Mary Elizabeth Blake

LEXINGTON — Mary Elizabeth Waldeck Blake, 80, of Lexington, died Friday (Jan. 4, 2002).

Service: 11 a.m. Monday at Piedmont Funeral Home chapel.

Visitation: Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Matthew P. Cooper

LEXINGTON — Matthew Patrick Cooper, 91, Piedmont Center, Thomasville, died Thursday (Jan. 3, 2002) at the nursing home.

Services: 3 p.m. today, First United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. John Ferree and the Rev. Jill Alventosa-Brown. Burial, Forest Hill Memorial Park. Davidson Funeral Home is in charge.

Visitation was held Friday night.

Memorials: First United Methodist Church, 310 S. Main St., Lexington, NC 27292.

Nellie K. Farabee

LEXINGTON — Nellie Koontz Farabee, 80, Sink Farm Road, died Friday (Jan. 4, 2002) at Brian Center Nursing Home.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Psalm 91 Church, conducted by the Rev. Max Shoaf. Burial, Bethel Cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home. At other times, at the home of daughter Dean Rummage, 1606 Sink Farm Road.

Memorials: Psalm 91 Church, Cemetery Fund, 930 Michael Road, Lexington, NC 27295; or Tyro United Methodist Church, Bethel Cemetery Fund, 4484 South N.C. Hwy. 150, Lexington, NC 27295.

Faye R. Gregory

LEXINGTON — Alice Faye Rouse Gregory, 55, Maxwell Drive, died Friday (Jan. 4, 2002) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Services: 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Mount Carmel Freewill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Darrell Cartrette. Burial, church cemetery.

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

‘Brad’ Holland Jr.

KANNAPOLIS — Victor Bradshaw “Brad” Holland Jr., 89, Kannapolis, died Thursday (Jan. 3, 2002) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, following a brief illness.

Born March 18, 1912, in Norfolk, Va., Mr. Holland was a son of the late Victor and Annie Fulford Holland Bradshaw. A graduate of Maury High School, Norfolk, Va., he received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Elon College. He taught at North Carolina State University while earning his master’s degree in chemistry.

Mr. Holland was director of Cannon Mills laboratories for over 40 years.

A member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Mr. Holland was a member of the W.J. Bullock Sunday School Class.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jessamine Bland Holland, in 1982.

Survivors include wife Frances Ward Black Holland, whom he married Dec. 25, 1983; daughter Sarannet Holland Shelton; son Victor Bradshaw Holland III; stepdaughter Janet Ward Black, Greensboro; stepson Baxter Franklin Black III, Hollywood, Calif; sister Annette Holland Booker, Norfolk, Va.; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; and four stepgreat-grandchildren.

Services: Memorial, 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, Trinity United Methodist Church, conducted by pastor the Rev. Don Shuman and Janet Ward Black. Private burial at a later date.

Visitation: 1-3 p.m. today, Lady’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis.

Memorials: Trinity United Methodist Church, Music Department, c/o Jon Hutchinson, 416 E. First St., Kannapolis, NC 28023; or the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 511, Concord, NC 28026.

Kenneth Walter Lyttle

MOORESVILLE — Kenneth Walter Lyttle, 77, East Center Avenue, formerly of Brawley Road, Cleveland, died Friday (Jan. 4, 2002) at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation.

Born April 12, 1924, in Rowan County, Mr. Lyttle was a son of the late Brather J. and Ella Mae Ritchie Lyttle.

He was a retired employee of Burlington Industries and a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Bear Poplar.

His wife, Marie Poston Lyttle, preceded him in death.

Survivors include sisters Daisy Sechler and Ruth Moore, both of China Grove, and Hazel Cress and Margaret Harrison, both of Salisbury.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Milbert Kurtz. Burial, church cemetery. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home is in charge.

Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Sunday in the church fellowship hall.

Rosa Safley Miller

MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Monday for Rosa Dixon Safley Miller, 92, Meadowbrook Terrace of Davie, who died Thursday (Jan. 3, 2002) at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born March 27, 1909, in Rowan County, Mrs. Miller was a daughter of the late Issac “Ike” Newton and Henrietta Fox Dixon.

Educated in the Rowan County Schools, she retired from Erwin Cotton Mill, Cooleemee, and attended North Main Church of Christ, Mocksville.

Her husband, William Henry Miller, died Aug. 15, 1970.

Survivors include son Jesse Ray Safley, Mocksville; stepsons Henry William Safley, Virginia Beach, Va., and James Robert Safley, Chesapeake, Va.; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Services: Graveside service, 2 p.m. Monday, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. S. David Carriker, minister of Third Creek Presbyterian Church, Cleveland. Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Visitation: None.

Memorials: Third Creek Presbyterian Church, Cemetery Fund, 2055 Third Creek Church Road, Cleveland, NC 27013.

Frank Shoaf

LEXINGTON — W. Frank Shoaf, 86, Forest Hill Road, died Friday (Jan. 4, 2002) at his home.

Services: 4 p.m. Sunday, Sheets Memorial Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Frankie Matthews and the Rev. Sammy Shoaf. Burial, Forest Hill Memorial Park.

Visitation: 4-6 this evening, Davidson Funeral Home. At other times, at the home.

Memorials: Sheets Memorial Baptist Church, 210 Cotton Grove Road, Lexington, NC 27292.

Louetta E. Shoe

LEXINGTON — Louetta Hepler Edwards Shoe, 93, Easter Road, died Thursday (Jan. 3, 2002) at Lexington Memorial Hospital after a two-week illness.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Davidson Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Carl Sutton and the Rev. Tommy Hepler. Burial, Ebenezer United Methodist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home. At other times, at the home of daughter Gail Myers, 294 Virgil Wyatt Road, Reeds.

Memorials: Hospice of Winston-Salem-Forsyth County, 1100-C S. Stratford Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.