Walter ‘Blue’ Casper

ALBEMARLE — Walter Morris “Blue” Casper, 93, 421 E. Cannon Ave., died Wednesday (March 13, 2002) at Albemarle Lutheran Nursing Home.

Services: 2 p.m., Friday, First Lutheran Church. Burial, Fairview Cemetery.

Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Friday in the parlor of the church.

Stanly Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: First Lutheran Church, 230 S. Second St., Albemarle, NC 28001; or Lutheran Nursing Home Inc., Organ Fund, P.O. Box 308, Albemarle, NC 28002.

Charles Lane Conrad

The funeral was this morning for Charles Lane Conrad, 51, Salisbury, who died Monday (March 11, 2002) at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation.

Born Feb. 7, 1951, in Cabell County, W.Va., Mr. Conrad was a son of the late Mary Henry Conrad Gillespie and John Conrad. Educated in the Milton, W.Va., schools, he owned and operated an escort service and was a pilot car driver. He was a member of Rowan Christian Assembly.

Survivors include stepmother Sandra Kay Thompson, Fort Meade, Md.; sons Charles Lane Conrad Jr., Eddyville, Ky., and Zachary Lane, Salisbury; daughters Megan Conrad, Winchester, Ky., and Tara Kay and Jessica Ellen, both of Salisbury; brothers John Conrad, Salisbury, and Chris and Chad Conrad, both of Milton, Va.; sister Catherine Conrad Wallace, Hurricane, W.Va.; and three grandchildren.

Services: Services were held this morning at Rowan Christian Assembly, conducted by the Rev. Mark Jones. The body will be cremated.

Visitation: None.

Powles Funeral Home is in charge.

Earl Franklin Dishmon

CHINA GROVE — The funeral will be Friday for Earl Franklin Dishmon, 68, 165 Providence Road, who died Tuesday (March 12, 2002) at his home.

Born July 1, 1933, in Ashe County, Mr. Dishmon was a son of the late Charles Andrew and Dorothy Collins Dishmon.

Educated in the Ashe County schools, he was a spinning doffer at Linn-Corriher Mills, Landis. He was a member of Corriher Heights Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife Mary Giles Dishmon; sons Tommy Dishmon, China Grove, and Danny Dishmon, Kannapolis; daughters Dorothy Stirewalt, Rockwell, Vickie Lambert, Kannapolis, Janice Smith, China Grove, and Judy Allen, Concord; brother Gail Dishmon, Jefferson; sisters Mary Jo and Clara Severt, both of Jefferson; half-sisters Myrtle Black, China Grove, and Myrtle Lambert and Faye Burgess, both of Jefferson; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m., Friday, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis, conducted by the Rev. Chris Pethel. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park.

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

Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County 65 Lake Concord Road N.E., Concord NC 28025. A permanent online memorial has been opened at www.linnhoneycutt.com.

Cecil Emory Dye

Cecil Emory Dye, 81, of Salisbury, died Tuesday (March 12, 2002) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a period of declining health.

Born April 19, 1920, in Charleston, W.Va., Mr. Dye was a son of the late Emory M. and Nettie Cummings Dye. He was educated in the Charleston, W.Va., schools.

A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in World War II.

He retired from Union-Carbide after 32 years. Mr. Dye was a member of St. Albans Church of the Nazarene, St. Albans, W.Va., and the Disabled American Veterans.

He was preceded in death by a son, Cecil Lee Dye.

Survivors include his wife Marie Facemyer Dye, whom he married April 25, 1943; son Charles V. Dye, Colorado Springs, W.Va.; daughter Cecilia Rogers, Salisbury; brother Norvell Dye, Charleston, W.Va.; three grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; one great-grandchild; and one step-great-grandchild.

Services: 3 p.m., today at Lyerly Funeral Home chapel, conducted by the Rev. Chris O’Guin, pastor of Community Baptist Church. Entombment in Cunningham Memorial Park Mausoleum, St. Albans, W.Va.

Visitation: 2 to 3 pm. today at Lyerly Funeral Home.

Joyce Howard Earley

ROCKWELL — Joyce Howard Earley, 11320 Old Concord Road, died Wednesday (March 13, 2002) at Caremoor Retirement Center, Kannapolis.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Joan S. Frank

LEXINGTON — Joan Sowers Frank, 72, Bethesda Road, died Wednesday (March 13, 2002) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Beulah United Church of Christ. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Friday, Davidson Funeral Home; at the home at other times.

Memorials: Beulah United Church of Christ, 2828 Arnold Road, Lexington NC 27295.

Arlene H. Hampton

Arlene Harrison Hampton, 69, Salisbury, died Wednesday (March 13, 2002) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Born July 12, 1932, in Ragley, La., Mrs. Hampton was a daughter of the late James D. and Myrtle Eddleman Harrison. She was educated in the Ragley, La., schools.

A member of Calvary Baptist Tabernacle, she retired from Super Service Cleaner after 20 years.

Her first husband, Milton Max Perego, died August 1960.

Survivors include husband Harold Hampton, whom she married June 19, 1966; daughters Charlene Garmon and Bonnie Morton, both of Granite Quarry, and Darlene Locklear and Maxine Branch, both of Salisbury; stepsons Larry Hampton, China Grove, and Perry Hampton, Rockwell; stepdaughters Debra Rufty and Christine Litaker, both of Kannapolis; sister Maeola Clark, Longville, La.; 18 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Calvary Baptist Tabernacle, conducted by the Rev. Steve Holshouser, pastor, and the Rev. Brian Vanderford, youth pastor. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30. Burial, Brookhill Memorial Gardens, Rockwell.

Visitation: 6:30-8 tonight, Summersett Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home of Maxine Branch, 335 Hartley Road.

Elsie Cook Hodgson

COOLEEMEE — Elsie Marie Cook Hodgson, 88, N.C. Highway 801, died Thursday (March 14, 2002) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born March 11, 1915, in Yadkin County, Mrs. Hodgson was a daughter of the late William L. and Matilda Shore Cook. She was a Sunday school teacher and member of Cooleemee First Baptist Church.

Her husband, Vander R. Hodgson, died in 1969.

Survivors include son Keith Hodgson of the home.

Services: 7 p.m., Saturday, Eaton Funeral Home chapel, Mocksville. Burial, Sunday at Legion Memorial Park.

Visitation: Immediately following the Saturday service at the funeral home.

Blanche Jean Severt

CONCORD — Blanche Jean Severt, 81, 1025 Pine Circle Drive N.W., died Tuesday (March 12, 2002) at her home.

Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Whitley’s Funeral Home chapel, Kannapolis. Burial,Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord,NC 28026-1235.

William Johnson

CHARLOTTE — Elder William Lindsey Johnson, 52, 2615 Moores Park Drive, died Monday (March 11, 2002) at his residence.

He was the brother of Elder Richard Johnson, pastor of Halls Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, Salisbury.

Services: 2 p.m., Saturday at Greater Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, conducted by Elder Richard Johnson.

Visitation: 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday at the church, 747 W. TradeSt., Charlotte.

Alexander Funeral Home is serving the Johnson family.

Obituary is courtesy of Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home.

William ‘Bill’ Nelson

William C. “Bill”Nelson, 73, of Salisbury, died Wednesday (March 13, 2002) at his residence.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Elizabeth Wilson

LEXINGTON — Mary Elizabeth Brummett Wilson, 84, Glendale Road, died Tuesday (March 12, 2002) at Sunbridge of Lexington after several years of declining health.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Davidson Funeral Home chapel. Burial, Forest Hill Memorial Park Cemetery.

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

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