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Paul William Hendrix
MOCKSVILLE - The funeral will be held Wednesday
for Paul William Hendrix, 80, of North Main Street, who died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at his
home.
Born Oct. 12, 1918, in Davie County, he was a son
of the late Charlie A. and Myrtle Sain Hendrix. A self-employed brick mason, he was a
member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include wife Dorothy Grubbs Hendrix; and
brothers Thomas A. and Richard L. Hendrix, both of Advance.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Eaton Funeral Home
Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Bill Davis. Burial in Eaton Baptist Church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: First Baptist Church, 390 N. Main St.,
Mocksville, N. C. 27028.
Nell Rash Day
MOCKSVILLE - The funeral will be held Wednesday
for Nell Rash Day, 92, of Sunset Drive, who died Sunday (Aug. 22, 1999) at Lexington
Health Care in Lexington.
Born April 24, 1907, in Wilkes County, she was a
daughter of the late W. F. and Margaret Myers Rash. A graduate of Appalachian State
University, she taught school in Wilkes, Davie and Yadkin counties. Following her
retirement, she tutored children and adults in reading as a volunteer. She was a member of
First Baptist Church.
A daughter, Ann Day Stoner, preceded her in death.
Survivors include son Billy Burris Day, Beaverdam,
Va.; daughter Mrs. Bill (Brenda) Harpe, Mocksville; four grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Eaton Funeral Home
Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Bill Davis and the Rev. John D. Shore. Burial in Rose
Cemetery.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: First Baptist Church Library Fund, 390
N. Main St., Mocksville, N. C. 27028.
Bobby Edward Mesimer
The funeral will be Wednesday for Bobby Edward
Mesimer, 62, 420 Hallmark Circle, who died Sunday (Aug. 22, 1999) at Rowan Regional
Medical Center.
Born Nov. 29, 1936, in Salisbury, Mr. Mesimer was
a son of the late Grady F. and Virginia Lowery Mesimer. Educated in the Salisbury schools,
he was a 1955 graduate of Boyden High School and a 1959 graduate of Catawba College. A
chef, he had worked at the Salisbury Holiday Inn, Salisbury Country Club, High Rock Boat
and Ski Club and the Salisbury Elks Lodge.
He was a member of the Army Reserve 991st
Transportation Division when it was activated for the Cuban missile crisis. He was a
member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Salisbury Moose Lodge 900 and Amvets.
Survivors include son Dallas Davidson Mesimer, of
the home; daughter Amy M.
Lamb, Salisbury; half brother William “Billy” Mesimer, Marietta, Ga.; sister Mrs. Lloyd (Laura)
Kennington, Salisbury; and three grandchildren.
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Summersett Funeral Home Memorial Chapel, conducted by the
Rev. Carroll L. Robinson, minister, Lebanon Lutheran Church.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home. At
other times the family will be at the home of his daughter, Amy M. Lamb, 460 Freedom
Drive.
Memorials: Rowan Youth Soccer Association, P.O.
Box 4303, Salisbury, N.C. 28144; or Catawba College, 2300 W. Innes St., Salisbury, N.C.
28144.
Cora Belle Ervin Smith
MOUNT ULLA — Cora Belle Ervin Smith, 82, 8950
Fannie Sloan Road, died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical
Center, Winston-Salem.
Born Dec. 5, 1916, in Rowan County, Mrs. Smith was
a daughter of the late Thomas Monroe and Fronie Krider Ervin. Educated at Farm Life High
School, China Grove, she had retired from Cannon
Mills.
She was a member of Thyatira Presbyterian Church,
where she was active in the Caldwell Sunday School Class and the Morning Circle of Church
Women. She was also a member of the Mill Bridge Senior Citizens and Eastern Star No. 277
of China Grove.
Survivors include husband Ralph Eugene Smith, whom
she married Jan. 25, 1935; son Tom E. Smith, Salisbury; daughter Mrs. Ronald (Brenda)
Seamon, China Grove;
sisters Mrs. Roger (Lorene) Clary and Mrs. John (Margaret) Beaver, both of Mount Ulla,
Mrs. Fred (Frances) Graham,
Newman, Ga., Evelyn Webb, Chattanooga, Tenn., Peggy Ballew, Milledgeville, Ga., and Mrs.
John (Barbara) Hill, Salisbury; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Thyatira Presbyterian
Church at Mill Bridge, conducted by Dr. Stephen A. Moss. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral
Home, China Grove. At other times the family will be at the home on Fannie Sloan Road.
Memorials: Thyatira Presbyterian Church, 220 White
Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28147.
Gelene Hutchins Ashley
KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Wednesday
for Faye Gelene Hutchins Ashley, 64, 1819 Colony Drive, who died at her home Sunday (Aug.
22, 1999) after a battle with cancer. She had been in declining health for two years and
seriously ill for three months.
