KANNAPOLIS — John Herbert Black, 72, 461 China Grove Road, died Saturday (Nov. 25, 2000)at his residence after two months of serious illness.

Born March 10, 1928, in Union County, Mr. Black was a son of the late Ernest and Foda Pigg Black. He was employed for 45 years with Fieldcrest-Cannon., Plant 1, where he retired as a supervisor in the quality control sheeting department.

A member of Allen-Graham Masonic Lodge, Kannapolis, he was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

Survivors include wife Mildred Clampet Black; sons Jeremy Wilhelm, of the home; and John Black Jr. and Wilson Black, both of Monroe; sisters Betty Ruth Love and Hannah William, both of Monroe, Glenda Flowe, Charlotte, and Geraldine Gibson, Midland; brothers Hugh and Bobby Black, both of Midland, Jeffrey Black, Indian Trail, and Delane Black, Middlesburg, Fla.; two granddaughters; and one great-grandchild.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home,conducted by the Rev. Thomas Parrish and the Rev. David Parrish. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials:Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026-1235 or Elwood Lane Freewill Baptist Church, 1914 Central Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28083.

Grady Ernest Casey

Grady Ernest Casey, 83, Salisbury, died Sunday (Nov. 26, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Frank Evans

Frank Evans, 75, Salisbury, died Saturday (Nov. 25, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born March 22, 1925, in Rowan County, Mr. Evans was a son of the late James Samuel and Alice Elizabeth Poston Evans. A graduate of Boyden High School, he was employed with N.C. Finishing Co. for 40 years, retiring as third-shift supervisor in 1987.

Mr. Evans was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Harold B. Jarrett American Legion Post 342 and Hudson-Miller-Tatum VFW Post 3006. He served on the board of directors of Home Lighting Supply.

His wife, Lucille Rex Evans, died Sept. 16, 1972.

Survivors include son Milton Frank “Mickey” Evans, Salisbury; sister Katherine E. Reavis, Salisbury; and two grandchildren.

Services:11 a.m. Tuesday, Summersett Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. John Tucker, associate pastor, St. John’s Lutheran Church. Burial, City Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6:30-8 tonight, at the funeral home.

Memorials:St. John’s Lutheran Church, 200 W. Innes St., Salisbury, NC 28144 or Stallings Memorial Baptist Church, 817 S. Main St., Salisbury, NC 28144.

Barry Gray Hatley

Barry Gray Hatley, 50, Salisbury, died Saturday (Nov. 25, 2000)at his residence.

Born Feb. 15, 1950, in Rowan County, Mr. Hatley was a son of the late Buddie H. and Margaret Boggs Hatley. A 1969 graduate of Boyden High School, he studied drafting at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College.

He had retired from KoSa after 25 years with the company, where he worked in shipping in the warehouse. Mr. Hatley was a past member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and a current member of Christ United Methodist Church. He was also a member of the Salisbury-Rowan Runners Club.

Survivors include brothers Larry R. Hatley, Salisbury, and Ron Hatley, Faith; and sister Bonnie H. Carter, Granite Quarry.

Services:11 a.m. Tuesday, Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell, conducted by the Rev. Scott Ireland. Burial, Chestnut Hill Cemetery

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. today, at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of brother Ron Hatley of Faith.

Memorials: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 1852, Salisbury, NC 28145-1852; Christ United Methodist Church, 3401 Mooresville Road, Salisbury, NC 28147; or Shiloh United Church of Christ, P.O. Box 308, Faith, NC 28041.

James Martin McIntyre

WOODLEAF — James “Jim”Martin McIntyre, 74, Woodleaf, died Sunday (Nov. 26, 2000)at the Salisbury Lutheran Nursing Home after 14 months of declining health and eight weeks of serious illness.

Born Feb. 13, 1926, in Rowan County, Mr. McIntyre was a son of the late Cyrus Edwin and Lillian Michael McIntyre. Educated in the Woodleaf schools, he was a graduate of Charlotte Diesel School.

