Weldon LaVern Davis

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Friday for Weldon LaVern Davis, 74, First Assembly Living Center, Concord, who died Tuesday (June 26, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born April 5, 1927, in Chesterfield County, S.C., Mr. Davis, a son of the late William Weldon and Matilda Elizabeth Hurst Davis, was a member of Memorial United Methodist Church.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Seabees. A truck driver, he worked for Akers and Pilot trucking companies. He was a member of the Teamsters Union.

His wife, Betty Furr Davis, died March 17, 1995.

Survivors include daughters Gail Overcash, Kannapolis, and Beth Weaver, Charlotte; son Tim Davis, Concord; sister Hallie Owensby, Kannapolis; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Memorial United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Otis Snow, the Rev. R.J.Hammond and the Rev. Ronnie W. Parker. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter Gail Overcash, 5683 Tuckaseegee Road.

Memorials: Memorial United Methodist Church, Land Fund, 1100 W. C St.,Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Loma ‘Tootie’ Garver

CHINA GROVE — The funeral will be Friday for Loma “Tootie” Blackwelder Garver, 88, 507 Park St., who died Wednesday (June 27, 2001) at her home.

Born May 23, 1913, in Rowan County, Mrs. Garver, a daughter of the late Cora Bell Safrit and John Henderson Blackwelder, was educated in the Rowan County schools.

She was employed by Cannon Mills for 50 years, where she worked in the sewing room. An active member of Mount Moriah Lutheran Church, China Grove, she was in the Golden Agers, Dale Freeze Sunday School Class and WELCA.

Her husband, Roy B. Garver, died Dec. 29, 1963.

Survivors include sister Myrtle Ritchie, Kannapolis.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Mount Moriah Lutheran Church, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. Charles McMurphy. Burial, church cemetery.

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

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

Memorials: Mount Moriah Lutheran Church, Kitchen Renovation Fund, 750 Mount Moriah Church Road, China Grove, NC 28023.

A permanent online memorial is at www.americanmemorials.com .

Eltha M. Pinkston

HAMPTON, Va. — Eltha Margaret Pinkston, 83, Hampton, a Salisbury, N.C., native, died Wednesday (June 27, 2001) from a lengthy illness.

Mrs. Pinkston, a daughter of the late Elizabeth L. Bame, retired as an accountant from Hampton VA Center in the mid-1970s after 17 years of civil service.

She was a member of Colonial Chapter 40, Order of the Eastern Star.

Survivors include husband of 60 years William L. Pinkston; son Dr. W.Thomas Pinkston, Virginia Beach; two granddaughters; and three great-granddaughters.

Services: 10 a.m. Friday, Parklawn-Wood Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Richard R. Helveston. Burial, Parklawn Memorial Park.

Visitation: 9 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital, c/o Khedive Temple, 645 Woodlake Drive, Chesapeake,VA 23320; or American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 120016, Newport News, VA 23612.

James Y. Wilfong

NEWTON — The funeral will be Saturday for James Yoder Wilfong, 89, 1783 Shady Lane, father of Neal David Wilfong, Cleveland, who died Friday (June 22, 2001) at N.C. Lutheran Home, Hickory.

Services: Memorial, 4 p.m. Saturday, Bethel United Church of Christ, conducted by the Rev. Maria E. Yocum and the Rev. Jamie T. Fonville Jr.

Visitation: At the church after the service.

Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Bethel United Church of Christ, 4547 Bethel Church Road, Hickory, NC 28602; or N.C. Lutheran Home, 1265 21st St. N.E., Hickory, NC 28602.