Carl VanBuren Borders
Carl VanBuren Borders, 85, Salisbury,
died Thursday (Oct. 26, 2000)at his home.
Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.
Carrie Trexler Bumgarner
ROCKWELL — The funeral will be
Friday for Carrie Trexler Bumgarner, 1825 Cannon St. Ext., who died
Wednesday (Oct. 25, 2000)at her home.
Born April 24, 1926, in Guilford
County, Mrs. Bumgarner was a daughter of the late Earl Banks and
Celia Louise Dunnings Trexler. She was a graduate of Rockwell High
School.
She retired from Cannon Mills,
Kannapolis, after 36 years of service. A member of Rockwell Church
of God, she was a lifelong member of Luther’s Lutheran Church,
Richfield.
A son, Michael Eugene Kirk, preceded
her in death.
Survivors include husband Joseph
Wesley Bumgarner; sons Charles Stephen Kirk, Richfield, and Randall
Lynn Bumgarner, Kannapolis; brothers James Lee and Eddie Trexler,
both of Gold Hill, and Larry Trexler, Missouri; sisters Lou Leonard,
Gold Hill, and Margie Safrit and Ann Trexler, both of Rockwell; nine
grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Friday,
Brookhill Memorial Gardens, conducted by the Rev. Alfred Rhyne,
pastor, Luther’s LutheranChurch.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight,
Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove. At other times the family
will be at the home on Cannon Street Ext.
Memorials: Luther’s Lutheran
Church, 4955 Richfield Road, Richfield,NC 28137; or Rowan Regional
Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, NC
28144.
Fred Drury
KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be
Friday for Fred Whittier Drury, 92, 802 Dial St., who died Tuesday
(Oct. 24, 2000) at his home after three years of declining health
and two months of serious illness.
Born Dec. 2, 1907, in Morganton, Mr.
Drury was a son of the late Frank and Alice Drury. A veteran, he
served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He retired from Wells-Fargo and was a
member of First United Methodist Church, Landis.
Survivors include wife Rose Wood
Drury; stepdaughter Sybil Evans, Dallas, Texas; brother Edwin Drury,
Thomasville; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Lady’s
Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Andrea Redard.
Entombment, Carolina Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the
funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home on Dial
Street.
Memorials: First United Methodist
Church, Sound System Fund, P.O. Box 11, Landis, NC 28088.
Carole Wood Dunn
SYLVANIA, Ga. — Carole Wood Dunn,
66, Sylvania, died Friday (Oct. 20, 2000)at Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon.
Born in Massachusetts, Mrs. Dunn
resided in Screven County for several years. She was a nurse’s
aide and ward clerk at Jenkins County Hospital and a member of
Westside Baptist Church.
Survivors include husband Dowd M.
Dunn; daughters Cheryl Ann Garrett, High Point, N.C., and Katherine
L. Dunn, Salisbury, N.C.; sons Steven J. and Mark D. Dunn and Dowd
M. Dunn Jr., all of Salisbury, N.C.; sisters Audrey Givens, Pachico,
Calif., Michelle Doerrler, Mohegan Lake, N.Y., and Claudia Driscoll,
Concord, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
No services are planned.
Thompson-Strickland-Waters Funeral
Home is in charge.
Memorials: The Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society, Georgia Chapter, 2625 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 205,
Atlanta, GA 30339.
Lakeina Monique Francis
A memorial service will be held
Saturday for Navy Seaman E-3 Lakeina Monique Francis.
Services: Memorial, 11 a.m. Saturday,
Cornerstone Baptist Church, Cleveland, conducted by Chaplain Presley
Stutts. Burial with military honors, National Cemetery, Salisbury.
Visitation: 9:30-10:45 a.m. Saturday
at the church.
Graham Funeral Home, Mocksville, is
in charge.
Patrice Renee Harrold
KANNAPOLIS — Patrice Renee Harrold,
22, 601 Evelyn Ave., died Wednesday (Oct.25, 2000).
Whitley’sFuneral Home is in charge.
Joyce Dean Hooper
KANNAPOLIS — The funeral is today
for Joyce Dean Hooper, 58, 803 E. 13th St., who died Tuesday (Oct.
24, 2000)at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after four years of
declining health.
Born Dec. 11, 1941 in Cabarrus
County, Mrs. Hooper was a daughter of Mildred Aycoth Mobley, of the
home. She was a homemaker.
Her husband, Alfred Hicks Hooper,
preceded her in death.
Survivors, in addition to her mother,
include son David Wayne Hooper, Kannapolis; daughter Mildred Diane
Linker, of the home; brothers JimmyL. Johnson, Landis, and Larry E.
