Mollie Whitaker Binkley, of Mocksville died Tuesday, (Dec. 19, 2000) at Autumn Care of Mocksville.

Eaton Funeral Home is in charge.

Jimmy Braddock

EAST SPENCER — Jimmy Braddock, 63, 210 Jay Van Wiley Lane, died Monday (Dec. 18, 2000) at his residence.

Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Velna Beaver Brown

Velna Beaver Brown, 83, of Salisbury, died Tuesday (Dec. 19, 2000)at her residence.

Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell, is in charge.

Coy Isaiah Crowe

MOCKSVILLE — The Rev. Coy Isaiah Crowe, 96, of Howard Street, formerly of Roseland Street, Greensboro, died Sunday (Dec. 17, 2000)at Autumn Care of Mocksville.

Born Oct. 8, 1904, in Madison County, Rev. Crowe was a son of the late John Patton and Tishie Graham Crowe. He was a retired pastor with Evangelical Methodist Church, pastorates including Danielsville, Ga., Glen Alpine, Old Richmond EMC, Portland, Ind., Keysville, Va., and High Point.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Sadie Lou Evans Crowe, and seven children.

Survivors include wife Margaret Auton Crowe, Greensboro; sons Mark Crowe, Royston, Ga., and Phil Crowe, Mocksville; sister Iva James, Concord; 15 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Services:11 a.m. Wednesday, Danielsville Evangelical Methodist Church, Danielsville, Ga., conducted by the Rev. Tim Peek, the Rev. Max Allman and the Rev. Billy Carey. Burial, Danielsville EMC Cemetery. A memorial service will be held later at Community EMC, Thomasville.

Visitation:7-9 tonight, Pruitte Funeral Home, Royston, Ga.

Memorials:Charity of the donor’s choice.

Eaton Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

Howard Luther Dick

Howard Luther Dick, 68, of Salisbury, died Sunday (Dec. 17, 2000)at his residence, after a period of declining health.

Born Jan. 7, 1932, in Garfield, Okla., Mr. Dick was a son of the late Henry Isaac and Mary Elizabeth Merritt Dick. Educated in Enid, Okla. schools, he had been employed by Parrish Bakery and Isenhour Brick and Tile, and later retired from Papco Asphalt, where he was a long-haul truck driver. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of Korea. Mr. Dick was a Baptist and a member of Samuel C. Hart Legion Post 14 and the Spencer Moose Lodge.

Mr. Dick was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce Juanita Anderson Dick, who died May 17, 1999.

Survivors include stepson Rick Kinter, Salisbury; stepdaughters Joyce Lewis, Laurinburg, and Bonnie Smith, Salisbury; brother James Dick, Whitaker, Kansas; six stepgrandchildren; and six step-great-grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Salisbury National Cemetery, Military Avenue Site, conducted by the VA chaplain. Military rites by the Rowan County Veteran’s Council.

Visitation:None. The family will be at their respective residences.

Memorials: American Lung Association, Catawba Valley Region, P.O. Box 898, Conover, NC 28613.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Robert ‘Bob’ Earnhardt

Robert Eugene “Bob” Earnhardt, 64, 312 Ackert Ave., died Monday (Dec. 18, 2000) at his residence.

Born Aug. 28, 1936, in Rowan County, Mr. Earnhardt, was son of Daisy Stauber Earnhardt, Salisbury, and the late Morris Eugene Earnhardt. Educated in Spencer, Granite Quarry, and Salisbury city schools, he was a graduate from Boyden High School and Catawba College. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving for 19 years, and later was employed for Gamewell Mechanical Co., and the City of Salisbury. Mr. Earnhardt was a member of Rowan Singles Club.

Survivors include sons Larry Jerome Earnhardt, Salisbury, and Clark Stephen Earnhardt, Anderson, S.C.; daughter Patricia Earnhardt Smith, Salisbury; brothers Charles “Bill” Earnhardt, Salisbury, and Jerry Earnhardt, Rockwell; sisters Shirley E. Lanning and Judy E. Loman, both of Salisbury; and six grandchildren.

