Vernice K. Johnson

Vernice Kattie Johnson, 81, 715 Hall St., died Tuesday (Nov. 27, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Richard A. Cauble

Richard Adrian Cauble, 71, Sebastian, Fla., formerly of Salisbury, died Thursday (Nov. 22, 2001) at Holmes Regional Medical Center, Melbourne, after a brief illness.

Born Aug. 29, 1930, in Salisbury, Mr. Cauble was a son of Faye E. Cauble, Vero Beach, Fla., and the late Marvin Cauble. He was a 1957 graduate of North Carolina State University and a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity.

A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he served in the Korean War. For 10 years, he was vice president and director of engineering with Mackay Engineering Division of ITT Inc., Raleigh.

He was a member of VFWPost 10210, American Legion Post 189 and the Elk’s Lodge in Sebastian, Fla. Also a member of United Church of Sebastian, he was the former president of the Men’s Club and a volunteer at the Lord’s Table.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include wife of 49 years Molly Griggs Cauble; daughters Diane Miller, Ormond Beach, Fla. , Linda Rojas, Boca Raton, Fla., Nancy Cauble, Zebulon, and Kelly Ziff, Cohasset, Mass.; sister Beverly Cauble Holland, Santee, Calif.; and five grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 1 p.m. Friday, U.S. National Cemetery, Salisbury, Statesville Boulevard location.

Visitation: 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday, Summersett Funeral Home.

Memorials: United Church of Sebastian, 1251 Fellsmere Road, Sebastian, FL 32958.

Clifton Chambers

GRANITE QUARRY — The funeral will be Thursday for Clifton Chambers, 85, Pine Drive, who died Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001) at North Carolina State Veterans Nursing Home, Fayetteville.

Services: 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Antioch Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Louis Turner. Burial, National Cemetery, Government Road, Salisbury.

Visitation: 12 p.m. Thursday, at the church. At other times, the family will be at the home of daughter Mary Frances Sifford, 8 Ruby Street, China Grove.

Mitchell and Fair Funeral Service is in charge.

Condolences may be sent by e-mail to: mitfair@bellsouth.ne  or www.mitfair.net .

Betty Seymour Dodd

The funeral will be Wednesday for Betty Seymour Dodd, 80, Autumn Care Nursing Home, who died Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born Aug. 12, 1921, in Hagerstown, Md., Mrs. Dodd was a daughter of the late Vernon and Margaret Curey Seymour. She was employed in the Rowan County Tax Office and was a member of Salisbury Christian Fellowship Church.

Her husband, John Perry Dodd, died Aug. 3, 1966, and a daughter, Linda Van Hoy, died Nov. 23, 1998.

Survivors include sons John P. Dodd Jr., Wellford, S.C., Vernon Dodd, Salisbury, and David Dodd, Greensboro; daughter Lena Olsen, Albemarle; sister Grace Brightwell, Bedford,Pa.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services: 12 p.m. Wednesday, Summersett Funeral Home chapel, conducted by Don Vess of Salisbury Christian Fellowship. Burial at U.S. National Cemetery, Government Road, Salisbury.

Visitation: 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials: American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte, NC 28202.

Mary Bruff Driver

LEXINGTON — Mary Magdalene Bruff Driver, 85, Walser Road, died Monday (Nov. 26, 2001) at Sunbridge of Lexington Nursing Home after a month of declining health.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Davidson Funeral Home chapel. Burial, Beulah United Church of Christ cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home on Walser Road.

Memorials: Lexington Church of Christ, 1330 Piedmont Drive, Lexington, NC 27295.

Morgan Richard Gray

Morgan Richard Gray, 11, Salisbury, died Monday (Nov. 26, 2001) from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

A memorial scholarship is being set up through the Home School Association.

David Link

MOORESVILLE — David Eugene Link, 56, 1445 Deal Road, died Monday (Nov. 26, 2001) at his home.

Born July 31, 1945, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Link was a son of the late George Albert and Carrie White Link. He was employed in No. 1 weave room at Pillowtex Plant One.

Survivors include sisters Dorothy L. Dixon, Hartsville, S.C., and Sylvia L. Harrington, Delores L. Jenkins and Vannie L. Harrington, all of Kannapolis; and brothers George Link, China Grove, and Stanley E. Link, Kannapolis.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Lady’s Funeral Home chapel. Burial at West Lawn Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home on Deal Road.

Condolences may be sent online to www.ladysfuneralhome.com/obituaries.htm 

Bennie Lipscomb

Bennie Lipscomb, 49 Elm St., died Monday (Nov. 26, 2001) at his home.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Lois Kay Lisk

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Wednesday for Lois Kay Lisk, 57, 921 Laura Ave., who died Saturday (Nov. 24, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born Dec. 3, 1943, in Concord, Mrs. Lisk was a daughter of Hazel Deaton Ewing, Kannapolis, and the late Isham Deaton. She was employed with Universal Healthcare, Concord, as a licensed practical nurse.

Survivors, in addition to her mother, include sons Ronnie Pearson, U.S. Army stationed in Korea, Randy Pearson, Kannapolis, and Huey Alverson, Lafayette,Ga.; sisters Brenda Decker, Florida, and Joyce Bubacz, Franklin; brother David Deaton, Kannapolis; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Lady’s Funeral Home chapel, conducted by Deacon Miles Decker. Burial,Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation:7-9 tonight at the funeral home.

Condolences may be sent online to www.ladysfuneralhome.com/obituaries.htm .

