Brett Shane Frey

CHARLOTTE — The funeral will be Friday for Brett Shane Frey, 20, 5217 Morrowick Road, who died Monday (Feb. 21, 2000) at his home.

Born Dec. 4, 1979, Mr. Frey was the son of Bonnie Johnson Vaughn, Harrisburg, and the late Charles Gary Frey. He was a graduate of Northwest Cabarrus High School and attended Central Piedmont Community College. He had been employed by Harris-Teeter, Carmel Road.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include sisters Mollie Bangert, Charlotte, and Wendy Settlemyer, Kannapolis; brothers Brian Frey, Bartlett, Ill., Robyn Vaughn, Harrisburg, and Randal Vaughn, Denver; stepfather Rodney Vaughn, Harrisburg; and grandparents Hubert and Nadene Johnson, Salisbury, and Lillian Vaughn, Aurora, Ill.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Kovitch, pastor, New Hope Lutheran Church, Kannapolis. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of sister Wendy Settlemyer, 2421 Acadia Court, Kannapolis.

Thomas Allen Hall

STATESVILLE — Thomas Allen Hall, 76, 117 Windmill Ridge, died Tuesday (Feb. 22, 2000).

He was a native of Salisbury.

Survivors include wife Joan Smith Hall; daughters Mrs. Reggie (Carolyn H.) Sherrill and Mrs. Dennis (Sandra H.) Bollinger; and son Thomas F. Sherrill.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday, New Amity ARPChurch, Scotts. Burial, Bright Light Baptist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the church.

Nicholson Funeral Home is in charge.

Cheryl Brocato Lowder

HOBE SOUND, Fla. — Cheryl Lynn Brocato Lowder, 38, 7702 S. E. Mammoth Drive, died Monday (Feb. 21, 2000) at Martin Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Lowder was a daughter of Lurlene Standridge Brocato of Concord, N.C.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel, Concord, N.C.

Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of a Sherry L. Dunevant, 1716 Arbor Way, Albemarle, N.C.

Memorials: American Cancer Society, 500E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte, N.C. 28202; or Chester ARP Church, P.O. Box 174, Chester, S.C. 29706.

Ada Gobbel Pickett

SPENCER — The funeral will be Friday for Ada Virginia Gobbel Pickett, 91, who died Tuesday (Feb. 22, 2000) at The Laurels of Salisbury after six months of declining health and two weeks of serious illness.

Born Nov. 19, 1908, in Rowan County, Mrs.. Pickett was a daughter of the late Alfred Tilden and Daisy Sophia Simeson Gobbel. She was a graduate of Spencer High School and Catawba College, Salisbury.

Listed in Outstanding Elementary Teachers in America, she had been a principal at Ellis and Franklin schools and a teacher at Spencer School. She retired in 1974 from North Rowan Elementary School after 44 years of teaching.

Mrs. Pickett was a member of Central United Methodist Church and the Mamie Lynch Group of the church.

Her husband, Claude Joseph Pickett, died Feb. 4, 1984.

Survivors include daughter Gayle P. Rabon, Spencer; brothers Harry Gobbel, Spencer, and Howard Gobbel, High Point; sister Edna Gobbel, Spencer; one grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Summersett Funeral Home Memorial Chapel, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Rodney Hagans, pastor, Central United Methodist Church. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury.

Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Central United Methodist Church, 200 Fourth St., Spencer, N.C. 29159.

William Monroe Boger

EAST SPENCER — William Monroe Boger, 78, Eastwind Apartments, No. 18, died Wednesday, (February 23, 2000).

Born March 4, 1921, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Boger was a son of the late Lillie May Griffin and William C. Boger. He attended J.C. Price High School, was a U.S. Army veteran and was formerly employed at Cone Mills.

He attended Gethsemane Baptist Church and was a member of the J.C. Price American Legion Post 107.

Survivors include sons William Monroe Boger Jr., Marion; Charles “Dad” Evans, East Spencer, and James Floyd Boger, Clarksville, Tenn.; daughters Mrs. James (Willie Mae) Sloan, Spencer, and Mrs. Steve (Barbara Jean) Stevenson, Marion; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, graveside, Salisbury National Cemetery, conducted by a Veterans Administration chaplain.

