Ruth B. Beaver

LANDIS —Ruth Berry Beaver, 80, 299 W. Grandview Heights, Boone, formerly of Landis, died Monday (Oct. 15, 2001) after a year of declining health and six months of serious illness.

Born Feb. 16, 1921, in Greensboro, Mrs. Beaver was a daughter of the late Willie M. and Bernice Turner Berry.

Her husband, Harrison “Jay” Beaver, died Dec. 19, 1999.

Survivors include daughter Debbie B. Lentz, Boone; sons Larry E. Beaver, Clemson, S.C., and Don W. Beaver, Littleton; sisters Ruby B. Honeycutt, Landis, and Azile B.Goodwin, Wadesboro; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services: 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Lady’s Funeral Home chapel, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Bill Roberts. Entombment at West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.

Visitation: 2-3:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Hospice of Watauga County, 136 Furman Road, Boone, NC 28088.

Condolences may be sent to the family online at ladysfuneralhome.com/obituaries.htm .

Robert J. Boone

LEXINGTON — Robert Joe Boone, 76, Tyro School Road, died Monday (Oct. 15, 2001) at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, after an extended illness.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Davidson Funeral Home chapel. Burial, Forest Hill Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials: Hospice of Davidson County, P.O. Box 1941, Lexington,NC 27293.

Louise Dellinger

LANDIS — The funeral will be Thursday for Louise Deal Dellinger, 86, formerly of West Fifth Street, who died Monday (Oct. 15, 2001) at Trinity Oaks in Salisbury.

Born Jan. 30, 1915, in Catawba County, Mrs. Dellinger, a daughter of the late Charles H. and Annie Eugenia Cline Deal, was a beautician and an active member of Jackson Park United Methodist Church.

Her husband, Craig Johnson Dellinger, preceded her in death.

Survivors include sons James Dellinger, Hickory, and Jerry Dellinger, Salisbury; sisters Ruby Setzer, Mooresville, and Grace Alley, Sioux City, Iowa; and five grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Jackson Park United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Skipper Watwood. Graveside, 2:15 p.m., Friendship United Methodist Church cemetery, Catawba County.

Visitation: 10-10:50 a.m. Thursday in the church gymnatorium.

Memorials: Jackson Park United Methodist Church, 715 Mable Ave., Kannapolis,NC 28083.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Condolences may be sent to the family at www.ladysfuneralhome.com/obituaries.htm .

Lucille P. Fleming

MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Friday for Lucille Pulliam Fleming, 71, 3807 Highway 601 South, who died Saturday (Oct. 13, 2001) at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Salisbury, after two years of declining health and two months of serious illness.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home chapel, Salisbury, conducted by Charles Hoose, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Burial, New Bethel Baptist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 1:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Frank J. Goodman

CHINA GROVE — Frank James Goodman, 83, 550 Old Linn Road, died Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, is in charge.

Sarah Haynes

Sarah Haynes, 81, 612 E. Horah St., died Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2001) at Brightmoor Nursing Center.

Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Myrtle H. Howell

KANNAPOLIS — Myrtle Harwell Howell, 85, a resident of the Meadows of Rockwell Retirement Center and formerly of Kannapolis, died Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Mary Elizabeth James

CHINA GROVE — Mary Elizabeth Cruse James, 73, 102 Elizabeth St., died Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

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

John Rayburn May

ROCKWELL — John Rayburn May, 67, Rockwell, died Monday (Oct. 15, 2001) in Forrest City, Ark., after a lengthy illness.

Born in Forrest City, Ark., Mr. May was a longtime carpenter and construction worker. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church.

Survivors include wife Rebecca H. May, Rockwell; two sons of Arkansas; two daughters of Arkansas; three stepsons Mark and Jonathan Jacobs, both of Rockwell, and Kevan Jacobs, Salisbury; and several grandchildren and stepgrandchildren.

Funeral services will be held in Forrest City, Ark.

Steven’s Funeral Home, Forrest City, Ark., is in charge.

John A. Myers

LEXINGTON — John Austin Myers, 79, Lexington Health Care, died Tuesday (Oct. 16, 2001) at Lexington Health Care.

Services: 4 p.m. Thursday, Hedrick’s Grove United Church of Christ. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home of son Johnny Myers, Letha Drive.

Memorials: Hedrick’s Grove United Church of Christ, 3840 Allred Road,Lexington, NC 27292.

Donald Wayne Parks

Donald Wayne Parks, 58, Salisbury, died Friday (Aug. 17, 2001) at his home.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Nannie Baker Shankle

KANNAPOLIS — Nannie Baker Shankle, 89, formerly of 806 Beechwood St., died Sunday (Oct. 14, 2001) at Transitional Health Care.

