Hazel Hight Buffaloe, 76, 615 W. Fisher St., died Thursday (Jan. 4, 2000) at Brightmoor Nursing Center.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

James E. Bumgarner

HARMONY —James E. Bumgarner, 75, County Line Road, died Wednesday (Jan. 3, 2001) at Davis Medical Center.

Born May 28, 1925, in Iredell County, Mr. Bumgarner was a son of the late James Osmond and Florence Sweet Bumgarner. Retired from Ryder PIE in 1982, Mr. Bumgarner was a truck driver and a member of Rock Spring Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife Betty Branson Bumgarner; sons James T. Bumgarner, Mocksville, Samuel O. Bumgarner, Carlyle, Ill., Terry Cardwell, Belews Creek, and Jerry Cardwell, Harmony; daughters Faye Harris, Harmony, Sue Bumgarner, Augusta, Ga., and Tracy Sanbavol, Faith; sister Doris Shinn, Charlotte; 14 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Services:2 today, Rock Spring Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Steve Hedgecock. Burial, church cemetery.

Memorials: Donor’s choice.

Davie Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Edith Stoner Cranford

The funeral will be Saturday for Edith Stoner Cranford, 92, Salisbury, who died Wednesday (Jan. 3, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Nov. 20, 1908, in Rowan County, Mrs. Cranford was a daughter of the late Fannie Morgan and William M. Stoner. She was educated in Rowan County schools and retired from Macannal Mills.

She was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, the WELCA and the Senior Saints and was a life member of the Lutheran Southern Seminary Auxiliary.

Her husband, Crevice Cranford, died Oct. 15, 1973.

Survivors include daughter Carolyn Sides, Salisbury; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, conducted by the Revs. Doug and Lori Hefner, co-pastors. Burial, church cemetery.

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

Memorials: St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Memorial Fund, 2570 St. Peter’s Church Road, Salisbury, NC 28146.

Roland Poindexter Craven

MOORESVILLE — Roland Poindexter Craven, 91, 2025 Coddle Creek Highway, died Thursday (Jan. 4, 2001)at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.

Born March 29, 1909, in Iredell County, Mr. Craven was a son of the late Frank McKnight and Roberta Kimmons Craven. Educated in Cabarrus County schools, he was a graduate of Davidson College and was a member of the Kannapolis YMCA board of directors for 25 years. He was employed with Cannon Mills Co. for 44 years and was Plant 4 superintendent. He was a member of Coddle Creek ARP Church, where he was a former deacon.

His wife, Helen Jones Craver, died in 1992.

Survivors include daughters Margo Craven Ervin, New Bern, Jeanette Craven, Mooresville, and Debbie Craven Kluttz, Salisbury; son Frank M. Craven, Concord; stepdaughter Nancy Allman, China Grove; sister Lola Mann, Mooresville; and 10 grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Coddle Creek ARP Church, Mooresville, conducted by the Rev. Jamie Hunt. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home.

Memorials:Coddle Creek ARP Church, 2297 Coddle Creek Highway, Mooresville, NC 28115.

Samuel ‘Sam’ Gordon Jr.

Samuel Harvey “Sam”Gordon Jr., 79, Salisbury, died Thursday (Jan. 4, 2001) at his home.

Born Oct. 5, 1921, in Spencer, Mr. Gordon was a son of the late Mary Withers and Samuel Harvey Gordon. He was a graduate of Spencer High School and Mars Hill College in Mars Hill and was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving during World War II.

He was employed by Southern Railway for 47 years, retiring as a conductor in 1987.

Mr. Gordon was a member of the Spencer First Baptist Church and the United Transportation Union.

His first wife, Mary Beaver Gordon, died July 25, 1960.

Survivors include wife Helen McGee Gordon, whom he married March 15, 1964; daughters Cynthia G. Stafford, Morganton, and Harriet G. Goad, Wilmington; and one grandchild.

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

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

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

Ruth McIntyre W. Helms

OAKBORO — Ruth McIntyre Whitley Helms, 220 West Eight St., died Thursday (Jan. 4, 2001) at her residence.

Born in Stanly County, Mrs. Helms was a daughter of the late Sunny Lewis and Martha Tucker McIntyre. She was a retired seamstress at Allison Manufacturing Co. and a member of Big Lick Baptist Church.

Mrs. Helms was preceded in death by her first husband, Grant Hugh Whitley.

Survivors include husband W.C. “Lum” Helms; sons the Rev. Barry Grant Whitley, Albemarle, and Donald E. Whitley, Oakboro; stepsons W.C. Helms Jr., New Bern, and Jimmy Helms, Albemarle; daughters Gayle Whitley Jamison, Monroe, and Pamela Whitley Jenkins, Concord; stepdaughter Patsy Helms Carpenter, Oakboro; brother Roy McIntyre, Troy; sisters Lena Hartsell, Thomasville, Ruby Canup and Doris Huneycutt, both of Oakboro, Fannie Sossomon, Concord, and Rachel Hatley, Stanfield; eight grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and three stepgreat-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle, conducted by the Rev. Larry Linker. Burial, Oakboro Cemetery.

Visitation:7-9 tonight, at the funeral home.

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

Zbina ‘Tim’ Stanley Holt

MOUNT OLIVE — Zbina “Tim” Stanley Holt, 72, 119 Tarheel Drive, died Sunday (Dec. 31, 2000) at the home of daughter Rebecca H. Dean, Raleigh.

He is survived by a daughter Veronica Holt, Salisbury.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Smith Chapel United Methodist Church, Mount Olive. Graveside service following, 119 Tarheel Drive, with full military honors.

Visitation: The family will receive friends at the home.

Howell Funeral Home and Crematory, Goldsboro, is in charge.

Kathryn Freeman Rushing

SPENCER — Kathryn Freeman Rushing, 82, of Cleveland, Tenn., formerly for Spencer, died Thursday (Jan. 4, 2001) in Cleveland.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Modena E. Ward

KANNAPOLIS —Modena E. Ward, 80, 1402 Venus St., died Wednesday (Jan. 3, 2001) at her residence, after two months of declining health and four weeks of serious illness.

Born May 12, 1920, in Forsyth County, Mrs. Ward was a daughter of the late Lonnie Columbus and Lola Alexander Wilhelm. A homemaker, she was a member of Lakewood Baptist Church, Kannapolis.

Her husband, William “Bill” Ward, died Sept. 24, 1991.

Survivors include daughter Judy Ward Gainey, Kannapolis; sons Mike Ward and Robert Ward, both of Kannapolis, and Bill Ward, Landis; brothers John Lamb, Birmingham, Ala., and Jim Lamb, Kannapolis; sisters Ruth Kirouac, Onancock, Va., and Ejoe “Tootie” Bolman, Georgia; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Whitley’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Robert Howard. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home.

Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026-1235.