WINTERPARK, Fla. — Beulah L. Andrews, 85, Albert Lee Parkway, died Friday (March 16, 2001).

A homemaker, Mrs. Andrews was a member of Calvary Church of the Nazarene in Apopka, where she was a Sunday school teacher. She was also a member of the Nazarene World Missionary Society and the senior citizen group at her church.

Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Clayburn M. Andrews; sons Bobby Andrews, Gallatin, Tenn., and Ken and Duane Andrews, both of Salisbury, N.C.; daughter Maxine Smith, Orlando; 11 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Calvary Church of the Nazarene, conducted by the Rev. Jim Page.

Visitation: 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Loomis Funeral Home Chapel, Apopka.

Memorials: Calvary Church of the Nazarene, Building Fund, 750 Roger Williams Road, Apopka, FL 32703.

Homer B. Everhart

Homer Brantford Everhart, 88, formerly of Park Avenue, died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after two years of declining health.

Born Aug. 29, 1912, in Rowan County, Mr. Everhart was the son of the late Margaret Esther Beck and Orrin Blaine Everhart. Educated in the Rowan County schools, he worked at Cannon Mills, Plant 7, for 45 years before retiring.

Survivors include wife Bertha Stilley Everhart, whom he married Dec. 21, 1933; sons Henry B. “Sonny” and Richard L. “Rip” Everhart, both of Salisbury; and two grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Summersett Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. William S. Ketchie, pastor, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Burial in Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Monday, at the funeral home.

Memorials: Salvation Army, 620 Bringle Ferry Road, Salisbury, NC 28144.

Mary Alice Ewan

KANNAPOLIS — Mary Alice Ewan, 95, formerly of Kannapolis, died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at Carrington Place in Matthews.

Born Feb. 7, 1906, in Mooresville, Mrs. Ewan was the daughter of the late Thomas Branch and Carrie McKey Smith. A former schoolteacher, she had retired from the sheet department of Cannon Mills, Plant 1.

She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she was active in the Crafty Ladies Class. She was a life member and past Deputy Grand Matron of the ninth district of the Order of the Eastern Star.

She was preceded in death by husband Robert C. Ewan and daughter Carrie May Ewan Fultz.

Survivors include sister Nora S. Harris, Mooresville; three grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Lady’s Funeral Home,conducted by the Rev. Don Shuman. Burial in Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Trinity United Methodist Church, 416 E. First St., Kannapolis, NC 28083.

Brodie Graham Jr.

Brodie Ambrose Graham Jr., 71, 1221 Old Plank Road, died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center. He had been in declining health for one year and seriously ill for two weeks.

Born May 3, 1929, in Rowan County, Mr. Graham was the son of the late Etta Mitchell and Brodie A. Graham. He was educated at Price High School.

He had earlier worked for a building supply manufacturer in New York and was last employed in the housekeeping department of the Hefner VA Medical Center. He received several awards from the VA, including a special achievement award, and was named employee of the month.

He was a member of Gethsemane Baptist Church, where he sang in the Male Chorus. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict, he was a member of J.C. Price American Legion Post No. 107.

A daughter preceded him in death.

Survivors include brother Rayford M. Graham, Salisbury, and two grandchildren.

Mitchell & Fair Funeral Service is in charge.

Mary J. Harris

CONCORD — Mary J. Harris, 85, Crowell Drive, died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center.

She was the mother of Elizabeth H. Goodman, Salisbury.

Services: Noon Monday, Wilkinson Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. H. Davis Yeuell. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 11 a.m.-noon Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials: St. James Lutheran Church, 104 Union St. S., Concord, NC 28026.

Jimmy D. Hatley

ALBEMARLE—Jimmy Darrell Hatley, 56, 933 Efird St., died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at home after several years of declining health due to a truck accident.

Born Sept. 30, 1944, in Stanly County, Mr. Hatley was the son of the late Nollie Helms and Watt Walter Hatley. He had retired as a truck driver for Southeastern Freight Liners. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Misty DeeAnne Hatley.

Survivors include wife Betty Carolyn Dixon Hatley; son Jimmy Darrell Hatley Jr., Albemarle; daughter Regina Hatley Chavis, Albemarle, brother Kenneth Watt Hatley, Kannapolis; sisters Edith Hatley Huneycutt, New London; Eva Odessa “Tootsie” Hollingsworth, Richfield; and Faye Clodfelter, Albemarle; and 10 grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Lakeview Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Tab Whitley and the Rev. Rob Roberts. Burial in Stanly Gardens of Memory, with military rites by Albemarle Stanly County DAV.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home.

Janet McCormick

Janet Schenck McCormick, 84, Salisbury, died Friday (March 16, 2001) at her home after an extended illness.

Born Nov. 18, 1916, in Newberry, S.C., Mrs. McCormick was the daughter of the late Caroline Jones and William Cooper Schenck. She attended the South Carolina schools and Newberry College.

A U.S. Army veteran, she had retired in 1972 as a major in the Army Reserves. She joined the Women’s Auxiliary Corps during World War II and was employed by the inspector general of the 18th Airborne at Fort Bragg. She served as the first woman president of the Reserve Officers Association of North Carolina in 1975-76.

There are no survivors. She had lived in the Salisbury home of a friend, Karen Huff, for the past four years.

The body was cremated. There will be no service.

Evergreen Cremation Services of Salisbury is in charge.

Margaret Pearce

ALBEMARLE — Margaret Lucille Lowder Pearce, 85, 33420 Old Salisbury Road, died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at Britthaven of the Piedmont.

Born June 24, 1915, in Stanly County, Mrs. Pearce was the daughter of the late Bessie McClay Moose and Baldy Henderson Lowder. Retired from Fieldcrest Cannon after 50 years with the company, she was a member of Second Street Presbyterian Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gilbert William Napier Pearce.

Survivors include sons Donald E. and William David Pearce, both of Albemarle, and Danny G. Pearce, Chesterfield, S.C.; daughter Dianne Pearce Cook, Norwood; sister Sara Furr, Albemarle; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

Services: 4 p.m. Monday, Hartsell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. David Alexander. Burial in Fairview Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home of her daughter at 49270 Woodland Drive, Norwood.

Memorials: Alzheimer’s Association, Southern Piedmont Chapter, 3420 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte, NC 28215-3298, or Second Street Presbyterian Church, 100 Hearne St., Albemarle, NC 28001.

Louise Roberts

KANNAPOLIS —Daisy Louise Spivey Roberts, 64, 1000 Mable Ave., died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center in Concord.

Born Nov. 17, 1936, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Roberts was the daughter of the late Eddie Lee and Rabie Sides Spivey. She was a hemmer at Cannon Mills, Plant 1, sewing room, until retiring.

She was preceded in death by husband Robert H. Rudd and son Kenneth Ray Rudd.

Survivors include daughter Donna Sloop, Salisbury; son Jackie Rudd, Oak Island; sister Virginia Lee Furr, Kannapolis; brother Bobby Spivey, Wilmington; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Lady’s Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Jesse Overcash. Burial in West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.

Visitation: 12:30-2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the residence.

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