BURLINGTON — Charles Lynn Beck, 73, 322 Caswell St., died Friday (May 4, 2001) at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, after several years of failing health and eight weeks of critical illness.

Born in Rowan County, he was the son of the late Charlie A. and Pearl Henley Beck. He was employed as a meat cutter with A&P for more than 20 years. A member of the American Legion, he was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean conflict.

Survivors include wife Virginia Elizabeth Snider Beck; daughters Denise Cashion, Rock Hill, S.C., and Lynne Hutlemyer, Alamance; son Charles Joseph “Joey” Beck, Haw River; sisters Jewell “Ruby” Alley and Mrs. Phil Barber, both of Salisbury; brother E.J. Beck, Greensboro; and six grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Alamance Memorial Park, led by the Rev. Howard Thompson, pastor of Burlington Assembly of God.

Visitation: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory.

Claude White Bost

The funeral will be Sunday for Claude White Bost, 86, Salisbury, who died Thursday (May 3, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Sept. 2, 1914, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Bost was a son of the late George Eli Cope and Nancy Alice Hoffner Bost. He was a 1933 graduate of Mount Pleasant High School.

Mr. Bost had worked at Erlanger Mills, Lexington, and Bambi Bakery. He also made parachutes for the U.S. government. He was employed at the N.C. Weight Station in the license and theft department for 23 years before retiring in 1976. He also drove a cab.

A member of Organ Lutheran Church, he was sexton for three years and a Sunday school teacher for 45 years. He made wine for Communion and served as a funeral usher. He was also a member of the Lutheran Men and the church’s senior citizens group, which named him Senior Citizen of the Year.

Mr. Bost was a charter member of the Rockwell Lions Club, where he was a past president and secretary. He received the Jack Stickley and Melvin Jones Award.

He also worked with the Rowan Council for the Blind. A volunteer at Hefner VA Medical Center and Habitat for Humanity, he was a member of the Rowan County Peace Officer Association.

A daughter, Billie M. Hall, died Feb. 24, 2000.

Survivors include wife Margaret Everhart Bost, whom he married Nov. 12, 1949; sons Charles Robert “Bob” Bost, Anderson, S.C., and James Franklin Bost, Spencer; daughters Phyllis Mize, Winston, Ga., Peggy B. Butler, Rockwell, and Debra B. Snider, of the home; sister Esther Trexler, Albemarle; 11 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Organ Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. John E. Pless. Rockwell Lions Club will be seated as a group. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6:30-8 tonight, Powles Funeral Home,Rockwell. At other times the family will be at the home of granddaughter Jessica Snider, with whom he made his home.

Memorials: Rockwell Lions Club, c/o Clyde Barringer, P.O. Box 335, Rockwell, NC 28138; or Organ Lutheran Church, 1515 Organ Church Road, Salisbury, NC 28146.

Donald Lewis Corry

SPENCER — The funeral for Donald “Don” Lewis Corry will be Monday. Mr. Corry died Tuesday (May 1, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Services: Noon Monday, Noble & Kelsey Funeral Home, led by the Rev. Miriam Keller. Burial, National Cemetery, Brenner Avenue. Military rites by Salisbury Rowan Veterans Council.

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

Wyatt Floyd Graham

MOUNT ULLA — The funeral will be Sunday for Wyatt Floyd Graham, 60, 650 Graham Road, who died Thursday (May 3, 2001) at his home.

Born Aug. 6, 1940, in Iredell County, Mr. Graham was a son of the late Emery Knox and Rebecca McDaniel Graham. A graduate of Mount Ulla High School, he was a dairy farmer and a member of Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Mill Bridge.

Survivors include wife Carolyn Hall Graham; son Wyatt Graham Jr., Mount Ulla; daughter Barbara “B.J.” Owen, Mount Ulla; brother E.K.Graham Jr., Mount Ulla; sisters Rebecca Morrison, China Grove, Annie Rowles, Fredricksburg, Va., and Fannie Mae Parker, Richfield; and two grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Thyatira Presbyterian Church, Mill Bridge, conducted by the Rev. Carroll Robinson. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home,China Grove. At other times the family will be at the home on Graham Road.

Memorials:Donor’s choice.

Mabel P. Lookabill

LEXINGTON — Mabel P. Lookabill, 79, Parks Road, died Thursday (May 3, 2001) at Lexington Health Care after a year of declining health.

Services: 11 a.m. today, Bethany United Methodist Church, led by the Rev. A.C. Brock. Burial, church cemetery.

Memorials: Bethany United Methodist Church, Building Fund, 193 Bethany Church Road, Lexington, NC 27292.

Davidson Funeral Home is in charge.

Eva Black Mann

CHINA GROVE — Eva Black “Hoppy” Mann, 79, 4280 Old Beatty Ford Road, died Friday (May 4, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Lady’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis, is in charge.

Benjamin McLendon

Benjamin W. McLendon, 59, 1922 Savannah St., Washington, D.C., died April 28, 2001, at the Greater Southeast Community Hospital in Washington, D.C.

He was born July 13, 1941, in Salisbury, son of the late Benjamin and Ethel Smith McLendon. A graduate of J.C. Price High School, he was an orthopedic technician.

Survivors include sons Mark William Blar, Salisbury, and Benjamin McLendon Jr., Washington, D.C.; brother Darryl McLendon, Washington D.C.; sister Gail McLendon, Salisbury; and two grandchildren.

Services: 4 p.m. Monday, Noble & Kelsey Funeral Home, led by the Rev. Laura Roberts. Burial, Oakwood cemetery.

Visitation: 3:30 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Cecil ‘Pete’ Moore

The funeral will be Sunday for Cecil Lawson “Pete” Moore, 81, Salisbury, who died Friday (May 4, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Feb. 29, 1920, Mr. Moore was a son of the late Grady P. and Mayme Robinson Moore. Educated in the Forest City schools, he was a graduate of Cool Springs High School. He had retired in 1981 as superintendent of Delta Thread Co. He was a member of First United Methodist Church and its Golden Rule Forum Class.

His wife, Marilyn White Moore, died July 21, 1999.

Survivors include son Grady Phillip Moore, Marietta, Ga.; daughters Marilyn Cecilia Summer, Jacksonville, Fla., and Emily Jan Moore, Knoxville, Tenn.; sisters Dorothy Moore and Elizabeth Vassey, both of Forest City, and Virginia Smith, Charlotte; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Summersett Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Griffis, senior pastor, and the Rev. Sherri Barnes, associate pastor. Burial, 6 p.m. Sunday, Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church cemetery, Forest City, conducted by the Rev. Robert M. Clinard.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials: First United Methodist Church, 215 S. Church St., Salisbury, NC 28144.

Mary Catherine Mustard

Mary Catherine Barger Mustard, Hagerstown, Md., formerly of Rowan County, died Friday (May 4, 2001) in Hagerstown.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.