Beulah Helms Boots

ROCKWELL — Beulah Helms Murphy Boots, 89, formerly of 11201 Old Concord Road, died Wednesday (Feb. 13, 2002) at Genesis Eldercare of Salisbury.

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

Dr. Robert V. Bowman

Dr. Robert V. Bowman, 80, Salisbury, died Wednesday (Feb. 13, 2002) at Transitional Health Services, Kannapolis.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Clara Morris Carroll

BASSETT, Va. — Mary Clara Morris Carroll, 73, 154 Elf Trail, mother of Sheree Carroll Dobson, China Grove, N.C., died Monday (Feb. 11, 2002) at her home.

Services were held at noon today, Bassett Funeral Service chapel. Burial, Henry Memorial Park.

Memorials: Bassett Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 510, Bassett, VA 24055.

Maxine T. Dry

LEXINGTON — Maxine Thompson Dry, 73, Fowler Avenue, died Monday (Feb. 11, 2002).

Services: 3 p.m. Thursday, Sheets Memorial Baptist Church.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Piedmont Funeral Home.

Conrad D. Greenhill

MOORESVILLE — Conrad Dean Greenhill, 68, Pine Street, died Tuesday (Feb. 12, 2002) at his home.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. Burial, Glenwood Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Cavin-Cook Funeral Home.

Memorials: American Diabetes Association, 434 Fayetteville Street Mall, Two Hanover Square, Suite 1600, Raleigh, NC 27601-1764; or St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 454 Fieldstone Road, Mooresville, NC 28115.

Mary Etta ‘Mae’ Porter

NAKINA — Mary Etta “Mae” Porter, 77, Nakina, mother of Leon Porter, Salisbury, died Tuesday (Feb. 12, 2002) at Southeastern General Hospital, Lumberton.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Happy Home Baptist Church. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Inman Funeral Home, Tabor City.

Ruth Hill Rinehardt

ROCKWELL — Ruth Hill Rinehardt, 82, Shelby, formerly of Rockwell, died Tuesday (Feb. 12, 2001) at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

Born Dec. 18, 1919, in Rowan County, Mrs. Rinehardt, a daughter of the late John and Lou Hill, was educated in the Rowan County schools.

She was a member of Ursinus United Church of Christ and was a former employee of China Grove Cotton Mill.

Her husband, Adam Rinehardt, died Nov. 2, 1983; and a son, Tommy Rinehardt, died in February 1985.

Survivors include son Bob Rinehardt, Shelby; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Thursday, Ursinus United Church of Christ cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Jim Staunton, pastor.

Visitation: At the church after the service. Powles Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Ursinus United Church of Christ, Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 175, Rockwell, NC 28138; or Elizabeth Baptist Church, Mission Youth Group, 301 N. Post Road, Shelby, NC 28150.

Helen O. Rivera

KANNAPOLIS — Helen Dora Overcash Rivera, 88, Caremoor Retirement Center, formerly of 1404 S. Cannon Blvd., died Tuesday (Feb. 12, 2002) at NorthEast Medical Center.

Born Oct. 8, 1913, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Rivera was a daughter of the late Judge Y. Trammell and Lela Chambers Trammell.

A lifelong member of Center Grove Lutheran Church, she retired as a sales clerk in the children’s department at Belk.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Charles Lee Overcash and John Rivera.

Survivors include daughter Janice Lisk Blake, Midland; sister Frances Heare, Miami, Texas; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Center Grove Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Zachariah Harris III. Burial, church cemetery.

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

Memorials: Center Grove Lutheran Church, 1601 S. Cannon Blvd., Kannapolis, NC 28083.

Shirley Stubbs Smith

LEXINGTON — Shirley Stubbs Smith, 52, Lexington, formerly of China Grove, died Tuesday (Feb. 12, 2002) at Lexington Memorial Hospital after a brief illness.

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

Bernice W. Utley

Bernice Barbara Washington Utley, 54, formerly of Granite Quarry, died Sunday (Feb. 3, 2002)in Raleigh.

Born April 5, 1947, in Salisbury, Mrs. Utley, a daughter of Marie Washington, Baltimore, Md., was a graduate of Dunbar High School, East Spencer. She was a member of True-Way Holiness Church, Raleigh.

Survivors, in addition to her mother, include husband Robert Lee Utley; son Robert Lee Utley Jr., of the home; daughter Taneka “Nikki” Utley, of the home; brothers Robert Lee, Abraham, Ulysses, Maurice and Michael Lewis Washington, all of Salisbury, and John and Charles Washington, both of Baltimore, Md.; and sisters May Smallwood and Inez David, both of Baltimore, Md.

Funeral services were held at noon on Feb. 8 at True-Way Holiness Church, Raleigh.

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