Robert Adams

KANNAPOLIS — Robert Adams, 86, 215 N. Little Texas Road, died Friday (Nov. 10, 2000)at Concord Nursing Home.

Born May 8, 1914, in in Chester County, S.C., Mr. Adams was a son of the late Elliott and Nannie Ferguson Adams.He worked at Cannon Mills for 24 years. A member of First Baptist Church, he was on the Trustee Board for 60 years and chairman 32 years. He was president of the vocal choir and singing convention (CCHKS), layman, Men’s Sunday School Class and the Men’s Choir.

Survivors include son Robert Adams Jr., of the home; brother J.T. Adams, Lorraine, Ohio; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services:2:30 p.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. P.C. Holland. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Bryant-Lytle-Young Funeral Home in charge.

Donald Avery Beck

BADIN — Donald Avery Beck, 79, 37 Elm St., died Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2000) at his residence.

Born Feb. 13, 1921, in Badin, Mr. Beck was a son of the late Ola Mae Cruse Beck and Seba Elbert Beck. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Badin served as Sunday school teacher, Sunday school superintendent, deacon, treasurer, elder and vice moderator. He retired as an accountant from Alcoa and was a member of the 25 Year Club.

He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Norwich University, Northfield, Vt. Mr. Beck was a World War IIveteran of the 15th Air Corps where he flew 36 combat sorties. He was a member of the North Carolina Army National Guard and commanded the unit in Albemarle for 12 years. He retired as Ex-O of the 196th Reconnaissance Squadron with the rank of major. He was a past commander of the Badin VFW.

Survivors include wife Joy Beck; daughters Jo Anne B. Stanly, Pfafftown, Sherry B. Blalock, Lawrenceville, Ga., and Jan B. Morris, Badin; sisters Phyllis Thompson, Charlotte and Billie Ramsey, Salisbury; and six grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church of Badin, conducted by the Rev. Dan Wray and the Rev. Robert Smith. Burial, Fairview Memorial Park, Albemarle.

Visitation:6-8 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials:First Presbyterian Church of Badin, P.O. Box 776, Badin, NC 28009-0776 or Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, NC 28001.

Alvin Clifford Berg

Alvin Clifford Berg, 87, Salisbury, died Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2000)at Lutheran Home of Trinity Oaks.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Lulabelle Johnson Boyd

Lulabelle Johnson Boyd, 91, 701 W. Foster St., died Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2000)at Brightmore Nursing Center after several years of declining health.

Born Nov. 12, 1909, in Lincoln County, she was a daughter of the late Annie Graham and James “Jimmy”Johnson. Educated in public schools of Lincoln County, she retired as a domestic worker. She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, Boyden Quarters, the Missionary Circle, former past president usher, a member of Willing Workers, senior choir and a Mother of the Church. She was a member of Westside Community Club and Court of Calanthe.

Her husband, Jethro Boyd, died June 13, 1971. Son Jethro Boyd Jr., and daughter Annie Boyd Lee also preceded her in death.

Survivors include son Claude Boyd, Queens, N.Y.; daughters Dorothy Gardner and Helen Eberhart, both of Salisbury; brothers Robert Johnson, Salisbury and J.W. Johnson, Mooresville; sisters Viola Partee and Frances Wilson, both of High Point, and Callie Shaver, Springfield, Mass.; 23 grandchildren; 44 great-grandchildren; and 39 great-great-grandchildren.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Juanita D. D’Oyley

Juanita D. D’Oyley, 69, 417 Livingstone Ave., died Monday (Nov. 13, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Anne Ennis Estep

Anne Ennis Estep, 83, Woodstock, Va., died Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2000) at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Regenia Meadows Gardner

KANNAPOLIS — Regenia Meadows Gardner, 98, formerly of 1218 Margaret Ave., died Monday (Nov. 13, 2000) at Transitional Health Services after five years of declining health.

Born Oct. 8, 1902, in Jones County, Mrs. Gardner was a daughter of the late Isaac B. and Jennie Collins Meadows. She had been principal of a two-room school in Hartsville, S.C., for several years. She worked for Kannapolis City schools as a first grade teacher at Shadybrook Elementary School for 20 years, winning the first Teacher of the Year award in the school system. She was a longtime member of Shadybrook Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for 30 years and conducted many seminars. She and her husband, the late Rev. R.F. Gardner, helped organize Lane Street Baptist Church.

She was also preceded in death by her first husband, the Rev. Roy A. Griffin, and her second husband the Rev. Byrch Kelley.

