CLEVELAND — Ernest “June” Avery Jr., 72, Cleveland, formerly of 708 S. Nansemond St., Richmond, Va., died Wednesday (July 25, 2001)at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, after two months of serious illness.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge.

Elijah Blakeney

CHINA GROVE — Elijah Blakeney, 91, 568 Westside Circle, died Wednesday (July 25, 2001) at his home.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge.

Cynthia M. Barfield

ALBEMARLE — Cynthia Ann Manning Barfield, 40, 703 Love St., died Tuesday (July 24, 2001) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Services: 4 p.m. Friday, Hartsell Funeral Home chapel.

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

Debra Jeane Carter

LEXINGTON — Debra Jeane Cannon Carter, 46, 474 Riverview Road, died Tuesday (July 24, 2001) at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Services: Memorial, 2 p.m. Friday, Friendship United Methodist Church.

Visitation: At the church fellowship hall after the service. At other times, the family will be at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, 604 Westside Drive, Lexington.

Piedmont Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: American Children’s Home, 3844 N.C. Hwy. 8, Lexington, NC 27292.

Arthur Reid Efird

ALBEMARLE — Arthur Reid Efird, 72, 24303 Old Aquadale Road, died Wednesday (July 25, 2001) at his home.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday,Union Grove Baptist Church. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Stanly Funeral Home.

Memorials: Union Grove Baptist Church, P.O. Box 568, Albemarle, NC 28002.

Frances Bentley Ellis

The funeral is today for Frances Earle Bentley Ellis, 78, 1406 N. Church St., who died Sunday (July 22, 2001) at the VA Medical Center in Oteen after a period of declining health.

Born Oct. 18, 1922, in Raleigh, Mrs. Ellis was a daughter of the late John Wesley Bentley and Edna Williams Bentley Bradshaw. She was a 1941 graduate of Boyden High School and a 1947 graduate of Salisbury Beauty School.

During World War II, she served as a WAVE with the U.S. Navy and was stationed in New York City. A homemaker and a beautician, she was of the Baptist faith.

A daughter, Frances Jane, died in 1943.

Survivors include husband Donald Arthur Ellis; son David Ellis, Salisbury; brother Samuel Roy Bradshaw, Granite Quarry; and sisters Priscilla Bradshaw Nichols, Mocksville, Dorothy Bradshaw Rowland, Granite Quarry, and Mary Bentley Davis, Salisbury.

Services: Graveside, 2 today, Salisbury National Cemetery, conducted by a VA Medical Center chaplain. Military rites by Rowan Veterans Council.

Visitation: None.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Patricia Jones

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Friday for Patricia Gay Kerley Jones, 41, 2604 Pennsylvania Ave., who died Tuesday (July 24, 2001) at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte.

Born June 22, 1960, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Jones was a daughter of Willis E. Kerley, Kannapolis, and the late Lois Barnes Kerley. She was formerly employed as a project manager with Duke Power Co. in Charlotte.

A member of Franklin Heights Baptist Church, she taught Sunday school and was co-director of the Women’s Missionary Union. She helped organize the first blood drive at the church and volunteered with the Humane Society of Concord and Greater Cabarrus County.

Survivors, in addition to her father, include husband Thomas D. Jones; and brother Danny L. Kerley, Kannapolis.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Franklin Heights Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Tim Jernigan.Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Memorials: Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 587, Annapolis, MD 21404-0613; or Humane Society of Concord and Greater Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 3104, Concord,NC 28025.

Louise C. Owings

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Friday for Mary Louise Crider Owings, 79, 2801 Shady Lane, Concord, who died Tuesday (July 24, 2001).

Born Feb. 2, 1922, in Franklin County, Ga., Mrs. Owings was a member of Brookdale Baptist Church, Kannapolis. She was employed in the sewing department of Cannon Mills Plant one for 37 years.

Her husband, George Wilson Owings, died Jan. 17, 1993.

Survivors include daughter Brenda Campbell, Woodleaf; son Richard Owings, Concord; brother Kiolen Crider, Kannapolis; sisters Nina Roberts, Concord, and Sue Mooney,Kannapolis; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Brookdale Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Ken Savage and the Rev. Doug Pierce. Burial, Carolina Memorial park.

Visitation:6-8 tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home,Kannapolis.

Memorials: Hospice of Rowan County, 825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, NC 28144; or Brookdale Baptist Church, 2511 S.Ridge Ave., Kannapolis, NC 28083.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.ladysfuneralhome.com/obituaries.htm .

Stacy C. Phillips

MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Friday for Stacy Clayburn Phillips, 59, Rolling Hills Lane, who died Tuesday (July 24, 2001) at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, Winston-Salem.

Born May 5, 1942, in Ashe County, Mr. Phillips was the son of Buster Phillips of Mocksville and the late Louise Winebarger. He was employed with Ingersoll-Rand for 31 years and attended Gospel Baptist Church.

Survivors, in addition to his father, include wife Patricia Elledge Phillips; stepmother Hazel Hutchins Phillips, Mocksville; daughters Donna Carter and Pamela Blake, both of Mocksville; brother Gridy Phillips, Gastonia; stepbrother Jeff Hutchins, Mocksville; stepsisters Tammy Hutchins and Karen Kimrey, both of Mocksville; and one grandchild.

Services: 11 a.m.Friday, Eaton Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Lester Keaton. Burial, Rose Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.

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