Visitation: None. The family will be at the home of Willie Mae Sloan, 404 W. 17th St., Spencer. Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Memorials: J.C. Price American Legion Post 107, P.O. Box 2545, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.

Joan Hassler Brown

DAVIDSON — Joan Hassler Brown, 71, Davidson, died Wednesday (Feb. 16, 2000) at Iredell Memorial Hospital, Statesville. She had been a resident of Salisbury for 30 years.

Born March 28, 1928, in High Point, Ms. Brown was a daughter of the late Paul Diehm Hassler and Marion Angel Hassler. She graduated from St. Mary’s in 1945 and Salem College in 1949.

She taught in Morocco, Africa, in the mid 1950s while her husband was stationed there in the U.S. Air Force. She taught at Boyden High School and later Salisbury High School.

She got a degree in Spanish from Catawba College, where she resumed teaching.

At Catawba, she was a member of the American Association of University Women and worked on a number of projects, including restoration of Old Setzer School and helping to found the local mental health clinic.

She supported the Catawba Blue Masque Players and Piedmont Players for 20 years.

She taught at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and was involved in Platypus Productions children’s theater. She won a contest to become the copy writer and voice talent for WSTP/ WRDX in Salisbury.

She was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.

In Wrightsville Beach, she operated an advertising agency and taught English to French citizens employed by Michelin in Greenville, S.C. She was also the voice of Meyers/Arnold Department Store commercials.

She had lived in Davidson the past 12 years.

Survivors include children Brynn Brown Puckett, Cornelius, Paul Brown, Salisbury, Dodd Brown, Spotsylvania, Va., and Marmee Brown, Dublin, Ireland; sister Patricia Schuber, Charlotte; and four grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, memorial service, Raymer Funeral Chapel, Huntersville, conducted by the Rev. Joe Coulter.

Visitation: None.

Memorials: Piedmont Players, P.O. Box 762, Salisbury, N.C., 28145; Cornelius Library Endowment Fund, 1043 E. Morehead St., Suite 100, Charlotte, N.C. 28204; or a local Hospice chapter.

Jim Dunn

ALBEMARLE — Jim Dunn, 93, 32367 Millingport Road, died Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2000) at Britthaven of the Piedmont.

Born Feb. 16. 1907, in Montgomery County, Mr. Dunn was a son of the late Ada McKay and Calvin M. Dunn. He had been a stone cutter for Jacob’s Creek Stone Co. He was a member of Hamer Creek Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Katherine Louise Parnell Dunn.

Survivors include sons Jerry and Jimmy Dunn, both of Albemarle; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Dan Abernathy and Elder Charles Broadway. Burial, Hamer Creek Baptist Church cemetery, Mount Gilead.

Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. The rest of the time, the family will be at the home of Jerry Dunn, 32367 Millingport Road.

Bailey John Hudson

Bailey John Hudson, 76, 480 Mike Drive, died Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2000) at his home.

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

Betty Crisco Kirk

Betty Crisco Kirk, 69, Salisbury, died Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after two weeks of illness.

Born May 28, 1930, in Stanly County, Mrs. Kirk was a daughter of the late Gladys Doby and Eddie Alexander Crisco. She was educated in Stanly and Rowan counties’ schools and graduated from Rowan Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1958.

She worked for Dr. Charles Eddinger in Spencer and at Stanly Memorial Hospital. She was director of nursing for Davie County and Kings Mountain hospitals and retired from Rowan Regional Medical Center.

She was a member of First Street United Methodist Church, Albemarle, and Salisbury Chapter 117, Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include sons Mitchell Monroe Goodman and Bennie Neel Goodman, both of Salisbury, and Charles David Slaughter, Shelton, Wash.; brothers Eddie Crisco Jr., Albemarle, Thomas Crisco, Charlotte, and Victor Crisco, Salisbury; sister Willie Pierce, Salisbury; three grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, First Street United Methodist Church, Albemarle, conducted by the Rev. David Colson, pastor. Burial, Fairview Memorial Park, Albemarle.

