THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sunday, March 1, 1987 Mecklenburg County Deaths Mr. George H. Bodfish, 61, of 3217 Elstree Dr. died Feb. 27, 1987, at home.
Memorial service is 2 p.m. Monday at Providence United Methodist Church, where he was a member. Harry and Bryant Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Bodfish, native of Coleman, Mr.
Bodfish was product manager of Mr. Bodfish Compressor Accessory Division of Ingersoll-Rand and retired in 1987 after 40 years. He was a 1947 mechanical engineering graduate of Michigan State University and a registered professional engineer with the State of North Carolina. He was a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and had served on the administrative board at his church. He was a former member, trustee and chairof Garfield Memorial United Methodist Church, Pepper Pike, Ohio.
He was a member of the Breckenridge, Masonic Lodge, No. 406, the Scottish Rite Bodies of Indianapolis, and the Al Koran Shrine Temple of Cleveland. Mr. Bodfish was active with the Boy Scouts of America and an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Raintree Country Club.
Survivors are his wife, Phyllis; son, John Bodfish of Portland; daughter, Miss Evelynn Bodfish; sister, Mrs. Mildred Gross of St. Louis, Mich. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Providence United Methodist Church, 2810 Providence Charlotte, N.C. 28211; or to the American Cancer Society, 1928 Randolph Suite 314, Charlotte, N.C.
28207. Visitation will follow the memorial service at the residence. Miss Shawika Carter, infant daughter of Miss Sabrina Edwards, of 6207-B Barrington Dr. died Feb. 26, 1987, at Charlotte Memorial Hospital.
Funeral is 1 p.m. today at Grier Funeral Home. Burial will be in York Memorial Park. Miss Carter was a native of Charlotte. Survivors are her mother; grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. John Carter; great great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Edwards of Wilson, John Carter of Trinton, N.J.
Mr. Lasayette Edwards, 38, of 2024 Wilmore Dr. died Feb. 22, 1987, at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 1:30 p.m.
Monday at Grier Funeral Home. Burial will be in Charlotte Memorial Garden. Mr. Edwards was a Charlotte native and Army veteran. He was a 1967 graduate of West Charlotte High School and a Central Piedmont Community College graduate.
Survivors are his son, Don Edwards; daughters, Miss Lisa Edwards, Miss Doris Edwards, Miss Leslie Edwards; father, Eddie Edwards; mother, Mrs. Lillian Edwards; brothers, Paul Edwards, Larry Edwards. Visitation is 7 to 8 tonight at Grier. Mr. William Howard Gallant 49, of 2901 Springway Dr.
died Feb. 28, 1987, at Presbyterian Hospital. Funeral is 2 p.m. Monday at Hankins Whittington Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Gallant, a native of Raleigh, was an orthodontist for Carolina Brace Manufacturing Co. for 29 years. He was a member of Bible Baptist Church and an honorary member of Indian Trail Bow Club. Survivors are his wife, Maxine; so sons, William Gallant III of Indian Trail, Douglas Gallant of Matthews; mother, Mrs.
Ruby Taylor; sisters, Mrs. Clara Smith of Gastonia, Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews of Mount Holly. Visitation is 3:30 to 5 p.m. today at Hankins Whittington.
Mr. William Albert Glenn, 70, of 7519 Wallace Ln. died Feb. 27, 1987, at Veterans Administration Hospital in Salisbury of cancer. Funeral is 2 p.m.
Monday at Sunset Memory Gardens. McEwen Funeral Home, Charlotte chapel, is in charge. Mr. Glenn, a native of Chesnee, S.C., was a retired truck driver for Martin Marietta Co. and a World War II Army veteran.
Survivors are his wife, Evelyn; brothers, Broaduss Glenn, Osier Glenn, both of Chesnee; stepson, Charles Tysee of Kenly; stepdaughter, Miss Edna Tysee. Visitation is 3 to 5 p.m. today at McEwen, Charlotte chapel. Mr. Lawrence Edgar Helms, 68, of 5301 Waxhaw Marvin Rd.
died North Carolina Deaths ALBEMARLE Mr. Raeford Raymond Smith, 68. ASHEBORO Mr. Clarence Neal Rumple, 84. BANNER ELK Mr.
Jay W. Bliss, retired rancher; Mr. LinShomaker, 66. BAKERSVILLE Mrs. Geneva Jarrett Robinson, 93.
CONCORD Mr. Dudley David Berry, 84; Mrs. Wilma Sossoman Huneycutt, 86. DALLAS Mrs. Bessie Oates Lutz, 89.
