHELBY Mrs. Anne Gilbert Potts, 40, co-owner of Emily's on the Square, died March 14, 1988. Memorial service is 3 p.m. Wednesday at Shelby Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are her husband, James; son, James Potts III; daughters, Miss Julia Potts, Miss Laura Potts; brother, Benjamin Gilbert Jr. of Los Angeles; sisters, Mrs. Jane Rosebrough of Jacksonville, Mrs. Julia Tucker of Charlotte; stepmother, Mrs. Mary Keith of Gainesville, Ga.
Palmer is in charge. SOUTHERN PINES Dr. Joseph S. Hiatt 72, Pinehurst Medical Clinic founder, died March 1 14, 1988. Funeral is 4 p.m.
Wednesday at Southern Pines United Methodist Church. Survivors are his wife, Sarah; sons, Joseph Hiatt III of Atlanta, Robert Hiatt of Lakeland, sisters, Mrs. Ruth Anderson of Atlanta, Mrs. Faye Bowers of Louisville. Powell is in charge.
SOUTHERN PINES Mrs. Cora Munger Preyer, 95, homemaker, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Survivors are her grandchildren.
Powell is in charge. SPARTA Mr. Calvin Clemmons Watson, 55, died March 13, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. Wednesday at Pendry's Funeral Home, Lenoir.
Survivors are his brother, Odell Watson of Lenoir; sisters, Mrs. Ola Triplett of Triplett, Mrs. Dellie Miller of Virginia, Lessie Greene, Vernie Miller, Mrs. Lou Price, Mrs. Avis Church, all of Lenoir.
VALE Mr. Edgar Adam Wright, 60, furniture worker, died March 14, 1988. Funeral is 3 p.m. Wednesday at Friendship United Methodist Church, Fallston. Survivors are his wife, Lois; daughters, Mrs.
Joyce Welch of Gastonia, Mrs. Judy Noble of Charlotte; brothers, Thomas of Polkville, Columbus Wright of Gaffney, Lester Wright; sisters, Mrs. Clara Beatty of Waco, Mrs. Genelia McSwain, Mrs. Kimmie Durbin, both of Fallston.
Stamey's of Fallston is in charge. WINSTON-SALEM Mr. Zane Emerson Eargle 26, UNC-Chapel Hill dental student, died March 11, 1988. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Centenary United Methodist Church.
Burial will be 3 p.m. in Waxhaw City Cemetery. Survivors are his parents, Zane and Joan Eargle; sister, Mrs. Joan Nash of Charlotte; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Renger of Albemarle. Vogler's Funeral Home, Reynolda Road chapel, is in charge. Mecklenburg Mr. John C. Allen, 94.
Survivors include brothers, Howard Allen, Bate Allen, both of Shelby; sister, Mrs. Esther Beam of Shelby. Mrs. Carrie Mae "Tat" Nixon, 61. Survivors include son, Larry Nixon of Kannapolis; brothers, Ervin Morgan, J.B.
Morgan, both of Morven; sisters, Mrs. Daisy Morgan of Lancaster, S.C., Mrs. Mildred Estridge of Kershaw, S.C., Mrs. Ann Rivenbark of Murphy. Mr.
Herbert Lipe Puckett 67. Survivors include son, Herbert Puckett III of Lexington, S.C. Ms. Louise F. Thomas, 70.
Survivors include son, Sonny Thomas Jr. of Myrtle Beach. Other Mecklenburg Deaths Mrs. Carrie Agnew. Mrs.
Gladys Holman, 59. Mrs. Lucille P. Houston, 90. Mrs.
Fannie Norkett Long, 80. Mr. Gary Eugene Massey, 23. Miss Annie Nance, 85. Mrs.
Mary Maydelene Small, 78. Mr. Douglas Lawrence Smith, 79. Mr. Henry Bosman Sweatt, 81.
Miss Marie Ellen Thomas, 89. Obituaries For Mr. Horace W. Moore, Sr. Mrs.
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