Essie Jeter Crawley

EAST SPENCER — The funeral will be Saturday for Essie Jeter Crawley, 96, Welder Street, who died Monday (Feb. 5, 2001) at Land’s Nursing Center.

Born March 23, 1904, in Union, S.C., Mrs. Crawley, a daughter of the late Michael and Mary Goudlock Jeter, was educated in the Union, S.C., schools. She was a homemaker. A member of New Zion’s Baptist Church, Salisbury, she was affiliated with the Pastor’s Aide.

Survivors include daughter Roxie Brown, Landis; foster daughter Jeannette Rudisell, Salisbury; sister Elizabeth Holmes, Orlando, Fla.; five grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Services: 7 p.m. Saturday, New Zion Baptist Church, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Paul Jones. Burial, 9 a.m. Saturday, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6:30 p.m. Saturday at the church.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home,Salisbury, is in charge.

Roger Davis

KANNAPOLIS — Roger Lewis Davis, 50, 1312 Browdis St., died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born June 24, 1950, in Concord, Mr. Davis was a son of the late Lewis and Hazel Overcash Davis, was a graduate of A.L. Brown High School. He served in the U.S. Air Force for 16 years.

Survivors include daughter Sara Elizabeth Davis, Magnolia, Del.; son Jonathan Roger Davis, Magnolia,Del.; and sister Judith Davis Hill, Kannapolis.

Services: Private graveside service Friday at National Cemetery, Salisbury.

Visitation: None.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Cooperative Christian Ministry, P.O. Box 1717, Concord, NC 28026-1717; or Community Free Clinic, 1018 Lee Ann Drive NE, Concord, NC 28025.

Floyd Junior Fleming

Floyd Junior Fleming, 72, 517 N. Long St., died Tuesday (Feb. 7, 2001).

Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Larry W. Holshouser

The funeral will be Friday for Larry Wayne Holshouser, 52, Salisbury, who died Wednesday (Feb. 7, 2001) at Rowan RegionalMedical Center.

Born July 12, 1948, in Rowan County, Mr. Holshouser was a son of the late Clifford Bernard and Elizabeth Virginia Holshouser Holshouser. He was educated in the Rowan County schools, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College and Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer.

He was a veterans of the U.S. Air Force and was self-employed. He was a member of Christiana Lutheran Church.

Survivors include wife Florencia “Flora” Lagasit Holshouser, whom he married May 20, 1972; brothers Clifford Bernard Holshouser Jr., Salisbury, Michael “Mickey” William Holshouser, Hunters-ville, and Donald Gene Holshouser, Rockwell; and sisters Joyce Ketchie and Judy Livengood, both of Salisbury, Sandra Taylor, Marietta, Ohio, and Peggy Owen, Asheboro.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Christiana Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Richard Holshouser. The body will be cremated.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Lyerly Funeral Home.At other times the family will be at the home.

Memorials: Christiana Lutheran Church, Elevator Fund, 6190 U.S.Hwy. 52, Salisbury, NC 28146.

Annie Mae Hupp

Annie Mae Hupp, 94, died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2001) at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation after a period of declining health.

Born June 2, 1906, in Halifax County,Va., Miss Hupp was a daughter of the late Philip Thomas and Rosa Shapard Hupp. She was educated in the Halifax County schools. A retired practical nurse, she was a member of Coburn Memorial United Methodist Church.

Survivors include nieces and nephews.

Services: Graveside, 12 p.m. Saturday, Oakridge Cemetery,South Boston, Va., conducted by the Rev.W.Lee Cockerill.

Visitation: None.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Rowan RegionalHome Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, NC 28144; or South Boston-Halifax County Museum, P.O. Box 383, South Boston, VA 24592.

Bernice Turner Jones

CLEVELAND — Bernice “Bun” Viola Turner Jones, 69, 106 Brevard St., died Saturday (Feb. 3, 2001) at Davis Hospital, Statesville, after a week of illness.

Born March 13, 1931, in Rowan County, Mrs. Jones, a daughter of the late Harrison and Janie Hyde Turner, was a graduated of R.A.Clement High School. She retired from Blackwelder Restaurant and was a member of Third Creek AME Zion Church.

A daughter, Delores Turner, died in 1966.

Survivors include husband Bobby Jones, Baltimore, Md.; son Anthony C. Turner, Baltimore,Md.; daughters Helena and Matilda Turner,both of Salisbury, and Evie Turner, Cleveland; foster sons the Rev. Benny Campbell, Troutman, and Donald Campbell, Stone Mountain,Ga.; foster daughter Jane Campbell, Cleveland; brother William H. Turner, Jamaica, N.Y.; sisters HelenT. Lineyear,Jamaica, N.Y., and Evangeline Tucker, Moores-ville; 17 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Services: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Third Creek AMEZion Church, conducted by the Rev. Donnie Kent. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 3 p.m. Saturday at the church.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Nellie Parker Lackey

MOORESVILLE — Nellie Parker Lackey, 80, Eden Gardens Nursing Center, died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2001) at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.

