CHARLOTTE — Linda Cauthen Adams, 47, 215 Freeland Ave., died Tuesday (Oct. 31, 2000). She was a native of Iredell County.

Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Rutledge and Bigham Funeral Home, Statesville. Burial, Bible Way No. 6 Cemetery in Troutman.

Visitation: 2:30 to 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Catherine Caldwell

The funeral for Catherine Waiters Caldwell, 77, 612 W. Liberty St., will be held Monday. She died Oct. 30, 2000, at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a period of declining health.

Services: 1 p.m. Monday at Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Clawson. Burial at Salisbury National Cemetery.

Visitation: 12:30-1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Florence Cody

MOCKSVILLE—Florence Cody, 93, a native of Davie County, died Thursday (Nov. 2, 2000) at Guilford Health Care Center in Greensboro after a lengthy illness.

Survivors include daughters Rebecca Isaac of Mocksville, Helen Evans and Lula Nichols, both of Greensboro, Berlena Cody of Yonkers, N.Y., Jenny Llewellyn of Hackensack, N.J., and Patricia Cody of Patterson, N.J.; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Suncay at Shiloh Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Donald Jenkins. Burial at the church cemetery.

Visitation: 1:30-2 p.m. at the church.

Graham Funeral Home is in charge.

‘Bob’ Hampton

LAURINBURG — Robert Worth “Bob” Hampton, 84, 17482 St. John’s Church Road, died Friday (Nov. 3, 2000) at Scotland Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Hampton was a graduate of Catawba College, where he held pitching and home run records. He played professionally for the N.Y. Yankees. He spent 45 years as office manager for Z.V. Pate Inc.

Services: Sunday, 3 p.m., Laurel Hill United Methodist Church, Laurel Hill.

Visitation: After the service in the church fellowship hall.

Memorials: Laurel Hill United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 217, Laurel Hill, NC 28351.

McDougald Funeral Home and Crematorium is in charge.

Adam Afton Lambert

LOCUST—Adam Afton Lambert, 81, 20048-A Coley Store Road, died Thursday (Nov. 2, 2000) at Stanly Manor, Albemarle.

Born April 27, 1919, in Stanly County, he was the son of the late Rettie and Levi Ransom Lambert.

Mr. Lambert had retired from Wells Fargo, where he was an armored car driver. He was a member of West Stanly Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife Mary Helen Smith Lambert; sons Stephen Lambert of Concord and David Lambert of Locust; brother Clayton Lambert of Stanfield; three grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, West Stanly Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Ron Nichols. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Hartsell Funeral Home-Midland.

Joel Manly Lucas

Joel Manly Lucas, 68, 439 Pinewood Ave., died Friday (Nov. 3, 2000) at his home.

Born Dec. 24, 1931, in Rowan County, he was the son of the late Grace Kennerly and Grady Clifford Lucas. Educated in the Landis schools, he was formerly employed by a department store in Florida.

Survivors include wife Jean Correll Lucas; sons Grady R. Lucas of China Grove, and John D. Lucas and Joey E. Lucas, both of Salisbury; daughter Beverly L. Beasley of Lexington; and four grandchildren.

A private memorial service will be held at a later date.

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, is in charge.

Rhonda Goodman Martin

MOORESVILLE—Rhonda Goodman Martin, 30, died Thursday (Nov. 2, 2000).

Born Sept. 29, 1970, in Iredell County, she was the daughter of Pamela Stephens Bohn and Presto Dale Goodman, both of Mooresville. She was a waitress at Midtown Sundries in Cornelius.

Survivors, in addition to her parents, include sons William Troy Martin and Cody Bell Martin; brother Jesse Cole Goodman; twin sister Renne Goodman Readling; stepfather Bruce Bohn; and grandparents Raymer and Mildred Corriher Goodman, Judith Hubbard Earnhardt and Charles Marvin, all of Mooresville.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Lonnie Barnes. Burial at Centenary United Methodist Church cemetery, Mount Ulla.

Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Harriet Beatrice Melton

KANNAPOLIS — Harriet Beatrice Melton, 61, 918 S. Chapel St., died Tuesday (Oct. 31, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born in Chesterfield County, S.C., she was a teacher with the Kannapolis City Schools. She taught high school math for 31 years.

Survivors include husband Wilmer Melton Jr.; sons Wilmer Melton III and Victor Melton, both of Kannapolis; brother Eric Lowery, Baltimore; and sisters Paulette Clark, Mocksville, Shirley Simon, Wadesboro, Ray Anne Short, Chesterfield, S.C., and Esther Mobley and Bernice Melton, both of Salisbury.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday at First Calvary Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Leamon Brown. Burial at 1 p.m. Monday, Rock Springs Baptist Church, Ruby, S.C.

