6E THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Wednesday, August 17, 1988 Deaths And Funerals In North Carolina CONNELLY SPRINGS Mr. Ernest James Barber, 62, mechanic, died Aug. 16, 1988, in Granite Falls. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Catawba Funeral Home in Hickory.
Survivors are his wife, Pearlie; son, Jimmy Barber of Granite Falls; daughter, Ms. Yvonne White of Lenoir; brothers, Larry Barber of Baltimore, Fred Barber of Cincinnati, David Barber of Granite Falls, Michael Barber, Franklin Barber, both of Taylorsville, Thomas Barber of Hickory; sisters, Ms. Anne Bebber of Taylorsville, Ms. Nancy Barber of Los Angeles, Ms. Diane Armstrong of California, Ms.
Betty Killian, Mrs. Linda Helton, both of Hickory. Memorials can be made to Concord Baptist Church youth department, 5 Circle Granite Falls, N.C. 28630. CONCORD Mr.
Glenn Rufus Clay, 65, retired owner of Harris Street Services, died Aug. 16, 1988, at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 2 p.m. Thursday at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church. Survivors are his wife, Irene; son, Glenn Clay daughters, Mrs.
Betty Hyatt of Stanfield, Mrs. Virginia Weatherly; brothers, Bub Clay of Monroe, Bill Clay, Harry Clay, both of Harrisburg; sisters, Mrs. Ruth Cauble of Charlotte, Mrs. Elsie Smith, Mrs. Geneva Motley, both of Kannapolis, Mrs.
Iva Seahorn. Wilkinson is in charge. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight at Wilkinson. DALLAS Mr. James Brown Rhyne, 68, Westvaco retiree, died Aug.
15, 1988, at home. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia. Survivors are his wife, Marie; daughter, Mrs. Rhonda Shelton of Forest City; sisters, Mrs.
Faye Dillard of Knoxville, Mrs. Kate Sills of Kannapolis. Dallas is in charge. DREXEL Mr. Ronnie Elmore Keller, 43, Shuford Mills employee, died Aug.
15, 1988, at Grace Hospital in Morganton. Funeral is 3 p.m. today at Mackie-High Funeral Home, Granite Falls. Survivors are his sons, Mitch Keller of Hickory, Matt Keller of Lenoir; mother, Mrs. Mary Keller of Granite Falls; brother, Douglas Keller of Hickory.
ELLERBE Mr. Nettice Glenn King, 58, construction worker, died Aug. 16, 1988, at Moore Regional Hospital in Pinehurst. Funeral is 2 p.m. Thursday at Carter Funeral Home.
Survivors are his wife, Barbara; son, Bobby King; daughters, Mrs. Tammy Cooper, Mrs. Bridgett Snead; brother, Herbert King of Greensboro; sisters, Mrs. Magdeline Webb of Hamlet, Mrs. Lillie Haywood, Mrs.
Louise Jarrell, both of Rockingham. Memorials can be made to Ellerbe Rescue Squad, Ellerbe, N.C. 28338; or to Richmond County Hospice, Rockingham, N.C. 28379. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Carter.
FOREST CITY Mrs. Cordie Davis Walker, 82, homemaker, died Aug. 15, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m. Thursday at Robertson Creek Free Will Baptist Church.
Survivors are her sons, Flay Walker, Jennings Walker, both of Shelby, Jack Walker of Sandy Mush, Walter Walker of Pinehurst, Jerry Walker; daughters, Mrs. Aloyse Jones of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Leila Absure of Spartanburg, Mrs. Sue Jenkins of Ellenboro; sister, Mildred Smith; stepdaughter, Mrs. Thelma Fisher of Green Hill.
Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Washburn Funeral Home, Bostic. GASTONIA Mr. Ronald Paul Spargo, 41, died Aug. 16, 1988, in Jefferson, S.C., as a result of a plane crash. Funeral plans are incomplete.
Carothers is in charge. GREENSBORO Mrs. Mary Nance DeGrotte, 93, retired Dick's Shoe Shop owner and operator, died Aug. 11, 1988. Funeral was Sunday.
Survivors are her sons, Micheal Greeson of Charlotte, DeGrotte; sister, Mrs. Lilly Fields. KANNAPOLIS Mr. Dan Huskey, 67, retired gospel singer, died Aug. 15, 1988, at home.
Funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at Bethany Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Freda; son, Danny Huskey of Tulsa, daughters, Mrs. Carolyn Brand of Atlanta, Mrs. Sharon Lowe of Fort Lauderdale, brothers, Robert Huskey of Tucson, Peter Huskey of Dumfries, Damon Huskey of Forest City; sister, Mrs.
Ann Lancaster of Forest City. Visitation is 7 to 8 tonight at Crowe's Funeral Home, Rutherfordton. KANNAPOLIS Mr. Henry Charles Edwards, 80, textile retiree, died Aug. 15, 1988, in Charlotte.
Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Lady's Funeral Home. Survivors are his wife, Brownie; son, Harry Edwards; daughters, Mrs. Margaret Lauzon, Mrs. Clara Goodman, Mrs.
Barbara Smith, all of Charlotte, Mrs. Ruby Sisk, Mrs. Ann Huneycutt, Ms. Goldie Edwards; brothers, Omster Edwards, Raymond Edwards, both of Marshville, Roy Edwards of Indian Trail; sisters, Mrs. Pearlie Wentz of Indian Trail, Mrs.
Lillie Green of Pageland, S.C. KERNERSVILLE Mrs. Patricia Gail Blackburn, 48, of Charlotte, formerly of Kernersville, secretary, died Aug. 15, 1988, at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 2 p.m.
Thursday at Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home. Survivors are her daughter, Mrs. Denise Allen of Walkertown; Deaths And Funerals In South Carolina brothers, Bobby McCraine of Charlotte, Jimmy McCraine; sister, Mrs. JoAnne Grail of Hous- Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Hanes-Lineberry. KINGS MOUNTAIN Mrs.
Laura Jane Ellis Mayes, 76, retired farmer, died Aug. 16, 1988, at Kings Mountain Convalescent Center. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Oak Grove Baptist Church. Survivors are her sons, Lawrence Mayes, Morris Mayes, both of Shelby, Roy Mayes, William Mayes, Kenneth Mayes, Wayne Mayes; daughter, Mrs.
Judy Philbeck; brothers, Clyde Ellis, J.C. Ellis, Shelby; sister, Miss Edna Ellis of Shelby. Palmer of Shelby is in charge. Memorials can be made to Cleveland County Hospice, 201 W. Marion Shelby, N.C.
28150. LAURINBURG Mr. George Epps Tucker, 88, textile retiree, died Aug. 15, 1988, at Scotland Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 10 a.m.
Thursday at McDougald Funeral Home. Survivors are his wife, Lucy; da daughters, Mrs. Tecora Steen of Corpus Christi, Mrs. Peggy Smith; sisters, Mrs. Eugenia Allen, Mrs.
Geneva McWaters, both of Fort Mill, S.C., Mrs. Tecora Vaughan, Mrs. Sonora Watts, both of York, S.C.; stepsons, William Hodges, John Hodges, both of Charlotte, Nelson Whitt, Wesley Whitt, both of Portsmouth, stepdaughters, Mrs. Hazel Gibson of Daytona Beach, Mrs. Treva Wade of Nitro, W.Va.
Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at McDougald. MARION Mr. Dorgan Carl Ledbetter, 57, clerk, died Aug. 13, 1988, as a result of a fire at his home. Funeral is 10 a.m.
today at Montford Cove Baptist Church. Survivors are his son, Dorgan Ledbetter Jr. of Connelly Springs; daughters, Mrs. Kimberley Webb, Mrs. Arle Morton; brothers, W.J.
Ledbetter, Robert Ledbetter, both of Baltimore, Raymond Ledbetter of Baldwin, Calvine Ledbetter of Hickory, Benny Ledbetter of Old Fort, Clifton Ledbetter, Jones Ledbetter; sisters, Mrs. Helen Harrelson of Aiken, S.C., Mrs. Mamie Buckner, Mrs. Clyda Martin. MONROE Mrs.
Lierydell Biggers Baucom, 89, homemaker, died Aug. 16, 1988, in Morganton. Funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at Gordon Funeral Home. Survivors are her husband, Harvey; nephews and nieces.
Visitation is 7:30 to 8:30 tonight at Gordon. MOORESVILLE Mr. Ben Brown, 61, Crouch Brothers Construction Co. employee, died Aug. 12, 1988, in Charlotte.