Johnson, Kannapolis; sister Debbie Paxton, Concord; and three
grandchildren.
Services: Graveside, 3 today, West
Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.
Visitation: None.
Whitley’s Funeral Home is in
charge.
Bruce ‘Tatter’ Miller
MOORESVILLE — The funeral will be
Friday for Bruce “Tatter” Miller, 62, 8840 Unity Church Road,
who died Wednesday (Oct. 25, 2000) at Carolina Medical Center,
Charlotte.
Born Sept. 11, 1938, in Rowan County,
Mr. Miller was a son of the late John Hedrick and Lilian Atwell
Miller. He was educated in the Rowan County schools. A maintenance
worker for Daniels Construction Co., he was a member of Liberty
Baptist Church.
Survivors include wife Betty Brown
Miller; stepsons John Franklin Upright Jr., Landis, and Donald Ray
Upright, China Grove; daughter Tamera Carol Lewis, Myrtle Beach,S.C.;
stepdaughter Wanda Kay Crisco, Landis; brothers James Miller,
Mooresville, and John Hedrick Miller Jr. and David Ray Miller, both
of Kannapolis; sisters Betty McDaniel and Lois Jones, both of
Kannapolis; 11 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 3 p.m. Friday,Linn-Honeycutt
Funeral Home chapel, Landis, conducted by the Rev. Barry Kemp.
Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the
funeral home.
Memorials: Liberty Baptist Church,
P.O. Box 453, Landis, NC 28088.
John W. Musselwhite Jr.
ASHEBORO — John Wesley Musselwhite
Jr., 74, 2518 Old Humble Road, Lot 95, died Wednesday (Oct. 25,
2000) at Randolph Hospital Inc.
A native of Cumberland County, Mr.
Musselwhite retired from Burlington Industries, Ramseur. He attended
Mountain of Faith Christian Church. A veteran, he served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II.
His first wife, Vivian Ruth
Musselwhite, preceded him in death.
Survivors include wife Sara Frances
Musselwhite; sons Jimmie Edgar Musselwhite, Salisbury, and Kennie
Ray Musselwhite, Pleasant Garden; stepdaughters Debbie Allred,
Asheboro, and Carol Reynolds, Kings Bay, Ga.; stepsons Happy
McCracken, Mullins, S.C., Mitchell McCracken, Summerville, S.C., and
David McCracken,Charleston, S.C.; stepmother Irene Musselwhite,
China Grove; sisters Freda Jean Hendrix, Gilbert, S.C., Mittie
Katherine Fowler, Houston, Texas, and Shirley Ann Musselwhite, China
Grove; brothers Smitty Gene Musselwhite, Fayetteville, and Harvey
Lee Musselwhite, Salisbury; three grandchildren; 14
step-grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and 14
step-great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Ridge
Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Thurman Williams. Burial,
Randolph Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the
funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home on Old
Humble Road.
Memorials: Hospice of Randolph
County, P.O. Box 9, Asheboro, NC 27204.
Sara Tuck Sherrill
SANFORD — The funeral will be
Friday for Sara Tuck Sherrill, 82, Sanford, who died Monday (Oct.
23, 2000)at Central Carolina Hospital.
Survivors include a son, Charles
Yokley of Landis, and a granddaughter.
Services: Memorial, 2 p.m. Friday,
Calvary Baptist Church, Sanford.
Knotts Funeral Home is in charge.
Memorials: Floyd L. Knight
Children’s Center, Sara Tuck Sherrill Memorial Fund, 607 McIntosh
St., Sanford, NC 27330.
Maggie Wyatt
KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be
Friday for Maggie Dancy Wyatt, 86, 2500 S. Ridge Ave., who died
Tuesday (Oct. 24, 2000) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord. She
had been in declining health for six years and seriously ill for a
week.
Born Aug. 20, 1914, in Wilkes County,
Mrs. Wyatt was a daughter of the late Floyd Lee and Martha Sheets
Dancy. She retired from Cannon Mills and was a member of Kannapolis
West A Church of God.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, Philmore Wyatt, and a son, Bobby Ray Wyatt.
Survivors include daughters Dollie
Marie “Ruby” Powers, Sanford, and Eula Mae Wyatt, of the home;
son Jerry Wayne Wyatt, Concord; 10 grandchildren; and 27
great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Lady’s
Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Sam Crisp and the Rev.
James A. Masters. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the
funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home on South
Ridge Avenue.
Memorials: Kannapolis West A Church
of God, Building Fund for Family Life Center, 2211 West A St.,
Kannapolis, NC 28081.