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February 26, 2001
Salisbury Post; Rowan County, NC

 

Obituaries

           
Annie Allman Broadway

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Tuesday for Annie Lee Allman Broadway, 81, 8107 Smith Road, who died Saturday (Feb. 24, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Born June 5, 1919, in Stanly County, Mrs. Broadway was a daughter of the late Boyden T. and Flora Elizabeth Lowder Allman. A homemaker, she retired in 1981 from Cannon Mills Co. cutting room.

Survivors include husband of 66 years Gaither Lee Broadway; sons Larry and Troy Broadway, both of Kannapolis, and Donald Ray Broadway, China Grove; daughters Dorothy Jean Overcash, Alice Lyles and Sherry Steele, all of Kannapolis, and Mildred Lyles, Landis; sisters Pauline Dayvault and Janet Baker, both of Kannapolis; brother Frank Allman, Kannapolis; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Bill Fulcher. Burial,Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of Sherry Steele, 400 E. 25th St.

 

 

James Adley Dunn

James Adley Dunn, 84, 3365 Statesville Blvd., died Monday (Feb. 26, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

 

Bessie Lee Eaton

MOCKSVILLE — Bessie Lee Eaton, 76, formerly of Winston-Salem, died Friday (Feb. 23, 2001) at Meadowbrook Terrace of Davie.

A Davie County native, Miss Eaton was a daughter of the late William H. and Elnora Foote Eaton.

Survivors include daughter Denice Davis, Winston-Salem; brothers Henry Eaton, Albemarle, and Odell Eaton, Mocksville; sisters Willie M. Wiseman, Rahway, N.J, Queen McKnight, Winston-Salem, and Betty Jean Eaton, Mocksville; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Cedar Creek Missionary Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Allen TransouJr. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Graham Funeral Home.

 

Addie Mae Everhart

LEXINGTON — Addie Mae Eddinger Everhart, 81, Hege Drive, died Saturday (Feb. 24, 2001) at her home.

Born Sept. 6, 1919, in Davidson County,Mrs. Everhart was a daughter of the late William Everette and Linnie Byerly Eddinger. She was a homemaker. A member of Pilgrim Freewill Baptist Church, she was in the Adult Sunday School class and the Ladies’ Auxiliary.

Sons, James C. and and Harold G. Everhart, preceded her in death.

Survivors include daughters Mary “Bebe” Armstrong, Becky Martin and Mabel Steed, all of Lexington, and EllenMenser, Welcome; sons Jack Everhart, Mocksville, and Bill Everhart, Winston-Salem; sisters Mary Thomason, Lexington, and Mozelle Carter, Thomasville; 18 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Pilgrim Freewill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. James Messer, the Rev.Junior Ballew and the Rev. Bobby Parker. Burial, Near Calvary Freewill Baptist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Piedmont Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Hege Drive.

 

Dorothy M. Gaither

Dorothy Laurissa McConneaughey Gaither, 69, 502 Lafayette Circle, died Sunday (Feb. 25, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after 18 months of declining health.

Born Dec. 2, 1931, in Rowan County, Mrs. Gaither, a daughter of the late Lawson A. and Janie Gaither McConneaughey, was a graduate of J.C. Price High School. She retired from the Salisbury-Rowan Community Service Council.

A former member of Moore’s Chapel AMEZion Church, she was a member of the Salvation Army, where she was a Sunday school teacher, a member of the Wise and Wonderful Senior Citizens and a volunteer.

Survivors include husband James Edward Gaither; sons James Edward Gaither Jr. and Charles Anthony Gaither, both of Salisbury, and Theodore Maurice Gaither, Marysville, Ohio; daughters Yvonne Gaither Brown and Dorothy Gaither Cowan, both of Salisbury, Christine Gaither Reaves, Greensboro, Annie Gaither Duncan, Creedmoor, Jacquelyn Gaither Rankin, Durham, and Margarita Bethelmy, Burlington; sister Vida Germany, Jacksonville; 19 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

 

Gene E. Honeycutt

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gene E. Honeycutt, 68, West Columbia, died Saturday (Feb. 24, 2001) at Dorn VAHospital.

Born May 25, 1932, in Salisbury, N.C., Mr. Honeycutt was a son of the late John O. and Daisy Weaver Honeycutt. He was educated in the Rowan County, N.C., schools. A 22- year veteran of the U.S. Army, he retired in 1994 after 14 years at V.C. Summer Nuclear Power Plant. He was a Baptist.

