Elsworth C. Barnhardt

CONCORD — Elsworth Cook Barnhardt, 78, 408 Winecoff School Road, died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999) at the home of her son, Donald R. Barnhardt, 333 Stewart St., after a year of declining health.

Born Dec. 17, 1920, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Barnhardt was a daughter of the late Sam William and Kate Linker Cook. Retired from the Cabarrus County schools, she had been cafeteria manager at Winecoff and R. Brown McAllister schools.

Her husband, C. Hoke Barnhardt, died in 1992.

Survivors, in addition to her son, include sisters Virginia Poster and Nell Hopkins, both of Concord; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Wes Judy. Burial, Mount Olivet United Methodist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of her son on Stewart Street.

Memorials: Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, 301 Mount Olivet Road, Concord, N.C. 28025.

Blanche Geneva Agner

Blanche Geneva Agner, 84, Salisbury, died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999)at Autumn Care of Salisbury after a period of declining health.

Born Aug. 10, 1915, in Rowan County, Miss Agner was a daughter of the late Walter and Ada Kesler Agner. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she was a homemaker and a member of Union Lutheran Church.

Survivors include brothers Ned and Vonnie Agner, both of Salisbury, and Homer Agner, Holden Beach; and sister Margie Hakos, Salisbury.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Union Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Darrell Norris. Burial, family plot in church cemetery.

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

Memorials: Union Lutheran Church, Building Fund, 4770 Bringle Ferry Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28146.

John D. Brooks

STATESVILLE — John D. Brooks, 71, 2415 Abernathy Ave., died Sunday (Dec. 5, 1999)at Iredell Memorial Hospital.

Born April 2, 1928, in Pearson County, Mr. Brooks was a son of the late George and Louise Smith Brooks. Educated in the Pearson County schools, he had retired from International Paper Trucking Co. after 24 years with the company.

Baptized at Obies Chapel Holiness Church, Hurdle Mills, he later joined St. John Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife Willie Mae Ellis Brooks; daughters Mrs. Charles (Mary)Vanderburg, China Grove, and Mrs. Wendell (Brenda)Lassiter, Hillsborough; stepdaughter Sandra Oglesby, Salisbury; sons Ira Pettiford, Mebane, and John D. Brooks Jr., Durham; brothers and sisters Sylvester Brooks, Elbert Brooks and Corien Reams, all of Durham, Dorothy Thompson, Elizabethtown, Vertree Foster, Woodbridge, Va., and Michael Brooks, Ricky Brooks, Anthony Brooks, Deborah Hester, Sherry Farrington and Anette Moore; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Thursday, St. John Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Burrell Brooks. The body will be placed in the church at 2. Burial, Belmont Cemetery.

Visitation: 2:30-3 at the church. At other times the family will be at the home on Abernathy Avenue.

Rutledge and Bigham Funeral Home is in charge.

Gerald Wayne Cox

Gerald Wayne Cox, 27, 4939 S. Main St., died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, is in charge.

Marjorie Cranfill Dixon

YADKINVILLE — Marjorie Cranfill Dixon, 78, Adams Street, died at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, on Monday (Dec. 6, 1999) from cardiac arrest at her home on Thursday, Dec. 2.

Born Jan. 20, 1921, in Yadkin County, Mrs. Dixon was a daughter of the late James Monroe and Lora Royal Mackie Cranfill. She was owner and operator of Dixon’s Greenhouses and a member of Harmony Grove Friends Meeting.

Survivors include her husband of 65 years, T.Ford Dixon; sons T. Ronald Dixon, Mocksville, and Wayne Dixon, Yadkinville; daughters Mrs. David (Jan)Hess, Yadkinville, formerly of Salisbury, and Mrs. Tony (Marietta)Shores, also of Yadkinville; brothers Earle and Carl Cranfill, both of Yadkinville; and six grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Harmony Grove Friends Meeting, conducted by the Rev. Don Cunningham, the Rev. Harold Salmons and Wayne Dixon. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6:30-8:30 tonight at the church.

Eaton Funeral Home, Mocksville, is in charge.

Memorials: Association of Retarded Citizens, c/o Wanda Hall, P.O. Box 233, East Bend, N.C. 27018.

Joe Circratus Efird

CHINA GROVE — Joe Circratus Efird, 78, 215 Sutton Road, died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999) at his home after several years of declining health and five months of serious illness.

