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12 A THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Sun April 9 1972 News Of Deaths And Funerals In Carolina Carolina i I neral 11 am Monday at First Baptist Church Survivors: daughters Mrs Mary Sharpe of Laurinburg NC Mrs Ruby Carl of Baltimore Md VAN WYCK-Mrs Edna Hyatt Yoder 82 died Friday Graveside service 2 pm today at Van Wyck Cemetery Survivors: daughter Mrs James Mason of Wilkes-boro NC sons Kirk McRoy Yoder Jr of Van Wyck David Yoder of Great Falls sister Mrs Eula Hyatt of Greenville YORK Mrs Nan Clinton 58 of Sharon died Friday Funeral 3 pm today at Sharon ARP Church Survivors: sons Joe Russell of Hickory Grove Lowry Russell of Rock Hill daughter Mrs William Martin of Saluda sister Mrs John A Crosby of Charlotte brothers Hugh Dnwdle of Columbia Dowdle of Sumter Wilkie 65 died Friday Funeral 11 am Monday at Clay-Barnett Funeral Home Survivors: sons Edward Wilkie Nurlin Wilkie both of Hickory Donald Wilkie of Valdese Larry Wilkie of Shelby daughters Mrs James Sisk of Shelby Mrs Frank Watts Mrs Donald Goode both of Hickory Mrs Carl McDaniel of Cleveland Ohio Mrs Howard Lutz of Valdese Mrs Geter Brittain of Lawndale brother Wallace Smith of Casar half-brothers Howard Smith Willy Smith both of Shelby Joe Smith of Casar Reid Smith of Detroit Mich Arnold Smith of Hickory half-sisters Mrs John Jenkins of Casar Mrs Clara Jones of Lawndale Mrs Fanny Belle Pearson of Shelby STATESVILLE Mrs Gordon Morse 50 died Saturday Graveside service 3 pm Monday at Oakwood Cemetery Survivors: husband daughter Mrs Margaret Louise Zipp of El Paso Tex Dorothy Lee Morse of the home son Gordon Morse of Boston Mass sister Mrs Mit-chon of Statesville: brother Bonner Knox of Statesville TABOR CITY Bright Ste phens 87 died Friday Funeral 3 pm today at Inman Funeral Chapel Survivors: wife sons Dewey Stephens Stephens both of Pompano Beach Fla daughters Mrs Estelle Keen of the home Mrs Martha Car-trette of Pompano Beach Fla Mrs Dulah Lee Duncan of Beaver Dam TABOR erry Mrs Perry Buffkin 77 died Thursday Funeral was Saturday Survivors: husband sons Namon Buffkin Johnnie Buff-kin Dennis Buffkin George Buffkin Robert Buffkin all of Tabor City daughters Mrs Velma McCumbee Mis Brookie Turbeville both of Tabor City Mrs Oveta Garbarino of Camden NJ brother Frank Turbeville of Fair Bluff TAYLORSVILLE Elizabeth Bra me Ingram 19 died Friday Funeral 3 pm Sunday at First United Methodist Church Survivors: parents Mr and Mrs William Ingram of Taylorsville: sister Miss Mol-lie Ingram of the home South Carolina DARLINGTON Mrs Laura Jolly 78 died Fri day Funeral 2 pm today at Calvary Baptist Church Survivors: daughters Mrs Clyde Sansbury of San Antonio Tex Mrs Hugh Byrd of Hartsville Mrs Belk of Troutman sons Woodrow Jolly Cleveland Jolly both of Darlington brothers Hubert Witherspoon Russell Witherspoon Roy Witherspoon all of Timmons ville Johnny Witherspoon of Lamar DARLINGTON Thomas Jefferson Sansbury 62 of Timmonsville died Saturday Funeral 3 pm today at Lake Swamp Baptist Church Survivors: wife sons Gerrel Sansbury Lonnie Sansbury both of Darlington Ferrel Sansbury of Charlotte daughters Mrs Fred Cross Mrs Rudy Branham Marilyn Sansbury all of Darlington Mrs Hugh Newsome of Hartsville Mrs Humphries of Timmonsville brother Francis Edell Sansbury of Timmonsville sister Mrs Theron Anderson of Darlington DARLINGTON William Lee Hall 69 died Friday Funeral 5 pm today at