The funeral will be Tuesday for Samuel “Sam”Binder Jr., 70, Salisbury, who died Friday (Aug. 4, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Services:12 p.m., Tuesday, Summersett Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Griffis, minister of First United Methodist Church. Burial, National Cemetery, Salisbury.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home.

Memorials:Catawba College Chiefs Club, c/o Catawba College, 2300 W. Innes St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Ralph Bennett Causby

ALBEMARLE —Ralph Bennett Causby, 90, 383 Park Road, died Sunday (Aug. 6, 2000) at Britthaven of Piedmont.

Born Oct. 9, 1909, in Burke County, Mr. Causby was a daughter of the late George Ervin and Florence Elmetta Burnett Causby. He had retired as a salesman from Allstar Mills. He was a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife Geraldine C. Causby; son George B. Causby, Raleigh; sister Bonnie Lyerly, Raleigh; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m.Tuesday, First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Harold McDonald.Burial, Fairview Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Park Road.

Memorials: First Baptist Church, Building Fund, 202 N.Second St., Albemarle, N.C. 28001.

Sidney Cook

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Tuesday for Sidney Cook, 95, 1829 Independence Square, who died Saturday (Aug. 5, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born Aug. 19, 1904, in Union County, Mr. Cook was a son of the late Robert and Annie Melton Cook. He retired in 1969 after 40 years from Cannon Mills Co. and was a member of New Hope Methodist Church, Monroe.

Survivors include wife Malinda Watkins Cook; foster daughter Gracie Brown, Kannapolis; three grandsons; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, New Hope Methodist Church, Monroe, conducted by the Rev. Aubrey Whitley. Burial, Lakeland Memorial Park, Monroe.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Independence Square.

Beatrice Helms Ferguson

KANNAPOLIS — Beatrice Helms Ferguson, 83, formerly of 318 Westview St., died Sunday (Aug. 6, 2000) at Brian Center, Concord.

Born Nov. 1, 1916, in Union County, Mrs. Ferguson was a daughter of the late Audy and Annie Keeter Helms. In her earlier years, she owned and operated B and K Beauty Shop. She later worked at Cannon Mills, Plant 1, finishing department. She was a member of Blackwelder Park Baptist Church.

Her husband, Amon O. Ferguson, died Oct. 26, 1995.

Survivors include son Jerry Ferguson, Kannapolis; daughters Doris Harrington and CarolSheets, both of Kannapolis; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 8 p.m.Tuesday,Whit-ley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev.Stan Welch. Burial, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Blackwelder Park Baptist Church, 2204 Summitt Ave., Kannapolis,N.C. 28081.

William Lester Sain

MOCKSVILLE — William Lester Sain, 71, Call Road, died Sunday (Aug. 6, 2000) at Forsyth Medical Center.

Born June 26, 1929, in Davie County, Mr. Sain was a son of the late William Grady and Girlie Alma Foster Sain. He was a mechanic with McLean Trucking. and later a delivery man with Thomas Bus Co., High Point. He was a Methodist.

Survivors include wife Lucille Potts Sain; son Roger Sain, Mocksville; daughter Myra S. Hellard, Mocksville; sister Clara West, Mocksville; and two grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Eaton Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Joe Smith and the Rev. Tim Grose. Burial, Bethel United Methodist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials: Hospice of Davie County, c/o Janet Blair, P.O. Box 848, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.

Charlie E. Smith

FLORENCE, S.C. — Charlie E. Smith, 73, 2609 Homewood Ave., a Stanly County, N.C., native, died Sunday (Aug. 6, 2000) at a Florence hospital.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Stoudenmire Dowling Funeral Home.

Services: Graveside, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury,N.C.

Gladys Trexler Stirewalt

The funeral will be Tuesday for Gladys Trexler Stirewalt, 88, Salisbury, who died Saturday (Aug. 5, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Jan. 20, 1912, in Rowan County, Mrs. Stirewalt was a daughter of the late William Luther and Ida Mae Sloop Trexler. A 1930 graduate of Catawba College, she retired in 1978 after 48 years of teaching. She was one of the first teachers in the area to teach special needs children and was the last surviving teacher who had taught at Park School. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association.

A life member of Faith Lutheran Church, she was a member of WELCA, Mae Trexler Sunday school class and Faith Senior Citizens Club.

Her husband, Harlin PaulStirewalt, died Dec. 16, 1985.

Survivors include son Donald Stirewalt, Salisbury; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Faith Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Keith Copeland. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell.

Memorials: Faith Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 669, Faith, N.C. 28041.

Jerry Wayne Trexler

Jerry Wayne Trexler, 59, Salisbury, died Sunday (Aug. 6, 2000) at Grand Strand RegionalMedical Center, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Kenneth Albert Yocum

Kenneth Albert Yocum, 57, Rockwell, died Sunday (Aug. 6, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a period of declining health.

Born Oct. 10, 1942, in Springfield, Ill., Mr. Yocum was a son of the late Raymond and Leotta Vangorder Yocum. He was educated in the Cincinnatus, N.Y., schools and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

He had been employed by Raymond’s in Greene, N.Y., and Gabriel-Glide, China Grove. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Survivors include wife Pamela Evans Yocum, whom he married Aug. 17, 1982; sons Steven Graham, Greensboro, and Samuel Graham, Copperas Cove, Texas; daughters Stephanie Pike, New Port, R.I., and Brenda Yocum, of the home; three brothers; three sisters; and four grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, conducted by Bishop Michael Craddock. Burial, National Cemetery, Salisbury.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury.

Carl Horn Jr., 78, a product of Salisbury who rose to the top position at Duke Power, died Saturday in Charlotte.

Before retiring from Duke Power in 1982, Horn had served as president, chief executive officer and chairman of the board. He also was the first chairman of the government board of the state’s community college system and served as executive-in-residence at the College of Business Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Born in Rutherford, Horn grew up in Salisbury and graduated from Boyden High School. He graduated from Duke University in 1942 and spent the next four years in the Pacific with the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of captain. He returned to Duke Law School and was awarded a law degree in 1947.

He practiced law in Charlotte before joining Duke Power’s legal department in 1954. In 1959, he was named the company’s general counsel and elected to the board of directors.

He was elected president and chief executive officer in 1971 and chairman of the board in 1975.

In 1977, Financial World magazine named him outstanding chief executive of the year for the public utilities industry, and in 1980, the magazine again honored him as one of the 10 outstanding chief executives of major U.S. corporations.

He served on many boards for a variety of institutions, including the Davidson College Board of Visitors, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, the Duke Law School Alumni Association, Erskine College and the boards of a number of prominent corporations.

He had received an honorary degree from Catawba College.

Survivors include his wife, Virginia Johnston Horn; four children, Carl Horn III, Charlotte, Clare Horn, San Francisco, Katherine H. Garcia, Atlanta, and Thomas E. Horn, High Point; and 14 grandchildren.