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Bobby Ray FranklinKANNAPOLIS
— Bobby Ray Franklin, 57, 1318 Haywood Ave., died Sunday (Aug. 29, 1999) at NorthEast
Medical Center, Concord.
Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge.
William Howard Conkle
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — William Howard Conkle,
81, 745 18th Ave. N.E., a former resident of Salisbury, N.C., died Wednesday (Aug. 25,
1999) at Cypress Palms, Largo.
Born Jan. 7, 1918, in Chester, W.Va., Mr. Conkle
was a son of the late Robert Clyde and Anna Mansfield Conkle. He received his
undergraduate and graduate degrees from West Virginia University and his doctorate from
Cornell University.
He worked for the Extension Service at West
Virginia University; for the United States Agency for International Development in
Nicaragua and Guatemala; and for the United States Department of Agriculture.
Mr. Conkle retired to Salisbury in 1979 and served
on the Salisbury City Council from 1983-1985. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church
of Salisbury.
His wife, Ethel Miller Conkle, and a son, William
Conkle Jr., preceded him in death.
Survivors include son Dr. David Conkle,
Pensacola,; daughter Mary Ann Boston, St. Petersburg; sister Mary Mosser, Chester, W.Va.;
six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
The body was cremated. A memorial service is
planned for 2 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 11) at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Venice.
National Cremation Society of St. Petersburg
handled the arrangements.
Geraldine Beaver Crowell
EAST SPENCER — The funeral will be Wednesday
for Geraldine Beaver Crowell, 61, East Spencer, who died Saturday (Aug. 28, 1999) at Rowan
Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, after six months of
declining health and a week of serious illness.
Born June 20, 1938, in Rowan County, Mrs. Crowell
was a daughter of the late Ralph and Lula Jones Beaver. Educated in the Rowan County
schools, she was a homemaker and a member of Old Country Baptist Church.
Her husband, Robert Lee Crowell Jr., died Oct. 17,
1993.
Survivors include sons Randy and Alan Crowell,
both of Salisbury; daughters Wendy Coish and Sandy Powles, both of Salisbury; brother
Arnold Beaver, Salisbury; sister Sherry Tysinger, Salisbury; and seven grandchildren.
Services: Graveside, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Rowan
Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev. Wade Lomax, pastor, Old Country Baptist Church.
Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Lyerly Funeral
Home.
Fred Wallace Barber
Fred Wallace Barber, 72, 603 Lafayette Circle,
died Sunday (Aug. 29, 1999) at the Hefner VA Medical
Center after several months of serious illness.
Born Feb. 7, 1927, in Rowan County, Mr. Barber was
a son of the late John Arthur and Betsy Lee Miller Barber. Educated in the Salisbury
schools, he had retired from Carolina Rubber Hose. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Survivors include sons Tommy Roberts, Kannapolis,
Fred W. Barber, Chesapeake, Va.,
Anthony Barber, Landis, Kevin Barber, Clinton, Md., and Franklin Barber, Ronald Barber,
Reginald “Reggie” Barber and Tim Barber, all of Salisbury; daughter Phyllis H.
Lee, Cheitenham, Md.; brother Robert Blair, Salisbury; sisters Janet McNeely and Talatha
Minter, both of Salisbury, and Faye Flair, Lexington; and 20 grandchildren.
Services: 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Noble and Kelsey
Funeral Home’s A.R. Kelsey Memorial Chapel. Burial, National Cemetery, Salisbury.
Military rites by Rowan Veterans Council.
Visitation: 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
At other times the family will be at 820 E. Lafayette St.
O.D. Bush
The funeral will be Wednesday for O.D. Bush, 75,
514 N. Cedar St., who died Saturday (Aug. 28, 1999) at Autumn Care Nursing Center.
Services: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Noble and Kelsey
Funeral Home’s A.R. Kelsey Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Mitch Sewell.
Burial, National Cemetery, Salisbury. Military rites by Salisbury-Rowan Veterans Council.
Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral
home.
Jarrette Dean Young
The Rev. Jarrette Dean Young, 67, Salisbury, died
Sunday (Aug. 29, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Born Aug. 12, 1932, in Barberton, Ohio, Mr. Young
was a son of the late Oscar F. and Louise Lovell Young. Educated in the Doylestown, Ohio,
schools, he was a graduate of Marion College, Marion, Ind., and Trinity Wesleyan Bible
Seminary, Tennessee.
A minister for 45 years, he served at the
Salisbury Wesleyan Church and was chaplain for the Rowan County Sheriff’s Department
when he lived here. He was also chaplain of the Duncan Police Department in Duncan, Okla., while serving as a minister there.
He was a member of Franklin Bible Methodist
Church, Franklin, Ohio, and a past conference president of the Ohio Bible Methodist
Churches.
Survivors include wife Joan Hyde Young, whom he
married Oct. 20, 1956; sons Raymond F. Young, Duncan, Okla., Kenneth D. Young, Franklin,
Ohio, and Steven A. Young, Middletown, Ohio; brothers Cecil Young, Doylestown, Ohio, and
Ted Young, Akron, Ohio; sister Margie Y. Zornes, Akron, Ohio; 10 grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
Services: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Summersett Funeral Home
Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Ernest Mullins, minister, Trinity Wesleyan Church.
Burial, 2 p.m. Thursday, Springboro Cemetery, Franklin, Ohio.
Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Summersett Funeral Home.
At other times the family will be at the home.
The family will also see friends in Franklin,
Ohio, noon-2 p.m. Thursday at Franklin Bible Methodist Church. |
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