Belk-King Funeral Home Survivors: wife son Bobby Ray Hall of Hartsville broth- She appeared in 63 silent films and 56 talkies Her last role was in Fair er Melvin Hall of Lancaster sisters Mrs Brown of Timmonsville Mrs Manning Strickland of Lake City LANCASTER William Henry Tapley 39 died Saturday Funeral 4:30 pm today at Spring Hill Baptist Church Survivors: wife daughters Teby Lee Tapley Jeanne Rena Tapley both of the home sister Mrs Loraine Payne of Bethune brother Carswell Tapley of Louisville Ga ROCK HILL David Richard Campbell 12 son of Mr and Mrs David Morris Campbell died Friday Funeral 4 pm today at Rogers Memorial ARP Church Survivors: parents brother Stephen Campbell sister Robin Campbell both of the home grandparents Mrs Jennie Lineberger of Newport Mr and Mrs Billew of Rock Hill ROCK HILL John Montgomery Sr 70 died Saturday Funeral 4 pm Monday at West End Baptist Church Survivors: wife daughters Mrs Paul Sisk of Perry Fla Mrs Ray Alexander Mrs Jimmy Williams Mrs Ken Blackman all of Rock Hill sons Paul Montgomery James Montgomery both of Rock Hill John Montgomery Jr of Charleston sisters Mrs Lon Robinson of Fort Mill Mrs Les Bratten Mrs Robert Alewine Mrs Ed Ghent Mrs Furman Carnes all of Rock Hill brothers Sam Montgo-ery of Dry Fork Va Waldo Montgomery Cordie Montgomery both of Rock Hill McCOLL Mrs Ruby Ann Britt 86 died Saturday Fu- Betty Blythe Screen Star Of Silent Of the Louvre It was all very Miss Blythe began her career on the stage in New York She got her start in movies when she accompanied her roommate to the old Vita-graph Studios in Flatbush and was asked by a director if she could play a lead Smith I can play that part better than any actress in the she replied Miss Blythe went on to star in such silent movies as and Chin She survived the transition to talkies to appear in Helen Morgan "The Scarlet Palooka Cham Undercover and several of the Maggie and Jiggs series 315)203 movement Cleaning landTponshWig Jthe watch and band 4 Electronic time-testing and adjusting formaxl-i JynufTji accuracyJBpML lutomatics'ChronpgraphaJ severelyidamaged andrustyj watches slightly highejj' LCHARGtH on Uart Revolving Charge 1 Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Money Back Sears SEARS ROEBUCK AND CO 'Most Prices Reduced) (: North Carolina BESSEMER CITY Mrs 1 Eva Ormond Hovis 80 died Friday Funeral 2:30 pm to-J day at First United Methodist I Church Survivors: daughter Mrs Edward Williams of Rich- 'mond Va son John Hovis i of Boone Ray Hovis of Coy Hovis of Bessemer City HICKORY Jacob Tabios Parlier 67 died Friday Funeral 4 pm today at Hickory Funeral Home Chapel Survivors: wife daughters Mrs Stan Spears of Columbia SC Mrs Tom Adair of Gastonia son Roland Parlier of Gastonia brother Mack Parlier of Charlotte HICKORY Mrs Carolyn Anita Williams 29 died Friday Funeral 2 pm Monday at St Stevens Lutheran Church Survivors: daughter Trena Ann Williams of the home son John Paul Williams of the home: mother Mrs Annie Mae Shook McCarson of Hickory stepfather Virgil McCarson of Hickory stepsisters Mrs Glen Wilfong of Monte-cello 111 Mrs Barbara Joyce McCarson of Hickory stepbrother Warren McCarson of Vale NC MONROE Walter Theron Thunderburk 70 died Saturday Funeral 2 pm today at McEwen Funeral Home Chapel Survivors: sister-in-law Mrs Paris Baker of Matthews MONROE Mrs Alfred Helms 49 died Thursday Funeral 2 pm Monday at Bentons Cross Road Baptist Church Survivors: husband daughters