MOCKSVILLE — Jerry Dean Godbey, 58, U.S. Hwy. 601 S., died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born Dec. 23, 1941, in Rowan County, Mr. Godbey was a son of the late Paul and Lucle May Plowman Godbey. A member of Calvary Baptist Church, he had retired from Ingersoll-Rand Co.

Survivors include wife Jackie Nifong Godbey; sons Jerry W. and Roger D. Godbey, both of Mocksville; daughter Lisa M. Godbey, Mocksville; brothers Paul Godbey Jr., Statesville, and Leon Godbey, Tacoma, Wash.; and seven grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Davie Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Jim Gryder. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury.

Visitation: 7-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials: American Diabetes Association, 1820 E. Seventh Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204.

Milton Virgil Clement Jr.

The funeral will be Tuesday for Milton Virgil Clement Jr., 61, West Cemetery Street, who died Saturday (Aug. 19, 2000) at his home.

Born Jan. 15, 1938, in Davie County, Mr. Clement was a son of the late Milton Virgil and Cleo Patricia Adams Smith Clement. He had worked at the Carriage House and formerly with Roadway Express in California. He had been disabled for some time.

Survivors include brothers John Gordon Ammons, Red Springs, Dallas Lee Ammons, Salisbury, and Aaron Turner Ammons, Greensboro.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Clement Cemetery, conducted by Robert Price.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Eaton Funeral Home, Mocksville.

Jerry Lee Eagle

Jerry Lee Eagle, 60, 350 Cline Drive, formerly of North Arlington Street, died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at Genesis ElderCare of Salisbury.

Born Aug. 2, 1940, in Rowan County, Mr. Eagle was a son of the late Arnold Hubert and Naomi Hahn Eagle. He was educated in the Granite Quarry schools.

A member of New Hope Baptist Church, he had been employed with Cannon Mills for 17 years before taking a disability retirement.

His wife, Norma Ruth Thomason Eagle, died Nov. 6, 1994.

Survivors include daughter Teresa Ann E. Funderburk, with whom he made his home in Salisbury; brother Claude Eagle, Clemmons; and three grandchildren.

Services: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Summersett Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Terry Cruse, pastor, New Hope Baptist Church. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 3-4 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of Teresa Funderburk, 350 Cline Drive.

Memorials: Gideons International, Salisbury North Camp, P.O. Box 576, Salisbury, NC 28145.

Harley Sampson Estep

The funeral will be Tuesday for Harley Sampson Estep, 72, Kannapolis, formerly of Salisbury, who died Friday (Aug. 18, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after four years of declining health and two months of serious illness.

Born May 31, 1928, in Salem, Va., Mr. Estep was a son of the late Lewis Howard and Julia Ann Kirk Estep. He was educated in the Huntington, W.Va. schools.

A member of the American Veteran’s Association, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a rancher while he lived in Oregon and later owned a taxi company.

Survivors include sister Julia C. Jones, Independence, Ore.

Services: Graveside, 1 p.m. Tuesday, National Cemetery, Salisbury, conducted by Hefner VA Medical Center chaplain.

Visitation: None.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Humane Society of Rowan County, 112 W. Innes St., Salisbury, NC 28144.

Zana Benfield Gabriel

KANNAPOLIS — Zana Benfield Gabriel, 74, 304 Ebenezer Road, died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at her home.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Sandra Leigh Hawkins

SPENCER — Sandra Leigh Hawkins, 35, 928 Third St., died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Rowan Funeral Service, Salisbury, is in charge.

Horace Roby Linebarger

Horace Roby Linebarger, 80, Salisbury, died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

James Wesley Lowrance

MOORESVILLE — James Wesley Lowrance, 79, Charlotte Highway, died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at his home.

Born May 18, 1921, in Rowan County, Mr. Lowrance was a son of the late Samuel A. and Nannie Blackwelder Lowrance. He had retired from Sealtest Dairy Products, where he was a truck driver for 25 years. He had also been an auto parts salesman.

A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he received the Victory Medal and Asiatic Pacific Theater Award for his service during World War II.

Survivors include wife Phyllis Baxter Lowrance, whom he married Sept. 7, 1982; stepdaughter Deborah Brooks, Kannapolis; stepson Dennis Wright, Cleveland; half brothers Samuel M. Lowrance, Statesville, and P.Y. Lowrance, Columbia, S.C.; half sister Gertrude L. Skipper, Wilmington; and two step-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Cavin-Cook Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Charles Patton. Entombment, Iredell Memorial Gardens Mausoleum, Statesville.

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

Memorials: First Wesleyan Church, 815 Fieldstone Road, Mooresville, NC 28115; or Hospice of Iredell County, 403 E. Statesville Ave., Mooresville, NC 28115.

Annie Webb Raper

Annie Webb Raper, 73, Salisbury, died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Antonio Rollins Jr.

The funeral will be Wednesday for Antonio Rollins Jr., 24, who died Wednesday (Aug. 16, 2000) at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

His fiancee, Rhonaca Woodruff, was not listed with his survivors in an earlier obituary.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home chapel, conducted by Robert Reese, Northeast Congregation. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Othar Alexander Sherrill Jr.

WOODLEAF — Othar “O.A.” Alexander Sherrill Jr., 81, 280 Goshen Blvd., died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, after two weeks of serious illness.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge.

Verbena V. Stallings

KANNAPOLIS — Verbena Vaughan Stallings, 86, 202 E. First St., died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at Avante of Concord.

Born April 28, 1915, in Franklin County, Mrs. Stallings was a daughter of the late Charles and Pattie Lou Howell Vaughan. She had retired as a secretary in a medical office and was a member of First Baptist Church, Kannapolis.

Survivors include daughter Margaret Moore, Spartanburg, S.C.; and sister Mrs. J.V. Sowers, Kannapolis.

Services: Graveside, 3 today, Oaklawn Cemetery, Louisburg, conducted by Dr. Tom Cabiniss.

Visitation: None.

Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, NC 28025; or First Baptist Church, 101 N. Main St., Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Carl Graydon Thomason

Carl Graydon Thomason, 95, formerly of 430 W. Ridge Road, died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at Genesis ElderCare of Salisbury.

Born Aug. 20, 1905, in Rowan County, Mr. Thomason was a son of the late John Washington and Sarah Fisher Thomason. He was educated at Mount Pleasant Military Academy and had retired in 1967 after 44 years with Piedmont Natural Gas Co.

A member of Franklin Presbyterian Church, he helped build the new sanctuary, educational building and church parsonage. He was a former Sunday school teacher, deacon and elder.

Mr. Thomason was a founding member of Franklin Volunteer Fire Department and a former member of Franklin Lions Club.

A son, Harry Graydon Thomason, died in 1966.

Survivors include wife Marie Weaver Thomason, whom he married June 29, 1929; daughter Mildred I. Ward, Salisbury; sister Ora Pharr, Concord; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Summersett Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Larry Summey, pastor, Franklin Presbyterian Church. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of Mildred I. Ward, 2840 Gheen Road.

Nellie Epps Waddell

CHINA GROVE —Nellie Epps Isenhour Waddell, 92, 160 Shue Road, died Monday (Aug. 21, 2000) at Liberty Commons Nursing and Rehabilitation of Rowan.

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, is in charge.

Edgar Woodrow Young

SPENCER — Edgar Woodrow Young, 82, Spencer, died Sunday (Aug. 20, 2000) at Maple Leaf Health Care, Statesville.

Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge.