Robert Lee Bailey, 62, 1115 Barbour St., died Monday (Oct. 9, 2000)at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Feb. 1, 1938, in Iredell County, Mr. Bailey was a son of the late Jim and Mary Reid Bailey. He attended Dunbar High School, East Spencer. He was a truck driver with Spencer Steel Supply Co.

A member of New Testament Word of Faith Church, he was a deacon, Usher Board president, a member of the Men’s Fellowship and the finance committee, and a bus driver.

Survivors include wife Mary Elizabeth Woodbury Bailey; sons Arnold Bailey, of the home, Timothy Bailey, Spencer, Darryl Bailey, Winston-Salem, and Stanley Bailey, Salisbury; daughters Robbin Black and Joyce Bailey, both of East Spencer, and Adrienne Anderson, Salisbury; sister Mary E. Tucker, Mooresville; 19 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Friday, New Testament Word of Faith Church, conducted by the Rev. Martha Starks. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 12-1 p.m. Friday at the church.

Rowan Funeral Services is in charge.

Frances H. Boozer

ALBEMARLE —Frances Holsonback Boozer, 60, 900 Lake Lane, died Tuesday (Oct. 10, 2000)at her home.

Born April 29, 1940, in Newberry County, S.C., Mrs. Boozer was a daughter of Inez Goodman Holsonback Evans, Newberry, and the late Daniel Wesley Holsonback.

Survivors, in addition to her mother, include husband of 42 years R. Vernon Boozer; son Bobby Boozer, Ephrata, Pa.; daughter Kelly Boozer Hamilton, Charlotte; sister Kathy Davenport, Newberry; brothers Hugh Holsonback, Greenville, and Donnie Evans, Newberry; and two grandsons.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Friday, Newberry Memorial Gardens, Newberry, S.C., conducted by Dr. Charles Wilson and the Rev. Paul Craig.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry, S.C.

Memorials: Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle,NC 28001; or donor’s choice.

Grace Tucker Burris

ALBEMARLE — The funeral is today for Grace Estelle Tucker Burris, 89, 620 Heathwood Drive, who died Tuesday (Oct. 10, 2000)at Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center.

Born Aug. 16, 1911, in Stanly County, Mrs. Burris was a daughter of the late Clarence Otis and Myrtle Smith Tucker. She was a member of Red Cross Baptist Church. Retired, she was a homemaker.

Her husband,Fred Allis Burris, preceded her in death.

Survivors include sons Malcolm Tucker, Albemarle, and Johnny Burris, Oakboro; brother Curtis Tucker, Oakboro; sister Cleonia Holt, Richfield; and three grandchildren.

Services: 4 p.m. today, Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev.Garry Baker. Burial, Red Cross Baptist Church cemetery, Oakboro.

The family will be at the home of son Malcolm Tucker, 2703 Oaklawn Court.

Memorials: Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, NC 28001.

Elma Linker Dabbs

The funeral will be Saturday for Elma Geneva Linker Dabbs, 82, 2423 Berkshire Drive, Brittany Downs, who died Tuesday (Oct. 10, 2000)at her home after an extended illness.

Born July 6, 1918, Mrs. Dabbs, a daughter of the late Robert L. and Ruth Trexler Linker of Rockwell, was a graduate of Rockwell High School.

Christened and confirmed at St. James Lutheran Church, Rockwell, she later became a charter member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, where she taught Sunday school and was superintendent of the weekday church. She was secretary/treasurer of Dabbs Dabbs &Associates and Uniforce Services before retiring in 2000.

The first president of the Optimist Mrs. Club and the recipient of the International Presidential Award, she also served terms as secretary and treasurer. She was a patron and benefactor of the arts.

Her husband, Charlie W. Dabbs, died July 4, 1983.

Survivors include son Charles L. Dabbs, Salisbury; and twin sister Zelma L. Eagle, Kannapolis.

Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Bill Battermann and the Rev. Craig Sigmon. Burial, City Memorial Park.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. Friday.

Memorials: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1908 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury, NC 28144.

Mary Hope Hackett

A memorial service will be held Friday for Mary Hope Hackett, 84, Salisbury, who died Saturday (Sept. 23, 2000)at Lutheran Home at Trinity Oaks after a period of declining health.

Born Feb. 12, 1916, in St. Anthony, Iowa, Miss Hackett was a daughter of the late Hugh Thomas and Minnie Boger Hackett. She was a graduate of Liscomb High School and Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Iowa.

She retired from Mercy Hospital, Marshalltown, Iowa, as an anesthetist. An active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, she also was a member of several groups from Spencer Presbyterian Church, Spencer.

Survivors include a sister.

Services: Memorial mass of resurrection, 1 p.m. Friday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, conducted by the Rev. John Putnam. Burial, Union Lutheran Church cemetery.

Visitation: None.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Opportunity Village, P.O. Box V, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428.

Matthew Patrick Hunt

OAKBORO — Matthew Patrick Hunt, 80, of Oakboro, died Tuesday (Oct. 10, 2000) at Stanly Memorial Hospital, Albemarle.

He was a member of Second Street Presbyterian Church, Albemarle. He volunteered to assist elderly Albemarle area residents with tax preparations.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Second Street Presbyterian Church, Albemarle. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle.

Memorials: Second Street Presbyterian Church, Scholarship Fund, 105 E. Hearne St., Albemarle,NC 28001.

Emilio Mendez

Emilio Mendez, 79, 3445 G St., Philadelphia, Pa., died Sunday (Oct. 8, 2000)at his home.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Lesia H. Miller

Lesia Naomi Hendrix Miller, 39, 230 Susan Lane, died Tuesday (Oct. 10, 2000)at her home.

Lady’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis, is in charge.

Vernelle Gilliam Palmer

The funeral will be Friday for Vernelle Gilliam Palmer, 78, 420 Windsor Drive, who died Wednesday (Oct. 11, 2000)at her home after an extended illness.

Born March 15, 1922, in Wilkes County, Mrs. Palmer was a daughter of the late Willie and Euna Brooks Gilliam. She was a graduate of Thomasville High School and received her bachelors degree in 1942 and her master’s degree in 1952 from Appalachian State Teachers College, now Appalachian State University.

She was employed as a librarian in Davidson County, Henderson, Lexington High School, Greensboro Senior High School, Greensboro, and Boyden and East Rowan high schools.

She was a member of First Baptist Church, Spencer, where she was a Sunday school teacher, a member of the diaconate, past president of the Baptist Women and served on many committees.

She was past president of the N.C. Association of Educators, Rowan County Library Association and the N.C. Library Association. She was a member and past president of Alpha Delta Kappa, chairwoman of the Spencer Public Library Board, and a member of Spencer Women’s Club and the Salisbury Charity League.

Survivors include husband Dr. Grover A. Palmer Jr.; daughter Kaye Palmer Fulcher, Charlotte; and brother David Gilliam, Charlotte.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church, Spencer, conducted by the Rev. Franklin Myers. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Summersett Funeral Home.

Memorials: Rowan Public Library Foundation, Vernelle G. Palmer Endowment, P.O. Box 4039, Salisbury, N.C. 28145-4039; Baptist Children’s Home of North Carolina, Inc., P.O. Box 338, Thomasville, NC 27361-0338; First Baptist Church, 215 Fifth St., Spencer, N.C. 28159; or Rowan Regional Hospice Endowment, 118 E. Council St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144-9910.

‘Bill’ Morris Perry

KANNAPOLIS — William “Bill” Morris Perry, 87, 1307 Price Ave., died Wednesday (Oct. 11, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.