Born Jan. 17, 1935, in Cabarrus County, Mrs.
Ashley was a daughter of the late Floyd Wilson and Edna Emerson Hutchins. A graduate of
A.L. Brown High School and High Point College, she was an elementary school teacher in the
Kannapolis schools for 31 years. She was a lifelong member of Trinity United Methodist
Church, where she was active with the United Methodist Women and taught Sunday school for
many years.
Survivors include her husband of 43 years, William
Paul “Bill” Ashley; son Chris Ashley, Concord; daughter Mrs. Ed (Anne) Dehlin,
Kannapolis; half sister Mary Frances Guffey, Clemmons; and two grandsons.
Services: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Trinity United
Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Don Shuman and Sarah Weaver. Burial, Carolina
Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral
Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Colony Drive.
Memorials: Trinity United Methodist Church, 416 E. First St., Kannapolis, N.C.
28083.
Bessie C. Smith
ROCKWELL — Bessie Cagle Smith, 84, Meadows
Retirement Center, died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.
Lady’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis, is in
charge.
Foy Lentz Deal
KANNAPOLIS — Foy Lentz Deal, 72, 1126
Mooresville Road, died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.
Born July 14, 1927, in Iredell County, Mr. Deal
was a son of the late Ernest Linwood and Rena Overcash Deal. A veteran of the U.S. Marine
Corps, he served in the Korean War. Retired after 37 years with Duke Power Co., he was a
member of St. Enoch Lutheran Church and the Disabled American Veterans.
Survivors include wife Adell Marshall Deal.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Whitley’s Funeral
Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Hoke Ritchie. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorials: St. Enoch Lutheran Church, 701 Campbell
Ave., Kannapolis, N.C. 28081.
Savannah Earnhardt
THOMASVILLE — Savannah Michelle Earnhardt,
daughter of Adam and Stacy Brown Earnhardt, died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at Wake Forest
University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.
The infant, who was born July 6, 1999, in Davidson
County, was the paternal granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fidel Camarillo of Salisbury.
Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Free
Pilgrim Church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, J.C. Green & Sons Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the
home at 17 Misty Drive.
Howard Lee Crenshaw
NEW LONDON — The funeral will be today for
John Howard Lee Crenshaw, 63, 44097 Ski Pond Road, who died Sunday (Aug. 22, 1999) at
NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after a lengthy illness.
Born Feb. 11, 1936, in Cabarrus County, Mr.
Crenshaw was a son of Grace Tickle Crenshaw, Winston-Salem, and the late Charles Frank
Crenshaw. He lived in Concord prior to moving to New London after his 1988 retirement from
Fieldcrest Cannon, Plant 4, where he was a loom fixer.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include his
wife of 35 years, Donnie Hatley Crenshaw; daughter Angela Pitcher, New London; and sister
Charlotte Crenshaw Rasey, Winston-Salem.
Services: 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Whitley’s
Funeral Home Chapel, Kannapolis, conducted by his brother-in-law, the Rev. John Rasey.
Burial, Center Grove Lutheran Church cemetery, Kannapolis.
Visitation: 1:30-2:30 today at the funeral home.
Janie E. Martin
MOCKSVILLE — Janie E. Martin, 89, formerly of
North Main Street, died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at Autumn Care of Mocksville.
Eaton Funeral Home is in charge.
Peggy Dull Elmore
MOCKSVILLE — Peggy Dull Elmore, N.C. 801
North, died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at Davie Hospital.
Eaton Funeral Home is in charge.
Sandra Mars Robinson
HENDERSON — Sandra Mars Robinson, 46, 8237
Highway 39 South, a former area resident, died of leukemia Sunday (Aug. 22, 1999) at Duke
University Medical Center, Durham.
Born in the Phillipine Islands, Mrs. Robinson was
a daughter of Joe and Mary Jane Tucker Conner of Roanoke Rapids and the late Grady B.
Mars. She was employed by Revlon Inc.
Her first husband, Henry O’Keil, preceded her
in death.
Survivors, in addition to her mother and
stepfather, include husband Henry Michael “Mike” Robinson; son Phillip Jackson, Salisbury;
daughter Tammy Robinson; stepsons Michael Robinson Jr. and Joseph Robinson; brother Harry
Younkin; and sisters Mrs. Charles (Elizabeth) Greenway, Epsom, and Mrs. Charles (Joyce)
Burnette and Mrs. Ricky (Priscilla) Dorer, both of Roanoke Rapids.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Flowers Funeral Home
Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Jeff Prewer. Burial, Sunset Gardens.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home. At
other times the family will be at the home on N.C. 39 South.
Memorials: The Leukemia Society of North Carolina,
5801 Executive Center, Suite 101, Charlotte, N.C. 28212.
David Junior Fisher
David Junior Fisher, 79, Salisbury, died Tuesday
(Aug. 24, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge. |
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