GOLD HILL — The funeral will be Friday for Jimmie Wesley Morris, 39, Mooresville, formerly of Gold Hill, who died Tuesday (Aug. 10, 1999) at his home.

Born Aug. 15, 1959, in Rowan County, Mr. Morris was a son of former Salisbury residents Jeanette Hammand James Morris, both of Marion and St. Petersburg, Fla. He was educated in the Rowan County and Fernindina Beach,Fla., schools.

Employed by Alcar Constructors Inc. in Concord, he was a welder for Stalite of Gold Hill for many years. He was a member of Richfield Baptist Church and a former member of Gold Hill Volunteer Fire Department.

Survivors, in addition to his parents, include daughter Shannon Nicole Morris, Mount Pleasant; brothers Dallas Morris, Keystone Heights, Fla., and Pete Morris, Salisbury; and sister Sonya Smith, Fernindina Beach, Fla.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Lyerly Funeral Home’s James C. Lyerly Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Eugene Carroll, pastor, Richfield Baptist Church. Burial, Brookhill Memorial Gardens, Rockwell.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of brother Pete Morris.

Myrna H. Latten

CLEMMONS — Myrna H. Latten, 46, 3569 Middlebrook Drive, died Sunday (Aug. 8, 1999). She was employed at Funder America, Mocksville.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Redland Church of Christ. Burial, Capernaum Church of Christ.

Visitation: 7-8 p.m. Saturday, Graham Funeral Home, Mocksville.

Henry Burnes Cashion

MOORESVILLE — HenryBurnes Cashion, 87, 1107 Shears Road, died Tuesday (Aug. 10, 1999) at Iredell Memorial Hospital, Statesville.

Born May 13, 1912, in Iredell County, Mr. Cashion was a son of the late Henry C. and Daisy Lambert Cashion. Retired from Wells-Fargo, he had worked for Smith’s Taxi for 20 years.

A son, Billy Cashion, died in 1949.

Survivors include wife Edna Bell Pope Cashion; sons Rayvon and Gene Cashion, both of Statesville; daughters Mrs. George (Carolyn)Floyd, Tillman, S.C., Mrs. Jimmy (Doris) Sherrill, Mooresville, and Mrs. Stephen (Kathy) Burdette, Kernersville; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Fair View United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. David Christy and the Rev. Lonnie Barnes. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Neill Funeral Home.

Memorials: Donor’s choice.

Mary Beaver Johnson

LANDIS — The funeral will be Friday for Mary Elizabeth Beaver Johnson, 91, 411 S. Beaver St., who died Tuesday (Aug. 10, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Born Nov. 17, 1907, in Landis, Mrs. Johnson was a daughter of the late George Archie and Nora H. Beaver. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she had retired as a winder at Linn Mills, Landis. She was a homemaker and the oldest living member of First United Methodist Church of Landis.

Her husband, Lawrence Johnson, died Jan. 30, 1988.

Survivors include stepson Harley G. Johnson, of the home; stepdaughters Rachel Wayner and Kathryn Hooper, both of Kannapolis, and Ruby Thomas, Baltimore; sisters Hallie Winecoff, Landis,Nell Lipe, China Grove, and Lucille Gowan, Punta Gorda, Fla.; 13 step-grandchildren; 25 step-great-grandchildren; and two step-great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday, First United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Barry Sutton. Burial, Greenlawn Cemetery, China Grove.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home,Landis.

Memorials: First United Methodist Church, 209 E. Mill St., Landis, N.C. 28088; or Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Nancy Hodge Coggin

NEW LONDON — Nancy Cathern Hodge Coggin, 88, 1510 Deep River Road, High Point, formerly of New London, died Wednesday (Aug. 11, 1999) at High Point Regional Medical Center, High Point.

Born Oct. 15, 1910, in Rowan County, Mrs. Coggin was a daughter of the late Luther C. and Jane Morgan Hodge. She was a homemaker. A member of First Baptist Church of New London, she was a former Training Union director, Woman’s Missionary Union director, Sunday school teacher of the Young Ladies Class and teacher of the Junior Sunday School Girls Auxiliary.

Her husband, William Homer Coggin, died Nov. 5, 1993.

