Services:Graveside, 2 p.m. Friday, Rowan Memorial
Park, conducted by the Rev. Carroll L. Robinson, Lebanon Lutheran Church.
Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.
James ‘Eddie’Basham Jr.
KANNAPOLIS — James Edward “Eddie”
Basham Jr., 44, 1213 Dial St., died Thursday (Feb. 24, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical
Center, Salisbury.
Born April 25, 1955, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Basham
was a son of Doris Middleton Basham and James Edward “Jim”Basham, both of
Kannapolis. A graduate of Northwest Cabarrus High School, he was lead maintenance
technician for Pillowtex, Plant 1. A Baptist, he served in the U.S. Army.
Survivors include wife Mary Frances Thomas Basham;
stepdaughters Stephanie and Misty Doyle, both of the home; and brothers Rick and Mark
Basham, both of Kannapolis.
Services:3 p.m. Sunday, Northcrest Chapel,
Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. Larry Irvin and the Rev.
Rodney Evans. The body will be cremated.
Visitation: 2-2:45 p.m. Sunday, Linn-Honeycutt,
China Grove. At other times the family will be at the residence.
Memorials:American Heart Association, Rowan County
Chapter, 140 Regency Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28147.
Linda T. Connell
KANNAPOLIS —Linda T. Connell, 50, 711 1/2
Fairview St., died Thursday (Feb. 24, 2000). at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after
eight weeks of serious illness.
Born June 9, 1949, in Rowan County, Ms. Connell was
a daughter of the late Omie Mae Keller and Edward A. Trexler. A homemaker, she attended
Holy Power Church, Rockwell.
Survivors include son Roger Dale Connell II, of the
home; and two grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Lady’s Funeral
Home, conducted by the Rev. Bill Cutshaw. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Saturday, at the funeral
home.
Memorials:Holy Power Church, 5840 Highway 152 E.,
Rockwell, N.C. 28138.
J.B. Gobble
MOCKSVILLE — J.B. Gobble, 87, 249 Gobble Lane,
died Thursday (Feb. 24, 2000) at his residence.
Born Nov. 2, 1912, in Davie County, Mr. Gobble was
a son of the late Flossie and Vestal Gobble. Retired as a carpenter with Hugh Edwards and
Sons, he was a member of Ijames Baptist Church.
Survivors include wife Susie Beck Gobble; son Larry
Gobble, Mocksville; brothers Willis, Howard, Clarence and Virgle Gobble, all of
Winston-Salem, and Otis Gobble, Mocksville; sisters Zula Meadows, Greensboro, and Betty
Rice, Winston-Salem; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services:11 a.m. Saturday, Davie Funeral Service
Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Wade Wright. Burial, Ijames Baptist Church cemetery.
Visitation:7-9 tonight, at the funeral home.
Memorials:Ijames Baptist Church, Cemetery Fund, 728
Sheffield Road, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.
Bailey John ‘Jay’Hudson
Bailey John “Jay” Hudson, 75, 480 Mike
Drive, died Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2000) at his residence.
Mr. Hudson was a son of the late Marguerite Helen
Bullis and Orvil Rudell Hudson. Educated in Dearing and Coffeyville, Mich., Mr. Hudson
formerly worked at Turner-Baxter Paint Co. in Concord. He later retired as security guard
at the National Guard Armory. Mr. Hudson was a Lutheran. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
His wife, Pearl Bradshaw Hudson, died June 24,
1999.
Survivors include sons Reid Bradshaw and Bill
Hudson, both of Salisbury, and Junior Hudson, Concord; daughters Grace McCurley, Decatur,
Texas, and Linda Smith, Concord; brother Willard R. Hudson, Runge, Texas; sister Vivian
Marie Sevier, Tulsa, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services:11:30 a.m. Monday, Northcrest Chapel,
Linn-Honeycutt, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. Buddy Boone. Burial, 1 p.m. Monday,
Salisbury National Cemetery, with military rites conducted by the Rowan Veterans Council.
Visitation:7-8:30 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home.
At other times the family will be at the residence.
Memorials:Rowan Regional Home &Health Hospice,
825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
Lee Wesley Messmer
CHINA GROVE —Lee Wesley Messmer, 81, 165
Rabbit Run Drive, died Thursday (Feb. 24, 2000)at Rowan Regional Medical Center,
Salisbury.
