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MONDAY DECEMBER 30 1996 THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER DEATH NOTICES TO OUR READERS Mrs Gaynelle Wright Brown 89 of The Carriage Club died Saturday December 28 1996 at Presbyterian Hospital Mrs Patricia Agnes Wassell 104 of Sayville NY died Saturday December 28 1996 at Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte A private graveside service will take place in Greenlawn Cemetery Mont Vernon NH at a later date Mrs Wassell is survived by her daughter Mrs Dorothy McGarty of Charlotte sons Vincent Wassell of Mont Vernon NH Frank Wassell of Merrimack NH and Edward Wassell of Sayville NY Local arrangements are in the care of Lowe-DeBord Funeral Home Mrs Edith Sherrill Keistler 92 of Cornelius NC died Saturday December 28 1996 at The Pines at Davidson Funeral is 11 am Tuesday December 31 1996 in Almond Raymer McConnell Funeral Chapel with Revs Don Uoyd and JE Wayland Jr officiating Burial is in Mt Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery Cornelius NC Visitation is following the burial The family will be at the Keistler residence 15905 Cramur Dr Huntersville NC Bom in Mecklenburg County she graduated from Cornelius High School Class of 1922 and attended Bauenport College and Duke University Mrs Keistler was a member of Mt Zion United Methodist Church and Willing Workers Sunday School Class She retired as a school teacher from Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System with 31 years service having taught at Cornelius Elementary and High Schools Mrs Keistler was preceded in death by her husband Kem-mett Lee Keitler and son Joe Keistler Survivors include her daughter-in-law Shirley Auten Keistler of Huntersville NC grandchildren Mrs Lynda Thomas and husband Lawrence and Miss Shirley Elizabeth Keistler all of Huntersville NC Michael Kemmett Keistler and wife Tela of Iron Station NC and greatgrandchildren Corey and Mikayla Keistler Memorials may be made to Mt Zion United Methodist Church PO Box 548 Cornelius NC 28031 Mrs Mae Helen Ramsey Kiser of 2218 Edison St died Dec 27 1996 at her home Funeral is 3 pm Tuesday at CN Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church Burial is in Knox Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Cleveland NC The family will receive friends at 2 pm Tuesday at the church The body will lie in state at the church from 11 am until the hour of service Flowers may be delivered to the church prior the service Survivors include her husband Robert Kiser son Mark Kiser and daughter Miss Tonya Kiser all of Charlotte sisters Mrs Francis Howard of Cleveland NC and Mrs Margaret McClelland of Statesville brothers Barney Ramsey of Huntersville Charles Ramsey of Salisbury NC James Ramsey of Statesville and Thomas Ramsey of Baltimore MD and grandson Jarrett Kiser King's Funeral Home of Pageland SC is in charge Mrs Alice Lee 70 of 1708 Patton Avenue Charlotte NC died December 27 1996 at Carolinas Medical Center Funeral is 1 pm Tuesday at Gethsemane AME Zion Church with the Rev David Baker officiating Burial is in Oak-lawn Cemetery Visitation is 12-1 pm Tuesday at the church Mrs Lee was bom in Carthage NC She received her BA degree in Elementary Education from Johnson Smith University She was a supportive member of Gethsemane AME Zion Church a member of Deaconess Board Nurses Aide Sunday School Missionary Society 3 Daughter of Isis Rameses Court 78 and Zack Alexander Assembly 35 of the Golden Circle She retired as an elementary school teacher from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Survivors include her husband Sylvester Lee of the home son Alan Franklin Lee Sr (Tonya) grandchildren Taylor Alyce and Alan Jr and aunt Mrs Louise Young Harris all of Charlotte and uncle Mr Herman Harris of White Plains NY Long Son Mortuary Service is serving the Lee family Mrs Eunice Lowe 61 of 1307 Milan Rd died December 29 1996 Arrangements are incomplete Beasley