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August 14, 1999Salisbury Post; Rowan County, NC

 

Obituaries

           
Rosie Krider Holmes

Rosie Lee Krider Holmes, 74, 675 Beagle Club Road, died Thursday (Aug. 12, 1999) at her residence after several months of declining health.

Born Nov. 3, 1924, in Rowan County, Mrs. Holmes was a daughter of Hezekiah Krider and the late Julia Thompson Krider.

Educated in the Rowan County schools, Mrs. Holmes had retired from Rowan Regional Medical Center. She was a member of New Zion Baptist Church, where she was active in the Senior Choir, the Gospel Choir, the Kitchen Committee and the Fannie Ford Missionary Circle.

Her husband, Quentin D. Holmes, died in 1991.

Survivors include sons Quentin J. Holmes, East Spencer, and Douglas Holmes, Salisbury; daughter Clara Tandy, Salisbury; brother Napoleon Krider, Granite Quarry; sister Margaret Ross, Salisbury; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Monday, New Zion Baptist Church, Dunns Mountain Road, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Paul Jones, pastor. Burial, Providence AME Zion Church cemetery.

Visitation: The family will be at the home.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home in charge.

 

Eunice Mayfield Gilespie

SPENCER — Eunice Mayfield Gillespie, 89, Spencer Health Care, died Monday (Aug. 9, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Born Nov. 30, 1909, in Banks County, Ga., she was the daughter of the late Mary Butler and Monroe Mayfield. A graduate of the Banks County public schools, she worked in the housekeeping department at a cotton mill. She was a member of Arnold’s Chapel CME Church, Franklin County, Ga.

She is survived by a son, Hoyt Gillespie, Thomasville, and one step-grandchild.

There will be no service and no visitation.

 

John Calvin Kiger

John Calvin Kiger, 63, of Charleston, formerly of Salisbury, died Friday (Aug. 13, 1999) at his home.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

 

Herbert Harrington-Jones

Herbert Harrington-Jones, 51, of Brooklyn, N.Y., died Wednesday (Aug. 11, 1999) at Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. after one week of serious illness.

He was the brother of Suzette H. Davis of Salisbury.

Services:Memorial service Monday, Armstrong Funeral Home, Brooklyn, N.Y. Graveside service, Saturday (Aug. 21, 1999), Greenwood Cemetery, New Bern.

 

Flora Evans Hudson

FAYETTEVILLE - Flora Evans Hudson, 72, 1700 Pugh St., died Friday (Aug. 13, 1999) at her home.

Born in Spencer, Mrs. Hudson was preceded in death by husbands Robert Bailey Evans Jr. and James H. Hudson, former city attorney for Salisbury.

Survivors include sons Hunter McPherson Evans, Richard Lemmon Evans, and Robert Bailey Evans III, all of Fayetteville; daughter Mary Evans Newell, Maitland, Fla.; and six grandchildren.

Services: Graveside service, 3 p.m., In Home Cemetery at River Farm in Cedar Creek, the Evans family cemetery, conducted by the Rev. James Welch, McPherson Presbyterian Church.

Visitation: 5-8 p.m. tonight, at the residence.

Memorials: American Cancer Society, 3131 Wrightsville Ave., Wilmington, N.C. 28403.

 

Anthony Glenn Andrews

Anthony Glenn Andrews, 34, of Salisbury, died Friday (Aug. 13, 1999) at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

 

Qutah Farless Joyner

MOCKSVILLE - Qutah Farless Joyner, 71, of Duke Whitaker Road, died Friday (Aug. 13, 1999) at Davie County Hospital. She was the wife of Cleveland Joyner.

Eaton Funeral Home is in charge.

 

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