Northa Carlton Brown

LEXINGTON —Northa Mae Carlton Brown, 90, formerly of South Cecil Street, died Tuesday (Feb. 15, 2000) at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Born Sept. 9, 1909, in Wilkes County, Mrs. Brown was a daughter of the late Mack T. and Esther Eller Carlton. A resident of Davidson County for most of her life, she was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Grace Bible Class, Senior Chorus and the Young at Heart Club. She formerly volunteered with Davidson County Senior Citizens.

Her husband, Leonard H. Brown, preceded her in death.

Survivors include daughter Glenda Brown, Lexington; sons Leonard H. Brown Jr., Annandale, and Hulin W. Brown, Lexington; brothers Paul, Carson and Jack Carlton, all of Lexington, and Hulin Carlton, Thomasville; sister Emma Carlton Somers, Statesville; five grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Trinity United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. John Taylor and the Rev. Arthur Holland. Burial, Lexington City Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Piedmont Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at their respective homes.

Memorials: Trinity United Methodist Church, Building Fund, c/o Donese Leonard, 2584 Helmstetler Road, Lexington, N.C. 27295.

Thomas ‘Tommy’ Freeman

LEXINGTON — The funeral will be Friday for Thomas Eartle “Tommy” Freeman, 55, 3462 Horseshoe Neck Road, who died Tuesday (Feb. 15, 2000) at his home.

Born Dec. 19, 1944, in Rowan County, Mr. Freeman was a son of Ella Mae Bost Freeman, Lexington, and the late Eartle Lee Freeman. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in the Vietnam War. He was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church and the American Legion.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include sisters Ella Jean Beldon, Springfield, Ill., and Linda F. Swicegood and Judy F. Shoaf, both of Lexington.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev.Donald Phillips. Burial, Sandy Creek Cemetery.

Visitation: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Piedmont Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Horseshoe Neck Road.

Memorials: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Building Fund, 4299 Hwy. 150 S., Lexington, N.C. 27295.

Jessie Lee Burr Lisk

ALBEMARLE — Jessie Lee Burr Lisk, 69, 432 Watts St., died Tuesday (Feb. 15, 2000) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Born Oct. 30, 1930, in Stanly County, Mrs. Lisk was a daughter of the late Samuel Benjamin and Queenie Clontz Burr. She had been a sewing machine operator at Knitsters. She was a member of North Albemarle Baptist Church.

Survivors include sons Danny, Roger and Tim Lisk, all of Albemarle; brothers Walter Lee Burr, Concord, and Sammy Burr, Stanfield; sisters Inez Blalock, Clare Hatley, Rosa Hutchinson, Jane “Dub” Crump, Suzanna Thompson, Louise Hudson and Alline Hathcock, all of Norwood; and five grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Thursday, Fairview Memorial Park, conducted by Dr. Ronald Russell.

The family will be in the home of son Roger Lisk, 1507 Melchor Road.

HartsellFuneral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle,N.C.; or March of Dimes, 904 S. Kings Dr., Charlotte, N.C. 28204.

Dr. James Harold Loman

James Harold Loman, 82, 1135 Briarwood Terrace, died Thursday (Feb. 17, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Eva Mae Stubbs McManus

KANNAPOLIS — Eva Mae Stubbs McManus, 91, formerly of 705 Irene Ave., died Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Karla Nicole Osborne

MOCKSVILLE — Karla Nicole Osborne, infant daughter of Amanda Osborne, Mocksville, died at birth Tuesday (Feb. 15, 2000) at Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem.

Survivors, in addition to her mother, include grandparents Karl and JoAnne Osborne, Mocksville; and maternal great-grandparents Wilford and Marie Jones, Mocksville.

Services: Private graveside services will be held at Calvary Baptist Church cemetery, Mocksville. The Rev. Jim Gryder will officiate.

Visitation: None.

Eaton Funeral Home is in charge.

Christine W. Parker

CAROLINA BEACH — Christine Whitman Parker, 74, 412 Lewis Road, mother of Jeanette B. Lassiter, Salisbury, died Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2000) at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Rose &Graham Funeral Home Chapel, Benson. Burial, Memorial Cemetery, Dunn.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.

Gladys Evelyn Thompson

STATESVILLE —Gladys Evelyn Thompson, 76, 1072 Tomlin Mill Road, mother of Malcolm Edward Thompson, Salisbury, died Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2000) at Iredell Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Nicholson Funeral Home Chapel. Burial, Iredell Memorial Gardens.

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

Memorials: Diamond Hill Baptist Church, 803 Sowers St., Statesville, N.C. 28677.

Priscilla Johnson Toms

Priscilla Jane Johnson Toms, 84, 1140 Laurel St., died Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Sept. 30, 1915, in Cherokee County, Mrs. Toms was a daughter of the late Frank and Bessie Johnson. Educated in the Cherokee County schools, she was a homemaker. She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church, East Spencer, where she was a member of the Spiritual Choir, a deaconess, a Sunday school teacher and a member of the Pastor’s Aid.

Survivors include daughter Charlene T. Wilks, Salisbury; two grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

The family will be at the home of Charlene and Denise Wilks, 204 S. Lloyd St.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Agnew ‘Duke’ Hartley

Agnew Woodson “Duke” Hartley of Falls Church, Va., Salisbury’s first elementary physical education teacher, well-known to generations of boys who played ball with him, died Wednesday night (Feb. 17, 2000) at the Hefner VA Medical Center, where he’d been a patient for several weeks.

Born March 15, 1915, in Salisbury, he graduated from Boyden High School in 1933. He played semi-professional baseball, volunteered as a playground instructor and worked as a sandblaster in a granite quarry for three years before he enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1941.

After basic training, he served for more than a year in England, where he was a member of the crack detachment chosen to guard the American Embassy in London.

He was then transferred to the Pacific, where he played a part in invasions in the Marshall Islands, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo Jima, where he was wounded twice. He received a Purple Heart, several Bronze Stars and a number of other medals for combat valor.

After his discharge as a sergeant in 1945, he returned to Salisbury and became an elementary physical education director for three years, then developed a private sports program for several summers before he moved to Washington to work with the Secret Service for the Treasury Department, a position that allowed him to travel widely.

He continued to live in nearby Falls Church, Va., following his retirement, and continued to be an active volunteer at McKinley School in Falls Church until two years ago. He was honored by the school and the Fairfax County Bar Association for his service to children.

Services: 10 a.m. Friday at Summersett Funeral Home chapel by the Rev. Jim Foil, associate pastor of First Presbyterian Church. Burial, in the National Cemetery.

Visitation: 7 to 8:30 tonight at the funeral home.