Born April 23, 1921, in Stanly County, Mr. Efird was a son of the late Oscar C. and Fannie McIntyre Efird. He received a Purple Heart for his service in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.

Owner of Efird’s Upholstery for 50 years, he was a member of American Legion 0185, VFW 9089 and Mount Moriah Lutheran Church, where he was a former council member and president of his Sunday school class.

Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Rachel Garver Efird; sons Elbert and Roy Efird, both of China Grove, and Henry Efird, Mooresville; daughters Mrs. John (Mary)Lambert, Mrs. Larry (Lois) Page, Mrs. Steve (Janet) Parsons, Mrs. Tony (Connie)Corriher and Mrs. Jimmy (Linda)Childers, all of China Grove; brother Grady “Pete”Efird, China Grove; sisters Mrs.Crawford (Clara) Alexander and Mrs. Jake (Ramona)Corriher, both of China Grove; 22 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and seven step-great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Mount Moriah Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Gene Peeler. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8:30 tonight, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove.

Memorials: Mount Moriah Lutheran Church, 750 Mount Moriah Church Road, China Grove, N.C. 28023; or Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Frank Kenneth Cox, 61, 245 Dove Meadow Drive, died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, is in charge.

Roy Lee Furr

ALBEMARLE — Roy Lee Furr, 79, 19658 Lakeside Drive, died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Born Nov. 22, 1920, in Stanly County, Mr. Furr was a son of the late Albert and Sarah Eudy Furr. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served in the Pacific during World War II. He had worked as a finisher with Collins &Aikman.

Survivors include wife Lucille Myrtle Hall Furr; son Dillon Furr, Albemarle; stepson Tyrone Hall, Albemarle; brothers Clayton and Johnny Furr, both of Albemarle; and two grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Salem UnitedMethodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mark Denton. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Lakeside Drive.

Charles Timothy Lentz

LANDIS — The funeral will be Wednesday for Charles Timothy Lentz, 78, 725 Highland Ave., who died Sunday (Dec. 5, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after three years of illness.

Born Feb. 2, 1921, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Lentz was a son of the late John W. Lentz and the late Floda Kiles Lentz Minton. Educated in the Cabarrus County schools, he had retired as a rural letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in 1986.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1941 to 1947. He was a member of Midway UnitedMethodist Church and the VFW.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Virginia Ruth Lentz, and his second wife, Frances Gail Lentz.

Survivors include daughters Sharon Lentz, Charlotte, and Sheila Lawrence, Key West, Fla.; brothers Frank Lentz, California, and Harold Lentz, Kannapolis; stepmother Nola Lentz Blalock, Kannapolis; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Billy Rintz. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis. Military rites by Cabarrus County DAV Color Guard.

Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Midway United Methodist Church, Building Fund, 708 S. Main St., Kannapolis,N.C. 28081.

Felix R. McConnell

KANNAPOLIS — Felix R. McConnell, 93, 7100 Mooresville Road, died Monday (Dec. 7, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Della Parrish Parker

Della Parrish Parker, formerly of Winston-Salem, died Sunday (Dec. 5, 1999)at Genesis ElderCare of Salisbury.

The daughter of the late John Henry and Luler Miriam Ferguson Parrish, she was educated in the Cumberland County schools. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, N.G. “Shorty”Parker, and a daughter, Shirley Parker Lanier.

Survivors include daughters Peggy Parker Rouser, Salisbury, Linda Parker Long, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Rhonda Parker Mills, Greenville; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Parklawn Memorial Gardens, Winston-Salem.

Memorial Funeral Chapel, Winston-Salem, was in charge.

Memorials:Donor’s choice of Hospice organizations.

Ethel Pemberton Poole

Ethel Pemberton Poole, 81, Salisbury, died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999)at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.

Born May 13, 1918, in Rowan County, Mrs. Poole was a daughter of the late W.T. and Nannie Smiley Pemberton. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she was a graduate of Spencer High School.

Retired from Cannon Mills, she had earlier been employed by Fiber Industries, now KoSa. She was a Methodist.

Her husband, Clarence M. Pemberton, preceded her in death.

Survivors include son Michael E.Bilyeu, Salisbury; stepdaughter Eleanor Morgan,Rockwell; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Wednesday, National Cemetery, Salisbury, conducted by Dr. Carville J. Tolson III.

Visitation: None. The family will be at their respective homes.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Rowan County Humane Society, 112 W. Innes St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Delores Mutz Powell

Delores Mutz Powell, 44 Lafayette St., died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after four days of serious illness.

