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A former Charlotte News columnist and assistant sports editor was killed last night when he was struck by a tractor-trailer while crossing I- 95 near Fayetteville to get help with a flat tire. Robert Lee "Babe" Saunders Jr. 55, editor of The Pinehurst Outlook in Pinehurst up until Thanksgiving, was driving south on I-95 about 19 miles north of Fayetteville about 10:30 p.m. when his car had a flat tire, according to spokesmen for The Fayetteville Observer and Marks Funeral Home in Rockingham. Saunders, a newspaperman for 28 years, parked the car in the median and was walking across the southbound lane when a tractor-trailer driven by Patrick George Gleason, 26, struck him, The Fayetteville Observer spokesman said.

Funeral arrangements for Saunders, a Rockingham native, are incomplete and are being handled by Marks Funeral Home. Saunders worked at The News 13 years as a columnist, sports writer, state editor, city editor and finally assistant sports editor. He left The News three times, taking positions at The Charleston News and Courier (Charleston, S.C.), The Chattanooga News-Free Press (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Golf World Magazine in Pinehurst. He served as news editor of the Charleston paper and managing editor of Golf World Magazine. Since leaving The News in 1975, he worked with Sports Week Magazine in Atlanta and The Pinehurst Outlook.

J. Neal Cadieu, president of the Richmond County Journal Inc. and a friend of Saunders for 15 years, said, "He really was doing an exceptional job, he was a great golf player and this is golf country." Cadieu said Saunders left the Pinehurst weekly because he had received offers from other newspapers and from the state government. "He and his father had been active in the Democratic party and he was waiting for the new administration to come in," Cadieu said. He said Saunders also had some health problems.

Before joining The News in 1959 he was managing editor of The Concord Tribune. Saunders attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific during World War II. Born April 29, 1921, he was the son of the late Daira Walter Saun- Veteran Newsman Bob Saunders Killed When Struck By Truck Dwight Summerville, Retired, Dies At 68 Dwight W. Summerville, 68, of 6100 Old Mount Holly Rd.

died yesterday at Presbyterian Hospital. Summerville was retired from Leaksville Woolen Mills after 35 years. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at McEwen West Chapel with the Rev. Jeff Aiken, pastor of Paw Creek Presbyterian Church, officiating.

Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Born Nov. 4, 1908 in Mecklenburg County, he was the son of David Hayes and Mary V. Todd Summerville. Surviving are his wife, Addie McKee Summerville; two sons, Sonny Summerville and Edwin Summerville of Maiden; one daughter, Mrs.

Mary Lou Britt of Charlotte; two brothers, Charlie Summerville and Laighton Summerville of Charlotte; one sister, Miss Daisey Summerville of Charlotte; and seven grandchildren. The family will be at the home and will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at McEwen Funeral Home. May Children Crash Victims Funeral services were to be today for David, W. 4, and Christina May, 8, the children of Mrs. Judy Caroline Brown May of 4925 Central Ave.

They and their father died late Saturday when a light plane he was piloting crashed during a rainstorm near Tallahassee, Fla. They were returning from a Christmas Day visit to Disneyworld. Services for David and Christina were to be at 3 p.m. today at Steele Creek Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Louis Bledsoe pastor, officiating.

Burial was to be in the church cemetery. Their father, Navy Lt. Landis W. May II, 33, who had been stationed in Norfolk, will be buried in Oklahoma City. Surviving in addition to David and Christina's mother are their maternal grandparents, Mr.

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Mrs. Exie Hicks, 93, Rutherford Native Funeral services for Mrs. Exie Hicks. 83, of 1323 Seneca Pl. were to be to y.

She died Sunday at Providence Convalescent Residence. The funeral was to be at McEwen West Chapel with the Rev. Joe Burnette, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was to be in Sharon Memorial Park. Born April 27, 1897 in Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late W.

and Susan Hughs Bridges. Hicks was a member ceorges of the First Baptist Church. Surviving are a son, Malcolm D. Hicks of Charlotte; one daughter, Mrs. Sue Vorhies of Canton, Ohio; two brothers, Howard W.

Bridges of Anderson, S. C. and A. R. Bridges of Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs.

