KANNAPOLIS — Estella Lillie Adams Deal, 91, formerly of Locust Street, died Thursday (July 5, 2001) at Big Elm Retirement Center.

Born June 3, 1910, in Alexander County, Mrs. Deal was a daughter of the late John Anderson and Cora Lee Tedder Adams Deal. She had been employed in the washcloth department at Cannon Mills and as a nursing assistant at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital. She taught Sunday school at North Kannapolis Wesleyan Church, where she was a member.

Survivors include daughters Annie Elledge, China Grove, Mary Cavin, Kannapolis, and Beatrice Price, Winston-Salem; brother Bill Adams, Texas; sisters Ruby Foster, Kannapolis, and Lacy Davis, Landis; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis, conducted by the Rev. Edwin Luther. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 1:30-3 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter Annie Elledge, 2370 Cannon Farm Road, China Grove.

A permanent memorial has been opened online for Mrs. Deal at www.americanmemorials. com.

Bunyon Odell Dean

KANNAPOLIS — Bunyon Odell Dean, 81, 300 Eastway Ave., died Friday (July 6, 2001) at Big Elm Retirement Center.

Born Dec. 20, 1919, in Pickens County, S.C., Mr. Dean was a son of the late Birt Paul and Sarah Katherine Ellis Dean. A U.S. Army veteran, he had retired after 20 years of service.

He then worked in the bleachery at Cannon Mills, Plant 1, until retiring. He was a member of Poston Perkins VFW Post 8989 and a lifetime member of Beaver Pittman American Legion Post 115.

His wife, Alice Hayes Dean, died Nov. 10, 1996.

Survivors include son Gerald Whitman, Heidelberg, Germany; stepdaughters Wileen E. Rettinger, Asheboro, and Edna Aileen Maddocks, Melbourne, Fla.; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services:2 p.m. Sunday, Mount Zion First Freewill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Joe Rahme. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery, with military rites conducted by DAV Chapter 27 of Concord.

Visitation:7-9 tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Guy Leonard Deal

CHINA GROVE — Guy Leonard Deal, 90, 350 Saw Road, died Thursday (July 5, 2001), at his home.

Born Oct. 13, 1910, in Rowan County, Mr. Deal was a son of the late Leroy and Essie Corriher Deal. Educated in the Rowan County schools, he was a retired farmer. He was a member of the original board of directors for Atwell Fire Department and the Farm Bureau. Mr. Deal was also a member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ.

His wife, Virginia Rufty Deal, died Feb. 29, 1946.

Survivors include son Oscho Deal, China Grove; and three grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, conducted by the Rev. Paul Pickler. Burial, Greenlawn Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the residence.

Memorials:St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 811 N. Enochville Ave., China Grove, NC 28023 or Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, NC 28144.

A permanent memorial has been opened at www.americanmemorials.com .

Barbara Finney

GASTONIA — Barbara McDowell Finney, 65, Terrell, Texas, died Tuesday (July 3, 2001), at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was formerly of Rockwell.

Born in Forsyth County, Mrs. Finney was a daughter of the late Fred and Etta Mae Whitt McDowell. She had retired from Philip Morris Tobacco Co.

Survivors include daughters Michelle Crouch, Texas, and Susan Joyce, Walnut Cove; sons Michael Finney, Belmont, and Warren White, King; sisters Mary Hawkins, Omaha, Neb., and Betty Goins and Catherine Forbes, both of Winston-Salem; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held Friday at McLean Funeral Directors. Burial will be private.

Marie Hamilton Hosch

Marie Hamilton Hosch, 52, 1110 Bryce Ave., died Friday (July 6, 2001) at her home. She had been seriously ill for seven months.

Born Oct. 13, 1948, in Rowan County, Mrs. Hosch was a daughter of the late Charles and Eva Hamilton Black. She attended Dunbar High School in East Spencer. A homemaker, she was a member of Henderson Grove Baptist Church and Boxwood Baptist Church in Mocksville.

Survivors include husband Rufus Hosch; sons Darryl Charles Hamilton, Fort Bragg, and Ronnie Morton Hamilton, Calvin Wayne Hosch and Kenneth Donnell Hosch, all of Salisbury; brother Curtis Ray Black, Salisbury; and 15 grandchildren.

Noble & Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.