LANDIS — Mildred Demarcus, 80, 603 W. Mill St., died Tuesday (May 23, 2000).

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis, is in charge.

Glenn Davidson Foster

MOCKSVILLE — Glenn Davidson Foster, 49, Junction Road, died Monday (May 22, 2000).

Eaton Funeral Home is in charge.

Mary Kearns Joyner

KANNAPOLIS — Mary Kathern Kearns Joyner, 61, 1308 Debbie Circle, died Monday (May 22, 2000) at her home.

Born April 4, 1939, in Montgomery County, Mrs. Joyner was a daughter of C.M. and Mentie Whitley Kearns, Kannapolis. A 1957 graduate of A.L. Brown High School, in her earlier years she was employed by Terry Products Inc.

She retired due to illness in October 1999 from Pillowtex-Fieldcrest-Cannon, Plant 6, sheet department. She was a member of the N.C. Tar Heel Tolers Association.

Survivors, in addition to her parents, include daughters Karen Grisdale Bumgarner, Landis, Teresa G. Jones, Kannapolis, and Melinda Grisdale Dabbs, China Grove; brother J.B. Kearns, Kannapolis; sister Frances Wilson, Ellenboro; five grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by Elder Calvin Harward. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

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

Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, N.C. 28026-1235.

Frances Thompson Krider

The funeral will be Wednesday for Frances Marion Thompson Krider, 88, Trinity Oaks, who died Sunday (May 21, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Feb. 23, 1912, in Rowan County, Mrs. Krider was a daughter of the late Emmette Gray and Gertrude Wise Thompson. A graduate of Boyden High School and Catawba College, she was a homemaker.

A lifelong member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, she did volunteer work with the Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks. She was a member of the Books and Arts Book Club and Rowan Regional Medical Center Auxiliary.

Her husband, James H. Krider Jr., died in 1966.

Survivors include son James H. Krider III, Grand Canyon, Ariz.; daughter Mimi Carlton, Salisbury; brother Emmette Thompson Jr., Salisbury; sister Gertrude T. Ellis, Salisbury; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. John’s Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Carl R. Sachtleben, pastor, and the Rev. John Tucker. Burial, Chestnut Hill Cemetery.

Visitation: 5-7 this evening at the home of her daughter at 10 Lawton Lane.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: St. John’s Lutheran Church, 200 W. Innes St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Boyce Ray Yates

KANNAPOLIS — Boyce Ray Yates, 69, 813 Oakshade Ave., died Monday (May 22, 2000) at his home after a period of declining health.

Born Feb. 22, 1931, in Rowan County, Mr. Yates was a son of the late Jacob Lee and Kitty Bebber Yates. He had retired in 1993 from Overnight Transportation Co. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.

Survivors include wife Diana Walsh Yates; sons Kip Yates, Woodinville, Wash., and Robbie Yates, Old Fort; daughter Tammy Yates, Kannapolis; sister Norma Cote, Green Valley, Ariz.; and four grandchildren.

Services: Memorial, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel.

Visitation: None.