Pauline Bush Bennett

Pauline Alma Bush Bennett, 69, 703 W. Fisher St., died Saturday (Nov. 10, 2001) at The Laurels of Salisbury.

Born Jan. 13, 1932, in Davie County, Mrs. Bennett was a daughter of the late Aaron and Ruby Hill Bush. She was educated in Rowan County schools and retired from Fieldcrest Cannon.

She was a member of Mount Zion CME Church, where she was an usher, deaconess and member of the 11 a.m. Bible Study Group, Senior Choir, Pastor’s Aid and Missionary Society.

Survivors include husband Ruben F. “Bob” Bennett; daughters Linda Walker Ellis, China Grove, and Sandra Moon Brown, Salisbury; brothers Freddie Bush, New York, Johnny Bush, Lexington, and Benjamin Bush, Winston-Salem; sisters Gracie Smith and Jeanette Bush, both of Salisbury, Claudine Perkins and Annie Corley, both of New York, and Ruby Goodson, Winston-Salem; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.

Mitchell &Fair Funeral Service is in charge. The family will be at the home. Condolences may be e-mailed to mitfair@bellsouth.net or www.mitfair.net.

Theoria Blackwell

CLINTON — Theoria Staughn Blackwell, 85, of 733 North West Blvd., died Saturday (Nov. 10, 2001) at Pitt Memorial Hospital.

Born in 1916 in Rowan County, Mrs. Blackwell was a daughter of the late Dennis and Verta Staughn.

She was a member of Grove Park Baptist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher, and is a retired teacher with the Sampson County Schools.

Survivors include husband James Jr. Blackwell; and sisters Daisy Beaver, Salisbury, and Leaora Staughn, Concord.

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Grove Park Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Michael Shook. Burial, Grandview Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Royal Hall Funeral Home, and at other times at the home.

Lois Francis Boring

Lois Francis Boring, 88, Salisbury, formerly of Pompano Beach, Fla., died Saturday (Nov. 10, 2001) at the home of a niece, Pat Branning of Salisbury.

Born March 18, 1913, in Norfolk, Va., Mrs. Boring was a daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Sadie Belle Wiseman Anderson. She graduated from Maury High School in Norfolk, Va., and was a bookkeeper for her husband, who was the original illustrator and creator of the Superman comic character.

She was past president and treasurer of the Pompano Beach, Fla., Women’s Club and was affiliated with the Salisbury First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury Women’s Club and Symphony Guild of Salisbury.

Her husband, Wayne Boring, preceded her in death.

Survivors include brother Carleton Thomas Anderson, Thomasville.

Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Summersett Funeral Home chapel, conducted by Dr. Robert M. Lewis, minister, First Presbyterian Church. The body will be cremated.

Visitation: 3:30-4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Salisbury-Rowan Symphony Society Inc., Box 4264, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.

Eva Trexler Drye

Eva Elizabeth Trexler Drye, 87, Genesis Eldercare, formerly of Gold Hill, died Sunday (Nov. 11, 2001) at Genesis Eldercare.

Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell, is in charge.

Charlie L. Edwards

MOORESVILLE — Charlie Lawrence Edwards, 91, Overhead Bridge Road, died Saturday (Nov. 10, 2001) at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.

Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Triplett United Methodist Church. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Cavin-Cook Funeral Home.

Memorials: Triplett United Methodist Church, 838 Mazeppa Road, Mooresville, NC 28113.

Bessie Helton Greer

FRANKLIN — Bessie Jane Helton Greer, 94, died Friday (Nov. 9, 2001) at the home of a daughter, Glenda Adams, in Franklin.

She had taught school in North Carolina for 42 years, in Rowan, Polk, Gaston, McDowell and Henderson counties.

Graveside services were held Sunday at Cooper’s Gap Baptist Church cemetery, Mill Spring.

McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon, was in charge.

Ora Lee Murph

MYRTLE BEACH — Ora Lee Murph, 85, of The Lakes at Litchfield, formerly of Concord, died Thursday (Nov. 8, 2001) at Georgetown Memorial Hospital.

A sister, Evelyn Baity, lives in Concord.

Services: Memorial services, 10 a.m. Friday, St. Paul’s Waccamaw United Methodist Church. Burial, Saturday, in Salisbury, following a brief 11 a.m. service at Lyerly Funeral Home.

McMillan-Small Funeral Home is in charge in Myrtle Beach.

Joshua Adam Smith

CONCORD — Joshua Adam Smith, 20, Concord, died Sunday (Nov. 11, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center.

Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell, is in charge.

Luther M. Wright

KANNAPOLIS — Luther Marvin Wright, 85, of Avante at Concord, formerly of East 10th Street, died Sunday (Nov. 11, 2001) at the nursing center.

Born Feb. 1, 1916, in Anson County, Mr. Wright was a son of the late Owen W. Wright and the late Dezzie Curlee Wright Parnell.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II and retired several years ago from Cannon Mills.

His wife, Rosie Fleetwood Wright, died May 22, 1987.

Survivors include stepfather Howard Parnell, Landis; sisters Rosa Carpenter, Morganton, and Susie W. Fink, Newell; and brothers Leonard C. Wright, Kannapolis, and Frank Parnell, Landis.

Services: Graveside service, 11 this morning, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove, conducted by Dr. Steve Mowery. Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, NC 28026-1235.

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