GASTONIA Mrs. Judith Facemire Bragg, 45; The Rev. Ernest Hubert Early, Miss Antoinette Bodzian Furyk, 105; Mr. Carl Gaddis, 83; Mrs. Mary Gibson 79.
GRANITE FALLS Mr. William Lester White, 59. HICKORY Mr. Bethel Reed Hundley, 80. HIDDENITE Mr.
John Thomas Adams, retired farmer. LEXINGTON Mrs. Etta Mae Leonard Broadway, 91. LINCOLNTON Mr. John Lewis Thomas, 64.
MARION Mrs. Faye Conley Pita of Coral Gables, Fla. MARSHVILLE Mr. Joseph Sneed, 80. MAXTON Mrs.
Sarah. Jane Jones, 78. MONROE Mrs. Laurie Cowens, 60; Mrs. Roxie Duckles Melton, 75.
MORGANTON Mrs. Jessie Mae Clontz Bridges, 69. OAKBORO Mr. Roy Clyde Huneycutt, 86; Mr. Herbert Vaughn Tucker, 73.
ROCKINGHAM Mrs. Hazel Mae Grant, 59. RUTHERFORDION Mrs. Betty Smith Callahan, 61. SALISBURY Mr.
Edward Lee Reeves, 84. STANFIELD Mr. Harry Lee Love, 75. STANLEY Mrs. Ollie Pope Lutz, 82.
STATESVILLE Mr. Dewey Pascal Elliott, 74; Mrs. Macie Washington Horne, 75. TAYLORSVILLE Mr. Francis S.
Stickeleather, 92. VILAS Mr. Lee N. Earp, 79. South Carolina ANDERSON Mr.
John B. "Shorty" Shore 74. BLACKSBURG Mr. Otis Madison Allison, 87; Mrs. Ila Rusha Elliott Webb, 58.
CHERAW Mrs. Vera Johnson Brock, 74. CLIO Mrs. Myra Knight Norton, 56. CLOVER Mrs.
Mary Ann RobBrown, 92. poison Mr. Henry Harris, 70. GAFFNEY Mr. Frank Wilson, 67.
GREAT FALLS Mrs. Jessie Best Armstrong, 80. KERSHAW Mr. Harvey Boone, 61. LATTA Mr.
Jasper D. Woodle, 73. MULLINS Mrs. Nina Turbeville James, 68. MURRELLS INLET Mrs.
Lillian Rose Willcox, 90. MYRTLE BEACH Mrs. Evelyn Nance Benton, 74; Mr. E. Docky Moshoures, 59; Mrs.
Nettie Dorothy Padgett, 65. ROCK HILL Mr. Thomas C. Jennings, 85. Death Notices Death Notices In Memory Of MRS.
E. FLOYD SMITH Mary Patrick Smith of 7121 Nations Ford Road, best known in Charlotte as died Friday, February 27, 1987. She was born July 4, 1902 in Fairfield County, SC, daughter of the late Robert Alexander Patrick and Mary Jane Rowe Patrick. After graduating Erskine College, she came to Charlotte and taught school at Woodlawn School and later Elizabeth School. After her marriage in 1931 to E.
Floyd Smith, she retired from teaching, but several years later went to the Children's Department of Efird's children. Department She later went Store---picking the up her work with to Mellon Company to open a Children's ment and retired from there as a Vice President some 30 years later. She has been a member of Sharon Presbyterian Church since her marriage, teaching Sunday School, working with the Pioneer Youth Groups, and serving as a life member of the Women of the Church. After the birth of her first grandchild, she got the Nursery Class started again where she continued working with the babies and toddlers for more than 20 years. Funeral services will be Sunday, March 1, 1987 at Sharon Presbyterian Church with Dr.
Martha Raedels, Associate Pastor, officiating, as-sisted by Rev. Edwin P. Graham, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Arden, NC. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Surviving are her son, E.
Floyd Smith, Jr. of Charlotte; her daughters, Mrs. Patricia S. Ernest and Miss Harriett Smith of Charlotte; her grandchildren, David L. Ernest of FL, Mrs.
Mary E. Calvert of Atlanta, GA, and Mrs. Mary S. Taylor of Chalotte; and five great-grandchildren. Memorials may be sent to Sharon Presbyterian Church, 5201 Sharon Road, Charlotte, NC 28210.
