MONROE — Olivia Garrett Allen, 49, 2656 Rolling Hills Drive, died Friday (July 6, 2001), at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte as the result of a stroke.

Born Aug. 25, 1951, in Salisbury, Miss Allen was a daughter of Lewis and Olivia Allen of Monroe. She had retired as public relations manager for Holly Enterprises in Arlington, Va.

Services: Memorial service, 1:30 p.m. Monday, Central United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Paula Northrup and the Rev. Robert Boggan. Davis Funeral Home is in charge.

Visitation: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Monday at the church. At other times, the family will be at the residence.

Memorials:Central United Methodist Church, 801 S. Hayne St., Monroe, NC 28112.

Carl Caldwell

KANNAPOLIS — Carl Franklin Caldwell, 78, 3002 N. Main St., died Saturday (July 7, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Born March 21, 1923, in Landis, he was the son of the late John Franklin and Cardella Sherrill Caldwell. He was a graduate of Aggrey High School, Landis.

A veteran of the U.S. Army, Mr. Caldwell was a retired plasterer. He was a member of Sandy Ridge AME Zion Church, Landis, where he sang in the Men’s Choir. He was also a member of the Men’s Booster Club, the Aggrey Alumni Association and Bennett L. Johnson American Legion Post 413.

He is survived by wife Jennie Hedrick Caldwell; son Carl Franklin Caldwell Jr., Kannapolis; stepson Phillip Anthony Caldwell, Kannapolis; and sisters Rosella E. Caldwell, Landis, and Elizabeth C. Roberts, Silver Springs, Md.

Noble & Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Elizabeth Corriher

Elizabeth Thompson Corriher, 79, died Saturday (July 7, 2001) at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice House in Winston-Salem.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Mildred Hartsell

ALBEMARLE — Mildred Louise Poplin Hartsell, 70, 2105 Monza Drive, died Saturday (July 7, 2001) at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.

Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Fairview Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Delane Burris, the Rev. Ronnie Vaught and the Rev. Dwight Reaves. Burial, Fairview Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6 to 8 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home-Albemarle. At other times, the family will be at the residence.

Marie H. Hosch

The funeral for Marie Hamilton Hosch, 52, 1110 Bryce Ave., will be held Tuesday. Mrs. Hosch died Friday (July 6, 2001) at her home after seven months of illness.

Services:2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Noble & Kelsey Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Bobby Milton, pastor of Boxwood Baptist Church. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the funeral home.

Pearl Faye Howell

ALBEMARLE — Pearl Faye Burleson Howell, 85, 28506 Canton Church Road, died Saturday (July 7, 2001) at Britthaven of Piedmont.

Services: 4 p.m. Monday, Hartsell Funeral Home-Albemarle, conducted by the Rev. Gary Hunsucker. Burial, Canton Baptist Church cemetery.

Visitation:7-9 tonight, at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home of a daughter, Catherine Burleson, 28344 Canton Road.

Edgar L. Russell

CHINA GROVE — Edgar Lamont Russell, 78, 804 S. Bostian St., died Saturday (July 7, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Born Nov. 13, 1922, in Stanly County, Mr. Russell was the son of the late Edgar Paul and Minnie Walker Russell. He was educated in the Rowan County schools.

Mr. Russell worked in the card room at China Grove Cotton Mills and operated the Russell Shell Station in China Grove. He was a member of Grace Christian Church. A U.S.Army veteran of World War II, he served three years in Europe. He was a member of Woodmen of the World.

He is survived by his wife, Lucile Williams Russell; and sisters Earlyne R. Miller and Betty R. Hill, both of China Grove.

Services: Graveside, 3 p.m. Monday, West Lawn Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. John Miller, with military rites by Rowan Veterans Council.

Visitation: 2 to 3 p.m. Monday, Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove.

Memorials: Grace Christian Church, P.O.Box 454, China Grove, NC 28023.

A permanent online registry has been entered for Mr. Russell at www.americanmemorials.com .

Allen Shoe Jr.

KANNAPOLIS — Clifford Allen Shoe Jr., 56, 4500 Hilton Lake Road, died Friday (July 6, 2001) at his home.

Born Sept. 24, 1944, in Albemarle, Mr. Shoe was a son of the late Clifford Allen and Minnie “Ludena” Stallings Shoe. He founded Allen Shoe and Son Masonry Co., which later became New South Masonry Inc. He was a board member of the Southeastern Treeing Walker Association.

Survivors include wife Doris Corl Shoe; daughter Sonya Shoe Helms, Kannapolis; son Jeffrey Allen Shoe, Kannapolis; sister Sue Shoe Hartsell, Rockwell; half brother Mack Roger Shoe, Rhode Island; and four grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Lane Street Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Greg Pierce and Bobby Kemp. Burial, New Gilead Reformed United Church of Christ Cemetery.

