Etta Bolton Clay

CONCORD — Etta Vernie Bolton Clay, 87, 18 Wilson St., died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at her home.

Daughter Peggy Ann Roach lives in Salisbury.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Eastside Freewill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. R.L. Lambert, pastor. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

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

Vernon L. Fortune

OLD FORT — Vernon L. Fortune, 79, of Old Fort, died Saturday (Feb. 2, 2002) at Mission-St. Joseph’s Hospital, Asheville.

Son Stephen Keith Fortune lives in Salisbury.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Old Fort United Methodist Church.

Visitation: After the service, church fellowship hall. McCall-Kirksey Funeral Home is in charge.

James Hunter

James Edward “George” Hunter, 66, 67 W. 126th St., New York, N.Y., died Saturday (Jan. 26, 2002) at Harlem Hospital Center.

Born Feb. 13, 1935, in Rowan County, Mr. Hunter was a son of the late Robert and Nora Gilliam Hunter.

Educated at Dunbar High School, East Spencer, he was a boutique salesman.

Survivors include wife Jannette McConneaughey Hunter, Salisbury; sons Maurice Hunter, Cooleemee, Rodney Hunter, Jacksonville, Fla., and Darryl Hunter, East Spencer; step-sons James McConneaughey, Lexington, and Terry Hunter Cleveland; daughters Barbara Jean Cleveland, Salisbury; step-daughter Debra Underwood, East Spencer; brother Robert Hunter Jr., Ashland, Va.; sisters Ruth Corpening and Cora Lagree, both of Granite Quarry; 17 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. today, New Zion Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Paul Jones, pastor. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 2:30-3 p.m. today at the church and at other times at the home of daughter Barbara Jean Cleveland, 44 N. Cedar St., Salisbury. Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Annette Howell Knox

NORWOOD — Annette Howell Knox, 81, 11147 Stanly Grove Church Road, died Saturday (Feb. 2, 2002) at Stanly Manor Nursing Center, Albemarle.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Stanly Grove Church of Deliverance. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the church.

Kelsey Funeral Home, Albemarle, in charge.

Mary Hartsell Little

ALBEMARLE — Mary Myrtle Hartsell Little, 87, 16343 Reap Road, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Norwood. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home. The rest of the time, family will be at the home.

Memorials: Bethlehem Baptist Church Garden of Prayer, 32283 Bethlehem Church Road, Norwood, N.C. 28128.

Ruby Call McDaniel

MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Wednesday for Ruby Hayden Call McDaniel, 84, formerly of U.S. Highway 601 South, who died Sunday (Feb. 3, 2002) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Born Sept. 10, 1917, in Davie County, Mrs. McDaniel was a daughter of the late Cora Phelps and Taylor Call. She graduated from Smith Grove High School and had worked at Heffner’s Land of Food.

She was a member of Cooleemee Senior Citizens and Liberty United Methodist Church, its choir and United Methodist Women.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Seth McDaniel, and by a son, Richard “Dickie” McDaniel, both in 1982.

Survivors include daughters Patricia Cranfill, Advance, Beverly Collins, Spencer, Joyce Dutch and Linda Walls, both of Faith, and Brenda File, Salisbury; brothers Ralph and Charles Call, both of Mocksville, Graham Call, Graham, and Clarence Call, Mocksville; sister Edna Janowski, Fernandia Beach, Fla.; 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Liberty United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. John Andrews and the Rev. Bill Hoyle. The body will be placed in the church at 10:30 a.m. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Eaton Funeral Service.

Memorials: Liberty United Methodist Church, 141 Liberty Circle, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.

Edward Overcash

KANNAPOLIS — Edward Caldwell Overcash, 81, 1049 Quailwoods Court, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after a serious illness of two months.

Born June 4, 1920, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Overcash was a son of the late Roy Edward and Edith Linn Overcash.

He was owner-operator of Evergreen Dairy until his retirement and a member of Bethpage Presbyterian Church, where he served as elder and deacon. He was a charter member of the Cabarrus County Planning Board.

Survivors include wife Ethel Faggart Overcash; son E. Caldwell Overcash Jr., Kannapolis; daughter Janice O. Good, Dublin, Ohio; brother Joe L. Overcash, Kannapolis; and two grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Bethpage Presbyterian Church, conducted by Dr. Steven Mowery. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home and at other times at the home.

Memorials: Bethpage Presbyterian Church, Organ Fund, 6020 Mooresville Road, Kannapolis, NC 28081.

Blanche Riddle

KANNAPOLIS — Blanche Elizabeth Reid Riddle, 87, formerly of 309 Cook St., died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at the Brian Center.

Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Helen Troutman Safrit

Helen Troutman Safrit, 86, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born June 17, 1915, in Rowan County, Mrs. Safrit was a daughter of the late Roy T. Troutman and Carrie Eddleman. She worked at Norman’s of Salisbury as a seamstress.

Survivors include brothers Myron Troutman, Salisbury, and Roy Troutman, China Grove.

