CHARLOTTE — The funeral will be Wednesday for John Leonard Boyd, 57, who died Saturday (May 27, 2000) at Presbyterian Hospital.

Born June 18, 1942, in Salisbury, Mr. Boyd was a son of the late John Lee and Selwyn Mebane Boyd. He had been employed for over 31 years with United Engineering Group, formerly Mechanical Engineers. He was a member and deacon at Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church. A veteran, he served in the U.S. National Guard for seven years.

Survivors include wife Sherrie Boyd; and daughter Shauna Boyd.

Services: Graveside, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury. Memorial, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Greg Gillispie.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service, Wilson Chapel.

Memorials: Hickory Grove Presbyterian Church, Building Fund, 5735 E. W.T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte, N.C. 28215.

Jhockton Farrand Dalton

MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Thursday for Jhockton Farrand Dalton, 16, who died Saturday (May 27, 2000) from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Born in Rockingham County, the youth was a son of Thomas and Gloria Diane Roberts Dalton. He was a rising senior at Davie High School, where he was on the football, track and wrestling teams and was a member of Junior ROTC and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He worked with Special Olympics and was a former member of the Davie High School marching band.

He was a member of New Jerusalem Holiness Church and was employed by Taco Bell in Mocksville.

Survivors, in addition to his parents, include maternal grandmother and step-grandfather, Charles and Geraldine Boyd, Eden; maternal great-grandparents Burton and Cinda Matthews, Eden; paternal grandparents Charles and Helen Dalton, Mocksville; and paternal great-grandmother Flora Mack, Mocksville.

Services: 3 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Steven Dalton and Bishop Robert Ijames. Burial, Rose Cemetery.

Visitation: 2 p.m. Thursday at the church. At other times the family will be at the home of his grandparents, 241 Hemlock St.

Graham Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Davie High Athletic Booster Club, Davie High School, 1200 Salisbury Road, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.

James Kyle Gregory

MOCKSVILLE — James Kyle Gregory, 34, Dulin Road, died Sunday (May 28, 2000) at his home.

Born June 5, 1965, in Forsyth County, Mr. Gregory was a son of James W. Gregory Jr. and Linda Robertson Gregory, Mocksville. He graduated from Davie County High School in 1983 and was a member of Smith Grove United Methodist Church.

Survivors, in addition to his parents, include sisters Kristi Shannon, Winston-Salem, and Kim Harris, Advance.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Eaton Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Robert McLawhorn and the Rev. Ray O’Ferrell. Burial, Smith Grove United Methodist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Smith Grove United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall Fund, c/o Sue Boggs, 516 Dulin Road, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.

Mary Sellers Moore

CHINA GROVE — The funeral will be Wednesday for Mary Elizabeth Sellers Moore, 68, 420 Backwoods Lane, who died Sunday (May 28, 2000) at her home after four months of illness.

Born Feb. 19, 1932, in Chesterfield County, S.C., Mrs. Moore was a daughter of the late Tom and Essie Eddings Sellers. She had retired in 1989 as an inspector at Cannon Mills’ cutting department. She was a Baptist.

Her husband, Johnny Moore, died in 1990.

Survivors include son Perry Wallace, China Grove; daughters Mary Wallace, China Grove, Sandra Winburn, Salisbury, and Darlene Stowe, Kannapolis; stepsons Terry Moore, Kannapolis, and Ronnie Moore, Colorado; stepdaughters Adelta Comer, Kannapolis, and Ann Moore, Salisbury; 13 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Stephen Autry. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of Perry Wallace, 430 Backwoods Lane.

Memorials: Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., Suite A, Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Annie Bell McCleave

Annie Bell Butler McCleave, 87, formerly of 1125 Grady St., died Sunday (May 28, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born May 26, 1913, in Concord, Mrs. McCleave was a daughter of the late Ed and Carrie Hunter Black Butler. Educated in the Cabarrus County schools, she had retired as an employee of the District of Columbia. She was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include brothers O’Neal “Bill Jack” Butler, Howard Butler and Edward “June” Butler, all of Kannapolis; and sisters Virginia Thomas and Amanda Singleton, both of Kannapolis, and Mattie Clayborne, Monroe.

Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home Chapel. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of Luvenia Lyles, 915 South Caldwell St., Salisbury.

Brasco L. ‘Sam’ Mull

MORGANTON — Brasco L. “Sam” Mull, 93, Morganton, father of Mary Ida Hess, Salisbury, died Sunday (May 28, 2000) at his home.

Services: 4 today, Bethel United Methodist Church. The body will be placed in the church at 3:30. Burial, church cemetery. At other times the family will be at the home.

Sossoman Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Bethel United Methodist Church, 1338 Bethel Road, Morganton, N.C. 28655.

Perry Cluster Phillips

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Wednesday for Perry Cluster Phillips, 57, 404 Ford St., who died Sunday (May 28, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after 10 years of declining health and four years of serious illness.

Born Nov. 6, 1932, in Royston, Ga., Mr. Phillips was a son of the late Wilburn “Red” and Eliza Louise Adams Phillips. He was a member of Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church and a volunteer firefighter with Kannapolis Fire Department. Retired, he had worked for the Kannapolis Water Department and had earlier been employed by Cannon Mills for many years.

