ALBEMARLE — Luther Samuel Barbee, 75, 1913 Mountain Creek Road, died Wednesday (March 1, 2000) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Born Sept. 19, 1924, in Stanly County, Mr. Barbee was a son of the late F. Titus Franklin and Nelia Ann Whitley Barbee. He had retired as an electrician with Bryant Electric, High Point. A Baptist, he served in the U.S. Marines during World War II.

Survivors include wife Faye Medlin Barbee, Albemarle; son Gary Franklin Barbee, Salisbury; daughter Pam Renegar, Albemarle; sisters Florence Chaney, Albemarle, and Edna Hartsell, Richfield; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Hartsell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Glenn Johnson. Burial, Fairview Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home on MountainCreek Road.

Mary H. Buckhannon

CHINA GROVE —Mary Katherine Huffman Buckhannon, 93, 201 W. Thom St., died Tuesday (Feb. 29, 2000) at Big Elm Nursing Center, Kannapolis.

Born March 23, 1906, in West Virginia, Mrs. Buckhannon was a daughter of the late Charles H. and Lucy Florence Ashcraft Huffman. Educated in the West Virginia schools, she was a homemaker.

Her husband, Harry Buckhannon, died in 1975.

Survivors include daughter Edith Pollard, Moyock; brother Bill Huffman, Spencer; grandson James “Jim” Kurtz of China Grove, with whom she had made her home; two other grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

Services:None. Burial will be at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Norfolk, Va.

Visitation: None.

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

Gail Beck Carriker

The funeral will be Friday for Gail Beck Carriker, 61, Salisbury, who died Wednesday (March 1, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a year of declining health and a week of serious illness.

Born Oct. 7, 1938, in Rowan County, Mrs. Carriker was a daughter of the late Grover Harold and Lucy Wise Beck. She was a 1956 graduate of Boyden High School. A member of North Main Baptist Church, she had retired in 1996 as North Carolina supervisor of Camp Oil Co. (Sav-A-Ton).

A daughter, Cathy C. Sprinkle, preceded her in death.

Survivors include husband Raymond Carriker, whom she married Oct. 24, 1959; daughters Crystal C. Lomax and Kelly Carriker, both of Salisbury; brother Grover E. Beck, Salisbury; and six grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Friday, Rowan Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Dale Robertson, pastor, North Main Baptist Church.

Visitation: None.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: North Main Baptist Church, 1501 N. Main St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Perlie Marlow Laslow

CHARLOTTE — Perlie May Marlow Laslow, 62, Charlotte, died Wednesday (March 1, 2000) at Genesis ElderCare, Salisbury, after 10 months of declining health.

Born Nov. 28, 1937, in Charleston, S.C., Mrs. Laslow was a daughter of the late Bill and Minnie Viola Tyler Chambers Marlow. A Baptist, she had worked as a store cashier.

She was preceded in death by daughters Crystal Gail Cumbee, Tonia Lynn Cornell and Lee-Ann Nowell.

Survivors include husband Thomas Andrew Laslow, whom she married Oct. 1, 1980; sons Robert Eugene Nowell, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., and John Dorson Nowell, Charleston, S.C.; daughters Cookie Spellings, Memphis,Tenn., Theresa Lynn Nowell, Charleston, S.C., and Judy Lejean Ritchie, Salisbury; and two grandchildren.

Services: A service of remembrance will be held at a later date.

Visitation: None. The family will be at the home of daughter Judy L. Ritchie, Salisbury.

Lyerly Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge.

Memorials: American Cancer Society, Rowan Unit, P.O. Box 1264, Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Dr. Wayland N. McKenzie

ALBEMARLE — Funeral services were to be held this morning for Dr. Wayland Nash McKenzie, 88, 435 N. 10th St., who died Tuesday (Feb. 29, 2000) at Stanly Manor.

Born Dec. 6, 1911, in Ellerbe, Dr. McKenzie was a son of the late Martin and Mary Ethel Tyson McKenzie. A retired family physician, he practiced general medicine in Albemarle from 1945 to 1987.

He attended Norwood Elementary School and was a 1928 graduate of Norwood High School. He graduated from Duke University in 1931 and received his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in 1935. He did his internship at Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Va.

He received a certificate in public health in 1937 from the University of North Carolina. A Stanly County health officer from 1937 to 1945, he was involved with the U.S. Public Service Reserve during World War II.

He was a member of Central United Methodist Church and a life member of the N.C. Medical Society. He was a former member of the Stanly County and American medical associations.

Survivors include wife Alice Lacy McKenzie; sons Wayland Nash McKenzie Jr., Columbia, Mo., William Martin McKenzie, Spruce Pine, and Charles Lacy McKenzie, Weaverville; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

The Rev. Benjamin F. Wilson was to officiate at the 11 a.m. service today at Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel. Burial was to be at Fairview Memorial Park.

The family will be at the home on North 10th Street.

Stephanie Sims Speas

EAST SPENCER — StephanieSims Speas, 37, 128 Correll St., died Wednesday (March 1, 2000) at Beacon Place, Greensboro.

Rowan Funeral Service, Salisbury, is in charge.