Visitation: None. Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: First Street United Methodist Church, 509 N. First St., Albemarle, N.C. 28002; Masonic &Eastern Star Home of North Carolina, 700 S. Holden Road, Greensboro, N.C. 27420; or Shriner’s Hospital for Children, c/o Rowan Shrine Club, P.O. Box 1505, Salisbury, N.C. 28145-1505.

Edward Franklin Miller

Edward Franklin Miller, 97, Salisbury, died Thursday (Feb. 24, 2000) at his home. He had been in declining health two years and seriously ill two weeks.

Born May 14, 1902, in Davidson County, Mr. Miller was a son of the late Mary Susan Barksdale and William Loveless Franklin Miller. He was educated in Davidson County and Rowan County schools.

He was employed with Southern Railroad during World War II. He also founded and ran E.F. Miller Lumber Co. from 1933 until he retired in 1964. He made and sold candy and became known as the “Candy Man.”

He was a member of Stallings Memorial Baptist Church, where he was a former deacon and trustee.

His wife, Ova Jernigan Miller, died April 15, 1995.

Survivors include daughter Mrs. Walter (Devona Miller) Sutton, Salisbury; brother Raleigh Miller, Statesville; sisters Oma M. Miller, Spencer, Grace M. Martin, Shelby, and Mildred M. Moore, Cleveland; one grandson; and five great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, graveside, Rowan Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Mark Anders, pastor, Stallings Memorial Baptist Church, and the Rev. Jerry Wilkes, pastor, Neel Road Baptist Church.

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, Summersett Funeral Home.

Memorials: Stallings Memorial Baptist Church, 817 S. Main St., or Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., both Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Elsie Bost Munday

KANNAPOLIS — Elsie Bost Munday, 94, Big Elm Retirement and Nursing Center, formerly of Rainbow Drive, died Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2000) at the center.

Born March 21, 1905, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Munday was a daughter of the late Locke David Bost and Mary Lillian Litaker Bost. She retired in 1970 from the set department at Cannon Mills Plant 1, Kannapolis.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, J.T. “Bill”Munday, on Dec. 3, 1967, and a son, Larry James Munday, on Aug. 13, 1997.

Survivors include daughter Wanda Kay Haynes, Kannapolis; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Tom Cabaniss and the Rev. Norman Brisson. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Friday, Lady’s Funeral Home. The rest of the time, the family will be at the home of Wanda Haynes, 811 West B St.

Memorials: First Baptist Church, 101 N. Main St., Kannapolis, N.C. 28081.

Hardry Junior Spencer

LANDIS — The funeral will be Friday for Hardry Junior Spencer, 46, 718 W. Rice St., who died Monday (Feb. 21, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Sandy Ridge AMEZion Church, conducted by the Rev. Bobby L. Smith, pastor. Burial, church cemetery with military rites by a Fort Bragg Military Detail.

Visitation: 7-8 tonight at the church.

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

Edna Ruth Burnie Trupia

ALBEMARLE — Edna Ruth Burnie Trupia, 66, 1320 Walnut St., died Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2000) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Born March 3, 1933, in Massena, St. Lawrence County, N.Y., Mrs. Trupia was a daughter of the late Hazel May Freego Burnie and Cecil W. Burnie. She was a homemaker.

Survivors include husband Salvatore Trupia; sons Patrick S. Trupia, Mount Pleasant, Thomas A. Trupia, Albemarle, and Salvatore J. Trupia, Wichita, Kan.; daughters Paula Fischer, Nokomie, Fla., Theresa Trupia and Linda Lauer, both of Babylon, N.Y.; brothers Thomas Burnie, Texas, and Robert Burnie, Connecticut; sisters Vera Hazen, Doris Laturno, Betty Dobler and Myrtle Cain, all of New York, Viola Wilson, Florida, Beulah Rowe, New Jersey, Geraldine Bubar and Gladys Garner, both of Georgia; and eight grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Michael Pfeiffer. Burial, Stanly Gardens of Memory.