Arrangements are by Charlotte Chapel. Ex-Officer Samuel Hill, Was TV's 'Mr. Safety' Feb. 28, 1987, at Union Memorial Hospital, Monroe. Funeral is 2 p.m.
Monday at McEwen Funeral Home, Monroe. Burial will be in Salem Baptist Church cemetery, Monroe. Mr. Helms, a native of Union County, retired from Charlotte Pipe Foundry, He was a member of Salem Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Lena of Waxhaw; sons, Lawrence Helms Joe.
Helms, both of Monroe, Donald Helms, Bobby Helms, both of Waxhaw; daughters, Mrs. Linda Ehrhart, Mrs. Joyce Trull, Mrs. Sandra Hobbs, Mrs. Patsy Ivey, Mrs.
Deborah Presley, Mrs. Jackie Helms, all of Monroe, Mrs. Toni Helms of Dalton, sister, Mrs. Ailene Broom of Fort Mill, S.C.; 20 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at McEwen of Monroe.
Steven A. Cedeno Mason, infant son of Charlie Mason and Miss Mercedes Cedeno, of 4430 Rolling Hill Dr. died Feb. 26, 1987, at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 11 a.m.
Monday at Elmwood Cemetery. Beasley Funeral Home is in charge. Survivors are his parents. Mr. Fred Aubrey Murray, 74, of 4027 Chandworth Rd.
died Feb. 27, 1987, at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sharon United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park.
McEwen Funeral Home, Charlotte chapel, is in 1 charge. Mr. Murray, a Durham native, was a bakery engineering consultant and a World War II Navy veteran. He was a member of the American Society of Bakery Engineers and American Institute of Baking Alumni. Survivors are his wife, Maurine; son, Paul Murray of Atlanta; daughter, Mrs.
Barbara Jean Crisco; brother, Eric Murray of Durham; sisters, Mrs. Lucille Holt of Richmond, Mrs. Doris Cayton of Durham; one grandchild; one great Visitation is 6 to 8 tonight and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at McEwen, Charlotte chapel. Mrs.
Martha Janette Parks, 54, of 400 Jones St. died Feb. 28, 1987, at home. Memorial service is 2 p.m. Monday at Rebound.
Hankins Whittington Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Parks, a native of Mecklenburg County, was a homemaker. She was a member of Independent Faith Church. Survivors are her husband, William; sons, Richard Osborne, David Osborne, Kenneth Osborne; daughters, Mrs.
Linda Forbis, Mrs. Patricia Ard, Miss Tammy Osborne; brothers, James Woodard of Stanley, Michael Woodard; sisters, Ms. Frances Woodard of Sherrills Ford, Ms. Joyce Putnam; 11 grandchildren. Memorials can be made to Rebound, 907 W.
1st Charlotte, N.C. 28201. Visitation is 3:30 to 5 p.m. today at Hankins Whittington. Mr.
B.C. Robbins, 65, of 227 Stilwell Oaks Rd. died Feb. 27, 1987, at Presbyterian Hospital. Funeral is 3:30 p.m.
today at McEwen Funeral Home, Charlotte chapel. Burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens. Mr. Robbins, a native of Rutherford County, was a retired automobile dealer and a former member of the Automobile Dealers Association. He was a member of St.
Luke's United Methodist Church. Survivors are his wife, Martha; sons, Walt Robbins of Newton, Clay Robbins of Atlanta, Neal Robbins; daughter, Ms. Susan Robbins; brothers, Clarence Robbins of Kure Beach, Chester Robbins of Forest City; 10 grandchildren. The following obituaries were incomplete: Mr. Johnny Lee Blocker, 45, of Mrs.
Orthello Patterson McCorkle, age 78, of 245 South Laurel Avenue, Charlotte, died Friday, February 27, 1987 in Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Mrs. McCorkle was born August 9, 1908 in ander County to the late Millan F. Patterson and Lettie Smith Patterson. Mrs.
McCorkle was a ter member of Westminister Presbyterian Church, the Home Builder Class, and the Best Years Club of the church. Funeral services will be Monday, March 2, 1987 at Westminister Presbyterian Church with Dr. Howard Chadwick and Dr. Arthur Beard officiating. Interment will be in Sharon Memorial Park.
Surviving are her husband, W. A. McCorkle; one son, W. A. "Mike" McCorkle, Jr.
of Monroe; two grandchildren, Kimberly Anne McCorkle and Lesley Nichole McCorkle both of Monroe; one brother, Aubrey T. Patterson of Charlotte; four sisters, Mrs. Zetta Mayberry and Mrs. Eveline Klutz both of Charlotte, Mrs. Pauline Hall of Matthews, NC, and Mrs.
