The funeral will be Wednesday for Mamie Lee Wilkerson Cooke, 82, who died Saturday (July 31, 1999) at Genesis ElderCare.

Born Aug. 18, 1916 in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Cooke was a daughter of the late Pearl Weathers and Luther Wilkerson. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she had retired as a cook with the Rowan County schools. She was a member of First Congregational Church, Mount Pleasant.

Her husband, William Alphonso Cooke, died May 8, 1979.

Survivors include daughter Joyce Holmes, Salisbury; brother Samuel Sherrill, Landis; and one grandchild.

Services: Noon Wednesday at Rowan Funeral Service. Burial in the Salisbury National Cemetery.

Visitation: 11:30 a.m.-noon Wednesday, Rowan Funeral Service.

Alene Kimball Evans

The funeral will be Wednesday for Alene Kimball Evans, 86, who died Sunday (Aug. 1, 1999) at Genesis ElderCare after a year of declining health.

Born Feb. 12, 1913, in Rowan County, Mrs. Evans was a daughter of the lae Ida Meatta Misenheimer and William Walter Kimball. A homemaker, she was educated in the Rowan County schools. She was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church, the United Methodist Women, the Ladies Sunday Class and the Rufty-Holmes Hat Band.

Her first husband, Fred William Watson, and her second husband, Gregg Robert Evans, preceded her in deth.

Survivors include stepsons Harvey A. Evans, Valdese, Aldolph ‘’Al’’ Evans, Orlando, Fla., Gregg Robert Evans Jr., Woodleaf, and Dennis W. Evans, Harrison, Ark.; daughters Daryce Evans Rimmer and Judy Watson Earnhardt, both of Salisbury; stepdaughters, Leretta Evans Naile, Springfield, Mo., Jo Ann Evans Safley, Salisbury, Delores Evans Waggoner, Mount Ulla, Helen Evans Meares, Nokesville, Va., and Julia Evans Barrette, Kennesaw, Ga.; 28 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Willliam R. Ragsdale, Main Street United Methodist Church. Burial in Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. today, Lyerly Funeral Home.

Memorials: Main Street United Methodist Church, 1312 N. Main St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Bryan Patrick DeHart

Bryan Patrick DeHart, 17, of 110 Courtney Lane, died Sunday (Aug. 1, 1999) in a drowning accident.

Born Oct. 1, 1981, in Beckley, W.Va., he was the son of Johnny Keen and Sherry and Robert Clark, all of Salisbury.

Mr. DeHart attended West Rowan High School and worked for Johnny’s Muffler Shop.

In addition to his parents, survivors include brothers Joshua and Johnny Lee DeHart, both of Salisbury, and Robert Clark II, Kannapolis; paternal grandmother Sue Christian, and step-grandfather, Eddie Christian, both of Narrows, Va; step-grandmother Myrtle Keen, Tennessee; maternal grandparents Brady and Geraldine Smith, Dover, Tenn.; paternal grandparents Bernard and Kay DeHart, Fayetteville, W.Va.; and step-grandparents, James Clark and Elizabeth Langston, Philadelphia.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Garwood Church of God, Garwood, W.Va., conducted by the Rev. Charles Bullins. Burial, Milam Cemetery.

Visitation: 6-9 tonight, Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home, Princeton, W.Va. Friends may also call on the family an hour before the funeral service on Wednesday.

Cecil Carter

KANNAPOLIS —The funeral will be Wednesday for William Cecil Carter, 81, 2100 Temple St., who died Monday (Aug. 2, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born June 18, 1918, in Oglethorpe, Ga., Mr. Carter was a son of the late Earl and Lillie Clark Carter. He had retired several years ago from Cannon Mills, Plant 1, Kannapolis, where he worked in the No. 1 weave room. He attended Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Survivors include wife Fannie Fowler Carter; and sister Mary Willie Booth, Comer, Ga.

Services : 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Todd Posey and the Rev. Charles E. Vanhoose, Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.

Visitation : 7-8:30 p.m. today, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the residence.

Catherine Harwell

CONCORD — The funeral will be Wednesday for Catherine Bradford Harwell, 91, 3535 Odell School Road, who died Sunday (Aug. 1, 1999) at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis.

Born Jan. 31, 1908, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Harwell was a daughter of the late John F. and Annie Johnson Bradford. She was a homemaker and a member of Gilwood Presbyterian Church, where in earlier years, she had been active in circle work.

Her husband, Edgar William Harwell, died Jan. 22, 1993.

Survivors include sons William ‘’Bill’’ Harwell, Charlotte, and Robert ‘’Bob’’ Harwell, Concord; brother Ralph Bradford, Concord; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Gilwood Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Jay Rabuck. Burial in church cemetery.

Visitation : 7-9 p.m. today at Whitley’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis. At other times the family will be at the home of son Bob Harwell, 3537 Odell School Road..

Memorials: Gilwood Presbyterian Church, 2993 Odell School Road,, Concord, N.C. 28027-7615.

John Robert Hogan

SHALLOTTE POINTE — John Robert Hogan, 48, 4388 Audell St., died Monday (Aug. 2, 1999) at Shallotte.

Whitley’s Funeral Home , Kannapolis, will be in charge.

John Thelmer Yow

CORDOVA — John Thelmer Yow, 75, 110 N. School St., died Monday (Aug. 2, 1999) in Richmond Memorial Hospital, Rockingham.

Born Oct. 13, 1923, in Stanly County, Mr. Yow was a son of the late John Adam and Arabelle Whitley Yow. He was educated in the Oakboro schools. He had retired as a bridge carpenter with Norfolk-Southern Railway.

His wife, Alice Evelyn Cann Yow, preceded him in death.

Survivors include sister Geneva Hartsell, Oakboro.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Sweet Haven Baptist Church, Rockingham, conducted by the Rev. Mitchell Roller. Burial in Oakboro Cemetery, Oakboro.