HIGH POINT — Arthur Stephen “Steve” Amick, 50, 120 Briggs Place, died Saturday (Feb. 17, 2001).

Born July 11, 1950, in Guilford County, Mr. Amick was a son of Jean Weekly Amick, High Point, and the late Rev. Alvin Amick. He was a resident of Rowan County for many years, while his father served as pastor at Rowan United Methodist Church. He was a graduate of South Rowan High School and attended Pfeiffer University.

He was employed by D. W. Griffin Wrecking Co. in Greensboro and was a member of Rehobeth United Methodist Church.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include wife Allison Amick, Julian; son Daniel Amick, Julian; brothers Victor Amick, Greensboro, Kent Amick, Eden, Chris Amick, Thomasville, Alex Amick, Archdale, Martin Amick, High Point, and Kelly Amick, Asheboro; sisters Karen Clark, Greensboro, Rebecca Candler, High Point, and Andrea Buskirk, Madison; and grandmother Fannie Weekly, High Point.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Lebanon United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Roland Jones. Burial, church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30.

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

Memorials: Lebanon United Methodist Church, 237 Idol Drive, High Point, NC 27262.

Samuel Elliott Clark

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be held Tuesday for Samuel Elliott Clark, 63, formerly of 1985 Mount Hope Church Road, who died Saturday (Feb. 17, 2001) at Brightmoor Nursing Center, Salisbury, after a year and a half of declining health and two weeks of serious illness.

Born July 24, 1937, in Lancaster County, S.C., Mr. Clark was a son of the late Smith Elmore and Jesie Blackmon Clark. Employed by Bitsy Bakery in Kannapolis for many years, he was a member of Blackwelder Park Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife Loree T. Clark; daughters Kristie Warr, Salisbury, and Sandy Clark, China Grove; stepdaughters Cherrie Fink, Salisbury, and Breta Millard, Texas; sisters Shirley Player and Peggy Bowers, both of South Carolina; two grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 1 p. m. Tuesday, Carolina Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Stan Welch.

Visitation: 11 a.m.-12:30 p. m. Tuesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home.

James C. Hill

KANNAPOLIS — James C. Hill, 66, of Kannapolis, died Saturday (Feb. 17, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Born Sept. 19, 1934, in Kannapolis, Mr. Hill was a son of the late Caleb Groome and Grace Hill. A 1953 graduate of A. L. Brown High School, he was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving for three years in England and Germany.

Mr. Hill had retired as a senior technician at Lucent Technologies in Huntersville, formerly AT&T Western Electric, where he had been employed for 36 years. He had also previously been employed with Douglas Aircraft, Charlotte.

A lifetime member of the Kannapolis Church of God, he had served as youth activities director, senior high superintendent. He was also a choir member.

He was a member of Cannon Memorial Masonic Lodge and the United Commercial Travelers Club.

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Patricia Hill; daughter Crystal Combs, Monroe; brothers John P. Hill, Kannapolis, and Joel T. Hill, Sewanee, Ga.; and two granddaughters.

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Kannapolis Church of God, conducted by the Rev. Sam Crisp. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, with Masonic graveside rites conducted by the Cannon Memorial Masonic Lodge.

Visitation: 6-8 p.m. tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials: Kannapolis Church of God, Building Fund, 2211 W. A St., Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Luther Creamer Jr.

LEXINGTON — The funeral will be Tuesday for Luther Creamer Jr., 76, 214 B. Booker St., who died Thursday (Feb. 15, 2001) at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Born Dec. 4, 1924, in Shelby, Mr. Creamer was a son of the late Bessie Haynes Creamer Curry and Luther Creamer and the stepson of the late Rufus Curry. He had retired from United Furniture and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War II.

Survivors include daughters Elizabeth Faye Mays, Jacqueline C. Kennedy and Yolanda A. Carmille, all of Lexington, and Linda C. Dehe of Mississippi; and six grandchildren.

Services: Tuesday, noon, Morrison-Studevent Funeral Home, conducted by Bishop Joe McIntosh. Burial, National Cemetery at Hefner VA Medical Center, Salisbury.

Visitation: 7-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

CHARLESTON, S.C. —Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., best-selling author and longtime columnist for The Post and Courier, died Sunday. He was 89.