Survivors include daughters Jane Skeen and Nanci Motsinger, both of High Point; brother Lee A. Hodge, Chesapeake, Va.; four granddaughters; and one great-grandchild.

Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Stanly Funeral Home Memorial Chapel, Albemarle, conducted by the Rev. David Ayers. Burial,New London Cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials: First Baptist Church, c/o Mattie Kelly, P.O. Box 51, New London, N.C. 28127.

Eugene S. Kelley

The funeral will be held Friday for Eugene Stephen Kelley, 72, who died Tuesday (Aug. 10, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after three months of declining health.

Born Dec. 21, 1926, in Bronx, N.Y., he was a son of the late Eugene Stephen and Irene Cambell Kelley. Educated in the New York area Catholic schools, he had retired from the U.S. Postal Service. A World War ll veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served with the 69th Regiment aboard a supply ship in the South Pacific.

A lifelong Catholic and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church for the past seven years, he was also a member of the Rufty-Holmes Senior Breakfast Club and the VFW.

Mr. Kelley is survived by a sister, Patricia Irene Maloney of Salisbury.

Services: Funeral Mass, 10 a.m. Friday, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, conducted by the Rev. Jack Smyth. Burial in Salisbury National Cemetery.

Visitation: 9-9:45 a.m. Friday, Lyerly Funeral Home.

Memorials: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 128 N. Fulton St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144, or Rape, Child & Family Abuse Crisis Council, 131 W. Council St., Salisbury, N. C. 28144.

Jimmy Dawson

James Sutliff Dawson, 50, died Wednesday (Aug. 11, 1999).

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Robert L. Trantham

LEXINGTON - Robert L. “Bob” Trantham, 78, of 304 Swing Dairy Road, died Wednesday (Aug. 11, 1999) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born Sept. 8, 1920, in Davidson County, he was a son of the late Robert Lee and Claytie Lillian Cranford Trantham. He was a member of Cotton Grove United Methodist Church. He had retired from Henry-Fink Furniture.

A U.S. Army combat veteran of World War ll, he served in the Philippines, Manchuria and Korea. He was a member of VFW Post 3074 and Amvets Post 13.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Theresa Ann McNally Trantham.

Survivors include sons Tip Trantham, Linwood, and Bobby Trantham, Level Cross; daughter Ann T. Butler, Lexington; sister Frances Swicegood, Lexington; and three grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 6:30 p.m. Friday, Cotton Grove United Methodist Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Ed Armfield. Military rites by VFW Post 3074.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Piedmont Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of a daughter at 174 William Lane.

Memorials: Cotton Grove United Methodist Church, 175 Jersey Church Road, Lexington, N. C. 27292.

Katelynn Rose Gore

Katelynn Rose Gore, daughter of Rick and Michelle Brown Gore, was dead at birth Tuesday (Aug. 10, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Survivors in addition to the parents include paternal grandmother Jayne Gore, China Grove; and maternal grandparents the Rev. and Mrs. Bill Tyson, Rock Hill, S.C.

Services: None.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Linda S Hanes

LEXINGTON - Linda Sides Hanes, 55, of Sowers Road, died Tuesday (Aug. 10, 1999) at her home.

Born Jan. 25, 1944, in Hampton, Va., she was a daughter of

Marvin Glover and Frances Lee Eidson Sides. A graduate of Salisbury High School and Davidson Community College, she also attended the University of North Carolina Charlotte. She received a bachelor’s degree in library arts and science and a master’s degree from UNC-Greensboro.

Employed by the Churchland elementary schools for 23 years as a library media coordinator, she also worked as a technologist specialist with the Rowan County schools for one year. A volunteer with Contact, she was a member of the North Carolina Education Association and Smith Grove Baptist Church.

Survivors include husband David Earl Hanes; daughters Terri Cochrane, Lincolnton, and Cynthia Carol Humphlett, Oxford, England; brothers Terry Eugene Sides, Salisbury, and Jerry Lee Sides, Rockwell; and two grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Smith Grove Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Ray Hooper.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Friday, in the church fellowship hall.

Memorials: Hospice Endowment, Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation, 118 Council St., Salisbury, N. C. 28144-9910, or Contact Helpline of Davidson County, P. O. Box 924, Lexington, N. C. 27293.