Born Oct. 1, 1918, in Rowan County, Mr. Messmer was
a son of the late Mary Ina Davis and Walker Lee Mesimer. Educated in Rowan County, he had
retired from the No. 7 spinning room at Cannon Mills. He was a member of Eastwood Baptist
Church.
Survivors include wife Mildred Simpson Messmer; and
brothers Lloyd L. Mesimer, Kannapolis, and John R. Messmer, Salisbury.
Services:2 p.m. Saturday, Northcrest Chapel,
Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. George Bradshaw, pastor of
Pine Ridge Baptist Church. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park.
Visitation:7-8:30 tonight, at the funeral home. At
other times the family will be at the residence.
Maggie Alaia Morris
CHINA GROVE — Infant Maggie Alaia Morris died
at birth Wednesday (Feb. 2, 2000) in Wichita, Kansas.
She was a daughter of Sabra Hayes and Timothy E.
Morris of 280 Pipeline Road, Wichita.
Survivors, in addition to her parents, include
sisters Haley and Morgan Lyon, both of the home; parental grandparents Ernest and Willie
Mae Crouch, China Grove; maternal great-grandparents Bill and Mildred Hayes, Gastonia; and
paternal great-grandmother Carlenen Crouch, China Grove.
Services: Memorial, 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Main Street
Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Larry Beaver. The body will be cremated.
Memorials:Main Street Baptist Church, 1615 N. Main
St., China Grove, N.C. 28023.
Leila Lynch Murchison
NEW LONDON —Leila Lynch Murchison, 88, 30066
Highway 740, died Wednesday (Feb. 23, 2000) at Britthaven of the Piedmont Nursing Center,
Albemarle.
Born Feb. 5, 1912, in Columbia, S.C., Mrs.
Murchison was a daughter of the late William and Maxie Clarkson Lynch. Educated at West
Badin High School, she was the former owner of People’s Cafe and Joe’s Gas and
Grocery.
Mrs. Hudson was a member of First Baptist Church,
Badin, where she was a member of the Senior Choir and the Missionary Circle. She was also
a member of Morning Star Chapter 570 OES (Prince Hall-affiliated) and a former member of
the Daughters of IBPOE of W. (Elks).
Mrs. Hudson was preceded in death by her husband,
Josephus L. Murchison, and a daughter, Margaret L. Murchison.
Survivors include son Josephus L. Murchison Jr.,
Tampa, Fla.; daughter Pollie M. Dunlap, Badin; sisters Ella Ray, Rockford, Ill., and
Hattie Abernathy, Springfield Garden, N.Y.; 16 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and
six great-great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. First Baptist Church, Badin,
conducted by the Rev. Clifton Parker, pastor and the Rev. W.L. Owens. Oak View Cemetery,
New London.
Visitation: 1:30-2 p.m. at the church. At other
times the family will be at the home of a granddaughter, Sandra Allen.
Kelsey Funeral Home of Albemarle in charge.
Bula Ayres Savage
KANNAPOLIS — Bula Ayres Savage, 91, formerly
of China Grove Road, died Tuesday (Feb. 22, 2000) after five years of declining health.
Born Nov. 5, 1908, in Midland, Mich., Mrs. Savage
was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. B.E. Ayres. She had retired from the sewing room
of Cannon Mills, Plant 1, Kannapolis.
Her husband, Nelson C. Savage, died in 1970.
Survivors include daughters Nancy R. Rayill,
Indianapolis, Ind., and Kay S. Hoffman, Charlotte; son Rex N. Savage, Charlotte; sister
Belva A. Knight, Tenn.; brother B.E. Ayres Jr., Indiana; eight grandchildren; and 11
great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Lady’s Funeral Home
Chapel, conducted by Rodney and Glenn Lyles Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home.
Memorials:Alzheimer’s Association, 3420
Shamrock Road, Charlotte, N.C. 28125.
Earlene B. Compton
CHINA GROVE — Earlene Bradberry Compton, 83,
1010 Mainsail Road, formerly of the Five Forks community, died Friday (Feb. 25, 2000)at
the Brian Center, Salisbury.
Linn-Honeycutt, China Grove, is in charge.
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