Donald Richard Brigman, 52, Salisbury, died Monday (Jan. 15, 2001) in Crossville, Tenn., due to a truck accident.

Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell, is in charge.

Smoot Kiser

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Wednesday for Edward Smoot Kiser, 88, 4774 Rainbow Drive, who died Sunday (Jan. 14, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born Feb. 29, 1912, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Kiser, a son of the late W.H. and Sarah Kizziah Kiser, retired from Fieldcrest-Cannon, Plant one cutting department. He was a member of Bethpage United Methodist Church and Woodmen of the World.

Survivors include wife Ellen Plyler Kiser; daughters Doris Campbell, China Grove, Linda Byrd, Charleston,S.C., Peggy Goodman, Mooresville, and Faye Sloop, Charlotte; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Lady’s Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Randy Foster, the Rev. Leon Smith and the Rev. Garland Faw. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home on Rainbow Drive.

Memorials: Bethpage United Methodist Church, 109 Fellowship Ave., Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Ruby Stutts Lambert

MOORESVILLE — Ruby Stutts Lambert, 82, 318 Ervin Road, died Monday (Jan. 15, 2001) at Maple Leaf Nursing Home, Statesville.

Born Nov. 30, 1918, in Iredell County, Mrs. Lambert was a daughter of the late Tom and Vassie Sherrill Stutts. Retired from Fiber Industries, now KoSa, she was a machine operator. She was a member of Berea Baptist Church.

Her husband, Paul Lambert, died in 1988.

Survivors include son Donald Lambert, Mooresville; daughter Pat Edwards, Mooresville: sister Betty Allen, Mooresville; brother Bill Stutts, Mooresville; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Berea Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Dan Freeman. Burial, church cemetery.

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

Memorials: Christ for the Cities International, Cross Link Fund, P.O. Box 241827, Omaha, NE 68124-5827.

Jim McCarter

LEXINGTON — The funeral will be Wednesday for Jimmy “Jim” McCarter, 74, Tussey Street, who died at his home on Thursday (Jan. 11, 2001).

Born Feb. 2, 1926, in Cabarrus County, Mr. McCarter was a son of the late Tom and Anna Knox Carter McCarter. He retired from Beauvzoir School, Washington, D.C., and had been employed part-time at Lexington Middle School.

A member of Files Chapel Baptist Church, he was a member of the Men’s Choir.

Survivors include wife Ida Mae Williams McCarter, Columbia, S.C.; sons Jeffery Smith, James Smith and Jermaine Williams, all of Columbia, S.C.; foster son Charles Coleman, Lexington; daughters Marilyn McCarter, Columbia, Barbara Lindsay, Midway, Brenda Hoover, Lexington, and Patricia Vereen, Washington, D.C.; stepdaughter Jacqueline Smith, Columbia; brothers Audrey McCarter and Codell Carter, both of Lexington, Oscar Carter, Rockingham, and Tom Carter, Washington, D.C.; sisters Lillie Simmons, Lexington, and Eliza Vansion, Washington, D.C.; 20 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Files Chapel Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. John W. Cade. Burial, Lexington City Cemetery.

Visitation: 2:30-3 p.m. Wednesday at the church. The body may be viewed at Morrison-Studevent Funeral Home, Lexington, from 1-8 this evening and from 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. on Wednesday.

Ronnie Joseph McCrary

Ronnie Joseph McCrary, 42, Salisbury, died Sunday (Jan. 14, 2001) at Lexington Memorial Hospital, Lexington.