LINWOOD — Minnie “Granny” Hargrave Bush, 87, 561 Helmont Road, died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Mrs. Bush was born March 14, 1914, in Davidson County.

Survivors include son John “Hence” Hargrave, of the home; daughters Rebecca “Becky” Hargrave Gill, Salisbury, and Barbara Ruth “Bob” Hargrave McDowell, Linwood.

Morrison-Studevent Funeral Home is in charge.

George Jay Holder

ALBEMARLE — George Jay Holder, 74, 24165 N.C. 73, died Sunday (March 18, 2001) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Born May 16, 1926, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Holder was a retired fixer and sawmiller. He last worked for Cannon Mills.

He was an avid Earnhardt racing fan and grew up with Ralph Earnhardt in Kannapolis. In the 1950s and ’60s, he worked as a race car and engine builder with the team .

Mr. Holder served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was assigned to the Pacific Theater.

Survivors include a half-sister, Johnsie Auten, Concord.

Services: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, Hartsell Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Bob Laxton. Burial, Salisbury National Cemetery; military rites by Albemarle-Stanly County DAV.

Visitation: 9-9:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Glenn Lee Jones

KANNAPOLIS — Glenn Lee Jones Sr., 80, 2006 Carolina Ave., died Sunday (March 18, 2001) at Universal Health Care, Concord.

Born July 28, 1920, in Catawba County, he was a son of the late G. Lonnie and Lucy Beal Jones. During World War II, Mr Jones worked in Baltimore, Md., building aircraft as a welder. Later, he owned and operated Jackson Park Supply, Kannapolis, for 50 years until his retirement in 2000. He had also worked for Cannon Mills Co. He was a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife Kathleen Horton Jones; sons R. Larry Jones, Rockwell, Glenn Lee Jones Jr., Gastonia, Tracy Lee and Jerry Alan Jones, both of Kannapolis; brother Ben Jones, Kannapolis; sisters Margaret Caine, High Point, Cleo Johnson, Winston-Salem, and Shirley Grould, Brevard; four grandchildren; and two great-great -grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Tom Cabaniss. Entombment, Carolina Memorial Park Mausoleum.

Visitation: Noon-2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of son R. Larry Jones, 11651 Old Concord Road, Rockwell.

Memorials: First Baptist Church, 101 N. Main St., Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Sandra Bennett Null

SPENCER — Sandra Bennett Null, 42, 616 Meadow Ave., died Sunday (March 18, 2001) at her home.

Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge.

Leona Mesimer Taylor

ROCKWELL — Leona Mesimer Taylor, 92, died Sunday (March 18, 2001) at The Meadows.

Born Jan. 7, 1909, in Rowan County, she was a daughter of the late Luther and Martha Ellen Holshouser Mesimer.

A graduate of Rockwell High School, she spent two years at Lenoir-Rhyne College. She was a homemaker and did substitute teaching at Rockwell Elementary School.

A member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and the WELCA, she taught Sunday school for 40 years and served as choir director for 50 years. A member of the Rockwell Home Demonstration Club, she was active in the Republican party and Republican Women.

Her husband, Gurley Franklin Taylor, died April 27, 1997. A son, Gregory C. Taylor, died Oct. 8, 1986.

Survivors include son Larry J. Taylor, Nashville, Tenn.; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Immanuel Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Bruce Sheeks. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6:30-8 p.m. tonight, Powles Funeral Home.

Memorials: Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2070 Emmanuel Church Road, Rockwell, NC 28138.

Leona B. Long Tissue

MOUNT PLEASANT — Leona B. Long Tissue, 86, 28731 Rowland Road, died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at Care Bridge Assisted Living, Mount Pleasant.

Born Feb. 20, 1915, in Branson, Mo., she was a daughter of the late Tom and Florence Baker Long, she had been a practical nurse.

Husbands Leslie Baker and Everett Tissue preceded her in death.

Survivors include son Les Baker, Long Beach, Calif.; daughter Shirley Mullins, Gastonia; five grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and two great-great-great grandchildren.

Services: No public services.

Memorials: Cabarrus County Hospice, 920 Church St.,N. Concord, NC 28025.

Bertie Smith Dennard

KANNAPOLIS — Bertie Smith Dennard, 93, formerly of Kannapolis, died Friday (March 16, 2001) in Black Mountain at the home of a granddaughter.

She had lived with her daughter, Doris Arnold, in Fairview.

Born July 26, 1907 in Royston, Ga., she was a daughter of the late William Bowers and Jessie Bonds Smith.

She retired from the spinning room of Cannon Mills Plant 4 in Kannapolis.

Mrs. Dennard had been a member of First Wesleyan Church for 76 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Burt Dennard.

Survivors include daughters Geri Newman and Margaret Gilbert, both of Denver, Colo., and Doris Arnold, Asheville; son Gene Dennard, Pasadena, Md.; sister Reba Fortner, Concord; brothers, Blanton J. Smith, Kannapolis, and the Rev. Hoover Smith, Gastonia; 13 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Wesleyan Church, conducted by Dr. Forbis Kivett and the Rev. Hoover Smith. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Lady’s Funeral Home.

Memorials: First Wesleyan Church, 301 Bethpage Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Betty Lucille Shank

RICHFIELD — Betty Lucille Horton Shank, 72, 20221 Bear Creek Church Road, died Sunday, (March 18, 2001) at Stanly Memorial Hospital, Albemarle.

Born April 8, 1929, in Cabarrus County, she was a daughter of the late Harry and Pearl Helms Horton. She was a member of Heaven Bound Independent Baptist Church and retired from Wiscassett Mills.

Her husband, James Ray Shank, preceded her in death.

Survivors include son Rodney Shank, Albemarle; daughter Nancy Sanders, Richfield; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Hartsell Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jerry Shinn and the Rev. Kenneth Bolton officiating. Burial, Salem United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home in Albemarle.

Chester Cleave Vaughan

CLEVELAND — Chester Cleave Vaughan, 83, 1070 Rankin Road, died Saturday (March 17, 2001) at his home after a period of declining health.

Born April 8, 1917, in Bessemer, Ala., he was a son of the late Coby L. and Hattie Clark Vaughan.

A retired minister, he was a graduate of Knox Academy, Selma, Ala., and received his bachelor’s degree from Tennessee A&I University, Nashville, Tenn. His pastorates included Belmont Church of Christ, Statesville, now known as Highland Acres Church of Christ and other pastorates in Montgomery, Ala., Nashville, Tenn., Camden, S.C., and Anniston, Ala. He was a member of Highland Acres Church of Christ and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include wife Bessie Stockton Vaughan; stepsons Willie Henry Neal, Landis, Joseph Neal, Cleveland, and Holland Neal, Baltimore, Md.; stepdaughters Margaret Reid, Mooresville, Inez Caldwell, Troutman, Patricia Neely, China Grove, Lorraine Redfern, Oceanside, Calif, Jane Kellam, Los Angeles, Calif., Jean Rose, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Marie Thomas, Vineland, N.J.; brother Memphis Vaughan, Mobile, Ala.; sisters Willie Ford, Marion, Ala., and Coby Wells, Detroit, Mich.; 22 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.