Claude W. Cline

KANNAPOLIS —Claude Whicker Cline, 69, 210 Oakdale Ave., died Monday (Sept. 24, 2001)at his home.

Born Dec. 21, 1931, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Cline was a son of the late Junnius W. and Mary Elizabeth Walters Cline. He retired from Cannon Mills, where he was a painter and had previously worked in the cutting room.

Survivors include daughters Claudette Miller, Little River, S.C., Vickie Cox, Concord, Gena Scoggins, Rockwell, and Teresa Wallace, Kannapolis; brothers Max and Lawrence Cline, both of Kannapolis; sisters Mary Moose, Concord, and Louise Anderson, Kannapolis; half sister Thelma Overcash, South Carolina; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Lady’s Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Gene Edwards.Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.

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

Jay Edward Barbee

CHINA GROVE — Jay Edward Barbee, 70, 143 Third Ave., died Monday (Sept. 24, 2001)at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

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

Ruby Mae Bost

MOUNT PLEASANT —Ruby Mae Bost, 54, 1470 Mount Pleasant Road, died Monday (Sept. 24, 2001) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born Feb. 1, 1947, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Bost was a daughter of the late Robert S. and Ruby Carpenter Bost. She was employed by Shogren Hosiery Mill.

Survivors include brothers Donald and Woodrow Bost, both of Concord, and Robert Bost, Mount Pleasant; and sisters Betty Earnhardt, Kannapolis, Evelyn Clawson, Concord, and Phyllis Vause, Salisbury.

Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Gordon Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Bruce Graham and the Rev. Johnny Morton. Burial,Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials: Humane Society of Cabarrus County, 3220 Old Salisbury-Concord Road, Concord, NC 28025.

‘Larry’ Grace

The funeral will be Thursday for Lawerance “Larry” Grace, 52, 505 W. Council St., who died Saturday (Sept. 22, 2001) at his home after a serious illness.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Gethsemane Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. J.L. Stowe, pastor. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Judy J. Lomax

LINWOOD — Judy Faye Johnson Lomax, 57, Seven Oaks Drive, died Monday (Sept. 24, 2001) at her home after six weeks of illness.

Born March 8, 1944, in Davidson County, Mrs. Lomax was a daughter of the late Ervin H. and Georgia Roxanne Cross Johnson. She was secretary/bookkeeper for G &I Construction Co. and was a member of Yadkin Baptist Church.

Survivors include husband W.L. Lomax Jr.; daughters Angie Grubb and Kathy Allman, both of Lexington; brothers Bobby V. and Ervin Jack Johnson, both of Lexington; sisters Evelyn Dorsett and Ruth Byerly, both of Lexington, Edith Hege, Ashe, and Dottie Ribelin, Linwood; and five grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Yadkin Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Chuck Brawley and the Rev. David Ayers. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home.

Memorials: Lexington Community Cancer Center, c/o Lexington Memorial Hospital Foundation, 107 W. Medical Park Drive, Lexington, NC 27292; or Hospice of Winston-Salem, 1100-C S. Stratford Road, Suite 201, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.

Clyde Lowder

ALBEMARLE — Clyde Lowder, 87, 2334 N.C. Hwy. 52 N., died Sunday (Sept. 23, 2001) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Services: 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Prospect Baptist Church. Burial, church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church at 11.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Stanly Funeral Home.

Memorials: Prospect Baptist Church, 502 Prospect Church Road, Albemarle, NC 28001.

William ‘Bill’ Poole

ROCKWELL — A private memorial service will be held at a later date for William “Bill” Alexander Poole, 73, Rockwell, who died Monday (Sept. 24, 2001) at The Meadows Retirement Center.

Born Jan. 13, 1928, in Rowan County, Mr. Poole, a son of the late Lawson and Lula Poole, was educated in the Rowan County schools. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

He was a Baptist and was a construction foreman.

Survivors include son Donald Poole, Salisbury; daughters Glenda Jones and Pam Koontz, both of Salisbury, Sharon Holder, Newton, and Cindy Harmon, Rockwell; brother Alvin Poole, Rockwell; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Evergreen Cremation Service, in charge.

