CONCORD — William “Bill” Henry Haynes, 77, 219 Easy St., died Friday (March 24, 2000)NorthEast Medical Center.

Born Sept. 6, 1922, in Rowan County, Mr. Haynes was a son of the late Charles Daniel and Mary Powlas Haynes. He had retired from the supply department at Cannon Mills, Plant 4, Kannapolis. A member of First Wesleyan Church, he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include wife Viola Mae Williams Haynes; sons Jimmie Deryle Haynes, Virginia Beach, Va., and David Reid Haynes, Florida; stepdaughter Linda Lee Brown,Keedysville, Md.; sister Ethel Haynes Hunt, Lexington; and brothers Harry Lee and Guy Haynes, both of China Grove, Ralph Haynes, Concord, Charlie Junior Haynes, Kannapolis, and Joseph Haynes, Lexington.

Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, First Wesleyan Church, Kannapolis. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, with military graveside rites conducted by DAV Chapter 27 of Concord.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials:First Wesleyan Church, 301 Bethpage Road, Kannapolis, N.C. 28081.

Nelda Jean Carroll Imbert

CHINA GROVE — Nelda Jean Carroll Imbert, 55, China Grove, died Saturday (March 25, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home in Landis is in charge.

‘Dean’ McCurdy

KANNAPOLIS —Claudine “Dean” McCurdy, 72, 2887 N. Cannon Blvd., died Thursday (March 23, 2000)at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born Aug. 21, 1927, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. McCurdy was a daughter of the late Lelia Mae St. Clair and John Wheeler Walker. She spent 14 years as a keypunch operator with Central Motor Lines in Charlotte.

A graduate of J.W. Cannon High School’s class of 1945, Mrs. McCurdy was a member of Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, the Mariam Winslow Chapter of the Eastern Star and VFW Ladies Auxiliary Post 8989.

Survivors include husband James Wade McCurdy; daughter Vicki McCurdy Lumsden, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; son Randy Steven McCurdy, Morganton; and a granddaughter.

Services: Sunday, 2:30 p.m., Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Doug Kearney and the Rev. Hoke Ritchie. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove, with services provided by the Eastern Star.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials:Western Carolina Center, Mulberry Cottage, 300 Enola Road, Morganton, N.C. 28655.

Virginia Morton Smith

ALBEMARLE — Virginia Taylor Morton Smith, 79, 632 N. Third St., died Friday (March 24, 2000)at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Born Jan. 25, 1921, in Stanly County, Mrs. Smith was a daughter of the late Ila Carter and Marion O. Taylor. A homemaker, she was a member of White Crest Baptist Church.

Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by her husbands, Coney H. Morton and Leland Smith, and a daughter, Helen M. Lowder.

Survivors include son Joe F. Morton, Albemarle; brother Marion “Gus”Taylor,Norwood; sisters Sarah Simpson, Albemarle, and Mary Ellen Morgan, Wilmington; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Ray Moon. Burial, Fairview Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of son Joe Morton, 632 N. Third St.

Betty Tabor Stringer

CLEVELAND — The funeral for Betty Tabor Stringer, 68, 4550 Foster Road, will be Sunday. Mrs. Stringer died Wednesday (March 22, 2000)at her residence after two years of declining health.

She is survived by a sister Mrs. James (Louise) Clement, Mocksville.

Services:3 p.m. Sunday, Rock Hill Church of Christ, Cleveland, conducted by Anthony Reese.

Visitation:2 p.m. Sunday, Rock Hill Church of Christ, Cleveland.

Noble and Kelsey FuneralHome is in charge.

William Buren Whitley

OAKBORO — William Buren Whitley, 88, 16343 Highway 24/27, died Thursday (March 23, 2000)at Stanly Memorial Hospital, Albemarle.

Born May 5, 1911, in Stanly County, Mr. Whitley was a son of the late Anceline McClure and Nathaniel Greene Whitley. A graduate of Ridgecrest School, he had retired from Cannon Mills in Kannapolis, where he was bleachery foreman.

Survivors include wife Velma Barbee Whitley; son Rodney Whitley, Oakboro; daughters Lynette Whitley Whitley, Oakboro, Nell Whitley Beam, Monroe, and Wanda Whitley Barbee, La Grange, Ga.; sisters Martha Tucker and Sara McDaniel, both of Oakboro; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Services: 2 p.m. today, Red Cross Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Garry Baker and the Rev. Fred Hopkins. Burial, church cemetery.

Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle, in charge.