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February 15, 2000
Salisbury Post; Rowan County, NC

 

Obituaries

           
Phillip Warren Barger

ROCKWELL — The funeral will be Wednesday for Phillip Warren Barger, 54, Rockwell, who died Sunday (Feb. 13, 2000) at Brightmoor Nursing Center, Salisbury, after a period of declining health.

Born July 4, 1945, in Baltimore, Mr. Barger was a son of the late Warren Wade and Margaret Corn Barger. A 1966 graduate of East Rowan High School, he received a degree in word processing from Salisbury Business College in 1989.

Mr. Barger had retired from Cannon Mills after 17 years as a time keeper and office manager. He was a lifelong member of Faith Baptist Church, where he was a deacon. He was also a former Sunday school teacher and a former secretary of the Sunday school.

He was a member of Keller Memorial Masonic Lodge 657 and Faith Civitian Club, where he was past president and secretary.

Survivors include brother Ronald V. Barger, Rockwell.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday,Faith Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.Charles Brawley. Faith Civitans will be seated as a group. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30. Burial, church cemetery.

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

Memorials: Faith Baptist Church, Building Fund, P.O. Box 84, Faith, N.C. 28041.

 

Charles I. Caddell

LEXINGTON — Charles Ivey Caddell, 85, Woodcrest Drive, died Sunday (Feb. 13, 2000) at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, after an illness of three weeks.

Born Jan. 16, 1915, in Moore County, Mr. Caddell had retired as a supervisor with the Lexington post office. He had served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where he was superintendent of Sunday school and a Sunday school teacher in the youth department. He was also a former deacon and elder. He was a member of American Legion Post 8.

Survivors include wife Doris JacksonCaddell; and son Charles H. Caddell, Lexington.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Presbyterian Church, conducted by Dr. Denny Sebesan and the Rev. Steve Lindsley. Burial, Lexington City Cemetery.

Visitation: 6:30-7:30 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Woodcrest Drive.

Memorials: Hospice of Davidson County, P.O. Box 1941, Lexington, N.C. 27293; or First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 586, Lexington, N.C. 27293.

 

Cherry Coon

LEXINGTON — Cherry Cabell Coon, 71, 503 Bellwood Drive, died Sunday (Feb. 13, 2000) at her home.

Born March 25, 1928, in Miami, Fla., Mrs. Coon was a daughter of the late John R. and Gay Cherry Cabell. A graduate of Boyden High School, she had also attended Catawba College, the WMU Training School and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky.

She and her husband of 50 years, Dr.D. Hoke Coon Jr., whom she married Dec. 27, 1949, served churches in Salisbury, Southern Pines and Forest City before going to First Baptist Church,Lexington, where they served 27 years.

A Women’s Missionary Union Group is named in her honor at First Baptist. She was a former member of the Charity League of Lexington.

Survivors, in addition to her husband, include son David H. Coon, Lexington; sister Gerry Cabell Spencer, Salisbury; and a grandson.

Services: Memorial, 11 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. Ray Howell III, the Rev. Johnny Wilson, Dr. Dewey Hobbs and Harold V. Cranford.

Visitation: At the church fellowship hall after the service. At other times the family will be at the home on Bellwood Drive.

Memorials: First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 436, Lexington, N.C. 27293; or Piedmont Home Health Care, P.O. Box 1624, Lexington, N.C. 27293.

Davidson Funeral Home in charge.

 

Larry Wyatt Goodman

Larry Wyatt Goodman, 55, Salisbury, died Tuesday (Feb. 15, 2000) at Brightmoor Nursing Center.

Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell, is in charge.

 

Dorothy P. Goodnight

WILMINGTON — Dorothy Patterson Goodnight, 88, Wilmington, sister of William T. Patterson, Salisbury, died Sunday (Feb. 13, 2000) at her home.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Winter Park PresbyterianChurch. Burial, Oakdale Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Coble Ward-Smith Funeral Service, Oleander Chapel.

Memorials: North Carolina Sorosis Scholarship Fund, 2922 Newkirk Ave., Wilmington, N.C. 28412; or Winter Park Presbyterian Church, 4501 Wrightsville Ave., Wilmington, N.C. 28403.

 

Heath Griffin

LANDIS — Henry Heath Griffin, 68, 602 E. Garden St., died Monday (Feb. 14, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born Sept. 11, 1931, in Union County, Mr. Griffin was a son of the late Glenn and Mae Smith Griffin. He had worked as an electrical supervisor with the city of Landis and with Williams Electric Co. He attended Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church.

A son, Ricky Griffin, died in 1988, and a grandson died in 1995.

Survivors include wife Levonda Jordan Griffin, whom he married March 25, 1951; son Randy Griffin, Kannapolis; sisters Janet Horne, Cary, Evelyn Sumner, Trinity, Norma Helms, Greenville, S.C., and Sherry Belk, Monroe; brothers Smith Griffin, Larry Griffin and Glenn Griffin Jr., all of Monroe, and Brackie Griffin, Marshville; two grandchildren; one step-grandchild; three great-grandchildren; and one step-great-grandchild.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Todd Posey and the Rev. Ralph Adams. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park,China Grove.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis. At other times the family will be at the home on East Garden Street.

 

Randy Heath

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Wednesday for Randall Ray “Randy” Heath, 44, 5424 Irish Potato Road, who died Sunday (Feb. 13, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after several years of declining health.

Born Jan. 26, 1956, in IredellCounty, Mr. Heath was a son of Kenneth Ray Heath and Barbara Holloway Cilbrith, both of Kannapolis. He briefly attended Auburn University, Alburn, Ala. He was assistant manager at Food World in Lakeland, Fla., before becoming disabled in 1983.

Survivors, in addition to his parents, include stepfather Gene Cilantro, Kannapolis; sonShane Michael Perlowin, Tallahassee, Fla.; sister Regina Moreno, Miami,Fla.; and brother Bobby Lane Heath, Homestead, Fla.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Jeff Upright. Burial, Kannapolis Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of his mother and stepfather on Irish Potato Road, where Mr. Heath made his home.

 

Jessie Smith Bagwell

ALBEMARLE —Jessie Lou Smith Bagwell, 86, 1436 Riley St., died Tuesday (Feb. 15, 2000) at Stanly Manor.

Born May 4, 1913, in Montgomery County, Mrs. Bagwell was a daughter of the late Dexter and Ada Hall Smith. She had retired from American and Efird Mills, where she was a winder and spinner. She was a member of Lane’s Chapel Methodist Church.

Her husband, Albert Lee Bagwell, preceded her in death, as did sons Albert Lee Bagwell Jr., Jimmy Dwayne Bagwell and Roy Lee Bagwell.

Survivors include sons Harold Dean Bagwell and Robert Dexter “Tip” Bagwell, both of Albemarle; daughters Gloria Elmetta “Patsy” Bagwell and Deborah “Debbie” Hamilton, both of Albemarle; sister Myrtle Smith Ridge, Albemarle; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, HartsellFuneral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Rob Roberts and the Rev. Nathan Fox. Burial, Canton Baptist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter DeborahHamilton, 1436 Riley St.

Memorials: Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle,N.C. 28001.

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