Elma Kendricks of Henrietta and Mrs. Garrette Little of Belton, S.C.; five grandchildren and one great-greatgranddaughter. Mrs. Kate Dulin, 78, Native Of Mint Hill Mrs. Kate Dulin, 78, of 1516 Richland Ave.

died today at her home. The funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow at McEwen West Chapel with the Rev. Jack Yarborough, pastor of Matthews United Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Sharon Memorial Park.

Born June 9, 1898, in Mint Hill, she was the daughter of the late Ben and Mary Braswell Burnette and was a member of Hickory Grove United Methodist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Loraine Helms of Shelby, Mrs. Cornelius Helms of Charlotte and Mrs. Myrtle Lefler of Matthews; seven grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at McEwen Funeral Home. THE CHARLOTTE Dec. 28, 1976 -5A James Robert Crouch, Resident Memorial services will be Thursday for James Robert Crouch 71, of New York City, formerly of lotte. He was buried Dec. 23 in New CharYork Crouch was a former columnist City.

for some area newspapers and was a publicity agent. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Matthews Parish Episcopal Church, Fort Motte, S.C. Surviving are a son, James R.

Crouch Ill of Hilton Head, S.C., and three grandchildren. W. B. Cook Funeral Home in New York City is in charge of arrangements. Mrs.

Linnie Kerley Dies In Huntersville Mrs. Linnie Kerley, 80, of Main Huntersville, died yesterday at her home. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. tomorrow at the Huntersville First Baptist Church with the Rev. S.

M. Dorton and the Rev. Love Dixon officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. April 12, 1896, in Iredell County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Lee and Julia Hellard.

Surviving are her husband, William E. Kerley; one son, Eugene Kerley of Mooresville; one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Stenhouse of Huntersville; one foster daughter, Sandra Hill McDaniels of Charlotte; one sister, Mrs. E. M.

Bender of Lexington; two brothers, Jesse F. Hellard Vero Beach, Fla. and Ross Hellard of Miami, two grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Cavin Funeral Home, Huntersville. George W.

Audrey's Funeral Thursday Funeral services for George W. Audrey, 55, of 222 Skyland Ave. will be Thursday. He died Saturday at the Veterans Hospital in Columbia, S.C. The funeral will be at 2 p.m.

at Murkland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. D. O. Hennigan, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, Willimenna; one son, Allen Audrey of Lenoir; seven daughters, Miss Lisa Audrey, Miss Lowery Audrey of Lenoir, Mrs. Evelyn Dduglas of Brooklyn, Miss Doris Audrey of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Ernestine Adams, Mrs. Anita Rosenboro, Mrs. Jeaneatta Foulks of Chicago; his mother, Mrs.

Vera K. Miller of Matthews; and two brothers, James Audrey Lenoir and Charlie Kirkpatrick of Charlotte. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Grier ROBERT LEE SAUNDERS ders and Robert Lee Saunders of Rockingham. Surviving in addition to his father is his wife, Mrs.

Dorothy Saunders. Mrs. Dorothy Belk, Former Charlottean The funeral for Mrs. Dorothy Mae Gay Belk, 62, of Titusville, formerly of Charlotte, will be tomorrow. She died Sunday in Melbourne, Fla.

The funeral will be at 11 a.m. at Shiloh Truelight Church of Christ with J. Rommie Purser, minister, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Born March 8, 1914 in Union County, she was the daughter of John B.

Gay of Statesville and the late Jane Long Gay. Mrs. Belk was a member of Shiloh Truelight Church of Christ. Surviving in addition to her father are two sons, James C. Belk of Jacksonville, Fla.

and Johnny E. Belk of San Jose, one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Rimmer of Pulaski, five brothers, Roy Gay of Monroe, Barry Gay, Julius Gay, John B. Gay, Tom Gay of Charlotte; five sisters, Mrs. Thelma Melton of Monroe, Mrs.

Margaret Griffin of Indian Trail, Mrs. Lorraine Kuln of Marsenburg, Mrs. Louise Cox and Mrs. Josephine Goldston of Charlotte; and five grandchildren. The family will be at 2408 Ringwood St.

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