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The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina • 11

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r6) 18A THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER Thursday March 12 1987 Sc South Carolina UMMImelftmil Mrs Zi Ille Jones of Smithfield NC brother Lide Jones of Kannapolis NC sister Mrs Fannie Yarbor of Fayetteville NC MULLINS Mrs Geneva Rogers Drew 72 homemaker died March 10 1987 Funeral is 4 pm today at Cox-Collins Funeral Home Survivors are her sons Johnny Drew of Moncks Corner Cleman Drew of Goose Creek daughter Miss Jane Drew sister Mrs Ber DARLINGTON Mrs Mary Frank James 93 homemaker died March 10 1987 Funeral is 11 am today at Kistler Funeral Home Survivors are her son Jack James daughter Mrs Beatrice Weatherly of Charlotte MARION Mrs Lula Jones Grice 63 homemaker died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm today at Smith-Collins Funeral Home Survivors are her son Ervin Grice of Eddystone Pa daughter nice Rogers PAMPLICO Mrs Janie Mae "Banks" Bankhead Turner 80 retired teacher died March 11 1987 Funeral is 3 pm Friday at Union Baptist Church Survivors are her husband Sam daughters Mrs Jo Price of Florence Mrs Jean Mc White brother EB Bankhead of Florence sister Miss Viola Bankhead of Florence Morris of Hemingway is in charge SPARTANBURG Mrs Bon We Potter Mixon 75 homemaker died March 11 1987 Funeral is 3 pm Sunday at Seventh-day Adventist Church Survivors are her husband Rudy sons Benny Mixon Larry Mixon daughters Mrs Mary Livingston of Charleston Mrs Faye Strickland sisters Mrs Margaret Ward of Robersonville NC Miss Beatrice Potter of Aurora NC Mrs Hazel Eakins of Wilmington KC IF Floyd is in charge I I North Carolina Survivors are her husband Eural daughter Mrs Janice Vaughan of Lexington Va brothers Vernon Coley of Winston-Salem Harold Coley Ray Coley both of Stanley sister Mrs Louise Hovis of Iron Station Grubb of Wytheville is in charge OLD FORT Mr Robert Herman Manick 55 furniture worker died March 10 1987 Funeral is 11 am Friday at McCall-Kirksey Funeral Home Survivors are his wife Eima brothers Elmer Manick of Rahway NJ Max Manick sisters Mrs Helen Creasman of Hickory Mrs Exam Haney of Marion NC Miss Rita Manick stepson Douglas Vanover stepdaughters Mrs Josie Parker of Marion NC Mrs Linda De lk OLD FORT Mr Oscar Wilbert Moore 83 textile worker died March 9 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Catawba View Baptist Church Survivors are his wife Dorothy sons Barry Moore Oscar Moore Jr McCall-Kirksey is in charge RICHFIELD Mr Willie Franklin Forrest 90 retired farmer died March 11 1987 Funeral is 4 pm Friday at Richfield United Methodist Church Survivors are his daughters Mrs Louise Lowder of Albemarle Mrs Mae Loftin Mrs Ruby Lambert both of New London Hartsell of Albemarle is in charge SIVELBY Mr Joe Perry Ellis 51 Carolina Freight Co employee died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm today at Patterson Springs Baptist Church Patterson Springs Survivors are his wife Evelyn sons Tommy Ellis Danny Ellis Ronnie Ellis mother Mrs Ethel Ellis brother Carl Ellis sisters Mrs Christine Leonhardt of Dillon SC Mrs Eula Ramsey Mrs Barbara Haynes Palmer is in charge STANLEY Mrs Vera Black Sipe 84 Mary Ellen Nelson Center retiree died March 10 1987 Funeral is 4 pm Friday at First Baptist Church Survivors are her sons Bill Sipe of Gastonia Frank Sipe Jack Sipe Carroll Sipe brother Hunter Black Carothers is in charge VASS Mr William Carey Oxendine 41 Sandhi lis Community College employee died March 11 1987 Funeral is 3 pm Friday at Vass Baptist Church Survivors are his wife Charlene sons William