Alissa Gayle Love

MOUNT PLEASANT — Alissa Gayle Love, infant daughter of Chrystal Lynn Eudy and Brian T. Love, died Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Survivors, in addition to her parents, include maternal grandparents Susan and Fred Eudy, Mount Pleasant; maternal great-grandmother Margaret Eudy, Rockwell; paternal grandparents Luci and Dave Baggaley, China Grove, and Tommy and Louise Love, Mount Pleasant; and maternal great-grandparents Betty and James Linker, Mount Pleasant.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Howard Baker. Burial, Mount Gilead Lutheran Church cemetery.

Gordon Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Mount Gilead Lutheran Church, 11199 Hwy. 73 E., Mount Pleasant, NC 28124.

Billy Miller

The funeral will be Wednesday for Billy Miller, 70, Salisbury, who died Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a period of declining health and two months of serious illness.

Born June 12, 1931, in Davidson County, Mr. Miller, a son of the late John G. and Emma Gullett Miller, was educated in the Rowan County schools. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

He was a Baptist and was retired from the County of Rowan.

Survivors include wife Margaret Ann Hoffner Miller, whom he married Feb. 28, 1953.

Survivors include son Billy Michael Miller, Kannapolis; daughters Teresa Miller McCullough, Salisbury, Sherry Miller Michael, Lexington, and Tammy Miller Nesbit, Concord; brothers Raymond, Johnny, Walter and Jack Miller, all of Salisbury, and HowardMiller, Linwood; sister Bessie Menster, Salisbury; and five grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Lyerly Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Max Vanderburg. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park. Military rites by Rowan Veterans Council.

Visitation:7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home.

Henrietta Moser

Henrietta “Hen” Hogue Moser, 50, 516 S. CaldwellSt., died Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, after a period of serious illness.

Born Aug. 12, 1951, in Rowan County, Mrs. Moser was a daughter of Geneva Blair Hogue, Philadelphia, Pa., and the late John Henry Hogue. She was a 1969 graduate of West Rowan High School and was last employed at Brightmoor Nursing Home.

She was a member of Cedar Grove AMEZion Church, the choir, Parent Body Missionaries and Lay Council.

Her husband, Larry Moser, died in 1975.

Survivors, in addition to her mother, include brothers Everette “Barney” Marlin and Jerry Reese Marlin, both of Philadelphia, Pa., Shirley and James R. Cuthbertson, both of Woodleaf, and Robert Lee Luckey, Statesville; and sisters Arnetta “Lois” McFadden and Doris Elaine Hogue, both of Philadelphia, Pa., Myrtle Hogue and Mary M. Price, both of Salisbury, and Doris C. Robinson, Woodleaf.

Services: 3 p.m. Thursday, Cedar Grove AMEZion Church, Barber, conducted by the Rev.La Dorsa Mays. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation:2 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Ronald Dale Newton

MOORESVILLE — Ronald Dale Newton, 57, 2409 Gaffney Road, died Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001) at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

A native of Cleveland County, Mr. Newton was a son of the late Clarence A. and Mary Sanders Newton. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

A drywall mechanic with Drywall Carolina, he attended Christopher Road Baptist Church.

Survivors include son Darren Newton, Shelby; daughter Dana Estridge, Huntersville; sisters Grace Strader, Murriel Bridges and Louise Brackett, all of Shelby, Faye Brackett, Salisbury, Shirley Brady and Brenda Pruitt, both of Casar, and Gail Wilson, Mooresboro; brothers Steve and Ricky Newton, both of Shelby, and Charles Newton, Salisbury; and two grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Christopher Road Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mickey Heyward. The body will be placed in the church at 12:30. Burial, Cleveland Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Cleveland Funeral Services, Shelby. At other times, the family will be at 5014 Pecan Drive, Shelby.

Memorials: Christopher Road Baptist Church, 420 Christopher Road, Shelby, NC 28152.

Melvin Thomas Shue

HARRISBURG — Melvin Thomas Shue, 83, 118 Oakley Drive, brother of Marvin Shue, Rockwell, died Monday (Nov. 26, 2001) at Britthaven of Piedmont, Albemarle.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home, Concord. At other times, the family will be at the home of daughter Sylvia Lewis, 118 Oakley Drive, Harrisburg.

Lindsay Reid Sink

Lindsay Reid Sink, 76, Salisbury, died Tuesday (Nov. 27, 2001) at his home.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

William ‘T’ Stubbs

CHINA GROVE — William Bernice “T” Stubbs, 81, 129 Third Ave., died Tuesday (Nov. 27, 2001) at Liberty Common Nursing Center.

Born April 23, 1920, in Marlboro County, S.C., Mr. Stubbs was the son of William T. and Martha Jan Milligan Stubbs. He was educated in the Marlboro County schools and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

He retired from China Grove Cotton Mill, No. 3 card room and was an active member of South China Grove Church of God.

Survivors include wife Lizzie Bass Stubbs; brother Frank Stubbs, Charlotte; and sister Janie Atkinson, China Grove, and Gladys Stubbs, Charlotte.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, South China Grove Church of God, conducted by the Rev. Evelyn Galloway and the Rev. Horace King. Burial at West Lawn Memorial Park. Military rites by Rowan Veterans Council.

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove.

An online memorial has been opened at www.linnhoneycutt.com .

Elsie Crouse Walser

LEXINGTON — Elsie Savannah Crouse Walser, 93, Newton, formerly of Fairview Drive, died Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001) in Abernathy Center in Newton.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Trinity United Methodist Church. Burial, Lexington City Cemetery.

Visitation:10:30-11 a.m. Wednesday at the church.

Davidson Funeral Home, in charge.

Memorials: Trinity United Methodist Church, 902 S. Main St., Lexington, NC 27292; or Abernathy Center, 1021 Leonard Ave., Newton, NC 28658.

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