Mildred Bradley Benton

CHARLOTTE —Mildred Bradley Benton, 83, Charlotte, died Monday (March 6, 2000) at Presbyterian Hospital.

A native of Charlotte, she was the daughter of the late Edwin and Irene Holland Bradley. She had retired as a receptionist at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport. She was a member of Steelberry United Methodist Church.

Her husband, James Cashion Benton, preceded her in death.

Survivors include sons James C. Benton Jr. and Brad Benton, both of Salisbury; daughters Iris Benton Cavin, Davidson, and Rebecca Benton Rivers, Mount Pleasant, S.C.; 15 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Harry and Bryant Co., Chapel in the Oaks, conducted by the Rev.Ben Wenning., Burial, Oaklawn Cemetery.

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

Memorials: American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte, N.C. 28202.

Sandy Celette Blalock

ALBEMARLE — Sandy Celette Blalock, 25, 315 S. Second St., died Sunday (March 5, 2000).

Born Dec. 15, 1974, in Stanly County, Mrs. Blalock was a daughter of Ruby Lee Harwood, Albemarle. She was a truck driver with Englund Trucking.

Survivors, in addition to her mother, include sons Timmy Junior Drake and Tyler Spenser Harris, both of Monroe; sister Tammy Michelle Whitehead, Winston-Salem; grandfather Cecil Davis, Siler City; and grandmother Annie Yeager, Siler City.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Jerry Crisco. Burial, Norview Gardens, Norwood.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. The family will be at the home of her mother, Ruby Harwood, 315-D S. Second St.

Dr. Jacqueline Brodar

LEXINGTON — Dr. Jacqueline Brodar, 68, a resident Lexington and Fancy Gap, Va., died Sunday (March 5, 2000) at her home on South Main Street.

Born Dec. 29, 1931, in McKeesport, Pa., Dr. Brodar was the daughter of the late Dr. John Cannon and Saphronia Miller Green. She was a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa.

She was past president of the North Carolina Chiropractic Women’s Auxiliary and the Chalet High Ladies Auxiliary. She was also a member of Lexington Chapter 98, Order of the Eastern Star.

Her husband, Dr. John Louis Brodar, died Sept. 11, 1999.

Survivors include sons Daniel M. Brodar, Dr. Steven J. Brodar and Vinton Dwight Brodar, all of Lexington; daughter Rebecca L. Brodar, Forest City; and four grandchildren.

Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sheets Memorial Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Frankie Matthews. Burial, Forest Hill Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on South Main Street.

Memorials: Hospice of Davidson County, P.O. Box 1941, Lexington, N.C. 27293; or Sheets Memorial Baptist Church, 210 Cotton Grove Road, Lexington, N.C. 27292.

Carol Shoemaker Brown

MOORESVILLE — Carol Shoemaker Brown, 38, 804 Spruce St., died Sunday (March 5, 2000) at her home.

Born Dec. 15, 1961, in Iredell County, Mrs. Brown was a daughter of Nancy Summers Shoemaker, Mooresville, and the late Ralph Vance Shoemaker. She was a cook at a nursing home.

Survivors, in addition to her mother, include son Bradley Edward Brown, Gastonia; sisters Kelly Cass, Mooresville, and Jo Anne Shoemaker, Arizona; and brother Joseph Vance Shoemaker, Soldotna, Alaska.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Neill Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Fred Smith. Burial, Rocky Hill Baptist Church cemetery, Love Valley.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Harold Brent Harless

KANNAPOLIS — Harold Brent Harless, 72, 1116 Birch St., died Sunday (March 5, 2000) at his home.

Born May 16, 1927, in Ashe County, Mr. Harless was a son of the late Byrom and Nellie Mae Hopkins Harless. He served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy and was a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He had retired as a slasher tender at Cannon Mills.

His wife, Mary Turner, died in 1999.

Survivors include stepdaughter Mrs. John (Emory)Deal, China Grove; and three step-grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Wednesday, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. Leon Hawks. Military rites by the Rowan County Veterans Council.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home.

Kenneth Moore Mintz

MOCKSVILLE — Kenneth Moore Mintz, 77, Milling Road, died Monday (March 6, 2000) at Meadowbrook Terrace of Davie, Advance, after several months of declining health.

Born March 10, 1922, in Fayetteville, Mr. Mintz was a son of the late Mary and John D. Mintz. A retired cattle farmer, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He attended Mocksville First Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife Mabel Knuckles Mintz; sons Kenneth Randall Mintz, Las Vegas, and John Mark Mintz, Pleasantos, Calif.; daughter Charlotte Themista, Spencer; brothers Maxie and Dennis Mintz, both of Fayetteville; and two grandchildren.

Services: Memorial, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Eaton Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. William Davis. Burial, Sandhills Veterans Cemetery, Spring Lake.

Visitation: At the funeral home, immediately after the service.

Memorials: Make a Wish Foundation, 200 Central Court Drive, Suite 300, Greensboro, N.C. 27409.

Judith Parker Morrow

The funeral will be held today for Judith Parker Morrow, 60, who died Saturday (March 4, 2000) at The Laurels of Salisbury.

Born Jan. 29, 1940, in Pontiac, Mich., Mrs. Morrow was a daughter of the late Guy and Margie Vincent. She was educated in the schools of Fenton and Morrice, Mich., and at Southwestern Baptist Seminary in Pontiac, Mich.

She earned her nursing license in Howel, Mich. Retired as a licensed practical nurse, she was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church.

Survivors include husband Lewis Morrow, China Grove; sons Stephen Morrow, Gold Hill, Michael Morrow, Rockwell, and James Morrow, Greenville; brothers Guy Taylor, Gold Water, Mich., and Harold and Wes Parker, both of Texas; and sister Donna Parker, Waterfront, Mich.

Services: 2 p.m. today, Tabernacle Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mark Brown. The body was cremated.

Visitation: None.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2515 E. Innes St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Ethel Byerly Simmonds

COOLEEMEE — Ethel Louise Byerly Simmonds, 88, a native of Cooleemee, died at Penick Village, the Episcopal retirement community in Southern Pines.

A daughter of the late Dr. Andrew Baxter and Ethel Grimes Byerly, she earned a degree in physical education from the N.C. College for Women in Greensboro.

During her college years she was a summer volunteer at an Episcopal mission in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia. She enrolled at the Church Training School in Philadelphia after her college graduation.

In 1933 she became a teacher at House of Bethany, an Episcopal mission school for girls in Liberia, where she met her future husband, Harvey Albert Simmonds. They served together in Liberia from their marriage in Dec. 15, 1934, until 1946, when they returned to the United States.

She taught at St. Andrew’s School near Sewanee, Tenn., and in the Sewanee public schools until 1972, when she retired to the Byerly homeplace on Friendship Church Road in Lexington.

While in Lexington, she was a member of Grace Episcopal Church and served on its vestry. In 1991, she moved to Penick Village and became a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.

Her husband died in 1968.

Survivors include sons Harvey Albert Simmonds Jr., now Brother Benedict Simmonds, Berryville, Va., and William Andrew Simmonds, Athens, Ga.; and two granddaughters.

Services: Memorial, 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Penick Village, Southern Pines, and 11 a.m. Saturday, Grace Episcopal Church, Lexington.

Cape Fear Crematory,Fayetteville, in charge.