Lillian A. Reese

LEXINGTON — Lillian Altman Reese, 85, Country Club Drive, died Monday (Sept. 24, 2001) at Lexington Memorial Hospital.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Lexington City Cemetery.

Visitation: None.

Davidson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Ola D. Robbins

Ola Dowdle Robbins, 87, 1206 Kenly St., died Monday (Sept. 24, 2001) at her home after a period of declining health.

Born Dec. 13, 1913, in York County, S.C., Mrs. Robbins was a daughter of the late Samuel and Eula Goode Dowdle. She was educated in York, S.C.

A homemaker, she was a member of Thomas Street Church of Christ.

Her husband, Samuel Robbins, died April 19, 1988. She was also preceded in death by a stepdaughter, Fannie Mae Littlejohn.

Survivors include sons Max Robbins, Salisbury, and Johnny Robbins, Fayetteville; daughters Helen R. Davis, Salisbury, Victoria Robbins, Woodleaf, and Dorothy Robbins, of the home; brother Hoover Dowdle,Charlotte; sister Zettie McClain, Grover; 21 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Thomas Street Church of Christ, conducted by William Latten. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Sharon J. Bost

LEXINGTON —Sharon James Bost, 42, Carl Pressley Road, died Tuesday (Sept. 25, 2001) at her home.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Forest Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum chapel. Entombment at the mausoleum.

Visitation: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, DavidsonFuneral Home.

Bessie Shepherd

CONCORD —Bessie Lee Butner Shepherd, 87, 959 Burrage Road, N.E., died Sunday (Sept. 23, 2001) at her home.

Born May 22, 1914, in Rowan County, Mrs. Shepherd, a daughter of the late Robert and Lydia Shepherd, was a homemaker. She was a member of EpworthUnited Methodist Church.’Her husband,G.W. Shepherd, died in 1994.

Survivors include daughters HelenS. Jarvis, Concord, and Betty S. White, Kannapolis; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday,Wilkinson Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. David Christy. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

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

Memorials: Epworth United Methodist Church 1030 Burrage Road, N.E., Concord, NC 28025.

Brandon Wagoner

The funeral will be Wednesday for Brandon Ervin Wagoner, 4-year-old son of Angel Lee Hendrix Wagoner, Salisbury, and Jason Ervin Wagoner, Tullahoma, Tenn.

The child, born May 14, 1997, in Rowan County, died Wednesday (Sept. 19, 2001) from an accidental drowning.

Survivors, in addition to his parents, include sister Tessa Ruth Wagoner, of the home; paternal grandparents Donald and Judy Wagoner, Tullahoma, Tenn.; maternal grandmother and stepgrandfather, Debra Brandon Hendrix and Bobby Smith, Lenoir; maternal grandfather Marvin J. Hendrix, Lenoir; maternal great-grandparents Ernest Brandon, Hudson, and Naomi and Wayne McLean, Lenoir.

Services: Graveside, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Wyatt’s Grove Baptist Church cemetery, Richfield, conducted by the Rev. David Jones.

Visitation: None.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Ivan Earl Whitaker

MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Wednesday for Ivan Earl Whitaker, 68, Dunn Haven Road, who died Sunday (Sept. 23, 2001) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born Aug. 24, 1933, in Davie County, Mr. Whitaker was a son of the late William Arthur and Margaret Lucille Mayhew. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.

Retired from Rubbermaid Corp., Statesville, he had also worked for Erwin Mills and Holly Farms Poultry. He was a member of Cooleemee American Legion Post and Cooleemee Historical Society.

Survivors include sons Duane Whitaker, Tobaccoville, and Rodney Whitaker, Taylorsville; daughters Rita Hammond, Huntersville, and Sandy Whitaker, Lake Norman; brothers Ralph, Jay, Jerry and Robert Whitaker, all of Mocksville, Jack and Mac Whitaker, both of Winston-Salem, and Lawrence Whitaker, Cool Springs; sisters Ruth Mabe and Shelby Deal, both of Mocksville, and Barbara Bowles, Advance; and four grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Eaton Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Mark Vickers. Burial, Zion Chapel United Methodist Church cemetery.

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

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