Mrs Roy Thomas of Union County Miss Janet Helms of the home sons James A Helms Jr of Denver Colo Alan Helms of Stanly County Robert Helms of the home parents Mrs and Mrs Roy Taylor of Denver Colo sisters Mrs Paul Nehf of Denver Colo Mrs Lou Wheeler Mrs Ralph Ostrom both of Los Angeles Cal MORGANTON Mrs Can-sada Loy Smith 91 died Saturday Funeral plans incom--plete Survivors: sons Taylor Smith of Morganton Edwin Smith of Drexel daughters Mrs Herbert Hayes of Long Island NY Mrs June Marsh Mrs Delbert Bollinger both of White Lake stepdaughters Mrs Bertha Smallwood of Jackson Miss Mrs Jessie Smith Mrs Lillian Smallwood Mrs Norlan Brown all of Memphis Tenn NEWTON Mrs Sally Holman Bolick 90 died Saturday Funeral 11 am Monday at Friendship United Methodist Church Survivors: daughters Mrs Mary Wike of Winter Haven Fla Mrs Margaret Hancock of Ocala Fla Mrs Lloyd Kurfees of Folkston Ga sons Hollis Bolick Henry Bolick both of Winter Haven Albert Bolick of Newton Jack Bolick of Conover NEWTON Charlie Thea Parker 37 died Saturday Funeral 4 pm Monday at Willis Reynolds Funeral Chapel Survivors: wife: daughters Mrs Ricky Helms of the home son Charles Parker of the home mother Mrs Mabel Parker of New Jersey sisters Mrs Jean Bunche Mrs Frances Lavoie both of Florida Mrs Marie Smith of New Jersey brother Hurley Parker of Virginia KINGS MOUNTAIN Mrs Lula Reep 86 died Friday Funeral 4 pm today at East-side Baptist Church Survivors: sons Fred Reep Reese Reep both of Lincoln-ton daughters Mrs Ruth Blanton Mrs Netie Hope both of Kings Mountain LAURINBURG Kirby A Harris 66 died Friday Funer- FREE LECTURE WED APRIL 19 8 PM ALL CLASSES HELD AT CHARLOTTETOWN MALL MEN a (il HO1 IN recardlcss of experience Obtain vour Rroker Luense amj IU MH ft OWN Huns Kriin tta income tor yourselt and tamilv Learn tinw to pass vout exam open an ollice obtain listings property arrange mortgages and close deals Attend aEHKK I IKM I Kl fl HK at 8 on Wednesday April in at the Community Hall Charlottetown Mall Satisfactory completion of I he tn hour lee ture course meets the educational requirements order to take the Real Estate Rroker Licensing hxamination Presented by the Lee Institute Full details given at hrst lei ture Thomas Sawver InMturtnr 0-4-7 2-DAY SALE of Lawn Care Needs! al 4 pm today at First United Methodist Church Survivors: wife daughters Miss Nancy Harris Miss Mar-gert Harris both of Laurin-burg brother Jack Harris of Tucson Ariz sisters Mrs Ray of Rocky Mount Mrs Jeanie Warwick of Laurin-burg LINCOLNTON Mrs Florence Patton Hovis 89 died Friday Funeral 4 pm today at Iron Station Methodist Church Survivors: son John Paul Hovis of Mount Holly daughters Mrs Ezelle Hyman of Lincolnton Mrs John Moore of Iren Station brother Joseph Patton of Richmond Va sisters Mrs Will Shuford of Gastonia Mrs Caston of Mount Holly LINCOLNTON Mrs Robert Broome 62 died Friday Funeral 4 pm today at Salem Baptist Church Survivors: husband son Ted Broom of Lincolnton daughters Mrs Claude Mooney Mrs Harold Fox both of Lincolnton foster son Ray Hedrick of Newton brother Floyd Sanders of Lincolnton LINCOLNTON Carl Madison Moore 63 died Saturday Funeral 2 pm today at War-lick Funeral Home Survivors: wife sons Edgar Moore of Lincolnton Julius Moore of Morganton daughters Mrs Mary Hartman Mrs Joyce Knight Mrs Rachel Rhoton all of Lincolnton brother Russell Moore of Connelly Springs sisters Mrs Eula Bolick Miss Lucy Moore both of Lincolnton LINCOLNTON