Funeral is 4 p.m. today at Bryant-Lytle-Young Funeral Home. Survivors are his daughter, Miss Donna Johnson; brothers, Robert Brown of Statesville, Clarence Brown Greensboro, Tenner Brown Virginia; sisters, Mrs. of Katie White of Pulaski, Mrs. Arlena Smith of Charlotte.
MORGANTON Roxana Lynn Buff, infant daughter of Ms. Anita Buff died Aug. 15, 1988, at home. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at Sossoman Funeral Home.
Survivors are her mother; brothers, Shawn Buff, Tracy Buff; grandmother, Mrs. Rosa Mull of Kernersville; great-grandparents, Roy and Mary Mull. NEWTON Mr. Harry, Pershing Franklin, retired electrician, died Aug. 3, 1988, in Miami Beach, Fla.
Funeral is private. Survivors are his brothers, V.C. Franklin of North Wilkesboro, Albert Franklin of Norfolk; sisters, Mrs. Kathleen Holzsuch, Mrs. Nora Lee Newcombe, both of Bryson City.
Willis-Reynolds is in charge. NEWTON Mrs. Nellie Steele Franklin, motel manager, died Aug. 2, 1988, in Miami Beach, Fla. Funeral is private.
Survivors are her brother, Bill Steele of Ellenboro; sister, Mrs. Mae Abernathy. Willis-Reynolds is in charge. OAKBORO Mr. Wayne Rufus Furr, 50, Prudential Insurance Co.
employee, died Aug. 15, 1988, at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Funeral p.m. today at Big Lick Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Linda; son, Rodney Furr; daughter, Miss Kimberly Furr; parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Rufus Furr; brothers, George Furr, John Furr; sisters, Mrs. Billie Kelbaugh, Mrs. Maxine Creed, Mrs. Peggy Teeter, Mrs.
Nancy Benfield, all of Charlotte. Hartsell of Albemarle is in charge. ROCKINGHAM Mrs. Alma Rogers Player, 65, textile retiree, Aug. 16, 1988, at N.C.
Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill. Funeral is 2 p.m. Thursday at Mount Moriah Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors are her husband, Bernie; sons, John Brooks, Barry King, both of Omaha, Jerry of Vincennes, Mitchell Player of Hamlet, Daryl Player; daughter, Dianne King; brothers, C.L. Rogers of Hamlet, John Rogers; sisters, Mrs.
Lila King of Cordova, Mrs. Myrtle Turner. Visitation is tonight at the home. Marks is in charge. ROCKINGHAM Mrs.
Lillian Gibson Rivenbark, 76, homemaker, died Aug. 15, 1988, at home. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Beaver Dam United Methodist Church. Survivors are her daughters, Maj.
Rebecca Rivenbark at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, Mrs. Martha Ross; sister, Miss Lena Gibson. WatsonKing Funeral Home is in charge. SALISBURY Mr. Charles Leo Myers, 72, retired carpenter, died Aug.
15, 1988, at home. Funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church chapel. Survivors are Mrs.
Lynn Stephens of Charlotte; brothers, W.B. Myers of Cleveland, N.C., W.H. Myers. Summersett is in charge. Memorials can be made to American Heart Association, 2312 E.
Innes Salisbury, N.C. 28144. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight at Summersett. SALISBURY Mr. Henry Grady Shope, 72, retired restaurateur, died Aug.
15, 1988, at Veterans Administration Medical Center. Funeral is 11 a.m. today at Morlan Park Church of God. Survivors are his Rosa; son, James Shope of Calhoun, daughter, Mrs. Joyce Kent; brothers, John Shope of Dalton, Glenn Shope of Calhoun; sisters, Mrs.
Blanche Hyde Calhoun, Mrs. Nellie Wilson of Fairmont, Ga. Summersett is in charge. SHELBY Mrs. Rachel Surratt Bratton, 90, former Meadowbrook Manor worker, died Aug.
at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 4 p.m. ThursWashington Baptist Church. Survivors are her sons, Clifton Surratt of Charlotte, Eddie Bratton, Jazan Surratt both of Gastonia, John Bratton Washington, Roy Bratton, Grady Bratton, Browdes Bratton, all of Dallas, N.C.; daughters, Mrs. Virgie Jones of Washington, Mrs.