Born March 14, 1920, in IredellCounty, Mrs. Lackey was a daughter of the late Charles Lee and Nancy Lambert Parker. She had worked as a payroll clerk in the textile industry.

Her husband, Elmer Lackey, died in 1985.

Survivors include sisters Alda Stutts and Inez Kistler, both of Mooresville, and Winnie Campbell, Alta Vista, Va.; and brother Lewis Parker, Terrell.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Rocky Mount United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Cecil Donahue. Burial, church cemetery.

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

Memorials: Rocky Mount United Methodist Church, Organ Fund, 1739 Perth Road, Mooresville, NC 28117.

Judy English Latham

MOCKSVILLE —The funeral will be Friday for Judy Lynn English Latham, 49, Latham Farm Road, who died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2001) at her home.

Born July 25, 1951, in Haywood County, Tenn., Mrs. Latham was a daughter of Pearl Smith and Jewell R. English, Gates, Tenn. She was a homemaker and an employee of National Health Labs, Winston-Salem., where she worked as a medical technologist. She attended Faith Covenant Church, Concord.

Survivors, in addition to her parents, include husband Jim Latham; daughters Sherry Angell, Mocksville, and Amanda Jones, Greensboro; brother Rickey English, Brownsville, Tenn.; and one grandchild.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Eaton Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Jim Howard and Pat Agee. Burial, Eatons Baptist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.

‘Gene’ McCullough

EAST SPENCER — The funeral will be Friday for Eugene “Gene”McCullough, 61, 252 Correll St., who died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, after a month of serious illness.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Shady Grove Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. John G. Gaston. Burial, Byers Cemetery.

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

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Roy Woodrow Sink

LEXINGTON — Roy Woodrow Sink, 87, Cambridge Road, died Wednesday (Feb. 7, 2001) at Spencer Health Care, Spencer.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Friday, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury.

Visitation: 7-8 tonight, Piedmont Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Cambridge Road.

Memorials: Parkinson Foundation, 1501 N. West Ninth Ave., Miami, Fla. 33136.

John Quincy Steele

ADVANCE — John Quincy Steele, 76, formerly of the Advance community, died Monday (Feb. 5, 2001) at Winston-Salem Rehabilitation Center after a period of declining health.

Born in Davie County, Mr. Steele was a son of the late Forest McKinley and Blanche Steele. He was a graduate of Salisbury High School and received a certificate in auto body and fender repair from the Utilities Institute of Chicago.

In 1972, he formed the first Black American softball team from Davie County. Steele’s Body Shop’s team won league and tournament championships in Fork, Mocksville and Smith Grove. They also won the National Softball Association Black American State Championship in 1992.

Mr.Steele retired from J.P.Green Milling Co., Mocksville, after 50 years. A member of Redland Church of Christ for over 30 years, he was affiliated with the Davie Educational Union and assisted with the Masonic picnic as long as his health allowed.

His wife died Dec. 22, 1999.

Survivors include sons John Q. Steele Jr., Mocksville, and Terry Steele, Advance; daughters Alice L. Steele and Florence S. Simmons, both of Mocksville, and Dorothy S. Barker, Advance; brothers Carl Steele, Camp Spring, Md., and Minor Steele, Mocksville; sisters Ruth Lewis and Sylvia Steele, both of Mocksville, Mary Thompson, Tampa, Fla., and Odell Searle, LeVone Norwood and Azalea Carter, all of Maryland; and nine grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Redland Church of Christ, conducted by Cloys Cecil. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 2 p.m. Saturday at the church.

Graham Funeral Home, Mocksville, is in charge.

Cordelia Louise Walker

The funeral will be Saturday for Cordelia Louise Walker, 89, 411 S. Grim St., who died Sunday (Feb. 4, 2001) at the Laurel’s of Salisbury after several months of declining health and a week of serious illness.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Soldiers Memorial AMEZion Church, conducted by the Rev. Murray Edwards. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 1 p.m. Saturday at the church.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Jack Elbert Williams

The funeral will be Friday for Jack Elbert Williams, 66, 110 Page Drive, who died Tuesday (Feb. 6, 2001) at his home.

Born Feb. 14, 1934, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Williams, a son of the late Charles B. and Alice Williams, was educated in the Cabarrus County schools. He formerly owned and operated Sav-Ton Gas Station, Kannapolis.

Survivors include wife Shirley Willis Williams; sons Bruce Williams, Salisbury, MarshallWilliams, Wilkesboro, and Mike and Dale Williams, both of Kannapolis; brother Bob Williams, Kannapolis; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home Chapel, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. Keith Navey and son Mike Williams. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home.At other times the family will be at the home on Page Drive.

Memorials: Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, NC 28144.