Oxendine Jr Joseph Oxendine mother Mrs Mildred Oxendine of Cameron brothers Chester Oxendine 11 of Roseland Charles Oxendine of Pinebluff Weldon Oxendine of Cameron sisters Mrs Dorothy Evans of Tampa Mrs Katie Wright Mrs Dorothea Wright both of Aberdeen Powell of Southern Pines is in charge WADESBORO Mrs Ruth Thomas Parker 82 retired bookkeeper died March 11 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Moore Funeral Home Surviving is her daughter Mrs Jean Bauer Worrell Miss Dianne Sutton both of Columbia Miss Dale Sutton Mrs Cheryl Bumgardner Hartsell Is in charge DENTON Kristin Lee Hughes infant daughter of Curtis and Debra Hughes died March 11 1987 Funeral is 3 pm Friday at Lanier-Briggs Funeral Home Survivors are her parents half sister Paula Hamilton grandparents Mr and Mrs Darrell Hamilton of Asheboro Mr and Mrs Homer Hughes GRANITE FALLS Mr Tate Henderson Pope 88 textile retiree died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Henry River Baptist Church Hildebran Survivors are his wife Sarah sons Jerry Pope TH Pope Jr Dean Pope brothers Sam Pope of Hildebran Paul Pope of Conover sisters Mrs Bertha Ingle of Connelly Springs Mrs Lila Isenhour of Conover Mackie-High is in charge GRANITE FALLS Mr Glenn Williams 78 retired plumber died March 11 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Ebenezer United Methodist Church Survivors are his son James Williams daughter Mrs Lois Miller brother Charles Williams sisters Mrs Corine DeVires Mrs Laura Burns Pendry's of Lenoir is in charge HARMONY Ms Margaret Jeanette Stroud 57 teacher died March 10 1987 Funeral is 11 am Friday at Reavis Funeral Home Survivors are her son Ronald Stroud brothers Amos Stroud of Statesville Glenn Stroud Dewitt Stroud sisters Mrs Eloise Seaford of Mocksville Miss Cora Stroud of Landenberg Pa INDIAN TRAIL Mrs Latta Moore 87 homemaker died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm today at Mc Ewen Funeral Home Monroe Survivors are her son Hoyle Moore daughter Mrs Mildred Daye of Sherri Ils Ford sisters Mrs Nora Cook Mrs Margaret Austin both of Monroe Mrs Ruby James of Goshen Ala Mrs Emma Dayton of Brooklyn NY LAURINBURG Mrs Eliza English Burroughs 75 textile retiree died March 10 1987 Funeral Is 2 pm today at McDougald Funeral Home Survivors are her sons Pat Burroughs of Spartanburg SC Lonnie Burroughs Max Burroughs sisters Mrs Mary Polston Mrs Donnie English Mrs Velma Gathening all of Rockingham Mrs Shady McDonald of Hamlet Mrs Mimie Moore LEXINGTON Mrs Geraldine Patricia Driscoll Lobe 11 40 convenience store clerk died March 10 1987 Funeral will be at a later date in Arlington Mass Survivors are her husband Paul daughter Miss Diana Lobe 11 parents Mr and Mrs John Driscoll of Arlington brothers John Driscoll of Groton Mass Daniel Driscoll of Arlington sisters Mrs Kathleen Russo of Charlotte Mrs Patricia Curran Mrs Joan Monahan both of Chelmsford Mass Mrs Maureen Gill of Cumberland RI Miss Eileen Driscoll of Belmont Mass Miss Ellen Driscoll of Arlington Vogler-Piedmont is in charge of local arrangements MONROE Mrs Mozelle Eury Blanchard 61 retired nurses' assistant died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm today at West ALBEMARLE Mrs Vernie Hahn Hinson 72 of Matthews formerly of Albemarle textile retiree died March 10 1987 Funeral is 11 am Friday at Stan ly Funeral Home Survivors are her son Jerry Hinson of Matthews daughters Mrs Shirley Talbert of Suffolk Va Mrs Lana Loeb brother Fred Hahn sisters Mrs Faye Eudy Mrs Ruth Coble both of Oakboro Mrs Clara Burris of Randleman Mrs Eunice Tarleton ALBEMARLE Mrs Ruth Vickers Ingram 73 retired registered nurse died March 11 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Central