Carl Elmore Smith died Saturday Funeral 2 pm Monday at Warlick Funeral Home Survivors: wife daughters Mrs Barbara Costello of Jap-pa Md Mrs Kay Chapman of Louisville Ky brothers Kelly Smith Paul Smith both of Lincolnton Clarence Smith of Shelby Earl Smith of Cher-ryville sisters Mrs Ruby McNelly of Charlotte Mrs May Roberts of Lincolnton Mrs Pearl Cothran of Atlanta Ga LEXINGTON Jacob Franklin Younts 82 died Saturday Funeral 2 pm Monday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel Survivors: wife daughters Mrs Banks Honeycutt of Salisbury Mrs Dallas Young of Lexington sons Jacob Brice Charlie Younts both of Lexington Marvin Younts of Concord MAIDEN Thomas Gulick Overton Sr 74 died Thursday Survivors: son Thomas Overton Jr of Encino Calif sister Mrs Moss of Ze-bulon MARION Fred Estes 77 died Saturday Funeral 3 pm Monday at Ridgeway Freewill Baptist Church Survivors: wife sons Earl Estes of Charlotte Leonard Estes Verlin Estes both of Marion daughters Mrs Floyd Phillips of Perris Calif Mrs A Mashburn Mrs William Lonon Mrs James Womack all of Marion Mrs William Carr of Charlotte Mrs Oline Lantis of Virginia Beach Va Mrs Milton Pippert of Shawnee Kan MOUNT GILEAD Doyle Stephens Ballard 58 died Friday Funeral 2:30 pm today at Wadeville Baptist Church Survivors: wife: parents Mr and Mrs OH Ballard of Mount Gilead sisters Mrs Cecil Russell of Mount Gilead Mrs Walt Morris of Troy brother Ballard Jr of Mount Gilead PAGELAND Jesse Price 69 died Saturday Funeral 4 pm today at Philadelphia Baptist Church Survivors: son Barney Price Sr of Atlanta Ga daughters Mrs Robert Broome Mrs Kenneth Grainger both of Pageland Mrs Charles Watts of Marshville sister Mrs Jessie Knoght of Lancaster Mrs Owen Helms of Wingate Mrs Rufus Haire of Pageland brother Horace Price of Pageland ROCKINGHAM William A (Bill) Smith 47 died Friday Funeral 3 pm today at the Roberbell Baptist Church Survivors: wife daughters Mrs Glenda Morris of Cherry-ville Mrs Gail Jackson of Hamlet ROCKINGHAM- Mrs Clarence Cook 73 died Friday Funeral 4 pm today at Shiloh Methodist Church in Bennetts-ville SC Survivors husband brothers Jack Sanders of Chad-bourn Ernest Sanders of Mc-Coll SC sister Mrs Maggie Sweatt of Rockingham SHELBY Mrs Leona jMm FUNERAL SERVICE 727 AST MORfHEAD STREET REVEREND CHARLES CLYDE LEVERGOOD SR The Reverend Charles Clyde Levergood Sr of 4001 Tipperary Place died Friday April 7 1972 in a local hospital He was bom December 13 1895 in York Pa His parents were the late Charles Dudley Levergood and Lillian Cowles The Reverend Levergood had served 47 years as a Methodist minister and had served 44 years in Pennsylvania as a minister For the past three years he had served as associate minister of the Hickory Grove United Methodist Church in Charlotte He was a mason and past president and chaplain of the Kiwanis Club: he had been active in the Boy Scouts of America for many years The family requests that memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society or the Multiple Sclerosis Society Funeral services will be at 11:00 am Monday at the Hickory Grove United Methodist Church Services will be conducted by the Rev Herbert Garmon minister of the Hickory Grove United Methodist Church and the Rev Richard Crowder minister of the First United Methodist Church in High Point NC Interment will be in Sharon Memorial Park The family will receive friends at the Harry and Bryant Chapel in the Oaks Sunday evening between