Geneva Burris Boger

ALBEMARLE — Geneva Eleanor Burris Tucker Boger, 79, 30459 Orchard Lane, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at N.C. Lutheran Nursing Home.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, St. Martin Lutheran Church. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home-Albemarle.

Memorials: St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, 16592 St. Martin Road, Albemarle, NC 28001.

Hazel Huffman Brown

LANDIS — Hazel Virginia Huffman Brown, 84, 103 N. Meriah St., died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born June 5, 1917, in Landis, Mrs. Brown was a daughter of the late Knox Clinton and Ina Mae Gantt Huffman.

Educated in the Rowan County Schools, she retired from Linn Corriher Mills, after 50 years of service, and was a member of Landis Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by husband Scott W. Brown, who died on Aug. 19, 1976, and son Robert Reid Brown.

Survivors include daughter Sylvia Dean Eller, China Grove; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis, conducted by the Rev. Richard Horn. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Carl Fred Heglar

MOORESVILLE — Carl Fred Heglar, 81, 355 Corriher Grange Road, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.

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

Beatrice ‘Bea’ Hinkle

LEXINGTON — Mary Beatrice “Bea” Jordan Hinkle, 85, formerly of Charlie Hinkle Road, Welcome, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at Sunbridge of Lexington Nursing Home.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Bethesda United Methodist Church. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel, and at other times at the home of son Farrell Hinkle, 431 Welcome Bethesda Road.

William B. Knotts

William Bryan Knotts, 38, Salisbury, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

William ‘Bill’ Linker

ROCKWELL—William Henry “Bill” Linker, 86, 1555 Cannon St., died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Dorothy Middleton

KANNAPOLIS—Dorothy Bost Middleton, 74, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Carol M. Morgan

KANNAPOLIS — Carol McGinnis Morgan, 69, Kannapolis, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at her home.

Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Idella Owens Morris

KANNAPOLIS — Idella Owens Morris, 77, 250 Northdale Ave., died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at Best of Care Nursing Home.

Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis, is in charge.

Larry J. Richardson

CLEVELAND — Larry Jay Richardson, 44, Cleveland, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at Davis Regional Medical Center, Statesville.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Nancy ‘Marie’ Shue

Nancy “Marie” Agner Shue, 78, Salisbury, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem. She had been in declining health for three months and seriously ill for two weeks.

Born Aug. 4, 1923, in Rowan County, Mrs. Shue was a daughter of the late Mose L. and Alice Lowder Agner.

Educated in the Rowan County Schools, she retired in 1992 from Burlington Industries, where she worked as a seamstress.

Her husband, Willie Lee Shue, died Sept. 18, 1978.

Survivors include sons Richard Lee Shue, Salisbury, and Jerry Wayne Shue, Gold Hill; daughters Carolyn S. Blakeslee and Judy S. Athey, both of Salisbury; sister Wilma Varnadore, Rockwell; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson.

Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Monday, Rowan Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Carroll L. Robinson, pastor, Lebanon Lutheran Church.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Summersett Funeral Home.

Ricole Simpson

Ricole Simpson, 41, 507 N. Long St., died Friday (Oct. 26, 2001) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after an extended illness.

Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Ruth Spry Veach

MOCKSVILLE — Ruth Spry Veach, 89, Veach Lane, died Saturday (Oct. 27, 2001) at her home.

Born Dec. 18, 1911, in Davie County, Mrs. Veach was a daughter of the late Aaron H. and Geneva Mayberry Spry.

She had worked for Erwin Mills in Cooleemee, was a longtime member of Liberty United Methodist Church and enjoyed gardening and fishing.

She was preceded in death by husband Lester Veach, who died on July 21, 1957, and daughter Betty Sue Williams.

Survivors include sons Johnny R. Veach, Mocksville, Lester Veach Jr., Cleveland, Tenn., and Aaron E. Veach, Rural Hall; daughter Nancy V. Cook, Mocksville; half-brothers Charles W., Jerry and Wayne Spry, China Grove-Kannapolis area; and half-sisters Dorothy Hauss and Phyllis Spry, China Grove-Kannapolis area; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Monday, Eaton Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. John Andrews. Burial, Liberty United Methodist Church cemetery.

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

Memorials: Liberty United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 141 Liberty Circle, Mocksville, NC 27028.

George E. White

STATESVILLE — George Edward White, 74, formerly of Florida Street, Canyon City, Colo., died Thursday (Oct. 25, 2001) at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.

A memorial service will be held in Pittsburgh, Pa., at a later date. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home, Mooresville, is in charge.

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