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Raymond L. Kirk Jr.Raymond L. Kirk
Jr., 52, died Sunday (Aug. 22, 1999) at his home in Los Angeles, Calif.
A Salisbury native, Mr. Kirk was a son of the late
Raymond L. and Lois Finney Kirk. He was a 1965 Salisbury High School graduate.
He has lived in Los Angeles since 1970. A poet and
artist, he won first place in the 1991 Atlanta Writing Resource Center’s poetry
contest. Several of his poems were published in magazines and journals.
Survivors include sister Dorothy Kirk, Palm
Desert, Calif.
Pierce Brothers Cunningham & O’Connor Utter McKinley Mortuary, Hollywood, Calif.,
is in charge.
Bessie Smith
ROCKWELL — The funeral will be Thursday for
Bessie Estelle Cagle Smith, 84, Meadows Retirement Center, formerly of Stanfield, who died
Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.
Born Feb. 26, 1915, in Union County, Mrs. Smith
was a daughter of the late Walter Vance and Ida Williams Cagle. A graduate of Stanfield
High School, she retired from Hoover Hosiery Mill, Concord. She was a member of
Love’s Chapel United Methodist Church, Stanfield.
Survivors include son Billy Wayne Smith of the
Meadows Retirement Center, Rockwell.
Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Thursday, Carolina
Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Leslee
Lyndon.
Visitation: 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thursday, Lady’s
Funeral Home, Kannapolis.
Gerald ‘Tim’ Thompson
ROCKWELL — Gerald Timothy “Tim”
Thompson, 57, 714 China Grove Highway, died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at Rowan Regional
Medical Center, Salisbury.
Born Nov. 14, 1941, in Stanly County, Mr. Thompson
was a son of the late Robert and Frances Huneycutt Thompson. He was a self-employed
painter.
Survivors include sons Gerald Timothy Thompson
Jr., Wadesboro, and Terry Wayne and Mark Anthony Thompson, both of Albemarle; brothers
Donnie Thompson, Rockwell, Phillip Thompson, Charlotte,
and Michael Thompson; sisters Brenda of Spencer, and Barbara; and one grandchild.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Community Full Gospel
Church, Norwood, conducted by the Rev. Wesley Cribbs. The body will be placed in the
church prior to the service. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: The body will be taken from Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle, to the home of son Terry Wayne
Thompson, 23888 Edgefield Road, Albemarle, where the family will receive friends.
Mae Hinson Carelock
KANNAPOLIS — Mae Hinson Carelock, 83, 1005
Austin St., died Tuesday (Aug. 24, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after a day
of serious illness.
Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge.
The family will be at the home of daughter Faye
McDaniel, 403 Dodge St.
Virner Yckle Roach
KANNAPOLIS — Virner Yckle Roach, 78, 1012
Desoto Ave., died Tuesday (Aug. 24, 1999) at his home.
Born Oct. 16, 1920, in Royston, Ga., Mr. Roach was a son of the late William Doc and Sally
Elizabeth Crowe Roach. He worked in this area since 1932. He worked at Cannon Mills Plant
1 after his retirement as superintendent of trucking at Martin Marietta in Charlotte.
Survivors include wife Mae Caldwell Roach;
daughters Linda R. Johnson, Kannapolis, and Mrs. Terry (Janice R.) Helms, Winston-Salem;
brother Hall Roach, Kannapolis; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Lady’s Funeral
Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Don Davis
and the Rev. Tim Gold. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home. At
other times the family will be at the home on Desoto Avenue.
Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box
1235, Concord, N.C. 28026-1235.
Rosalee Pressley
LEXINGTON — Rosalee Mason Pressley, 63,
formerly of Winchester Drive, died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical
Center, Salisbury.
Born in Haywood County, Mrs. Pressley was a
daughter of the late Grady Manson and Lily Wright Mason. She was a homemaker and a
Baptist.
Her husband, Thomas A. Pressley, died March 16,
1989.
Survivors include daughters Sandra P. Myers,
Mocksville, and Susan P. Carter, Welcome; sons Glenn M. Pressley, Welcome, and Thomas
Pressley Jr., Lexington; sisters Clara Green, Canton, and Dorothy Albright, Salisbury;
brothers Charles Mason, Canton, and Frank Mason, San Francisco, Calif.; and eight grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Timberlake Chapel,
Piedmont Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Norman Frye, the Rev. Lee Young and the Rev.
Duane Jarman. Burial, Forest Hill Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
At other times the family will be at the home of son Glenn Pressley, 1085 Reedy Creek
Road.
Otho C. Rankin
CLEVELAND — The funeral will be Thursday for
Otho C. Rankin, 71, Cleveland, who died Sunday (Aug. 22, 1999) at Lake Norman Regional
Medical Center, Mooresville.
Born Nov. 3, 1927, in Rowan County, Mr. Rankin was
a son of the late Joe and Della Mae Wilson Rankin. A farmer, he was a member of Mount
Tabor Presbyterian Church.
His wife, Georgia Ann Chambers Rankin, preceded
him n death.
Survivors include sons Johnnie Rankin and Otho
Rankin Jr., China Grove, and David Rankin, Landis; daughters Phyllis Ann Harris, Sheila R.
Steele and JoAnn R. Moore, all of Kannapolis, and Brenda R. Caldwell, Mooresville; sisters
Lillie Allison and Alma Ivery, both of Statesville, Hallie Torrence, Cleveland, and
Dorothy McNeely and Barbara Fleming, both of Mount Ulla; brothers Joe Dewitt and Onzilo
Rankin, both of Statesville; 20 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Mount Tabor
Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Joe
L. Spears. The body will be placed in the church prior to the service. Burial, church
cemetery.
