ALBEMARLE — Lena Odessa Lowder Burleson, 95, 26750 Burleson Road, died Tuesday (March 21, 2000) at North Carolina Lutheran Nursing Homes, Inc.

Born April 30, 1904, in Stanly County, Mrs. Burleson had been a business woman and farmer and had worked in the dairy and poultry business. She was a member of Pine Grove United Methodist Church.

Survivors include sons Jay Brice, Ted E. and Johnny P. Burleson, all of Albemarle; daughters Ruby B. Greene and Hilda B. Snuggs, both of Albemarle, and Del B. Nunn, Charlotte; 14 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday,Pine Grove United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Curran Welch and the Rev. Martha Welch. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Burleson Road.

Memorials: Pine Grove United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 29844 N.C. Hwy. 24/27, Albemarle, N.C. 28001.

Paul Bryant Burr

ALBEMARLE —Paul Bryant Burr, 60, 714 W. Oakwood Ave., died Tuesday (March 21, 2000) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Born Sept. 1, 1939, in Brunswick County, Mr. Burr was a son of Estelle Lefler Burr, Albemarle, and the late John D. Burr. He had worked as a dock attendant at Collins &Aikman.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include wife Betty Jean “Bet” Huneycutt Burr; son Paul Burr Jr., Albemarle; daughter Tamala “Tammy” Freeman, Albemarle; brothers Bill Burr, Thomasville, Haywood Burr, Gresham, S.C., and Kenneth Burr, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; sister Linda Long, Albemarle; and three grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Friday, Fairview Memorial Park, conducted by Barry Dick.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Hartsell Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on West Oakwood Avenue.

Memorials: Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle,N.C. 28001.

Esther Shenk Butler

Esther Shenk Butler, 85, Salisbury, died Wednesday (March 22, 2000) at The Laurels of Salisbury.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Vivian Wiseman Crawford

The funeral will be Friday for Vivian Wiseman Crawford, 54, 103 Hemlock Drive, who died Monday (March 21, 2000) at her home after a period of declining health.

Born May 18, 1945, in Salisbury, Mrs. Crawford was a daughter of the late Sherman and Ethel Mitchell Wiseman. She had attended Monroe Street School, J.C. Price High School and Rowan Technical College, now Rowan Cabarrus Community College. Last employed at Granite Knitwear, she was a former member of Soldiers Memorial AMEZion Church.

Survivors include husband George Crawford; son Durwood Bynum, Salisbury; daughter Racquell Crawford, of the home; foster daughter Quanesha Campbell, Salisbury; sisters Margie Saulters, Edith Childers and Peggy Rankin, all of Salisbury, Mary Wiseman-Lyons, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Nell Roberts, Charlotte; and one grandchild.

Services: Noon, Friday, A.R. Kelsey Memorial Chapel,Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Willie Aldrich. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: None.

Noel Davis

ROCKWELL — Noel Davis, 37, Rockwell, died Tuesday (March 21, 2000).

Evergreen Cremation Service is in charge.

Irene Harless Rash

WEST JEFFERSON — Irene Harless Rash, 86, mother of Malcolm Rash, Salisbury, died Tuesday (March 21, 2000) at Ashe Memorial Hospital.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Buffalo Baptist Church. Burial,Lewis Family Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Boone Family Funeral Home.

Memorials: Buffalo Baptist Church, c/o Kim Harless, 218 Beaver Drive, West Jefferson, N.C. 28694.

Margaret Cagle

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Thursday for Margaret Sides Cagle, 78, 1003 Michigan Ave., who died Monday (March 20, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after a period of declining health.

Born Nov. 27, 1921, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Cagle was a daughter of the late Herman and Nina Brown Sides. She had retired after 46 years fromTerry Products and was a member of Royal Oaks Baptist Church.

Her husband, Elsie Martin Cagle, died March 30, 1969.

Survivors include son Donald R. Cagle, Montgomery, Ala.; sisters Helen Kiser, Greenville, S.C., and Wilma Brigman, Levay Jordan and Zelia Pope, all of Kannapolis; brother Herman Sides Jr., Kannapolis; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Royal Oaks Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Leon Smith. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 12:30-2 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Royal Oaks Baptist Church, 904 Texas St., Kannapolis, N.C. 28083.

Florence P. Underwood

ALBEMARLE — Florence Poplin Underwood, 91, 33426 Old Salisbury Road, died Monday (March 20, 2000) at Britthaven of Piedmont.

Born May 20, 1908, in Stanly County, Mrs. Underwood was a daughter of the late Rufus J. and Eliza Whitley Poplin. A homemaker, she attended Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church, Oakboro.

Her husband, Roy Underwood, died in 1978.

Survivors include daughter Evelyn U. Farrar, Charlotte; brother Johnny Ray Poplin, Marshville; sisters Bobbie Smith, Elsie Burris and Ruby Smith, all of Albemarle, Faye McIntyre and Joyce Lineberry, both of Asheboro, Hazeline Herrin, Charlotte, and Dolores Underwood, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; and two step-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, conducted by Elder Rom Kerley. Burial, Liberty Hill Primitive Baptist Church cemetery, Oakboro.