Funeral Home is in charge Mr Thomas Vincent Mims 77 of Charlotte NC died Sunday December 29 1996 at his home Funeral arrangements are incomplete Harry and Bryant Company is serving the family of Mr Mims MOUNT GILEAD Mrs Golda Lowdermilk Frutchey 76 died Dec 29 1996 Memorial service is 3 pm Tuesday at First United Methodist Church where family will greet friends after the service in fellowship hall McKeithan Funeral Home MOUNT HOLLY Mrs Margaret Gantt Baker 73 of 105 North Lane Rd died Dec 29 1996 Funeral is 11 am Tuesday at Carothers Funeral Home of Mt Holly Burial is in Hillcrest Gardens Cemetery Visitation 7-9 pm today at the funeral home MOUNT HOLLY Nellie Thelma Mullis 85 formerly of Mt Holly died Dec 29 1996 Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at Catawba Heights Baptist Church Burial in Hillcrest Gardens Cemetery Visitation 7-9 pm today at Carothers Funeral Home MOUNT HOLLY Mrs Katherine Holly Rello 75 died Dec 28 1996 Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am Tuesday at Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church Belmont Visitation 7-9 pm today at Carothers Funeral Home Belmont MONROE Mr Dwight Tucker 62 of Monroe NC died Dec 29 1996 at Presbyterian Hospital Charlotte NC Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday Dec 31 1996 at Mt Zion Baptist Church Monroe NC Burial is in Lakeland Memorial Park Monroe NC The family will receive friends 7-9 pm Monday Dec 30 1996 at McEwen Funeral Home of Monroe Mr Tucker was born in Union County and was a contractor Survivors include his wife Carol Laney Tucker son David Tucker and daughters Mrs Debbie Hargette Miss Teresa Tucker and Mrs Ashley Melton all of Monroe NC seven grandchildren one great-grandchild his mother Mrs Alma Tucker of Monroe NC brother Bob Tucker of Norfolk VA and sisters Mrs Joyce Griffin of Monroe NC and Mrs Linda Rummage of Wingate NC Memorials may be made to Hospice of Union County 700 Roosevelt Blvd Monroe NC 28110 NEWTON Mrs Mary Ellen Beach 73 died Dec 27 1996 Funeral is 11 am today at Drum Funeral Home Chapel Conover Burial is in Eastview Cemetery Newton NEWTON Mrs Eula Sanders Davis 79 died Dec 28 1996 Funeral is 11 am Tuesday in Catawba Funeral Home Chapel Hickory Visitation is pm today at the funeral home ROCKWELL Mr Robert Lee Holshouser 87 died December 29 1996 Graveside service is 11 am Tuesday at Brookhill Memorial Gardens Visitation is 10-11 am Tuesday at Powles Funeral Home Rockwell ROCKINGHAM Mrs Frances Elizabeth McNair of 440 Hood St died Dec 29 1996 at her home Arrangements are incomplete McEachern Funeral Home is in charge ROCKINGHAM William Harry Patterson 78 of 135 Biltmore Dr died Dec 29 1996 Funeral 11 am Tuesday at First Pentecostal Holiness Church Burial: Richmond County Memorial Park Visitation is 7-9 pm today at Watson-King Funeral Home RUTHERFORDTON Miss Texie Blackwell 58 died December 29 1996 Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at McMahan's Funeral Home Chapel Burial is in Rutherfordton City Cemetery Visitation is 6-8 pm tonight at McMahan's RUTHERFORDTON Mr William Davis Hooper 84 died December 29 1996 Funeral is 11 am Tuesday at Funeral Home Burial is in Mt Vernon Baptist Church Cemetery Visitation is pm tonight at Crowe's Mortuary SHELBY Eva Patterson Burch 67 of 415 Graham St died Dec 29 1996 Graveside service is 3:30 pm Tuesday in Cleveland Memorial Park Boiling Springs Visitation is pm today at Clay-Bar-nette Funeral Home SHELBY Mr William James Young Sr died December 28 1996 Funeral is 2 pm Wednesday at Lutz-Austell Funeral Home Chapel Visitation is 7-9 pm Tuesday at the funeral home SEVEN LAKES Mrs Marie Arndt 77 died at home December 29 1996 Funeral is 4 pm Tuesday at the Seven Lakes Chapel in The Pines Boles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements SPINDALE Mary Susan Fuller Woodall 89 died Dec 29 1996 Service 4 pm today at Spencer Baptist Church Bunal: Mt Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery Clayton Visitation 2:30 pm today at the church Mortuary Rutherfordton VALDESE Faye Fulton 58 died Dec 28 1996 Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at Bethlehem Baptist Church Burial is in the church cemetery Visitation is 7-9 pm today at Sossoman Funeral Home Morganton WADESBORO Mrs Nezzie Lee Gaddy Horn 49 died at home December 29 1996 Arrangements are incomplete Smith Funeral Home is in charge FOREST CITY Tina Green Beam 93 died Dec 28 1996 Funeral 11 am Tu today Floyd's Creek Baptist Church Burial: Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery Visitation pm today at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home Cliffside GRANITE FALLS Mrs Ruth Audrey Greene Michael 78 of 1088 Maple St died Dec 28 1996 Service is 2 pm Tuesday at Cornerstone Worship Center Visitation is 7-9 pm today at Funeral Home Lenoir GRANITE QUARRY James Kenneth Smith 66 of 605 Main St died Dec 28 1996 Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at West Park Baptist Church Burial: church cemetery Visitation pm today at Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home China Grove HAMLET Mrs Pearline Watts Phifer 95 of Florence SC died Dec 28 1996 Funeral is 2 Tuesday at First Baptist Church Burial in Richmond Memorial Park Rockingham Visitation is 7-8 pm today at Harrington Funeral Home HUDSON Mr George Ellis Flowers Austin 90 died December 29 1996 Graveside service is 3 pm Tuesday at Friendship Baptist Church Funeral Home Lenoir is in charge INDIAN TRAIL Mr Price 68 died at home December 29 1996 Arrangements are incomplete Davis Funeral Service of Monroe is in charge KANNAPOLIS Mrs Vivian Love Cook 76 died December 29 1996 Arrangements are incomplete Funeral Home Is in charge BESSEMER CITY Al Dorsey 65 of 215 CV Alexander Rd died Dec 27 1996 Funeral is 11 am Tuesday at Rustic Hills Baptist Church Burial: Westview Gardens Visitation is 7-9 pm today at Sisk-Butler Funeral Home KINGS MOUNTAIN Mr James Howard Pursley 92 of 200 Wat-terson St died Dec 28 1996 Funeral 3 pm Tuesday at Boyce Memorial ARP Church Burial in Mountain Rest Cemetery Visitation is 7-8 pm today at Harris Funeral Home KINGS MOUNTAIN Mr Charles Herman Sparks age 71 a resident of 1009 Sherwood Lane Kings Mountain NC died Sunday December 29 1996 at Kings Mountain Hospital Kings Mountain NC Funeral is 11 am Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Dr John Sloan officiating Burial is in Mountain Rest Cemetery Visitation is 7-9 pm Monday December 30 1996 at Harris Funeral Home He was a native of Rutherford Co NC son of the late Robert Lewis and Ebber Bostic Sparks He served in the US Air Force He was a member of First Baptist Church Kings Mountain He had retired as a textile employee Survivors include his wife Chloe Lynn Sparks son Chuck Sparks of Burlington daughter Karen Plonk of Clemson SC brothers Jim Sparks of Ellenboro and Paul Sparks of Elon College NC sisters Betty Splawn of Boiling Springs NC and Virginia Godfrey and Elizabeth Earls both of Charlotte NC Clemmie Winkler of Lenoir Mavorine Jenkins of Spindale NC and four grandchildren Memorials may be sent to The Salvation Army 305 Lafayette St Shelby NC 28150 Arrangements by Harris Funeral Home Kings Mountain NC LENOIR Ms Elsie Catherine Sutton Amette 74 died December 28 1996 Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at Greer-McElveen Funeral Home Chapel Visitation is one hour prior to the service Tuesday at the funeral home LEXINGTON Mrs Pearl Lee Es-sick 91 died December 27 1996 Funeral is 1:30 pm Tuesday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church Cemetery Visitation is pm tonight at Davidson Funeral Home LEXINGTON Mr Nelson Earl Helms 72 died December 29 1996 Arrangements are incomplete Davidson Funeral Home is in charge LEXINGTON Mr Gilbert Robinson Hunt 57 died Dec 28 1996 Funeral is 3:30 pm Tuesday at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel Burial is in Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery Visitation is pm tonight at the funeral home LINCOLNTON Kermit Claude Caldwell Jr 29 formerly of Lincolnton died Dec 29 1996 Funeral is 3 pm Tuesday at Riverview Baptist Church Burial is in Forest Lawn Cemetery Visitation is 7-830 pm today at Warlick Funeral Home LINCOLNTON Mr Marcus Dale Jefferies 35 of 129 Mauney Dr died Dec 28 1996 Memorial service is 3 pm today at Ebony Funeral Home where visitation is 30 minutes prior to the service LINCOLNTON Mr Everett War-dlaw Linder 45 of Lincolnton NC died Dec 28 1996 at NC Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at Tabernacle Baptist Church Hickory NC with the Rev Philip Vos officiating Burial is in Fairview Cemetery Hickory NC The family will receive friends pm Monday Dec 30 at Bass-Smith Funeral Home Hickory NC Mr Linder was bom in Catawba County and was a service representative for Inter Craft Survivors include his wife Lisa Marie Lamarre Linder and daughter Staci Clark both of Lincolnton his parents Wardlaw "Bud" Linder and Etta "Ree" McCraw Linder of Hickory sister Susan Archer of Salisbury brother Darryl Linder of Hickory grandson Michael A Clark of Lincolnton and a number of nieces and nephews NEBO Mr Roy Jackson Austin 80 died December 28 1996 Graveside service is 11 am today at Table Rock 7th Day Adventist Church Cemetery Sossoman Funeral Home Morganton is assisting the family The Charlotte Observer offers seven lines of Death Notice information free of charge Families who wish to present additional information may do so at a nominal cost For further information please consult with your funeral director or call The Charlotte Observer at 358-5382 PLEASE NOTE: In observance of the New Year Holiday The Charlotte Observer Death Notices deadline will be 4:30 pm Tuesday December 31 for publication in Wednesday January 1st edition We will be open New Day PM Deadline is 4:30 pm for publication in Thursday January 2 MECKLENBURG Mrs Bernice Burns Ashcraft 87 of White Oak Manor died Dec 28 1996 at White Oak Manor Graveside services will be at 11 am Tuesday at Forest Lawn Cemetery with Rev Jack Homsley officiating Visitation will follow at the cemetery following the service Mrs Ashcraft was bom May 27 1909 in Marshville NC daughter of the late JM and Jenny Simpson Burns and was a former member of Statesville Road Baptist Church Her husband Henry Webb Ashcraft preceded her in death Surviving are nieces and nephews McEwen Funeral Service Charlotte Chapel is serving the family of Mrs Ashcraft Sara Johnson Ashcraft 78 of Charlotte NC died Saturday December 28 1996 at Southminster Retirement Community after an extended illness She was bom March 3 1918 in Pittsburgh PA a daughter of the late John and Mary Bracken Johnson Mrs Ashcraft was a graduate of St Genevieve's of the Pines School Asheville NC and was a member of St Cathedral A Rosary will be said at 7 pm Monday at St Cathedral 1621 Dilworth Road East Charlotte The family will receive friends following the Rosary at the church A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 am Tuesday December 31 1996 at St Cathedral by The Reverend Paul Gary Celebrant Survivors include her husband Ben Ashcraft: her children Nicky Wallace and her husband Jim of Greenville SC Thomas Ashcraft of Charlotte NC and Jane A Evans of Harlingen TX six grandchildren Monte Sara Spicer Ben and Shepard Wallace and Courtney and Emily Evans a brother Bracken Johnson of Charlotte: and four sisters Audrey Fisher of Charlotte Ruth Macdonald of Hilton Head SC Martha Anderson of Virginia Beach VA and Marjorie Jane Peart of Eureka CA The family requests that in lieu of flowers memorials be made to Room At The Inn PO Box 30544 Charlotte NC 28230 Harry and Bryant Company is serving the family of Mrs Ashcraft Mrs Margaret Mahlenbrock Baker 79 of 8103 Shenngham Way died Saturday December 28 1996 in Carolinas Medical Center Family will receive friends at the home of Mr and Mrs Charles Clyde 8103 Sheringham Way on Tuesday