Majorie Rucker of Surfside Beach, SC. The family will receive friends at Harry Bryant Sunday, March 1, 1987. Active pallbearers will be L. M. Morrison, J.
R. Henderson, Thomas J. Strahan, A. J. Eppley, Howard Field, and Paul Shroyer.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Home Builders Class, Best Years Club, Knights of Pathias, and officers of Westminister Presbyterian Church. Memorials may be sent to Westminister Presbyterian Church Capital Building Fund, 101 Colville Road, Charlotte, NC 28222. Harry Bryant Company is serving the family of Mrs. McCorkle. 7600 Carelock Cir.
died Feb. 28, 1987, at home. Long Son Funeral Home is in charge. Miss Regina Gaither, 2-monthold daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Otis Gaither, of 2500 Studley Rd. died Feb. 28, 1987, at Presbyterian Hospital. Alexander Funeral Home is in charge. Miss Henrietta Elizabeth, Long of 1215 Terrence 28, 1987, at Presbyterian Hospital.
Harry and Bryant Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Gregory Potts, 23, of 1210 N. Harrill St. died Feb.
28, 1987, as a result of an automobile accident. Beasley Funeral Home is in charge. Mr. Oren Potts, 14, of 1210 N. Harrill St.
died ed Feb. 28, 1987, as a result of an automobile accident. Beasley Funeral Home is in charge. Mrs. Thelma Stafford of 17th St.
died Feb. 28, 1987. Beasley Funeral Home is in charge. James Wright, 3, of 1004 Belmont Ave. died Feb.
28, 1987, as a result of an automobile accident. King Funeral Home is in charge. Miss Mary Wright, 24, of 1004 Belmont Ave. died Feb. 28, 1987, as a result of an automobile accident.
King Funeral Home is in charge. Compiled by Tamalia Moore and Rochelle Wilson Deaths Elsewhere Nora Kaye, 67, a ballerina for whom dozens of works were created by leading choreographers during her career of almost two decades with American Ballet Theatre; Saturday of cancer at her home in Santa Monica, Calif. She collaborated with her choreographer-director husband, Herbert Ross, on such dance movies as "The Turning Point" and "Nijinsky." By LOLO PENDERGRAST Staff Writer Samuel E. Hill, a Charlotte police officer widely known as a TV safety officer and the collector of procrastinators' income tax returns, died Feb. 26, 1987, at Hawthorne Nursing Center.
He was 82. Mr. Hill, of 2333 Belmeade built a career on public safety, retiring in 1970 after 27 years as a sergeant and traffic officer who taught safety in Charlotte- burg Schools. He worked with school crossing guards at a time when sworn officers, not civilians, Mr. Hill Mr.
Hill assisted children at schools. "He well-respected by the said Capt. Roy Phillips. "He was a real clean-cut professional officer and a lot of the young officers had a real high opinion of him. He was pretty dedicated to public service and it was a genuine kind of dedication, not put on.
He lived, ate and breathed public service." Mr. Hill was also "Mr. Safety" on WSOC-TV's "Joey the Clown" show from 1960 to 1970. "Everywhere he'd go," Phillips said, "kids would be hollering at him." For 10 years, Mr. Hill was especially well-known by adults who delayed sending off their income taxes until the midnight deadline.
He was the officer who stood at the post office, then at Mint and Trade streets, and took returns from citizens so envelopes would be postmarked before midnight. "He was pretty well-respected by quite a few Charlotteans around income-tax time," Phillips said. Mr. Hill was a founder of the Charlotte Drum and Bugle Corps. He was city employee of the year twice, honored by the Junior Women's Club and a recipient of the Service Award.
A native of Atlanta County, Mr. Hill formerly supervised more than 20 branches of Standard Coffee in New Orleans. He was a member and former president of Queen City Toastmasters and in 1969 received the trophy for most impromptu. He was a member of Temple Lodge, No. 676, A.F.& A.M.; Scottish Rite Bodies; and Oasis Temple of the Shrine.
He was a former president of. the Good Fellowship Sunday school class at Pritchard Memorial Baptist Church. He was a deputy sheriff for two years. Survivors are his daughters, Mrs. Jane Landry of Baton Rouge, Mrs.
Evelyn Lajoie; sister, Mrs. Julia Siedell of Memphis; 11 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. The funeral is 11 a.m. Monday at Pritchard Memorial Baptist. Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park.
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