Services: Noon Wednesday, Westlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.

Visitation: 11-11:45 a.m. Wednesday, Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove.

Memorials: American Heart Association, c/o Betty Brisson, Memorial Chairwoman, 140 Regency Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28144 or American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, N.C. 28202.

Howard Solomon

Howard Dwain Solomon, 53, 903 E. Lafayette St., died Friday (Feb. 1, 2002) at home.

Born April 27, 1948, in Forsyth County, Mr. Solomon was a son of Vardell Solomon, Winston-Salem, and the late Rosa Carson Solomon.

Educated at Salisbury High School, he was a cook at Beatties Restaurant.

Survivors include son Howard Hill, East Spencer; daughter Sherri Hill; East Spencer; brother Erwin Solomon, Reidsville; and sisters Sandra Oglesby and Janice Solomon, both of Salisbury, and Gina Solomon, Los Angeles, Calif.

Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Love Christian Center, East Spencer, conducted by Dr. Ronald W. Hash. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.

Visitation: 12:30-1 p.m. Wednesday, Love Christian Center and at other times at the home of sister Janice Solomon, 103 Milford Hills Road. Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Jack Staley

LEXINGTON — Charles Jackson Staley, 80, Springwood Care Center of Forsyth, formerly of West Center Street Extension, died Sunday (Feb. 3, 2002).

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Piedmont Funeral Home chapel.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Russell Stiff

KANNAPOLIS — Russell Edward Stiff, 69, Kannapolis, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) died at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born May 24, 1932, in Tazewell County, Va., Mr. Stiff was a son of the late Eugene and Mary Alice Brumley Stiff.

He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and retired from A.K. Steel Co., Ashland, Ky.

Survivors include wife Joan Greenway Stiff; son Russell Edward Stiff Jr., Blue Ridge, Va.; stepson Danny Ray Beam, China Grove; daughters Sharon Guacheta, Roanoke, Va., and Susan Wolford, Russell Springs, Ky.; stepdaughter Rita Faye Smith, Mooresville; sister Mary Frances Tennent, Kannapolis; brothers Paul F. Whitley, China Grove, Eugene C. Stiff Jr., Rock Hill, S.C., and Earl G. Stiff, Jefferson City, Tenn.; and five grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Thursday, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home.

Memorials: American Heart Association, Box 5216, Glen Allen, Va. 23058-5216; or N.C. Lions Foundation, Box 39, Sherrills Ford, NC 28673.

George Suwalski

SPENCER — George W. Suwalski, 78, Spencer, died Sunday (Feb. 2, 2002) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a lengthy illness.

Born Aug. 21, 1923, in Chicago, he was a son of the late Anna Kunath and Ignatius John Suwalski. He attended the University of Chicago and retired as a civilian logistics officer with the United States Department of Defense.

He was past president of the Citizens for Historic Spencer and served on several advisory boards and committees for the town of Spencer. He was a member of Harold B. Jarrett American Legion Post and a Catholic.

Survivors include wife Marie Cain Suwalski; sons George and James Suwalski, both of Chicago; daughter Linda S. Kaberline, Overland Park, Kan.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: A memorial graveside service will be held at a later date at the National Cemetery at the W.G. “Bill” Hefner VA Medical Center.

Visitation: None.

Evergreen Cremation Services in charge.

Memorials: Spencer Library Park Fund, Town of Spencer, Spencer NC 28159 or the American Cancer Society, 500 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28202.

Luther I. Warren

Luther I. Warren, 62, Salisbury, died Thursday (Jan. 31, 2002) at the W.G. “Bill” Hefner VA Medical Center.

Born March 1, 1939, in Davie County, he was a son of the late Eloise Mann Coleman and Luther Warren.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

There are no immediate survivors.

Services: Graveside, 10 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by a VA chaplain. Burial, National Cemetery, Hefner VA Medical Center.

Visitation: None.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Lawrence Williams

WOODLEAF — Lawrence O’Neal Williams, 90, 508 Pruitt-Williams Road, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at his home after several weeks of serious illness.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Robert Ellis Williams

KANNAPOLIS — Robert Ellis Williams, 80, Kannapolis, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at his home.

Lyerly Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge.

Patricia T. Zickmund

MOCKSVILLE — Patricia Ann Terceira Zickmund, 61, Milling Road, died Monday (Feb. 4, 2002) at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born June 26, 1940, in Fall River, Va., Mrs. Zickmund was a daughter of the late Mary Flores and Aurthur Terceira. She was a homemaker and member of St. Francis Catholic Church.

Survivors include husband Gerard Zickmund; son Gary Zickmund, Mocksville; daughters Cindy Draper, Dayton, Ohio, Roxanne Carlson, Houston, Texas, and Angelizue Zickmund, Mocksville; brother Ronnie Terceira, Long Island, N.Y.; sister Debbie Abbate, Long Island, N.Y.; and seven grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, St. Francis Catholic Church, conducted by the Rev. Andrew Draper. Burial, Rose Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Eaton Funeral Service.

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