Survivors include wife Anne Aldridge Phillips; sons Mark Anthony Phillips, Kannapolis, and Joshua Lee Phillips, of the home; and sisters Faye Ward and Lillian Royal, both of Kannapolis, and Myrtle Fullerton, Mount Ulla.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church, conducted by the Rev. Todd Posey, the Rev. Ralph Adams and the Rev. Marvin Goodnight. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

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

John Thomas Steele

CLEVELAND — The funeral will be Thursday for John Thomas “J.T.” Steele, 81, who died Sunday (May 28, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, after six weeks of serious illness.

Born April 12, 1919, in Rowan County, Mr. Steele was a son of the late Walter and Caroline McHenry Steele. He was educated in the Rowan County schools. A veteran of World War II, he retired from Southern Railway in 1980.

A lifelong member of Cedar Grove AME Zion Church, he was a trustee, past president of the trustee board, lay council and the steward board and was pastor’s steward. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner and a member of Eureka Lodge 45, Samuel J. Torrence Lodge of Perfection No. 1, Willie J. Byers Chapter Roxe Croix, Robert W. Chambers Consistory and Mount Nebo Shrine Club.

His wife, Sallie Watson Steele, died in 1982.

Survivors include son Thomas M. Steele, Flemington, N.J.; daughters Catrelia Steele Hunter, Cleveland, Carolyn Steele Snipes and Sybil Steele Henderson, both of Durham, Marsha Steele Knox, Greensboro, and Rachel Steele Hunter, East Spencer; 12 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Thursday, Cedar Grove AME Zion Church, conducted by the Rev. Kevin L. Williamson and the Rev. Karen Miller. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, Salisbury. At other times the family will be at the home at 3885 Woodleaf Barber Road.

Memorials: Cedar Grove AME Zion Church, P.O. Box 180, Cleveland, N.C. 27013.

Thomas Otha Wilson

MIDLAND — Thomas Otha Wilson, 68, 13163 Peppercorn Lane, died Sunday (May 28, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born May 3, 1932, in Mooresville, Mr. Wilson was a son of the late Thomas Otha and Virginia Theadoshia Ervin Wilson. A truck driver for Southern Star Trucking, he was a member of Harmony Baptist Church, Stanfield, and a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

Survivors include wife Earlene C. Wilson; stepsons Donald R. Bedsole, Salisbury, Richard H. Bedsole, Welcome, and Ronald D. Bedsole, Tampa, Fla.; and stepdaughter Pamela Parks, Lexington.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hartsell Funeral Home, Midland, conducted by Jimmy Bartley.

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

Dorothy Vinzant Schneider

MOCKSVILLE — Dorothy Vinzant Schneider, 69, 171 Edgewood Circle, died Monday (May 29, 2000) at her home.

Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge of arrangements.

Thellis Gertrude Brewer

MOCKSVILLE — Thellis Gertrude Brewer, 87, of Angell Road, died Saturday (May 27, 2000) at Autumn Care of Mocksville.

Born April 6, 1913, in Davie County, Mrs. Brewer was a daughter of the late William Batson and Mary LuCretia Bowden Allen. A homemaker, she was a member of Eatons Baptist Church, Cana Homemakers Club, and the East Davie Senior Club.

Her husband of 63 years, Herman Gray Brewer, preceded her in death.

Survivors include son Eugene G. Brewer, Mocksville; daughter Martha Hunt, Mocksville; and three grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. today, Eatons Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. David Gilbreath. Burial in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30.

Visitation: In the church reception hall following the service.

Memorials: Eaton Baptist Church, Cemetery Fund, 430 Eatons Church Road, Mocksville, N.C. 27028; or Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Organ Fund, 1913 U.S. Highway 601 Mocksville, N.C. 27028.

James Mack Crowell

SPENCER — James Mack Crowell, 72, died Monday (May 29, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

“Max” Luther Greer

ROCKWELL — “Max” Luther Greer, 61, died Monday (May 29, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Sept. 20, 1938, in Watauga County, Mr. Greer was a son of Win M. and Zelma Luther Greer of Salisbury. Educated in the Ashe County schools, he attended Rowan Technical Institute (Rowan-Cabarrus Community College) and the N.C. Truck Driving School. Employed by Akers Motor Line for 10 years, he later worked for Abex Federal Mogul since September 1977.

Survivors include wife Carole Graham Greer, whom he married on May 17, 1958; son Michael Greer, Rockwell; daughters Bambi Faw Amick, Raleigh, and Susan G. Pickler, Salisbury; brothers Rex W. and Robert M. Greer, both of Salisbury; and five grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Powles Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Jamie Hamrick, pastor of Rock Grove United Methodist Church. Burial in Brookhill Memorial Gardens.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home.

Memorials: Rock Grove United Methodist Church, 1110 Shuping Mill Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28146.

Julia Poplin Leonard

ALBEMARLE — Julia Poplin Leonard, 81, of 21719 Rogers Road, Richfield, died Sunday (May 28, 2000) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Born Aug. 30, 1918, in Stanly County, Mrs. Leonard was a daughter of the late Adam Luther and Phodia Elizabeth Thompson Poplin. She was a former retied winder with American & Efird.

She was preceded in death by her husband James Albert Leonard.

Survivors include son James A. Leonard Jr., Richfield; daughters Sue Carol L. Swaringen, Albemarle, Zelia Ann L. Springer and Rebecca Jo L. Ingram, both of Richfield; sister Jewel Starnes, Richfield; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services: 4 p.m. today, Paul’s Crossing Baptist Church, Richfield, conducted by the Rev. Jessie R. Dennis. Burial in the church cemetery.

Visitation: The family will be at the home of Becky Ingram, 41227 Parsonage Road, Richfield.