Visitation: 7-8 tonight, Bryant-Lytle-Young
Funeral Home, Mooresville. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter
Brenda Caldwell, 114 Elm St., Mooresville.
Eunice Walter
KANNAPOLIS — Eunice Walter, 82, 6248 Irish
Potato Road, died Tuesday (Aug. 24, 1999) at her home.
Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis, is in charge.
Felicia Renee Farmer
The funeral will be Friday for Felicia Renee
Farmer, 14, 1211 Grady St., who died Saturday (Aug. 21, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical
Center.
She was born Sept. 9, 1984.
Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Love Christian Center,
conducted by the Rev. Kenneth Merriman and the Rev. Kevin Bost. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.
Visitation: 2:30 p.m. Friday at the church.
Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.
Peggy Dull Elmore
MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Thursday for
Peggy Dull Elmore, 60, North Carolina Highway 801 North, who died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999)
at Davie County Hospital after several months of declining health.
Born Sept. 17, 1938, in Davie County, Mrs. Elmore
was the daughter of the late Charlie Spack and Beulah
Dixon Dull. A graduate of Farmington High School, she attended Draughns Business School
and was employed by Ingersol-Rand. She was a member of Bear Creek Baptist Church, where
she was church pianist.
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Bear Creek Baptist
Church, conducted by the Rev. Cecil Wetherholt, the Rev. Jack Johnson and the Rev. Grady
Tutterow. The body will be placed in the church at 10:30. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Eaton Funeral Home.
Memorials: Bear Creek Baptist Church, Fellowship
Fund, 268 Bear Creek, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.
Timothy Alan Hutchins
The funeral will be Friday for Timothy Alan
Hutchins, 52, Salisbury, who died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at his home.
Born Aug. 21, 1947, in Forsyth County, Mr.
Hutchins was a son of Garland A. and Margaret Veach Hutchins of Kernersville. He was a
1965 graduate of East Forsyth High School and a 1969 graduate of Catawba College. A
teacher, he taught at Erwin Junior High School, Granite Quarry, and Rowan-Cabarrus
Community College. He was a member of St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church and the church choir.
Survivors, in addition to his parents, include
brother Gary W. Hutchins, Kernersville.
Services: Memorial, 4 p.m. Friday, St. Luke’s
Episcopal Church, conducted by the Rev. Clifford A.H. Pike. The remains will be placed in
the church’s columbarium.
Visitation: After the services in the St. Agnes
Room of the church.
Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.
Memorials: St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 131
W. Council St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
David Junior Fisher
The funeral will be Friday for David Junior
Fisher, 79, Salisbury, who died Tuesday (Aug. 24, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center
after a period of declining health.
Born Jan. 12, 1920, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Fisher
was a son of the late David Franklin and Lalar Ballard Fisher. He was a graduate of Farm
Life High School, China Grove. A veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II, he served
with the 630th and 806th Tank Destroyer
Batallions in the Philippines. He worked for the North Carolina Department of Corrections
and later retired from Southern Railway’s Spencer Shops.
Mr. Fisher was a member of Keller Masonic Lodge,
Scottish Rite and Oasis Temple, Charlotte,
Rowan County Shrine Club, Salisbury Moose Lodge 1400 and Faith American Legion Post 357,
where he was a past commander. He was also a member of Landmark Church and the Yadkin
Ramblers, a band that played at local nursing homes and nutritional sites.
A daughter, Nancy Fisher Holloway, died Jan. 13,
1987.
Survivors include wife Marie Hartman Fisher, whom
he married May 10, 1987; sons Robert D. and Don W. Fisher, both of Salisbury; brothers
Ralph C. and James H. Fisher, both of Salisbury; eight grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Lyerly Funeral
Home’s James C. Lyerly Chapel, conducted by the Rev.
Benny R. Hillard, pastor, Landmark Church, and the Rev. Jerry Snipes, associate pastor.
Burial, Kannapolis City Cemetery. Masonic rites by Keller Memorial Lodge 657.
Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral
home. At other times the family will be at the home.
Memorials: Landmark Church, 1910 Mooresville Road,
Salisbury, N.C. 28147; or Bethel United Methodist Church, 2380 Long Ferry Road, Salisbury,
N.C. 28146.
Viola Hargrave Dixon
The funeral will be Thursday for Viola Elaine
Hargrave Dixon, who died Friday (Aug. 20, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after
three weeks of declining health.
Services: 4 p.m. Thursday, Trinity Presbyterian
Church, conducted by the Rev. George Hunter. The time of burial has been changed to 10
a.m. Friday at the National Cemetery in Salisbury.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Noble and Kelsey Funeral
Home.
Janie Elva Martin
MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Friday for
Janie Elva Martin, 89, North Main Street, who died Monday (Aug. 23, 1999) at Autumn Care
of Mocksville.
Born Feb. 2, 1910, in Davie County, Mrs. Martin
was a daughter of the late Walter Franklin and Minnie Florence Wall Martin. She was a
homemaker and a caregiver to a number of ill or elderly relatives in her home. A historian
and genealogist, she was active with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, attaining
the office of North Carolina Division third vice president. She was a lifelong member of
Bethel United Methodist Church.
Survivors include brother Walter E. Martin,
Mocksville.
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Eaton Funeral Home
Chapel, conducted by Dr. S.B. Warner. Burial, Bethel United Methodist Church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. |
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