Merle Hartline Barger
FAITH — Merle Hartline Barger, 87, Faith, died Monday (Jan. 7, 2002) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.
Born May 29, 1914, in Iredell County, Mrs. Barger, a daughter of the late Charles and Mary Litton Barger, was educated in the Iredell County schools. She retired from Cannon Mills plant 1, Kannapolis, where she worked in the washcloth and sheet departments.
She was an active member of Shiloh United Church of Christ as long as her health permitted.
Her husband, Fred Kluttz Barger, died Aug. 28, 1981.
Survivors include sons Fred Allen Barger, Arlington, Neb., Jimmy Lee Barger, Faith, and Randy J. Barger, Salisbury; daughter Patricia McCombs, Faith; brothers Frank Hartline, Ridgefield, S.C., and Charles Hartline, Cypress Heights, Calif.; sister Janie Kapral, Milford,Conn.; 12 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Shiloh United Church of Christ, conducted by the Rev. Lawrence Bolick. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Powles Funeral Home,Rockwell. At other times the family will be at the home in Faith.
Memorials: Shiloh United Church of Christ, Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 308, Faith, NC 28041.
Mosell S. Beane
LINWOOD — Mosell Smith Beane, 88, N.C. Hwy. 150 S., died Monday (Jan. 7, 2002) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.
Born July 26, 1913, in Davidson County, Mr. Beane was a son of Ardenis Beane and Lillith Mae Smith Beane. In 1975, he retired after 30 years from Dixie Furniture. He later worked as a security guard at N.C. Finishing Co., Spencer.
He was a member of Churchland Baptist Church, Masonic Lodge 473, the Scottish Rite, Charlotte, Oasis Shrine Temple, Charlotte, and Chapter 98, Order of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include wife Kathleen Hartley Beane; son Larry Wayne Beane, Lexington; brother Neil R. Beane, Mocksville; sisters Pauline Hendrix, Mocksville, Bonnie Jean Black, Winston-Salem, and Fannie Mae Younts, Lexington; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Churchland Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. Stephen Martin. Burial, Davis Cemetery. Masonic rites by Masonic Lodge 473.
Visitation: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home, Lexington. At other times the family will be at the home on Hwy. 150 South.
Jay Nathan Caldwell
The funeral will be Friday for Jay Nathan Caldwell, 74, Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, who died Saturday (Jan. 5, 2002) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Born July 10, 1927, in Rowan County, Mr. Caldwell, a son of the late Levi and Stella Stewart Caldwell, attended Dunbar High School, East Spencer.
A veteran, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a shipping and receiving foreman at Cone Mills.
He was a member of J.C.Price American Legion Post 107 and Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church, where he was on the trustee and usher boards.
His wife, Ella Mae Bratcher Caldwell, died March 28, 2000.
Survivors include sons Derrick and Shawn Bratcher and Javon Caldwell, all of Salisbury, and Michael Bratcher, Hopewell, Va.; daughters Jeannine Holmes, St. Leonard,Md., and Felicia Cook, Washington, D.C.; brother Sylvester Caldwell, Baltimore, Md.; and 13 grandchildren.
Services: 12 p.m. Friday, Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. James L. Stowe. Burial, National Cemetery at Hefner VA Medical Center, Salisbury. Military rites by Rowan County Veterans Council.
Visitation: 11 a.m.-noon Friday at the church. At other times the family will be at the home at 520 S. Clay St.
Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.
Laura G. Dishman
MOUNT ULLA — Laura Goodson Dishman, 71, Dishman Road, died Tuesday (Jan. 8, 2002) at Brian Health and Rehabilitation Center, Mooresville.
Born Nov. 20, 1930, in Iredell County, Mrs. Dishman, the daughter of the late Otis O. and Jessie B. Duckworth Goodson, was a 1950 graduate of Brawley High School.
She retired as an inspector with Burlington Industries, Mooresville, after 38 years. She was a member of Back Creek Presbyterian Church.
Her husband, Kenneth E. Dishman, preceded her in death.
Survivors include children Ron Dishman, Salisbury, Renaye D. Jarrett, Concord, Denise D. Ervin, Mooresville, and Patricia D. McDaniel, Cross Hill, S.C.; brothers Harvey Goodson, Davidson, and John Goodman, Mooresville; sisters Elizabeth Brooks, Mooresville, and Delores Kiser, Mount Ulla; 15 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Friday, Back Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Bill Thrailkill.