Services:Graveside, 1 p.m. Thursday, U.S. National Cemetery, Statesville Blvd. location, conducted by the Rev. Joel Hiatt, minister of Westside Baptist Church.

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Summersett Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials: Rowan Veterans Council, P.O. Box 1054, Salisbury, NC 28145.

Rachel T. Goodman

STATESVILLE — Rachel Thompson Goodman, 62, 3547 Taylorsville Highway, died Monday (Dec. 18, 2000)at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Born Nov. 2, 1938, in Iredell County, Mrs. Goodman was a daughter of Carrie Nance Thompson Miller, Statesville, and the late Nick Walter Thompson. She was a retired textile worker and a member of Eufola Baptist Church.

Mrs. Goodman was preceded in death by her first husband, Draper Leon Fox, and a daughter, Rachel Leona Fox.

Survivors, in addition to her mother, include husband Johnny Goodman, Statesville; stepfather Cecil Miller, Aiken, S.C.; sons Rickey Walter Fox, Cleveland, Jack Lamar Whitaker, Albemarle, and Bryant Keith Whitaker, Mocksville; daughters Joy Fox Barnette, Cleveland, and Renee Whitaker Bailey, Fork; brothers Thomas Nick Thompson, Blythewood, S.C., and Jim Thompson, Stony Point; sisters Mary Seitenfaden and Kathy Faust, both of Statesville; 14 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Eufola Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Otis Johnson Jr. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30. Burial, Concord Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Visitation:7-9 tonight, Bunch-Johnson Funeral Home, Statesville.

Memorials:Eufola Baptist Church, P.O. Box 5026, Statesville, NC 28687.

Lizzie Bennett Hamrick

LEXINGTON —Lizzie Coat Bennett Hamrick, 77, 120 Dew West Court, died Friday (Dec. 15, 2000) in Sunbridge Care &Health Rehabilitation.

Born Dec. 15, 1923, in Lincolnton, Ga., she was a daughter of the late Claude and Annie Lampton Bennett. She was a retired employee of Young-Binkle Furniture and Davidson Funeral Home of Lexington. She was a member of Union Baptist Church.

Survivors include sons Claude Bennett and John Ernest Medley, both of Lexington; daughter Lizzie Carol Sykes, Lexington; sister Flore Hogan, Lincolnton, Ga.; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 2:30 today, Union Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Darrell Thomas. Burial, Lexington City Cemetery.

Visitation: 2-2:30 today, at the church. The body may be viewed today, noon-8 p.m.

Morrison-Studevent Funeral Home of Lexington is in charge.

Roy Junior Hill

Roy Junior Hill, 80, 217 S. Clay St., died Friday (Dec. 15, 2000)at his residence.

Born April 27, 1920, in Lincoln County, Mr. Hill was a son of the late Roy and Emma Ross Hill. Educated in Lincoln County schools, he was employed with Southern Railway, and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include son Herman Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio; brother Jake Hill, East Spencer; sisters Essie Foster, Orange Station, Bessie Nixon, Denver, Willie Mae Hunter, Lincolnton, Alice Jones, Silver Springs, Md., Frances Huff, Temple Hill, Md., and Margie Jackson, Camp Springs, Md.; and three grandchildren.

Services:1 p.m. Wednesday, Halls Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, conducted by Elder Richard Johnson. Burial, National Cemetery.

Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the church. At other times the family will be at the home of Jake Hill, 203 S. Long St.

Rowan Funeral Services is in charge.

Enell McAllister Johnson

MOORESVILLE —Enell McAllister Johnson, of Mount Ulla Highway, formerly of Mount Mourne, died Sunday (Dec. 17, 2000)at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born April 26, 1929, in Candler County, Ga., Mrs. Johnson was a daughter of the late James Harvey and Rena Bryant McAllister. She was a retired vendor for Draymore Manufacturing, Mooresville, and was a member of Community Baptist Church, Mount Mourne.

Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Cecil Johnson, and a son, Bobby Lewis Johnson.

Survivors include son Kenneth C. Johnson, Mooresville; daughters Betty J. Allen and Karen J. Philemon, both of Mooresville, and Faye Johnson, Mount Mourne; brothers Bill McAllister, Celina, Tenn., and Jimmy McAllister, Warner Robbins, Ga.; sister Hazel Robbins, Mooresville; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Cavin-Cook Funeral Home, Mooresville, conducted by the Rev. Dan L. Freeman. Burial, Mount Zion Community Cemetery, Cornelius.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, at the funeral home.

Willie Lanning

Willie Lanning, 78, of Spencer, died Monday (Dec. 18, 2000)at his residence.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Milo Paul Spencer

CONWAY, S.C. —Milo Paul Spencer, 76, 985 Poinsetta Drive, where he lived with his granddaughter, and formerly of Woodson Street, Salisbury, died Monday(Dec. 18, 2000)at Conway Hospital.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Frank D. Tucker

LEXINGTON —Frank D. Tucker, 67, 1202 White St., died Monday (Dec. 18, 2000)at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Born Sept. 13, 1933, in Moore County, Tenn., Mr. Tucker was a son of the late Ernest and Annie Sisk Tucker. He had lived in Davidson County for 22 years and was a retired employee of Carolina Tire of Lexington. After he retired, he was employed with Forest Hill Memorial Park as pre-need sales counselor.

Mr. Tucker was preceded in death by a son, Robert Wayne Tucker.

Survivors include wife Frances McKinney Tucker, of the home; daughter Lori Tucker Tollie, Lexington; sons James Ronald and Charles Lynn Tucker, both of Shelbyville, Tenn., and John Franklin Tucker, Lexington; sisters Maggie Miller and Mattie Shockley, both of Tullahoma, Tenn. and Laura Preston, Lynchburg, Tenn.; brother Howard Clay Tucker, Tullahoma, Tenn.; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Piedmont Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Clyde Akers. Burial, Forest Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum.

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

John Henry ‘Red’ Eagle

The funeral will be Wednesday for John Henry “Red” Eagle, 76, of Salisbury, who died Monday (Dec. 18, 2000)at Rowan Regional Medical Center, after one year of declining health and seven weeks of serious illness.

A well-known semi-professional baseball player here for many years, he played in the strong semi-professional Yadkin Valley Baseball League and was still batting .433 in the mid-70s. Made up of good high school, college and semi-pro players, the league was at the height of its popularity in this area from the ’40s through the ’60s. He was with the Ellis Crossroads team.

Born April 28, 1924, in Rowan County, Mr. Eagle was a son of the late Floyd Preston and Ina Fesperman Eagle. Educated in Rowan County schools, he was a U.S. Army veteran, serving during World War II. He was a machinist for Southern Railways for 18 years and was owner and operator of Franklin Sunoco for 12 years, before retiring in 1980 due to his health.

He also considered breeding and “messing around” with horses a major hobby.

Mr. Eagle was a member of Community Baptist Church, the Men’s Sunday School Class, served as a deacon for 21 years and was a member of the choir. He sang in the quartet and was a member of the Hudson-Miller-Tatum VFW Post No. 3006.

His wife, Frances Coughenour Eagle, died on March 31, 1998.

Survivors include one son, “Buck” Eagle of Salisbury; daughters Carolyn E. Kesler and Mary “Sis” Carriker, both of Salisbury; brothers Everett T. Eagle, Greenville, S.C., and Donald G. Eagle, Spencer; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Community Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Larry Linker, the Rev. Christopher O’Guin, pastor, and the Rev. Carl Kincaid. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service. Burial, U.S. National Cemetery, Government Road location, with military graveside rites by the Rowan County Veterans Council.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. tonight, Summersett Funeral Home.