Mr. McIntyre was owner and operator of an auto repair shop at his home in Woodleaf. A retired member of Woodleaf Volunteer Fire Department, he had also retired from MAN Truck and Bus in Cleveland and from the Rowan County bus garage.

He was amember of Woodleaf United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the Ladies and Men’s Bible Class. He was a member of the West Rowan Nutrition Site.

Survivors include wife Reba Nichols McIntyre, formerly of Cooleemee, whom he married in 1943; son Robert McIntyre, Woodleaf; daughters Catherine “Tiny” Steele, Woodleaf, and Ann McIntyre, Salisbury; sister Mildred Ward, Woodleaf; six grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren.

Services:Memorial, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Woodleaf United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Shirley Jones and the Rev. Don Newman. The body will be cremated.

Visitation:Tuesday, at the church following the service. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials:Woodleaf United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 299, Woodleaf, NC 27054; Woodleaf Volunteer Fire Department, 9025 Cool Springs Road, Woodleaf, NC 27054; or West Rowan Nutrition Site, 141 E. Main St., Cleveland, NC 27013.

Lyerly Funeral Home in charge.

Willie Mae Mizell Oakley

MOORESVILLE — Willie Mae Mizell Oakley, 69, Willup Trail, died Saturday (Nov. 25, 2000)at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born April 16, 1931, in Valdosta, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Eunice Vogt. Employed in the textile industry, she was a member of Unity United Methodist Church, Kannapolis, where she was active in the Good Hope Sunday School Class.

Survivors include husband, Frank Oakley; sons Bill Barry, Mooresville, and Daniel and James Nix, both of Hopewell, Va.; daughters Patricia McAulay, Lancaster, S.C., Brenda Barkley, Mooresville, and Linda Field, Columbia, S.C.; brother Marion Edenfield, Lake Como, Fla.; sisters Nina Jackson, Clover, S.C., and Mary Marsh, Mooresville; 13 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Unity United Methodist Church, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Carl Settle. Burial, Glenwood Memorial Park.

Visitation:6-8 tonight, Cavin-Cook Funeral Home.

Memorials: Unity United Methodist Church, 8505 Unity Church Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Emma Jean Prime Sherrill

Emma Jean Prime Sherrill, 73, Fort Washington, Md., died Tuesday (Nov. 21, 2000)at her residence.

Born Dec. 24, 1926, in Washington, Pa., Mrs. Sherrill was a daughter of the late Oca Viola Prime. She was educated in the public schools of Washington, Pa., and at Livingstone College. A retired minister, she was a member of the Washington Metropolitan Area of Ministry of Intercession.

Mrs. Sherrill was preceded in death by her first husband, Elven Price Boyce, and her second husband, Arthur Sherrill.

Survivors include sons David Sherrill, Charlotte, Paul Sherrill, Columbia, Md., Peter Sherrill, Atlanta, Philip Sherrill, Greensboro, and Andrew Sherrill, Arlington, Va.; daughters Claudia Berry, Laurel, Md., Christine Williams, Silver Springs, Md., and Arlene Venable, Kannapolis; 19 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, noon Tuesday, Sandy Ridge AME Zion Church.

Noble & Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Judith M. Sherrill

WOODLEAF — Judith M. Sherrill, 2390 South River Church Road, died Sunday (Nov. 26, 2000)at her residence after two months of serious illness.

Born in Gastonia, Mrs. Sherrill was a daughter of Claude F. and Oais Lee Kluttz Miller, both of Gastonia. She was a graduate of Hunter Huss High School and a cum laude graduate of Appalachian State University, where she earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree.

After retirement from the Alexander County school system, where she was a high school guidance counselor, she worked as office manager in the family business, The Garden Greenhouses. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church.

Survivors include husband John F. Sherrill III; son Cameron Sherrill, of the home; brother David Miller, Gastonia; and sister Ann M. Costner, Gastonia.