Grace Bradshaw of Stamford, Mrs. Ruby Alexander of Newark, N.J., Mrs. Itule Walker, Mrs. Amanda Mills, Mrs. Earlene Brown, all of Dallas, N.C.; sister, Mrs.
Lillie Love of Detroit. Visitation is 6 to 7 tonight at the church. Dockery's is in charge. SOUTHERN PINES Robin Gamaliel McDonald, 14, died Aug. 15, 1988.
Funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at McDonald's Chapel Presbyterian Church. Survivors are his mother, Ms. Sharon McDonald; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dan McDonald of Pinehurst, Mr. and Mrs. Lee McDonald of Mount View. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Powell Funeral Home. STATESVILLE Mr.
Gary Denver Beaver, 41, pipefitter, died Aug. 15, 1988, at Banner Construction Co. Funeral is 2 p.m. Thursday at Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home. Survivors are his mother, Mrs.
Nannie Beaver of Cleveland, N.C.; brothers, Philip Beaver, Milton Beaver, both of Cleveland, N.C.; grandmother, Mrs. Ada Bell Beaver of Cleveland, N.C.. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Bunch-Johnson. STATESVILLE Mr. Robert Edward Chandler 75, retired J.C.
Penney manager, died Aug. 16, 1988, at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Funeral is '11 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Sara; son, Robert Chandler III of Fuquay-Varina; daughter, Mrs.
Ann McKay of Charlotte; brother, David Chandler of Benton, sisters, Mrs. Bee Nelson of Hartsell, Miss Norma Chandler of Montgomery, Mrs. Ruth Cunningham of Huntsville, Ala. Memorials can be made to First Baptist Church, 815 Davie Statesville, N.C. 28677.
Visitation is 7:30 to 9 tonight at Nicholson Funeral Home. TAYLORSVILLE Mrs. Vick Lowe Earp, 95, homemaker, died Aug. 16, 1988, at Bryan Center Nursing Home in Hickory. Funeral is 10 a.m.
Thursday at Mount Olive Baptist Church. Survivors are her son, Sid Earp of Marshville; brothers, David Lowe of Cricket, Fred Lowe of Moravian Falls. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight at Adams Funeral Home. UNION GROVE The Rev. Robert Lamar Crook, 66, retired United Methodist minister, died Aug.
15, 1988, at N.C. Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. Funeral is 3 p.m. Thursday at Smyth's Chapel Church. Survivors are his wife, Helen; son, Robert Crook Jr.
of Starkville, daughter, Mrs. Vickie Holtz Salisbury; Mrs. Carrie Loflin of East Mrs. Sucticer. Pauline Burleson of Murfreesboro, Mrs.
Hazel Norris of Salisbury. Lyerly is in charge. Memorials can be made to Smyth Chapel Church fellowship hall building fund, Route 1, Box 56-A, Union Grove, N.C. 28689. Visitation is 7 to 8:30 tonight at Lyerly.
VALDESE Mr. Thomas Atwood Huffman, 56, maintenance worker, died Aug. 15, 1988, a at Grace Hospital in Morganton. Funeral is 2 p.m. today at United Baptist Church.
Survivors are his wife, Shirley; daughter, Miss Cathy Huffman; brothers, Leonard Huffman, Bill Huffman, both of Connelly Springs, Russell Huffman; sisters, Mrs. Annie Bradshaw of Clinton, Ohio, Mrs. Ethel Cannon of Hickory, Mrs. Doris Branning of Hildebran, Mrs. Thelma Lail.
Kirksey Funeral Home of Morganton is in charge. Deaths Elsewhere John Howard Sweet, 81, chairman emeritus of U.S. News World Report and a publishing executive for more than five decades; Sunday of a heart attack in Bethesda, Md. BLACKSBURG Mr. George Little Carroll, 71, retired textile worker, died Aug.
16, 1988, at home. Funeral is 3 p.m. Thursday at Blacksburg Church of God. Survivors are his sons, Charles Carroll of Gaffney, Wayne Carroll of Clover, George Carroll; daughter, Mrs. Ruth Tucker of Spartanburg; sisters, Mrs.
Vick Bullocks, Mrs. Maggie Runyans, Mrs. Sarah Miller, Martha Bailey, all of Mountain, N.C., Mrs. Mary Bullocks; stepsons, Wallace Martin of Hickory Grove, James Lanier, Gene Martin, Joe Martin; stepdaughters, Mrs. Polly Moore, Mrs.