from 3-6 pm A native of Jersey City NJ Mrs Baker spent many years in the Quakertown PA area A graduate of the Quakertown High School she later went on to become a registered nurse graduating from the Metropolitan Hospital School of Nursing Mrs Baker had been a resident of Sylva prior to moving to Charlotte Survivors include two daughters Mrs Virginia Clyde of Charlotte and Mrs Ellen Gipson of Asheville and three grandsons Burton Wilkins Christopher Evans and William Gipson Family has requested that contributions be sent to a charity of choice Wilson Funeral Service is assisting the Baker family Mr Adolphus LaMar Dover 73 of Charlotte died Saturday December 28 1996 at Presbyterian Hospital A service to celebrate the life of Mr Dover will be 2 pm Tuesday December 31 1996 from the graveside of Sharon Memorial Park with The Reverend Michael Cummings and The Reverend Don McCollum First Baptist Church of Charlotte officiating The family will receive friends Monday evening at McEwen Charlotte Chapel 727 Morehead Street Mr Dover was bom January 3 1923 in Cherryville North Carolina the son of the late Murkland Jackson Dover and Manerva Hord Dover He worked with Johnson Motor Lines for 27 years and was a member of First Baptist Church of Charlotte He was a member of Cleveland Masonic Lodge Shelby NC and a 32nd degree Mason Mr Dover is survived by his beloved wife of 54 years Mrs Pearl Dover of Charlotte loving children Gail Dover and Jack Dover of Charlotte two granddaughters Marcie and Kayley Dover of Charlotte Mr Dover was preceded in death by a brother Bruce Dover Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Charlotte Post Office Box 31046 Charlotte NC 28231 McEwen Funeral Service Charlotte Chapel is serving the family of Mr Dover Funeral service is 11 am Tuesday December 31 1996 in the Chapel of St Baptist Church with the Reverend Tom Green and the Reverend Fran Cook officiating Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Friends of the Master Class Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery Concord The family will receive friends from pm this evening at Hankins Whittington Funeral Ser vice A Concord native Mrs Brown retired in 1973 as Executive Secretary to the President of Central Piedmont Community College She was formerly Secretary to the Assistant Superintendent for Adult Technical Education Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Secretary to the Director of Central Industrial Education Center Secretary at St Baptist Church and Secretary for Firestone Tire Rubber Company District Office Charlotte and the BF Goodrich Company District Office Charlotte and New York City Mrs Brown was a member of St Baptist Church where she was General Secretary of Sunday School She was a member of the Local State and National Associations of Educational Office Personnel and the American Business Association She was on the Board of Directors of the Mecklenburg Chapter 197 of AARP Surviving are her husband John Frank Brown a son Kenneth Milton Brown and his wife Jane Brown of Berkeley Heights NJ three grandchildren Elizabeth Fairfax Brown Timothy Andrew Brown and Nancy Catherine Brown and a niece Betty Ann Rush and her husband Dr John Rush Memorials may be made to St Baptist Church Library Fund 300 Hawthorne Lane Charlotte NC 28204 Arrangements by Hankins Whittington Funeral Service Mr Benjamin Clark Fincher Jr 80 of Matthews North Carolina died Sunday December 29 1996 at Presbyterian Hospital A service to celebrate the life of Mr Fincher will be 11:00 am Tuesday December 31 1996 from the sanctuary of Pleasant Plains Baptist Church with The Reverend Dr James Ritter Pastor officiating Committal will follow in the church cemetery The family will receive friends Monday evening at McEwen Mint Hill Chapel from pm Mr Fincher was bom October 20 1916 in Mecklenburg County North Carolina the son of the late Benjamin Clark Fincher Sr and Ethel Smith Fincher Mr Fincher served as Captain