Gilbreth and his sister collaborated in writing “Cheaper by the Dozen,” their story of growing up in a family of 12 children with “efficiency expert” parents. Gilbreth went on to write several more books.

He was the retired assistant publisher of The Post and Courier and vice president of Evening Post Publishing Co.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

Sudie ‘Sue’ Hall

ROCKWELL — Sudie ‘Sue’ Fesperman Hall, Rockwell, died Sunday (Feb. 18, 2001) at her home.

Powles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Clarence V. Hargrave

LEXINGTON — Clarence Vernon Hargrave, 66, 219 Bookington Drive, died Sunday (Feb. 18, 2001) at Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem.

Morrison-Studevent Funeral Home is in charge.

Harold Ray Hutchins

Harold Ray Hutchins, 74, Salisbury, died Sunday (Feb. 18, 2001), at Rowan Regional Medical Center following a two-week illness.

Born Aug. 3, 1926, in Rowan County, Mr. Hutchins was a son of the late William Hillary and Bertha Mae Taylor Hutchens. Educated in the Rowan County schools, he was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was employed by Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern Railroad for 39 years before retiring.

He was a member of Harold B. Jarrett American Legion Post 342 and was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include sons Robert Harold Hutchins, Wilmington, David Ray Hutchins, Hickory, and Randall Morgan Hutchins, Greensboro; daughters Bonnie Hutchins Hill, Gold Hill, and Patricia Hutchins Wirtel, Wilmington; brothers Hilton and Tom Hutchens, both of Salisbury; sisters Delores H. Leonard, Greenville, S.C., and Betty H. Moore, Kernersville; and nine grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Summersett Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Vance Edwards. Burial, Gold Hill Wesleyan Church cemetery, Gold Hill, with military graveside rites by the Rowan Veterans Council.

Visitation: 1-1:45 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home of Bonnie Hill, 210 Montrose Road.

Memorials: Donor’s choice.

Charles M. Parker

KANNAPOLIS — Charles Madison Parker, 69, 201 Dalewood Ave., died Monday (Feb. 19, 2001) at his home.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

John ‘Whitey’ Shoe

CHINA GROVE — John Marvin “Whitey” Shoe, 81, 1726 N. Main Street, died Saturday (Feb. 17, 2001) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.

Born Aug. 7, 1919, in Rowan County, Mr. Shoe was a son of the late John David and Ollie Wilhelm Shoe. He was educated in Rowan County schools and retired from Cannon Mills dye department. He was also a carpenter.

He was a member of Grace Lutheran Church, where he was on the property committee. He was also a member of VFW Post 8989, where he was honored as the 1996 Rowan County Veteran of the Year, and was a member of American Legion Post 185.

Survivors include wife Ruth Snider Shoe; daughters Linda S. Brinkley, Kannapolis, and Joyce S. Lane, Kernersville; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Grace Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Woodrow Frick. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove.

Memorials: Grace Lutheran Church, 3020 Grace Church Road, Salisbury, NC 28147.

Rev. B.A. Harper Jr.

SHEBORO — The Rev. Burnie Alfine “Bill” Harper Jr., 76, 1240 Henley Country Road, died Saturday (Feb. 17, 2001) at his home.

Survivors include a daughter, Billie Carol Sheeks of Kannapolis.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, West Asheboro Church of God, conducted by the Rev. Gary E. Harper, the Rev. Lawrence Leonhardt and the Rev. Thurman Jenkins. Burial, Oaklawn Cemetery.

Visitation: 6-9 tonight at the church. At other times the family will be at the home on Henley Country Road.

Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials: West Asheboro Church of God, 197 Lewallen Road, Asheboro, NC 27203.

Roger Warren Smith

ALBEMARLE — Roger Warren Smith, 58, 32533 Charlie Road, died Saturday (Feb. 17, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born Aug. 10, 1942, in Stanly County, Mr. Smith was a son of the late Claude Lee and Ruby Mariene Burris Smith. Educated in the New London schools, he had retired as a shipping clerk at Wiscassett Mills.

Survivors include wife Barbara Kirby; daughters Tammy Escobar, New London, Mandy Smith, Stanfield, and Michelle Smith, Mount Gilead; sister Renae Harward, Albemarle; brother Joe Smith, Granite Quarry; and four grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hartsell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Ray Moon. Burial, Stanly Gardens of Memory.

Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home.