Survivors include sons Roy L. Griffin, Kannapolis, and Donald R. Griffin, Denton; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services:11 a.m. Thursday, Shadybrook Baptist Church, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Charlie Littlejohn, the Rev. David Troutman and the Rev. Byrch L. Griffin. Graveside service, 4 p.m. Thursday, Magnolia Cemetery, Hartsville, S.C.

Visitation: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of son Roy Griffin.

Memorials:Shadybrook Baptist Church, 1009 Oakwood Ave., Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Jessie Mae Graze

Jessie Mae Graze, 82, New York, formerly of Salisbury, died Sunday (Nov. 12, 2000) at her residence.

Born Feb. 24, 1918, in Winnsboro, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Veola Miller and Jesse Kelly. She was educated at Dunbar High School and in Granite Quarry.

Survivors include brother Frank Kelly, Salisbury, and sister Mary K. Bailey, East Spencer.

Services:10 a.m. Friday, Mount Olive Baptist Church.

Unity Funeral Home, New York, N.Y., is in charge.

Thelma Jean Griffin

ROCKWELL — Thelma Jean Shuping Griffin, 62, 5810 Highway 152 East, died Monday (Nov. 13, 2000)at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born Feb. 27, 1938, in Rowan County, she was a daughter of the late Lester Carl and Martha Ellen Saultz Shuping. Educated in Rowan County schools and at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, she retired from Cannon Mills. She was a member of Organ Lutheran Church and Rockwell AMVET Auxiliary.

Survivors include husband Andy A. Griffin; son Andrew Dean Griffin, Granite Quarry; daughters Debbie Goforth, Gold Hill, Susie Thornburg, Florida, Tammie Drew, Gold Hill, Barbara Boling, Granite Quarry, and Sandra Hollman, Rockwell; brothers Lester Carl Shuping Jr. and Thomas Ray Shuping, both of Rockwell; sisters Shirley Joann Rogers, Rockwell, Brenda Carol Shuping and Cathy Dianne Phillips, both of Salisbury; and 12 grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Organ Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. John Pless. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter Debbie Goforth, 320 Liberty Road, Gold Hill.

Beulah L.F. Kluttz

Beulah Lingle Fesperman Kluttz, 106, formerly of Faith, died Monday (Nov. 13, 2000)at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Aug. 18, 1894, in Rowan County, Mrs. Kluttz was a daughter of the late Mary Trexler and Littleton Lingle. Educated in Rowan County schools, she was a homemaker and a school teacher for one year and a principal for one year.

She was the oldest member of Faith Lutheran Church, and taught Sunday school for many years. She helped reorganize Faith’s Fourth of July Celebration in 1947.

Her first husband, Junius M. Fesperman, died Aug. 25, 1970; her second husband, W. Lee Kluttz, died Oct. 14, 1999.

Survivors include son Marcelle Fesperman, Salisbury; daughter Elaine Fesperman Thomas, Salisbury; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Services:2 p.m. Thursday, Faith Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Keith Copeland, pastor. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation:7-8:30 tonight, Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell.

Memorials:Faith Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 669, Faith, NC 28041.

Bertha Gilland Lentz

KANNAPOLIS — Bertha Gilland Lentz, 84, 604 Peach St., died Monday (Nov. 13, 2000)at Five Oaks Nursing Center, Concord.

Born Oct. 16, 1916, in Iredell County, she was a daughter of the late William Ivey and Edna Teaster Gilland. She was a member of Midway United Methodist Church where she was very active in her earlier years. She retired from Cannon Mills plant 1 No. 7 spinning room after 55 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer B. Lentz.

Survivors include son Earl B. Lentz; sister Margaret Gilland Turner, Kannapolis; two grandsons; and one great-grandchild.

Services:2 p.m. Thursday, Midway United Methodist Church, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Billy Rintz. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of grandson, Barry Lentz, 105 Landmark Drive, Kannapolis.

Memorials:Midway United Methodist Church, 708 S. Main St., Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Norma Woodman Maynard

Norma Woodman Maynard, 72, Salisbury, died Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.

Born Aug. 23, 1928, in Holbrook Mass., Mrs. Maynard was a daughter of the late Edith Mae Roundtree and LeRoy Woodman. Educated in Holbrook, Mass., schools she was a homemaker. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Salisbury-Rowan Choral Society, Rufty-Homes Senior Center, Taste of the Town and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels.

Her husband, Arnold Frederick Maynard, died June 6, 1997.

Survivors include sons William Arthur Maynard, Weddington, and James Arnold Maynard, Columbus, Ohio; brother William Woodman, Holbrook, Mass.; and four grandchildren.

Services:10:30 a.m. Thursday, Lyerly Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Long Dinh, Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial, Salisbury National Cemetery, Military Avenue.