Survivors include wife of 48 years Doris Williams Honeycutt, whom he married May 4, 1952; and son Joel E. Honeycutt, Mocksville, N.C.

Services: Memorial service, 1 p.m. Saturday, JerusalemBaptist Church, Mocksville, conducted by the Rev. Ron Honeycutt and the Rev. Jimmy Lancaster. Burial will be private.

Visitation: 12-1 p.m. Saturday at the church. At other times the family will be at the home of Joel E. Honeycutt, Boxwood Church Road, Mocksville.

South Carolina Cremation and Memorial Society is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials: JerusalemBaptist Church, Building Fund, c/o Paula Williams, 3164 U.S. Hwy. 601 S., Mocksville, NC 27028.

 

Nancy Margaret Knight

Nancy Margaret Knight, 81, Salisbury, died Sunday (Feb. 25, 2001) at her home.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

 

Charles Overcash

Charles Overcash, 79, Spencer Healthcare, died Sunday (Feb. 25, 2001) at the nursing center.

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

 

Joseph Andrew Page

The funeral will be Wednesday for Joseph Andrew “Joe” Page, 50, Salisbury, who died Saturday (Feb. 24, 2001) at his home.

Born Oct. 13, 1950, in Granite Quarry, Mr. Page, a son of Ruby Jackson Page, Salisbury, and the late David Gwen Page, was educated in the North Rowan district of Rowan County schools. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he during the Vietnam War.

He was a truck driver with Tidewater Transit. He had earlier worked for Wayne Bost Trucking for six years and Home Concrete Co. for 15 years. He was a member of Sherrills Ford Baptist Church.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include wife Mary Williams Page, whom he married in 1969; son Joseph A. “Joey” Page Jr., of the home; daughter Wendy P.Erickson, Granite Quarry; brothers D.W. Page, Lucama, and Charles Lee Page, Mocksville; sister Shirley P. Sutton, Redmond, Ore.; and one grandchild.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sherrills Ford Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev.Harold Hughes. Burial, Brookhill Memorial Gardens, Rockwell. The body will be placed in the church at 10:30. Military rites by Rowan Veterans Council.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Summersett Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home.

Memorials: Sherrills Ford Baptist Church, Building Fund, 7125 Long Branch Road,Salisbury, NC 28147.

 

Mary Beaver Russ

FAITH — Mary Ethel Beaver Russ, 85, Faith, died Saturday (Feb. 24, 2001)at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, after eight years of failing health and a week of serious illness.

Born Dec. 2, 1915, in Rowan County, Mrs. Russ was a daughter of the late John E. and Nannie Park Beaver. She was educated at Mulberry School and retired from Linn Corriher Mills, Landis.

A member of Faith Baptist Church, she was a member and secretary of Emma Park Sunday School class for many years.

Her husband, Johnnie A. Russ, died Feb. 15, 1994.

Survivors include son Clyde William Russ, Faith; brother Claude Beaver, Salisbury; sisters Eula Mae Sides and Nellie Payne, both of China Grove; four granddaughters; eight great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson.

Services: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Faith Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. ChuckBrawley, pastor, and the Rev. Stan Welch, pastor, Blackwelder Park Baptist Church, Kannapolis. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell.

Memorials: Faith Baptist Church, Together We Build Fund program, P.O. Box 84, Faith, NC 28041.

 

Mary Frances Trexler

Mary Frances Parker Trexler, 72, Salisbury, died Sunday (Feb. 25, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

 

Thomas S. Worsham

EAST BEND — Thomas Stephen Worsham, 63, East Bend, died Sunday (Feb. 25, 2001) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Born June 21, 1937, in Pennsylvania County,Va., Mr. Worsham was a son of the late Harry and Mozelle Mayhew Worsham. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Retired from the Winston-Salem Police Department , he had also served ten years with the U.S. Marshal’s office.

Survivors include wife of 41 years Georgia Dorsett Worsham; daughter Laura Worsham Monroe, East Bend; son Mark Stephen Worsham, Mooresville; brothers Marshall Worsham, Salisbury, and Harold Worsham, Lexington; sister Nancy Lakey, Linwood; and four grandchildren.

Services: Memorial, 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Calvary Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. Mark Corts and Dr. Gary Chapman. Burial, 3 p.m. at Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury.

Visitation: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home, 3315 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem.

Memorials: Calvary Baptist Church, Missions Ministry, 5000 Country Club Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104.

 

 


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