Visitation: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Cavin-Cook Funeral Home, Mooresville.
Memorials: Back Creek Presbyterian Church, 2145 Back Creek Church Road, Mount Ulla, NC 28125.
Mildred Fletcher
MOCKSVILLE — Mildred Fletcher, N.C. Hwy. 801 S., died Wednesday (Jan. 9, 2002) at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, Winston-Salem.
Eaton Funeral Home is in charge.
Cecil Preston Kimrey
ALBEMARLE — Cecil Preston Kimrey, 85, 16819 Tyson Road, died Tuesday (Jan. 8, 2001) at Forrest Oakes Healthcare Center.
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Silver Springs Baptist Church, Norwood. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30. Burial, church cemetery. Military rites by Stanly County DAV Ritual Team.
Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Stanly Funeral Home.
Memorials: Silver Springs Baptist Church, Cemetery Fund, 16052 NC 138, Norwood, NC 28128.
Jessie P. Melton
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Jessie Pittman Melton, 89, formerly of East Hillcrest Drive, died Jan. 8, 2002, at Belaire Place.
Born in Tybee Island, Ga., Mrs. Melton, the daughter of the late Henry Speed and Argyle Blalock Pittman, was reared in Salisbury, N.C. She retired from Country Manor. Earlier, she was employed as an interior designer with Piedmont Paint and Wallpaper.
She was a locally known artist and a member of Buncombe Street United Methodist Church.
Her husband, Dewey P. Melton, and a daughter, Edna Anne Melton Garrett, preceded her in death.
Survivors include three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Remembrance Chapel of Woodlawn Memorial Park. Burial, Woodlawn Memorial Park, section 7.
Visitation: 10-10:50 a.m. Friday at the cemetery chapel. At other times the family will be at 100 Burgess Drive, Greer.
Thomas McAfee Funeral Home is in charge.
Annie Bernice Parker
EAST SPENCER — The funeral will be Friday for Annie Bernice Parker, 83, 1565 N.Long St., who died Sunday (Jan. 6, 2002) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, after a period of serious illness.
Born May 11, 1918, in East Spencer, Ms. Parker was a daughter of the late Fred Harrison and Mattie Clement Parker. She was a Dunbar High School graduate and a 1938 graduate of Livingstone College.
Retired after 44 years as an educator, she was employed with the Salisbury Rowan School System. She was a lifelong member of New Hope AME Zion Church, Parent Body Missionary, the board of trustees and a vacation Bible school teacher. In 1997, she was honored as Woman of the Year.
She is survived by her nephews.
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, New Hope AME Zion Church, conducted by the Rev. Retoy Gaston. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 1:30 p.m. Friday at the church.
Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge.
Carl O. Reinhold
The funeral will be Thursday for Carl Oliver Reinhold, 84, Salisbury, who died Saturday (Jan. 5, 2002) at his home.
Born Aug. 13, 1917, in Fairbank, Iowa, Mr. Reinhold, a son of the late Carl Oscar and Nora Decker Reinhold, was educated in the Medford, Wisc., schools.
Since retiring as a dairy farmer, he has worked in the security field in Iowa and Florida. A former member of Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Medford, Wisc., he was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Salisbury and Knights of Columbus.
Survivors include wife Josephine Van Laarhoven Reinhold; sons Richard Reinhold, Arvilla, N. Dak., Cary Reinhold, Palmer, Alaska, David Reinhold, St. Paul, Minn., and Lawrence Reinhold, Walnut, Calif.; daughters Judith Reinhold, Green Bay, Wisc., Barbara Reinhold, Miami, Fla., Lois Hoppe, Rhinelander, Wisc., Marlene Grandinetti, Arlington Heights, Ill., Carol Landry, Seattle, Wash., Carolyn Reinhold, Collins, Iowa, Kathleen Tonn, Anchorage, Alaska, and Valerie Reinhold,Salisbury; sisters Carrie Lucille Reinhold Kerns, Oelwein, Iowa, and Hazel Reinhold Moore, Medford, Wisc.; 22 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services: Mass of Christian burial, 10 a.m. Thursday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, conducted by the Rev. Joseph Dinh. The body will be cremated.
Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.
Memorials: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 128 N. Fulton St., Salisbury, NC 28144; or Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 424 Cedar St., Medford, WI 54451.
‘Red’ Shrewsbury
MOCKSVILLE — Hubert Otis “Red” Shrewsbury, 58, Country Lane, died Tuesday (Jan. 8, 2002) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.
Mr. Shrewsbury was employed as a machine operator with Clark Equipment, Statesville. He was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church, Advance.
Survivors include wife of 41 years Pauletta Blankenship Shrewsbury; sons Michael O. Shrewsbury, Cleveland, Steven R. Shrewsbury, Statesville, and Christopher L. Shrewsbury, Mocksville, and his sister Velda Jones, Shady Spring, W. Va.
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Fellowship Baptist Church, Advance, conducted by the Rev. Will Pryor. Burial, Rose Cemetery.
Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Davie Funeral Service.
Memorials: Fellowship Baptist Church, Building Fund, 1084 Rainbow Road, P.O. Box 2151, Advance, NC 27006.
Wade Spears
Wade Spears died Wednesday (Jan. 2, 2002) at Lakeview Living Center, Pineville.
Whitley’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis, is in charge.
Rosalie Wigman
SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Rosalie Wigman, sister of Jack Errante, Salisbury, N.C., died Monday (Jan. 7, 2002) in Springfield.
Services: Memorial mass, 11 a.m. Monday, Church of the Nativity, Burke.
Advent Funeral and Cremation Services, Falls Church, in charge.
Memorials: Hospice of Northern Virginia, 4715 N. 15th St., Arlington, VA 22205.
Dr. Richard Wright Jr.
Dr. Richard Brandon Wright Jr., 85, Salisbury, died Tuesday (Jan. 8, 2002) at Regency Hospital, Florence, S.C.
Born June 6, 1916, in Salisbury, Dr. Wright was a son of the late Richard Brandon and Ida Mae Wright. He was a graduate of Boyden High School.
In 1938, he graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Davidson College, which he attended on a music scholarship. He graduated from Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, La., in 1942 and served his internship at City Hospital, Winston-Salem.
During World War II, he served from 1943-1946 with the U.S. Army Air Force as a Major in the Medical Corps. He was a surgeon with the 337th in the Pacific Theater. While in the military, he was selected as a top ranking junior medical officer. He took advanced courses in tropical medicine at Walter Reed Hospital, Washington D.C. Dr. Wright served with the Medical Corps in Okinawa and Iwo Jima.
Dr. Wright began his medical career in 1946. He practiced general family practice and anesthesiology in Salisbury for over 40 years. In 1960, he was named chief of staff at Rowan Regional Medical Center. He was the coroner for Rowan County from 1950-1962.
In 1973, he was named to the American Academy of Family Physicians. He was a member of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. A past president of the Rowan County Chapter of the Academy of General Practice, he was a fellow of the American College of Anesthesiologists and held membership in the American Society of Anesthesiologists; American Academy of General Practice; Southern Medical Society; and North Carolina State Medical Society.
In 1956, he was vice president of the North Carolina State Academy of General Practice. He was president of Rowan-Davie County Academy of General Practice in 1961.
Dr. Wright was a member of the advisory committee of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Awards. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Salisbury.
His wife, Marjorie Bradley Wright, died Oct. 28, 1983.
Survivors include son Richard “Dick” Brandon Wright III, Raleigh; daughters Sandra Wright Bridgers, Florence, S.C., Susan Wright, Richmond, Va., and Heather Wright, Chicago, Ill.; and four grandchildren.
Services: 1 p.m. Friday, Summersett Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Randal V. Kirby, associate pastor, First Presbyterian Church. Burial, National Cemetery, Government Road, Salisbury.
Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials: Rowan Regional Medical Foundation, 118 E. Council St., Salisbury, NC 28144.
Lynis Hooper Young
LEXINGTON — Lynis Hooper Young, Lexington, died Tuesday (Jan. 8, 2002).
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church.
Visitation: 10 a.m. Thursday at the church parlor.
Piedmont Funeral Home is in charge.
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