United Methodist Church Survivors are her husband Hoyett daughter Miss Dorothy In gram of Richmond Stan ly is in charge BELMONT Mrs Carolyn Wiggins Deal 43 homemaker died March 11 1987 Funeral is 4 pm Friday at Foursquare Gospel Church Survivors are her husband Don sons Gary Deal of Mount Holly Terry Deal Timothy Simpson Kevin Simpson daughters Mrs Lisa Brumbalo of Denver NC Miss Sonja Simpson Miss Dawn Deal Miss Nicole Deal mother Mrs Hazel Stewart of Gainesville Ga brothers Donald Wiggins of Charlotte Billy Wiggins of Gainesville sisters Mrs Betty Jordan of Cramerton Mrs Kim Smith of Cummings Ga Bumgardner is in charge BELMONT Mrs Lillian Hamel Young 74 textile retiree died March 9 1987 Funeral mass is 2 pm today at Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church Bumgardner is in charge BISCOE Mrs Flossie Carolyn Morris 94 homemaker died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Mount Cannel Baptist Church Troy Survivors are her sons Walter Morris of Kalkaska Mich Odell Morris of Albemarle Whittle Morris of Mount Gilead daughters Mrs Beatrice Hunsucker of Mount Gilead Mrs Mary Hedrick of Albemarle Mrs Martha Lawrence of Sanford Lanier-Briggs of Troy is in charge BOONE Mrs Marion Norris Coffey 91 homemaker died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Grace Lutheran Church Survivors are her sons Wayne Coffey Owen Coffey both of Blowing Rock Homer Coffey Wade Coffey daughters Mrs Thelma Deal of Hickory Mrs Irene Woods of Lenoir Mrs Jewel Moody Mrs Marie Broyhill both of Blowing Rock Mrs Helen Carroll brother Dale Norris of napolis foster sister Mrs Gladys Page of Lynchburg Va Hampton is In charge CONCORD Mrs Carolyn Ann Sutton Harrington 40 textile worker died March 10 1987 RI: neral is 4 pm today at Universal House of Prayer Survivors are her husband James son Larry Burgess Jr daughters Mrs Rosanna Gray of Pleasant Garden Miss Wanda Burgess Miss Crystal Harrington brothers AW Sutton of China Grove Lloyd Sutton Willie Sutton Jerry Sutton Ralph Sutton sisters Mrs Willie Rayfield Mrs Louise Whittington Mrs Lillie Clay Mrs Mary Hagan stepsons Jimmy Harrington Jerry Harrington stepdaughters Mrs Pam Monroe Baptist Church Survivors are her husband Heath sons Butch Blanchard Zale Blanchard both of Rock Hill Van Blanchard of Greenville SC Phillip Blanchard of Gastonia daughters Mrs Donnie Snyder of Indian Trail Mrs Vicki Greene of Wadesboro Mrs Patsy Belk brother Clyde Eury sisters Mrs Bessie Lewis Mrs Bertie Hamilton Mrs Madie Helms Mrs Thelma Ferguson Mrs Grace Watkins Mrs Edna Griffin Gordon is in charge MONROE Mrs Estelle Knight Graves 76 homemaker died March 11 1987 Funeral is 4 pm Friday at Mc Ewen Funeral Home Survivors are her daughter Mrs Phyllis Lowery brother Roy Knight of Long Beach sister Mrs Elizabeth Garibaldi of Memphis MONROE Mrs Anne Cur lee Nash 50 secretary died March 10 1987 Funeral is I I am today at Mc Ewen Funeral Home Survivors are her husband Joe daughters Miss Pam Nash Miss Kim Nash Mrs Jan Rowell brothers Henry Curiee Jr of Statesville Thomas Curiee Mc Ewen is In charge MORGANTON Mrs Virginia Belle Patton 63 retired salesclerk died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm today at Bethel United Methodist Church Survivors are her husband Johnny son Clint Patton daughter Mrs Jane Sawyer of Goldston brother Ed Clontz Sossoman is in charge MOUNT GILEAD Mrs Mary Williams Talbert 74 retired salesclerk died March 10 1987 Funeral is 11 am today at First Baptist Church with burial in Oak lawn Cemetery Asheboro Survivors are her husband Royce son Charles Loggins of Gastonia sister Mrs Mildred Hicks of Rockingham McKeithan Is in charge NEW LONDON