Carolyn Carroll. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Gordon. DARLINGTON Mr. Ralph Edward Gandy, 89, farmer, died Aug. 15, 1988, at home.
Funeral is 5 p.m. today at Black Creek Baptist Church. Survivors are his wife, Eline; son, Ralph Gandy Jr. of Rockingham, N.C.; daughters, Mrs. Frances Pearman of Charlotte, Mrs.
Betty Kirven; brother, Earl Gandy; sister, Mrs. Louise Kirven of Dovesville. Kistler is in charge. DARLINGTON Mr. Alston Odom, 83, retired farmer, died Aug.
15, 1988, in Bruce Hospital, Florence. Funeral is 5 p.m. Thursday at Southside Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors are wife, Eva; sons, Hubert Odom, Weldon Odom, Bobby Odom, Barry Odom, Benjamin Odom, Danny Odom, Dusty Odom; daughters, Mrs. Margie Dennis, Mrs.
Myrtle Asaro; brothers, Carlton Odom, J.W. Odom, both of Florence, Lawton Odom, Elton Odom; sisters, Mrs. Ruby Andrews, Mrs. Nell Wineberg. Visitation is 7 to 9 tonight at Kistler Funeral Home.
GREENWOOD Mr. James T. Jordan, 82, retired carpenter and security officer, died Aug. 16, 1988. Funeral is 2 p.m.
Thursday at Harley Funeral Home. Survivors are his brother, Clayton Jordan of Rome, nephews and nieces. HEATH SPRINGS Mrs. Bernice S. Blackman, 65, homemaker, died Aug.
14, 1988, at Elliott White Springs Memorial Hospital. Funeral is 4 p.m. Wednesday at New Hope Baptist Church. Survivors are her sons, James Hammond, Willie Blackman, Charles Blackman, all of Lancaster, Reuben Blackman; daughter, Mrs. Linda Brown of Lancaster; brothers, W.J.
Stewart of Lancaster, Pernell Stewart of Birmingham; sisters, Beatrice Blackman of Lancaster, Miss Betty Stewart of Dover, Md. Stewart's is in charge. MULLINS. Mr. Henry Ormond Schoolfield 82, owner of Schoolfield Industries, died Aug.
16, 1988, in Davis Health Center, Wilmington, N.C. Funeral is 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Cedardale Cemetery. Survivors are his sons, Henry Schoolfield III of Durham, N.C., John Schoolfield of Wilmington, William Schoolfield of Chicago; brother, William Schoolfield; sister, Mrs. Kate Gorham of Southern Pines, N.C.
Memorials can be made to Macedonia United Methodist Church, Mullins, S.C. 29574. Cox-Collins is in charge. PAGELAND Mrs. Eva H.
Edwards, 77, homemaker, died Aug. 15, 1988, at Union Memorial Hospital in Monroe, N.C. Funeral is 3 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church. Survivors are her sons, Jerry Edwards of Quincy, J.D.
Edwards, James Edwards; daughter, Mrs. Gulledge of Ruby, Mrs. Lucille Brewer of Lancaster, Mrs. Myrtle Blackmon, Mrs. Betty Melton; brother, Jonny Hilton of Denver, N.C.,; sisters, Mrs.
Annie Lowder of Greensboro, N.C., Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter of Cheraw, Mrs. Nancy Stewart of Columbia, Ms. Louise Hilton of Gastonia, N.C., Mrs. Eliza Wallace.
ROCK HILL Mr. Cecil Herbert Shuler, 76, Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Co. retiree, died Aug. 15, 1988, at Piedmont Medi- Mecklenburg Mrs. Eunice Shannon Forbis, 90.
Survivors include son, Shannon Forbis of Jefferson, S.C. Mrs. Katherine E. Griffith, 62. Survivors include brother, Harold Foster of Greenville, S.C.; sister, Mrs.
Dorothy Carpenter of Lincolnton. Mr. Jackie Ray McGee, 49. Survivors include son, Tony McGee of Greenville, S.C. Mrs.
Ruth Allred Stegall, 65. Survivors include daughter, Mrs. Marie Cash of Great Falls, S.C. Other Mecklenburg Deaths Mr. Allen Andrew Brown, 69.
Mr. Orban Chase, 70. Mrs. Sarah Berrilla Johns, 56. Scott M.