in the Eighth Air Force and was a prisoner of war during World War II He retired after 33 years of service as Mecklenburg County agency manager with North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co Mr Fincher was a lifelong member of Pleasant Plains Baptist Church and served as deacon emirtus He enjoyed the people and history of Mecklenburg and Union Counties and wrote a number of articles for The Mecklenburg Neighbors an edition of The Charlotte Observer Mr Fincher is survived by his beloved wife of 49 years Mrs Marjorie Ezzell Fincher of Matthews three children Tim Fincher and his wife Tina of Matthews Kathy Lambeth of Greensboro and Amy Hankins and her husband David of Blowing Rock eight grandchildren brother Herbert Fincher sisters Virginia Fincher and Mrs Madrid Funderburk both of Matthews sister Mrs Hazel Robinson of Charlotte sister Mrs Peggy Griffin of Gastonia and brother Dr Donald Fincher of Galax VA Memorials may be made to Pleasant Plains Baptist Church 3316 Pleasant Plains Road Matthews North Carolina 28105 McEwen Funeral Service Mint Hill Chapel in serving the family of Mr Fincher Mrs Gina Lyles Hairston 41 died December 29 1996 Arrangements are incomplete Alexander Funeral Home is in charge Mrs Iris Hall 93 formerly of Charlotte died Dec 28 1996 at White Oak Manor Rock Hill SC Arrangements are incomplete Charlotte Mortuary is in charge Mr Eugune Hope 37 of 2722 Wingate Ave No 3 died at home December 29 1996 Arrangements are incomplete Beasley Funeral Home is in charge Jerrie Shivar Johansen 53 of Charlotte died Sunday December 29 1996 at Carolinas Medical Center Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hankins Whittington Funeral Service Mrs Virginia Jones 93 of Charlotte died December 28 1996 at American Transitional Care Graveside service is 10:30 am Monday December 30 in Charlotte Memorial Gardens with Dr Lewis Woodard officiating Mrs Jones was a member of Kilgo United Methodist Church and a homemaker Survivors include one son Lloyd Jones and daughter Edith Deese both of Charlotte sister Dorothy Farrar of Mt Holly NC three grandchildren four great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren Memorials may be made to Kilgo United Methodist Church 2101 Belvedere Ave Charlotte NC 28205 McEwen Funeral Service Charlotte Chapel is serving the family of Mrs Jones NORTH CAROUNA ALBEMARLE Mrs Madaline Almond Laton 81 formerly of Badin Road Albemarle NC died Dec 28 1996 at Treybum Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Durham NC Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday Dec 31 1996 at Anderson Grove Baptist Church Albemarle with the Revs Ron Honeycutt Marvin Huneycutt and John Forrest officiating Burial is in the church cemetery The family will receive friends 6-8 pm Monday Dec 30 1996 at Stanly Funeral Home Inc Albemarle Mrs Laton was born in Stanly County and was a retired homemaker Survivors include her loving husband of 66 years Paul Laton Sr of the home son Paul Laton Jr of Durham NC daughters Mrs Jeannette Russell and husband Graham of Durham NC and Mrs Phyllis Forrest and husband Johnny of Norwood NC brother Joe Almond of Albemarle NC four grandchildren six great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren Memorials may be made to Anderson Grove Baptist Church Renovation Fund Albemarle NC 28001 ALBEMARLE Mr John Maxwell Morton died December 29 1996 Arrangements are incomplete Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is in charge BESSEMER CITY Wilson Gary Hollis Sr 75 of 103 Skyland Dr died Dec 27 1996 Fuheral is 2 pm Tuesday in Sisk-Butler Funeral Home Chapel Visitation 7-9 pm today at the funeral home The family is at 608 Iowa Ave CASAR Mr Melvin Miller Smith 54 died December 29 1996 Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at Corinth Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery Visitation is 6-8 pm tonight at Stamey Funeral Home CHINA GROVE Ms Dorothy Nickelson died December 29 