CLEVELAND —

Born May 5, 1899, in Rowan County, he was a son of the late Julia Wood Cowan Pearson and the late Tom Cowan. Educated in the Rowan County schools, Mr. Cowan had retired from Southern Railway after 29 years with the company.

He was a member of Allen Temple Presbyterian Church, where he had served as Sunday school superintendent, trustee, deacon, ruling elder and custodian. He was ordained an elder in 1993. He was also a former Oddfellow.

His wife, Lillie Annie Avery Cowan, died April 9, 1991.

Survivors include daughters Miriam Cowan-Hardge, Atlanta, and Patricia Stinson Turner, East Point, Ga.; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Allen Temple Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. William Lawrence, pastor, and the Rev. George Cavin Goodman. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, Noble andKelsey Funeral Home.

Opie Cecil Bowden

ROCKWELL — Opie Cecil Bowden, 57, Rockwell, died Tuesday (April 12, 2000) at his residence, from an apparent heart attack.

Powles Funeral Home is in charge.

Barbara Jean Wylie Cobb

GREENSBORO — Barbara Jean Wylie Cobb, 53, 3406 Woodlea Drive, died Tuesday (April 11, 2000)at Moses Cone Hospital. She was a native of Rowan County.

Born Oct. 3, 1946, Mrs. Cobb was the daughter of the late Rosezene Cherry and John Thomas Wylie. A graduate of Dunbar High School, she received a bachelor’s degree from Livingstone College and a master of social work degree in 1979 from Indiana University.

Mrs. Cobb was last employed at Vision Youth Group Home as director of social work and certified mental health. She was a member of White Rock AME Zion Church, Granite Quarry.

Survivors include husband Joseph Cobb; daughters Sonya Renee Wylie, Greensboro; stepdaughter Rhonda McCollum, Greensboro; brothers Henry Wylie, Rock Hill, S.C., John T. Wylie, Jacksonville, Fla., and Kenneth R. Wylie, Salisbury; and sisters Ruth W. Morrow, Granite Quarry, Julia W. Tate, Linda F. Wylie and Diane W. Ellis, all of Salisbury, Dorothy W. Moore, Owings Mills, Md., and Sandra W. Lewis, Pa.

Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, White Rock AME Zion Church, Granite Quarry, conducted by the Rev. William Gullick. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 2-3 p.m. Saturday, at the church. At other times the family will be at the home of sister Diane W. Ellis, 175 Twin Oaks Road, Salisbury.

Noble and Kelsey, Salisbury, is in charge.

Charles Hardin

CHINA GROVE —Charles Perry Hardin, 62, 1920 Highway 153, died Tuesday (April 11, 2000)at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.

Born Jan. 29, 1938, in China Grove, he was a son of the late John Newberry and Mary Ella Redick Hardin. Retired after 20 years in the U.S. Navy, he served in both Korea and Vietnam.

Survivors include wife Sueko Kawasaki Hardin; daughter Yoko Ross, Salisbury; sons Roy Michael Hardin, China Grove, and Steven Hardin, Salisbury; sisters Mary Kathleen Christie, Mooresville, Linda Martin, Gold Hill, and Barbara Ann Gibson and Margaret Powell, both of Kannapolis; brothers Paul Hardin, Vienna, W.Va., and Vernon Ray Hardin, China Grove; and four grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Earl Hardin. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, with military graveside services by Rowan Veterans Council.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Myrtle Wood Harrison

Myrtle Louise Wood Harrison, 83, 1829 Statesville Blvd., died Wednesday (April 12, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a week of illness.

Born Feb. 11, 1917, in Rowan County, Mrs. Harrison was a daughter of the late Zellie Myers and Daniel Webster Wood. A graduate of the Woodleaf schools, she was a partner with Piedmont Security Patrol. She was a member of Milford Hills United Methodist Church and Circle 3.

Her husband, Maurice Elvin Harrison, died in January 1981.

Survivors include son Daniel Harrison, Salisbury; brothers Quillman, Marshall and Donald Wood, all of Salisbury; and sister Hazel W. Pinkston Werner, Salisbury.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Milford Hills United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Neill Shaw, pastor, and the Rev. Mike Kurtz, pastor, Forest Hill United Methodist Church, Concord. The body will be taken to the funeral home at 2:30.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Summersett Funeral Home.

Memorials:Milford Hills United Methodist Church, 1630 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Harold Wesley Hartsell

CONCORD — Harold Wesley Hartsell, 76, 3113 Parks Lafferty Road, died Wednesday (April 12, 2000)at NorthEast Medical Center.

He was the father of Wesley Hartsell of Salisbury.

Services:2 p.m. Friday, St. Paul’s United Methodist, conducted by the Rev. Jesse Clubb. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home, Concord.

Memorials: St. Paul’s United Methodist, 3113 Parks Lafferty Road, Concord, N.C. 28025 or donor’s choice.

James Lee Hill

GOLD HILL — James Lee Hill, 81, Gold Hill, died Thursday (April 13, 2000).

Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell, is in charge.

Catherine Jackson Leonard

Catherine Jackson Leonard, 76, 609 S. Shaver St., died Wednesday (April 5, 2000)at Tucker Nursing Facilities, Tucker, Ga., after several weeks of illness.

Born Feb. 28, 1924, in Washington, D.C., she was a daughter of the late Agnes Oates and George Jackson. Educated in the Washington, D.C., schools she was a retired homemaker and a former member of First Calvary Baptist Church.

Her husband, Ollie Leonard, who died in 1991.

Survivors include sons Ollie Leonard Jr., Albany, N.Y., Anthony Leonard, Salisbury; George, David and William Ransford, all of Washington, D.C., and Michael Leonard, New York City; daughters Patricia, Catherine and Geneva Leonard, all of Salisbury, Diane Wooden and Linda Leonard, both of Bronx, N.Y., and Bernadette Ransford, Washington, D.C.; sisters Grace Hansberry and Belinda Montgomery, both of Washington, D.C., and Essther Arlotta, New York City; 34 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home in charge.

Zula Miller Rabon

Zula Miller Rabon, 87, Salisbury, died Thursday (April 13, 2000) at the Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Brenda Joyce Barnes Saxe

Brenda Joyce Barnes Saxe, 48, Plano, Texas, died Tuesday (April 11, 2000).

Lyerly Funeral Home in Salisbury is in charge.

Zeb Frank Young

Zeb Frank Young, 78, Salisbury, died Tuesday (April 11, 2000) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, after a period of declining health.

Born Oct. 16, 1921, in Davidson County, Mr. Young was a son of the late Minnie Belle Bernhardt and John Andrew Stokes Young. He was educated in the Churchland schools.

He had retired from N.C. Finishing Co. after 42 years with the company. A World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a member of Organ Lutheran Church and the East Rowan Saddle Club.

Survivors include wife Vela Mae Miller Young, whom he married July 12, 1942; son Zeb Perry Young, Salisbury; daughter Gail McBride, Fort Myers, Fla.; sisters Pauline Lakey and Unie Young, both of Salisbury, and Inez Trexler, Mimms, Fla.; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Powles Funeral Home Chapel, Rockwell, conducted by the Rev. John E. Pless, pastor of Organ Lutheran Church. The body will be cremated after the service.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, at the funeral home.