Stevenson 3 months. EL ANNUAL The Charlotte Observer cal Center. Funeral is 4 p.m. today at Memorial Park in Orangeburg. Greene's Funeral is in charge.
Survivors are his brothers, James Shuler, Marion Shuler, Hoyt Shuler, all of Sumter, Heywood Shuler of Columbia; sisters, Mrs. Mary Moore of Fort Pierce, Mrs. Virginia Irick of Sumter, Mrs. Delores Sloan of Eutawville ROCK HILL Mr. Arthur Sterling, 44, textile Aug.
14, 1988, at home. Funeral is 4 p.m. Friday at the Oratory of St. Mary's Catholic Church. Survivors are his brothers, Frank Sterling Jr.
of Newark, N.J., Ronald Sterling, Harold Sterling, William Sterling, Reginald Sterling; sisters, Miss CostellaSterling, Mrs. Carol Hemphill, Mrs. Pamela Douglas, Mrs. Wanda Sterling Jennings, Mrs. Karen Howze; grandfather, Major Swift.
Visitation is 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Clemons Funeral Home. WALLACE Mr. John E. Craven, 26, Delta Mills employee, died Aug.
14, 1988, as a result of an automobile accident. Funeral is 3 p.m. today at Oak Grove United Methodist Church. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Mary Gibson; brother, Junior Craven; sisters, Mrs.
Patsy, Foster of Burlington, N.C., Nancy Stewart; stepfather, Charles Gibson. Norton-Rushing of Cheraw i is in charge. Obituaries For Mr. Orban Chase Mrs. Katherine E.
Griffith Mr. Earl Albert Matheney, Sr. Mr. Richard Lewis McLaughlin Master Scott MacGreagor Stevenson, Jr. Also Appear At The Beginning Of The Classified Section MIDNIGHT BIKE RIDE, AUG.
26, 1988 Join the eleventh annual Observer Charlotte Observer building in Charlotte's most beautiful To Participate. Simply arrive before the start with bicycle equipped as the law requires: white light on the front, reflector on the rear. (You may strap a flashlight to the front fender or handlebars.) Riders must wear shoes. Who Can Ride. Anyone 10 and older.
People under age 16 must be accompanied by a responsible adult and must have a parent's permission. Participants ride at their own risk. Start. Midnight, Friday, Aug. 26, at The Observer building, 600 S.
Tryon St. in uptown Charlotte. Members of the Bicycle Caesar's racing team will lead the leisurely paced Moonride. Route. North on South Tryon; right Third; left on Queens; right on Randolph (Fourth); right on Sardis; right on Providence (which becomes Queens, then becomes Morehead), right on McDowell, left on Stonewall to start.
Distance: 12 miles. Communication. Charlotte Amateur Radio Club, W4CQ. Moonride. Take a FREE 12-mile uptown Charlotte to Sardis Road neighborhoods, escorted by police and leisurely bicycle ride from The and back.
Tour some of by members of Tarheel Cyclists. Safety. Riders must obey traffic rules, stopping for traffic lights and riding in the right -hand lane. Light -colored or reflective clothing, a helmet and side reflectors are highly recommended. da Emergencies.
The Charlotte Life Saving Crew will stand by. The Bike Gallery will provide a repair truck and a pick-up van. T-Shirts. Moonride T-Shirts ($5) and Criterium Shirts (with back will be sold by The Tarheel Cyclists. Traffic Control.
Members of Tarheel Cyclists will be marshals. Police will assist at major intersections. Music. Roy Rosen's Mobile Music Show will play popular recorded music. Refreshments will be sold by the Mecklenburg Jaycees.
Free Nestea brand iced tea for all following the ride. Parking. Use any open commercial lot uptown. Be sure to bring coins or bills to cover your parking time. MOONLIGHT CRITERIUM 26, p.m.
Come early for the Observer Moonride and watch the pros compete for The Tarheel Cyclists are promoting these races strictly for USCF-licensed racers: Women, Junior Men, Seniors 35-and-up, Senior IV and Senior I-11-111. Watch from anywhere on the half-mile course around Stonewall, Tryon, First and Mint streets. Racers respond to encouragement and cyclists applause from spectators. Come out and cheer them on! Moonride and Criterium sponsored by The Charlotte Observer and The Tarheel Cyclists.