Mrs Bessie Ritchie Mauney 88 homemaker died March 11 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Highland Baptist Church Survivors are her sons Robert Mauney of Albemarle James Mauney sister Mrs Fred Wall of Slier City Hartsell of Albemarle is in charge MARION Mr Robert Samuel Driggers 21 Collins Mkman employee died March 10 1987 Funeral is 4 pm Friday at McCall-Kirksey Funeral Home Survivors are his wife Lisa son Eric Driggers daughter Heather Driggers father David Driggers of Hampton Va mother Mrs Sybil Driggers brother Gerald Driggers grandparents Mrs Carrie Driggers of Hampton Mr and Mrs Eugene Finley MARION Mr Garland Thomas Holland 57 furniture worker died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at East Side Baptist Church Survivors are his wife Eva son Donald Holland of Old Fort daughters Mrs Darlene Teaster of Nebo Miss Kathy Holland McCall-Kirksey is in charge MOORESVILLE Mrs Odessa Mae Coley Clippard 62 of Wytheville Va formerly of Mooresville died March 10 1987 Funeral is 2 pm Friday at Wytheville Presbyterian Church in Wytheville with burial in West End Cemetery Wytheville I 0 I 04 ttyl -v 1- i fit ir I 11- --1 0 --0 4 1 olA :0 Ives Boo moot temirediVt) I i i 1 1 to sad oo 000 i 1 Mi crChesei0--- Repres I -M 7- irnek er als-Greatest ol rsx 1 -101101rv-e -moo ookylo VtEDIR amity i 1 creits Cod boOks civels ioo i 'WI Iiti3iiiiiity 4) ii' 4) 1 sywi41-'--6 -94-pla eb- 1 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III LX2A 1 Pre-Planning saves You DON WILSON PfltSIDENT money too! 568-2106 5301 Alimmatio DON WILSo By ED MARTIN Staff Willow To 300 or so regular customers at Gordie's Amoco on The Plaza Gordon Tottle who died Monday was the beefy quiet guy who pumped their gas and nursed their ailing autos James Outen who'd worked for him for six years called him "real easy-going and goodhearted You couldn't work for a better man" At nearby Shamrock Hardware he'd sometimes sit talking about ice hockey for hours with the late owner David Kistler And across the street at Plaza Appliance Service owner OE Johnson looked out his door every morning and into Mr Tonle's "He was as accommodating as he could be" says Johnson "He'd do any kind of favors he could for me or anybody else I could borrow anything I wanted from him He was Just a fine fellow" But the quiet man remembered by his business neighbors on The Plaza is the man hockey fans remember as a 6-foot-1 220-pounder whose body-checks left opponents blinking up at rink lights and considering career changes Gordon Elwood Tottle 61 will be buried today He died March 9 1987 of cancer at his home in Harrisburg His funeral will be at 3 pm today at Commonwealth Baptist Church where he was a member Burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens Mr Tottle belonged to Oak Branch Masonic Lodge No 261 in Innerkip Ontario and was a member of Scottish Rite Masonic Bodies and the Carolina Consistory Survivors are his wife Ann daughters Mrs Lisa Hancoclt of Statesville Mrs Carolyn Slam Gordon in his hockey uniform stepson Mitchell Elliott of Concord five grandchildren He was born in Detroit but grew up In Woodstock Ontario Canada From 1947 to 1951 he played ice hockey in Springfield Mass before coming to Charlotte in 1956 That year and the next he played defense for the Charlotte Clippers later the Charlotte Checkers Three years later Mr Tottle played on the US team in the World Hockey Championships In Colorado Springs Colo Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society 1928 Randolph Rd Suite 314 Charlotte NC 28207 or to Hospice at Charlotte 1 331 The Plaza Charlotte NC 28205.

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