the hours of 7 and 9 pm He is survived by his wife the former Etta Atkinson one son Charles Levergood Jr of Charlotte two daughters: Mrs Mary Etta Cope of New Milford Conn and Mrs Betty Mor-rash of Media Pa and seven grandchildren two brothers Alyn Levergood and Max Levergood both of Philadelphia Pa EDWARD WILLIAM NICOLL Mr Edward William Ni-coll of 1966 Overhill Road passed away suddenly Friday afternoon April 7 1972 He was born November 25 1896 in Kenosha Wisconsin He was the son of the late Robert 0 and Alice Ni-coll Mr Nicoil was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin he served in the Navy in World War I He had been associated with the Simmons Company for 35 years and had retired in 1961 Since 1961 he had been a manufacturer's representative He was a member of St Peter's Episcopal Church Myers Park Country Club the Charlotte City Club the North Charlotte Rotary Club and the Forty and Eight He is survived by his wife Mrs Charlotte Rudd Nicoil three daughters Mrs Felton Jr of Lafayette La Mrs James Baynard of Greensboro and Mrs Gordon Watt Jr of Charlotte and five grandchildren Funeral services will be held at 2:30 pm Sunday April 9 at the Harry and Bryant Chapel in the Oaks and will be conducted by the Rev Huntington Williams Jr minister of St Peter's Episcopal Church Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery Active pallbearers will be Robert Baynard William Baynard Paul A Dulin Roy MeKnight Jr Dr Sweeney and Reginald Busby Friends may send memorials to St Mary's School Raleigh or to the Penniek Home Southern Pines NC JAMES ASBURY BROWN Mr James Asbury Brown of 531 Manning Drive died Friday April 7 1972 Mr Brown was president of the Business Equipment Company He was born May 1 1919 in Albemarle NC His parents were Mrs Lila Mae Asbury Brown and the late Lane Brown Mr Brown was educated in the public schools in Albemarle NC and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill He served in (he Air Corps during World War II He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church Funeral services were held at 4 pm Saturday April 8 1972 at the Harry and Bryant Chapel in the Oaks Sendees were conducted by the Rev Leonard Topping minister of the First Presbyterian Church Interment was in Sharon Memorial Park He is sundved by his wife tne former Carmalt Hartman two sons Kent Brown who is in Law School at Wake Forest University and James A Brown Jr a student of Central Piedmont Community College one daughter Miss Carolyn Brown student at Peace College in Raleigh NC his mother Mrs Lane Brown of Albemarle NC one sister Mrs Caldwell Cline of Charlotte one brother Richard Lane Brown Jr of Albemarle NC The pallbearers were Dr Lee Large Dr Homer Just is Dr Harvey Johnston II Ridenhour A Moss Ed Moore Thornes Dr Berkeley Cecil Black Russell Jones Jr Jack Jordan and Julian MassL Companion 20-In Rotary Lawn Mower United Press International WOODLAND HILLS Calif Betty Blythe w'ho rose to silent-screen stardom in Queen of wearing only a long string of pearls is dead at the age of 72 Miss Blythe born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter in Los Angeles died Friday night in the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital No known prints of her first starring film made in 1921 are known to have survived Of the 119 pictures Miss Blythe made silent or in sound Sheba remained one of her 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