Services: 3 p.m. Tuesday, St. John’s Lutheran Church, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Carl R. Sacthleban and the Rev. John B. Tucker, pastors, and the Rev. Carroll Robinson, pastor of Lebanon Lutheran Church. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation:6:30-8:30 tonight, Summersett Funeral Home.

Memorials: March of Dimes, P.O. Box 347, Statesville, NC 28677; Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson, Salisbury, NC 28144; or St. John’s Lutheran Church, 200 W. Innes St., Salisbury, NC 28144.

Susie Webb Sloop

MOUNT ULLA —Susie Webb Sloop, 85, died Saturday (Nov. 25, 2000)at the Brian Center in Mooresville.

Born Dec. 26, 1914, in Oxford, she was a daughter of the late William James and Sue Daniel Webb. Agraduate of Greensboro College, she previously taught at Mount Ulla Elementary School. Also a homemaker, she was a member of Thyatira Presbyterian Church at Millbridge.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel McCall Sloop, and a son, Samuel James Sloop.

Survivors include son Charles Sloop; sisters Dr. Bailey Webb, Durham, and Ruth W. Field, Plains, Ga.; and two grandchildren.

Services:Graveside, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Back Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Leighton Culler and the Rev. Malcolm Bullock. Memorial, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Thyatira Presbyterian Church at Millbridge.

Visitation:Visitation will follow in the church parlor.

Memorials:Thyatira Presbyterian Church, 220 White Road, Salisbury, NC 28147-5606.

Cavin-Cook Funeral Home in charge.

Italia Serafina Stelmack

KANNAPOLIS — Italia Serafina Stelmack, 86, 6556 Miller Road, died Sunday (Nov. 26, 2000)at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after six months of serious illness.

Born April 13, 1914, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mrs. Stelmack was a daughter of the late John and Mary Consoli Lanzarone. Educated in the schools of New York, she was a member of St. James Catholic Church of Concord.

Her husband, Stephen Stelmack, died in 1981.

Survivors include sons Stephen Stelmack, Charlotte, and Joseph Stelmack, Orlando, Fla.; brothers Otto Lanzarone, Kannapolis, and Richard Lanzarone, Brooklyn, N.Y.; sister Grace Benigno, Staten Island, N.Y.; and six grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Karl Aschmann. Burial, Kannapolis Cemetery.

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

Samp Ephram Whitley

OAKBORO —Samp Ephram Whitley, 85, 24173 Barbees Grove Road, died Saturday (Nov. 25, 2000) at Britthaven of the Piedmont, Albemarle.

Born May 6, 1915, in Stanly County, he was a son of the late C.O. and Pinkie Smith Whitley. He was a member of Barbees Grove Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Lela Rebecca Barbee Whitley.

Survivors include son Don E. Whitley, Oakboro; daughters Judy W. Boles and Dot W. Alsobrooks, both of Oakboro; brother Odell Whitley, Oakboro; sisters Erma Lowder, Stanfield, and Braudis Whitley, Oakboro; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Barbees Grove Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Aaron Brooks and the Rev. Yates Brooks. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle. At other times the family will be at the home of his son at 24147 Barbees Grove Road.

James Earl Deal

KANNAPOLIS — James Earl Deal, 67, formerly of Cabarrus Arms Apartments, died Saturday (Nov. 25, 2000) at Fire Oaks Nursing Center, Concord.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Dighton M. Fiddner

CHINA GROVE — Dighton M. Fiddner, 77, 1240 Patterson St., died Monday (Nov. 27, 2000) at his home.

Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home is in charge.

James F. Gaines

MOCKSVILLE — James F. Gaines, 57, 1839 Highway. 601 S, died Sunday (Nov. 26, 2000) at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation in Salisbury.

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

Lois Brown Haynes

Lois Brown Haynes, 69, Salisbury, died Monday (Nov. 27, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Rev. Frank Walker

The Rev. Frank Sherman Walker, 57, 315 Chesapeake Drive, died Sunday (Nov. 26, 2000) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, after four months of declining health.

Noble & Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

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