Smith Funeral Home, Wadesboro, is in charge.

Lawrence E. Overby

EDEN — Lawrence E. Overby, 81, 1421 E. Meadow Road, died Thursday (Nov. 2, 2000) at Morehead Memorial Hospital.

He was the father of Joe Overby of Salisbury.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Fair Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Brian Cockram. Burial, DanView Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at funeral home.

Memorials: First Baptist Church of Draper, 1017 Fieldcrest Road, Eden, NC.

Lester L. Poe

Lester L. Poe, 76, 1615 Long Ferry Road, died Friday (Nov. 3, 2000) at his residence after a period of declining health.

Born Jan. 19, 1924, in Salisbury, he was the son of George E. Poe and the late Ellen Brinkle Poe.

A graduate of Dunbar High School in East Spencer, he had retired as a nurse’s assistant at the VA Medical Center. He had also retired from Norfolk Southern Railway. He was a member of New Hope AME Zion Church.

A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was former Scoutmaster of Troop 382 and a former member of Veil & Walker VFW Post.

Survivors, in addition to his father, include wife Allene Brannon Poe; sons Lester L. Poe, Jr. of Springfield, Va., and Eric Poe of Reston, Va.; daughters Leslie E. Parker of Fairfax, Va., and Vera Poe of Monroeville, Pa.; brother Marion Poe of East Spencer; sisters Julia Correll and Ualua Henderson, both of Salisbury; and three grandchildren.

Services: 11:30 a.m. Monday at New Hope AME Zion Church, conducted by the Rev. Retoy Gaston, pastor. Burial at Salisbury National Cemetery.

Visitation: 11 a.m. Monday at the church. Military rites by Salisbury-Rowan Veterans Council.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Bernice Frick Spry

KANNAPOLIS—Bernice Frick Spry, 74, Kannapolis, died Wednesday (Nov. 1, 2000) at Vencor Hospital in Greensboro after a period of declining health.

Born Nov. 21, 1925, in Rowan County, she was the daughter of the late Laura Stoner and Theodore Nathaniel Frick.

A homemaker, Mrs. Frick was educated in the Rowan County schools.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James R. Spry. There are no survivors.

There will be no visitation or services. Burial at City Memorial Park in Salisbury.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

LaVerne Grant Wagner

ROCKWELL—LaVerne “Vern” Grant Wagner, 66, Rockwell, died Friday (Nov. 3, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Born Oct. 19, 1934 in Johnson City, N.Y., he was the son of the late Eileen Conklin and Ervin Wagner. Educated in the New York schools, he had retired from IBM as an internal trucking technician. He was a member of American Quarter Horses of America and Grace Lowerstone United Church of Christ.

Survivors include wife Louise Cobb Wagner; son Scott Wagner of Rockwell; daughter Teri Wagner Morgan of Kiowa, Colo.; brother Neil Wagner of Owego, N.Y.; and five grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday at Grace Lowerstone United Church of Christ, conducted by the Rev. Charles Sigler, interim pastor. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Powles Funeral Home.

Memorials: Grace Lowerstone United Church of Christ, Organ Fund, 2405 Lowerstone Church Road, Rockwell, NC 28138.

Billy Monroe Watson

Billy Monroe Watson, 78, 2160 Barringer Road, died Friday (Nov. 3, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after two weeks of declining health.

Born Oct. 16, 1922, in Rowan County, he was the son of the late Mary Sifford and Walter L. Watson. His stepmother, Ethel Graham Watson, also preceded him in death.

Educated in the Rowan County schools, he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. He had retired from Hoechst-Celanese after 18 years with the company. He was a member of Salem Lutheran Church, Mooresville Moose Lodge 2012 and Tarheel Moose Legion 158.

Survivors include wife Mary Kluttz Watson, whom he married April 20, 1983; sons Billy Alexander Watson of Mooresville, and Billy Brian Watson and Keith Watson, both of Salisbury; daughters Sandra Faye Watson of Mooresville and Sharyn Marlayna Watson of Salisbury; stepsons Charles Lee Martin and Ricky Dale Martin, both of Mooresville; stepdaughters Deborah “Cotton” Proctor of Mooresville and Frances Carrol Garrett of Troutman; brothers John Watson and James “Jim” Watson, both of Salisbury, and Harold Watson of Cornelius; sisters Mildred Louise Hamby and Nancy Cornelius Biggers, both of Salisbury, Betty Jean Bowers of Greensboro and Linda Sharon Wall of Raleigh; 17 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Sunday at Salem Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Clarence Sifford, pastor. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Summersett Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the Barringer Road residence.