Visitation:6-8:30 p.m. Monday, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials:Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026-1235 or Lane Street Baptist Church, 2532 Lane St., Kannapolis, NC 28083.

Bishop Ruben Speaks

Bishop Ruben Lee Speaks, 81, 1238 Maxwell St., died Tuesday (July 3, 2001) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, after several weeks of declining health.

Born Jan. 8, 1920, in Lake Providence, La., to the late Benjamon and Jessie Bell Nichols Speaks, he was educated in the public schools of Lake Providence. He received a bachelor’s degree from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa; a master of divinity degree from Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N.J.; a master of sacred theology degree from Temple University, Philadelphia; and an honorary doctorate from Hood Theological Seminary. He did further study at Duke University Divinity School, where he was the first black student accepted at the school.

He had retired as senior bishop of the AME Zion Church after being elected the 76th bishop in 1972. He began his episcopacy in the African conferences of Liberia, Ghana and Nigeria. He retired in 1996 as the presiding prelate of the Piedmont Episcopal Area. He also served as a professor of systematic theology at Hood Theological Seminary.

Bishop Speaks provided a lectureship endowment for Hood Theological Seminary and a gymnatorium was erected in his honor at Camp Dorothy Walls, Black Mountain. He also established the Shaw-Speaks Community Center in Wilmington.

Bishop Speaks was a member of Soldiers Memorial AME Zion Church, the Executive Committee of the World Methodist Council, the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Council of Churches. He served the AME Zion Church as chairman of the Connectional Budget Board, chairman of lay activities and former chairman of the Bicentennial Commission.

He was also a former chairman of the World Council of Churches and the boards of trustees of Livingstone College and Hood Theological Seminary. A former trustee of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, he was a lifelong member of the NAACP.

He was named a Knight of African Redemption, the highest honor given by the Republic of Liberia. He also received the Chancellor’s Award from UNC Wilmington and the Distinguished Citizens Award from the Brooklyn Advisory Committee of the New York Urban League,

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Janie Griffin Speaks; son Robert Bernard Speaks; two daughters, the Rev. Joan Speaks, Atlanta, and Dr. Faith E. Speaks-Sims, Greensboro; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Varick Auditorium, Livingston College. The Right Rev. Milton A. Williams, presiding prelate of the Mid-Atlantic Episcopal Area, and the Rev. Dr. Murray L. Edwards, pastor of Soldiers Memorial AME Zion Church, will officiate. The eulogy will be given by the Right Rev. S. Chuka Ekemam. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday in Varick Auditorium. The body will be at Mitchell &Fair Funeral Service until the service.

Memorials: Hood-Speaks Seminary of Nigeria, c/o Department of Overseas Missions, AME Zion Church, 475 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10115.

Helen Stockton

CLEVELAND — Helen Beatrice Phifer Stockton, 95, 13515 Statesville Blvd., died Friday (July 6, 2001) at Iredell Memorial Hospital, Statesville, following an extended illness.

Mrs. Stockton was born in Rowan County on Aug. 7, 1905, daughter of the late Isaac and Katie Carr Phifer. She was educated in the Rowan County schools and at Billingsly Academy in Statesville. A member of Cameron Presbyterian Church USA, she was awarded a lifetime membership pin from the Cameron Presbyterian Women’s Organization.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence E. Stockton, and a daughter, Bertha Stockton Brawley.

Survivors include sons Clarence E. Stockton Jr., Lumberton, Henry P. Stockton, Cleveland, and Isaac Stockton, Statesville; daughters Nellie Mucherson, Winston-Salem, and Lucille McNeely, Statesville; sister Florence Rankins, Statesville; 16 grandchildren, three of whom she reared; 40 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great grandchildren.

Services: Monday at 2 p.m. at Cameron Presbyterian Church USA, Elmwood. The Rev. George Hunter will officiate. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m. at the church. At other times, the family will be at the home of son Henry Stockton, 13515 Statesville Blvd.

Clyburn and Bigham Funeral Home, Mooresville, is in charge.

Tommy Torrence

CONCORD — The Rev. Tommy Torrence, 55, 277 Sunnyside Drive S.E., died Friday (July 6, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center.

He was the brother of Barbara Whitaker and Ann McCommons, both of Kannapolis.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, First Assembly Worship Center, conducted by the Rev. Tom Whidden and the Rev. Sam Farina. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis.

Visitation: 6 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at First Assembly. At other times, the family will be at the home.

Memorials: First Assembly, 150 Warren Coleman Blvd., Concord, NC 28027 or Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026-1235.

Lady’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis, is in charge.