Visitation:Prayer service, 7 tonight at the funeral home, followed by visitation until 8:30 p.m.

Memorials:Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 128 N. Fulton St., Salisbury, or Rufty-Holmes Senior Center, 1120 S. Boundary St., both Salisbury, NC 28144.

Walter McGee

The funeral will be Wednesday for Walter McGee, 86, 535 N. Cedar St., who died Saturday (Nov. 11, 2000) at his residence after a serious illness of two months.

Services: 2 today, United House of Prayer For All People, conducted by Elder A.M. Oakley. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 1:30 today at the church.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Katheryn Tate Nash

CHARLOTTE —Katheryn Tate Nash, 89, formerly of Salisbury, died Monday (Nov. 13, 2000)at her residence after three years of declining health.

Born Dec. 17, 1910, in Dawson, Texas, Mrs. Nash was a daughter of the late Lucy Forbes and John Tate. Educated in Goldsboro schools, she was self-employed in the real estate business and was a homemaker. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Salisbury.

Survivors include husband Gilbert E. “Pete” Nash, whom she married Jan. 22, 1951; stepson Gilbert H. “Pete” Nash, Altamonte Springs, Fla.; two grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services:Graveside, 1 p.m. Thursday, Rowan Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Fred H. Crisco, minister of Maupin Avenue ARP Church.

Visitation:None. The body will be at Summersett Funeral Home until taken to the cemetery.

Memorials:Hospice of Charlotte, 1331 The Plaza, Charlotte, NC 28205.

J.N. Richardson Jr.

MOCKSVILLE —J.N. Richardson Jr., 76, Highway 158, died Monday (Nov. 13, 2000)at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born Sept. 10, 1924, in Richmond, Va., Mr. Richardson was a son of the late Chessie Carter and James N. Richardson. He worked with Pennington Chevrolet for 35 years and then went to Davie County schools until he retired as head mechanic. He was a member of Smith Grove United Methodist Church and Smith Grove Ruritan Club.

His wife of 56 years, Katherine W. Richardson, died Aug. 1, 2000.

Survivors include son Charles Richardson, Advance; daughter Patricia Richardson, Mocksville; sisters Sadie Rice, Mocksville, Irene Hege, Lexington, and Lillian Tallent, Advance; and four grandchildren.

Services:6 p.m. Thursday, Smith Grove United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Bobby Swain and the Rev. Ray Offerel. Burial, 11 a.m. Friday, church cemetery.

Visitation:Immediately following the service at the church.

Memorials: Donor’s choice.

Davie Funeral Service in charge.

John William “Bill”Smith

KANNAPOLIS —John William “Bill” Smith, 83, 317 Pine St., died Monday (Nov. 13, 2000)at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born Oct. 24, 1917, in Washington, Ga., Mr. Smith was a son of the late Sidney Dewitt and Vedie Ethel Page Smith. He was a member of West Point Baptist Church and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in Germany. He was a lifetime member of VFW Poston-Perkins Post 8989. He worked at Cannon Mills Co plant 1 finishing department, running a tinnet frame until he retired in 1982.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Goldia Belvin Smith; daughter Brenda S. Stowe, Belmont; son John S. Smith, York, S.C.; sisters Doris Major, Kentucky, Barbara Davidson, South Carolina, and Sue Bromirski, Connecticut; brother Grady Smith, Kannapolis.; and three grandchildren.

Services:11 a.m. Thursday, Whitley’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis, with military rites by DAV Chapter 27.

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

Nellie Weddington Wilcox

KANNAPOLIS — Nellie Weddington Wilcox, 88, formerly of the Enochville community, died Tuesday (Nov. 14, 2000)at Brian Center, Kannapolis.

Born Jan. 15, 1912, in Rowan County, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Elva Brawley Weddington. She was a member of Bethpage United Methodist Church, Kannapolis, and lifetime member of United Methodist Women and a former Sunday school teacher. She retired from Cannon Mills cutting room in 1977. She was a former member of the YMCA Senior Citizens Club, YMCA Gleaners Club and the YMCA Chorus.

Her husband James Monroe Wilcox, who died Feb. 21, 1989.

Survivors include daughter Lynda W. Parnell, Concord; brothers Frank Weddington, Landis, and William Weddington, Kannapolis; sister Ethel W. Heglar, Kannapolis; three grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

Services:2 p.m. Thursday, Bethpage United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Randy Foster. Burial, Prospect Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Mooresville.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home.

Memorials:Bethpage United Methodist Church, c/o Building Fund, 109 Fellowship Ave., Kannapolis, NC 28081.