Harris James Albright, 95, formerly of Safrit Road, died Tuesday (June 26, 2001) at Genesis ElderCare.

Born Oct. 29, 1905, in Rowan County, Mr. Albright, a son of the late Robert Lee and Elizabeth Catherine McLaughlin Albright, was educated in the Rowan County schools. He was a farmer.

He was a member of Thyatira Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include sisters Mary Christena Shuping, Salisbury, and Ruth Elizabeth Deal, China Grove.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Thyatira Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Bob Freeman. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Thursday at the church.

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, in charge.

Memorials: Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Cemetery Fund, 220 White Road, Salisbury, NC 28147.

Permanent on-line memorial at www.americanmemorials.com .

Weldon LaVern Davis

KANNAPOLIS — Weldon LaVern Davis, 74, a resident of First Assembly Living Center, Concord, formerly of Kannapolis, died Tuesday (June 26, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Walter Boland Dillon

Walter Boland Dillon, 77, Salisbury, died Sunday (June 24, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Jan. 19, 1924, in Essex County, N.J., Mr. Dillon, a son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Leah Boland Dillon, was educated in the Savannah, Ga., schools. A retired hospital administrator, he worked in Pennsylvania.

He was a Presbyterian and a member of Salisbury Elks Lodge and American College of Hospital Administrators. He was a life member of the U.S. Public Health Service.

Survivors include wife Erma Bosler Dillon; sons Walter B. Dillon Jr., San Francisco, Calif., and Scott William Dillon, Elon; daughter Diane Dillon Hooper, Salisbury; brother James Thomas Dillon, Atlanta, Ga.; and four grandchildren.

There will be no services.

Evergreen Cremation Services, in charge.

Memorials: Historic Salisbury Foundation, P.O. Box 4221, Salisbury, NC 28145-4221.

Essie T. Grissom

Essie Thomas Grissom, 93, Salisbury, died Tuesday (June 26, 2001) at The Laurels of Salisbury after a period of declining health.

Born Sept. 15, 1907, in Guilford County, Miss Grissom, a daughter of the late Harris Benjamin and Mary Belle Smith Grissom, was educated in the Rowan County schools. She worked as a nursing aide at area nursing homes and was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, Spencer.

Survivors include brother Harry B.Grissom, Spencer; and sisters Beulah G. Mahaley, Salisbury, and Katherine G. Carwile, Richmond, Va.

Services: 3 p.m. Thursday,Lyerly Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Max Mills, pastor, Trinity Baptist Church, Spencer. Burial, family plot in Chestnut Hill Cemetery.

Visitation: 2-3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of sister Beulah G. Mahaley of Salisbury.

Ralph Turner Hallman

The funeral will be Thursday for Ralph Turner Hallman, 76, Salisbury, who died Tuesday (June 26, 2001) at Hefner VA Medical Center.

Born Feb. 24, 1925, in Catawba County, Mr. Hallman, a son of the late Henry and Ollie S. Hallman, was educated in the Salisbury city schools. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in the European Theatre during World War II.

He was employed by Southern Railroad for 10 years and later by the U.S. Postal Service for 33 years. He was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Patterson Wessinger Sunday school class, Harold B. Jarrett American Legion Post 342 and VFW Post 3006.

A son,Ralph Turner Hallman Jr., died July 20, 1985.

Survivors include wife Alice Trexler Hallman; sisters Ruby Johnson,Annadale,Va., and Rachel Ann Clark, Springdale, Va.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: Memorial, 11 a.m.Thursday,St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Gene Bruce. Burial with military honors in church cemetery.

Visitation: At the church after the memorial service.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 5202 Mooresville Road, Salisbury, NC 28147.

Margaret Honeycutt

LANDIS — Margaret Josielene Wilkins Honeycutt, 84, formerly of 108 N. Correll St., died Tuesday (June 26, 2001) at Big Elm Retirement Center, Kannapolis.

Born Sept. 30, 1916, in Traphill, Mrs. Honeycutt was a daughter of the late William Sanford and Millie Reavis Wilkins. She was a homemaker and member of Landis First United Methodist Church.

Her husband,Carl Robert Honeycutt, died Dec. 18, 1977.

Survivors include son Clyde Robert Honeycutt, Landis; daughter Jennie Honeycutt Osborne, Concord; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Thursday, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home Chapel, Landis, conducted by the Rev. Andrea Redard. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.

Visitation: 2-3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of son Clyde Robert Honeycutt, 411 E.Ryder Ave.

Permanent online memorial at www.americanmemorials.com .

Mary Johnston

WINSTON-SALEM — Mary Dearing Fauntleroy Johnston, 78, Winston-Salem, formerly of Lynchburg, Va., and Salisbury, died Monday (June 25, 2001) at Forsyth Medical Center.

Born Jan. 17, 1923, in Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. Johnston, a daughter of the late Walter and Eva McCuthen Fauntleroy, was a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church and the altar guild. She was also a member of Colonial Dames and a past board member of the YWCA.

Her husband, Samuel Ladd Johnston, preceded her in death.

Survivors include daughters Mary Ladd Hebert, Winston-Salem, and Juliet J. Zygmunt, Bronxville, N.Y.; brother Charles Lynch Fauntleroy, Altavista, Va.; sister Margaret Shafer, San Antonio, Texas; and three grandsons.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Friday, St. John’s Episcopal Church, conducted by the Rev. Frank G. Dunn. Burial, Lynch Family graveyard, Avoca, Altavista, Va.

Visitation: Thursday afternoon at the home of Richard Johnston, 1204 Nichols Tavern Road, Lynchburg, Va.

Diuguid Funeral Service, Lynchburg, Va., is in charge.

‘Jody’ S. Reynolds

LEXINGTON — Josephine “Jody” Mary Mae Sweeney Reynolds, 34, Avenue L, died Monday (June 25, 2001) at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Davidson Funeral Home chapel. Burial, Lexington City Cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home on Avenue L.

Vera Pacailler Sailer

Vera Pacailler Sailer, 85, 1505 Bringle Ferry Road, died Tuesday (June 26, 2001) at Autumn Care Nursing Home.

Born May 14, 1916, in West Hoboken, N.J., Mrs. Sailer, a daughter of the late John and Bernadine Henzil Pacailler, was educated in the West Hoboken, N.J., schools. She was employed in the textile industry for a number of years.

Her first husband, Thomas J. Powers, died in 1972, and her second husband, George Sailer, died in 1988.

Survivors include nieces and nephews.

The body will be moved from Summersett Funeral Home to Barrett Funeral Home, Tenafly, N.J. for graveside services on Thursday at Mount Carmel Cemetery, Englewood, N.J.

Mary Alice Troutman

CONCORD — Mary Alice Brown Troutman, 77, 2242 Cold Springs Road, died Tuesday (June 26, 2001) at her home.

Born Aug. 17, 1923, in Rowan County, Mrs. Troutman, a daughter of the late Hoy A. and Maude Wilhelm Peeler, was employed by the Cabarrus County Schools. She was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, St. John’s Grange and Margaret Shipton Circle.

Survivors include husband George H.Troutman; daughter Mary Ruth T. Hartsell, Concord; son Mark Troutman, Concord; sisters Sue Lyerly, Granite Quarry, Mary Fortune,Kannapolis, and Margaret Bratton, Ohio; brothers George Peeler,Granite Quarry, Hoy Peeler, Salisbury, and the Rev. James Peeler, Thomasville; and two grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, St. John’s Lutheran Church, conducted by Dr. Mark J. Ericson. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Wilkinson Funeral Home.

Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord NC 28025.