1996 Funeral service is 11 am Tuesday at South China Grove Baptist Church Visitation is pm tonight at Linn-Honeycutt China Grove CHERRYVILLE Mr Doras Glenn Eaker 75 died December 29 1996 Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at Bethlehem Methodist Church Burial is in the church cemetery Visitation is pm tonight at Funeral Home CLIFFSIDE Travis Scott Vickers 6 of 117 Fairview St died Dec 28 1996 at home Funeral is 11 am today at McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home Burial is in Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery CONCORD Mr Ray Melvin Allison 69 died Dec 29 1996 at Integrated Health Services Charlotte Funeral is 2 pm Tuesday at Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Concord with the Rev Peter Hale officiating Burial is in the church cemetery The family will receive friends pm Monday Dec 30 at Wilkinson Funeral Home Mr Allison retired as a manager from CC Dickson Co in Salisbury Survivors include brothers Mr Harold Allison and Mr Leonard Allison both of Concord sister Mrs Eva Justice of Cornelius and a number of nieces and nephews Memorials may be made to Poplar Tent Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund 6841 Poplar Tent Rd Concord NC 28027 CONOVER Mr Sidney Albert Bost Jr 81 died Dec 28 1996 at his home Graveside service is 2 pm Tuesday in St James Lutheran Church Cemetery Newton There is no visitation Drum Funeral Home is in charge DALLAS Mrs Inell Lewis Tolbert 73 of 221 Meadowbrook Circle Dallas died December 28 1996 at Mercy Hospital Charlotte Funeral services will be held 2 pm Tuesday at Loray Baptist Church in Gastonia Rev John Bowden and Rev Raymond White will officiate Pallbearers will be Frontus Lyles Jr Don Lyles David Lyles Gary Lyles Cecil Lyles and Robert Cearley Jr Burial will be in Gaston Memorial Park Visitation is pm Monday at Carothers Funeral Home in Gastonia NC A native of Wampee South Carolina she was the daughter of the late William Moses Lewis Sr and Ollie Thompson Lewis She was a member of Loray Baptist Church a graduate of Wampee High School in Wampee SC and a homemaker Survivors include her husband Houston Donald Tolbert Sr sons and daughters-in-law Houston Donald "Don Jr and Cathy Tolbert of Gastonia and Michael Steve Sr and Karen Tolbert of Dallas brother William Moses Lewis Jr of Dallas four grandchildren Trey Tolbert Chris Tolbert and Michael Steve Tolbert Jr all of Dallas and Came Lynn Tolbert of Gastonia and one great-grandchild Jonathan Tolbert of Gastonia Memorials may be made to Loray Baptist Church 1128 Franklin Blvd Gastonia NC 28052 Carothers Funeral Home in Gastonia is in charge of the arrangements ELLENBORO Mrs Martha Sisk Williams 76 113 Big Springs Church Rd died Dec 29 1996 Funeral 2 pm Tuesday in Clay-Bamette Funeral Home Chapel Shelby Burial: Sunset Cemetery Shelby Visitation pm today at funeral home Mrs Mary Buchanan Wallace 76 died Sunday December 29 1996 at The Brian Center on Shamrock Dnve Graveside service is 11 am Tuesday December 31 1996 at Sharon Memorial Park with the Reverend Don Mott officiating Mrs Wallace was one of the first sets of triplets born in Jackson County NC She was a homemaker and member of Grace Baptist Church in Charlotte Surviving are her two sons Jessie Thomas Wallace of Gastonia and James Wallace Jr of Charlotte a daughter Judy Binch of Charlotte a granddaughter Mary Leigh Wallace of Gastonia two grandsons Nelson Binch of Charlotte and Bryant Binch of Raleigh four sisters Selma Butler and Betty Painter both of Sylva NC Elizabeth Fowler of Waynesville NC and Velma Echols of New Orleans LA Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association 1300 Baxter Street Suite 101 Charlotte NC 28204 The family will be at the home of the daughter Arrangements by Hankins Whittington Funeral Service Mr Enoch Williams 64 died December 28 1996 in Huntersville Oaks Hankins Whittington is assisting the Williams Family Please see DEATHSnext page 4 1.