Born July 14, 1912, in Ashe County, Mrs. Shankle was a daughter of the late Alvis Eli and Wanda Cox Baker. In 1972, she retired from Cannon Mills Plant 4, No. 2 spinning room, where she worked for 45 years.

She was a longtime member of several Church of God churches in Kannapolis, including Elm Street, Kannapolis West A Street, Fisher Street and Lane Street.

Her husband, Sylvester Clyde Shankle, died Sept. 18, 1997.

Survivors include daughter Joann Shankle Blanton, Davidson; sons Burton Shankle, Davidson, and the Rev. Clyde Shankle, Dunlap, Tenn.; sister Thelma Hurley, Ashe County; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Lane Street Church of God, conducted by the Rev. Wade Easom. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.

Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Lane Street Church of God, 2711 Lane St., Kannapolis, NC 28023; or Diabetes Foundation Services, 1628 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28207.

Gregory Scott Stanley

Gregory Scott Stanley, 24, Salisbury, died Sunday (Oct. 14, 2001) at his home.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Una Lyerly Trexler

The funeral will be Friday for Una Lyerly Trexler, 85, Salisbury, who died Monday (Oct. 15, 2001) at Salisbury Gardens.

Born April 22, 1916, in Rowan County, Mrs. Trexler was a daughter of the late James Floyd and Minnie Murph Lyerly. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she was a homemaker and a member of South River Methodist Church.

Her husband, William Arthur Trexler, died March 2, 1981.

Survivors include sisters Virginia L. Sparger, Spencer, Betty L. Brown, Melbourne, Fla., and Sarah L. Higgins, Lexington.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Summersett Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Ruth Lenger, pastor, Second Presbyterian Church, Spencer. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.At other times, the family will be at the home of Virginia L. Sparger in Spencer.

Memorials: American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte,NC 28202; or Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, NC 28144.

Cameron F. Wall

Cameron Franklin Wall, 2- month-old son of Chad Franklin and Patsy Marie Turnmire Wall, 8425 Old Concord Road, died Monday, (Oct. 15, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord. He was born Aug. 20, 2001, in Cabarrus County.

Survivors, in addition to his parents, include brothers Samuel Jacob and Chad Dalton Wall, both of the home; grandparents Samuel Jeffrey Wall, Salisbury, Marilyn Kay Pittman, Kannapolis, and Lola Turnmire,Salisbury; great-grandparents Mae Belle Swink, China Grove, and Della Turnmire,Kannapolis; step-grandparents Junior Pittman and Patricia Ann Morgan.

Services: 1 p.m. Thursday, Landis Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Billy Huneycutt. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis. At other times, the family will be at the home on Old Concord Salisbury Road.

Ruth Allen Webster

Ruth Allen Webster, 83, Trinity Oaks, died Sunday (Oct. 14, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born March 27, 1918, in Androscoggin County, Maine, Mrs. Webster was a daughter of the late Howard James and Alberta Marshman Allen. She was a 1939 graduate of Bates College.

A school teacher, she taught at the Language Institute and Defense Language School in Washington,D.C., before World War II. She was a veteran of the WAVES, serving with Military Intelligence during World War II.

She was a member of Daughters of the American Revolution and the Salisbury Bridge Club.

Survivors include husband Donald Curtis Webster, whom she married Oct. 13, 1942; son Donald Curtis Webster Jr., Mount Ulla; and daughter Ann W. Rea, Denver, Colo.

Services: The body will be cremated. No services are planned.

Visitation: None.

Evergreen Cremation Services of Salisbury is in charge.

Memorials: Nazareth Children’s Home, P.O. Box 1438, Rockwell,NC 28138.

Mary O. Wightman

The funeral will be Thursday for Mary Inez Owen Wightman, 92, 505 Sycamore Drive, who died Monday (Oct. 15, 2001) at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.

Born July 17, 1909, in Rowan County, Mrs. Wightman, a daughter of the late Jessie H. and Emma Alexander Owen, was educated in the Rowan County schools. She was a self-employed beautician and a member of Salem Lutheran Church.

Her husband, Donald Wightman, died in September 1990.

Survivors include daughter Louise Ashley, Bunker, Mo.; brothers Douglas Owen, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Jessie Owen, Spencer; sisters Deneale Kiser, Asheville, and Hazel Mayhew, Statesville; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: 10 a.m. Thursday, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home chapel, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. Bill Johnson. Burial, Salem Lutheran Church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials: Salem Lutheran Church, 5080 Sherrills Ford Road, Salisbury,NC 28147.

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