Born May 31, 1955, in Salisbury, Ms. Powell was a daughter of Solomon and Lillie Mae Powell Mutz, Granite Quarry. A graduate of East Rowan High School, she last worked for General Electric and the Rowan County Rehabitational Workshop. She attended White Rock AME Zion Church, Granite Quarry.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

The family will be at the home of her parents at 416 S. Salisbury Ave., Granite Quarry.

Effie Jane Hartsell Smith

OAKBORO — Effie Jane Hartsell Smith, 96, 13035 Bethel Church Road, died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999) at Stanly Manor, Albemarle.

Born July 18, 1903, in Stanly County, Mrs. Smith was a daughter of the late John Avery and Eva Frances Teeter Hartsell. She had worked in the sheet department at Cannon Mills, Kannapolis.

Survivors include daughters Betty Sue Hartsell and Helen Lambert, both of Locust; son Leroy Smith, Stanfield; brother Jimmy Hartsell, Locust; sister Rachel Hartsell, Locust; 10 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and 20 great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Bethel Baptist Church, Stanfield, conducted by Dr. Doyle Holder. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter Betty Sue Hartsell, 12177 Bethel Church Road, Locust.

Cam Dawson Weatherman

BOONVILLE — Cam Dawson Weatherman, 94, Whitaker Road, father of Mrs. David (Peggy)Huffman 320 Lucerne Lane, Salisbury, died Monday (Dec. 6, 1999) at Yadkin Nursing Center.

Services: 11 a.m .Wednesday, Gentry Funeral Home Family Chapel, Yadkinville. Burial,Central Memorial Cemetery, Yadkinville.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials: Center Memorial Cemetery Fund, c/o Junior Gentry, 1041 Flemming Road, Yadkinville, N.C. 27055.

Lubertha Johnson Boler

The funeral will be Wednesday for Lubertha Corry Johnson Kelly Boler, 75, 320 S. Shaver St., who died Saturday (Dec. 4, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center. She had been in declining health several years and seriously ill two weeks.

Born April 30, 1924, in Blacksburg, S.C., Mrs. Boler was a daughter of Carl Johnson of Salisbury and the late Ellen Thompson Johnson.

She was educated in the schools of Blacksburg, S.C., and Salisbury and was a member of the United House of Prayer for All People and its Queen Board.

Her husband, George “Dump” Boler, died in December 1978. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Ann Kelly; and a son, Billy Ray Kelly.

Survivors include sons Clemson Kelly Jr., New Haven, Conn., and Farris Kelly, Salisbury; daughters Ethel K. Bruce, New Haven, Conn., Mary Ellen Blassingame, Boston, Choyce Cole, Washington, D.C., and Josephine Heggins, Salisbury; sister Elizabeth Johnson Steele, Richmond, Va.; 17 grandchildren, including two raised in the home, Timothy Kelly, Salisbury, and Terry Kelly, East Spencer; and several great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and great-great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, United House of Prayer for All People, conducted by Apostle C.D. Cooper, pastor, and Apostle Willie E. Howell. Burial, 11 a.m. Thursday at the Salisbury National Cemetery.

Visitation: 1 p.m. Wednesday at the church. The family will be at the home at 320 S. Shaver St. the rest of the time. Mitchell &Fair Funeral Service Inc. in charge.

Minnie Williams Corbin

FRANKLIN — Minnie Williams Corbin, 95, Franklin, died Sunday (Dec. 5, 1999) at a local hospital following a period of declining health.

Mrs. Corbin was the mother of Mae Keeter of Salisbury.

Services: 11 a.m. today, Holly Springs Baptist Church. Burial, church cemetery. Macon Funeral Home in charge.

Memorials: Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Annie Ruth Cabe, 896 Rabbit Creek Road, Franklin, N.C. 28734.

Robert Parks Rupard

MOCKSVILLE — Robert Parks Rupard, 82, Rupard Trail, died Sunday (Dec. 5, 1999) at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born May 13, 1917, in Yadkin County, Mr. Rupard was a son of the late Mary Pearl Weatherman and Augret Artifus Rupard. He had retired in 1980 after 34 years with Carolina Freight Co. in Cherryville. He was a member of Turrentine Baptist Church.

Survivors include wife Dean Morrison Rupard; sons Jack and Randy Rupard, both of Cherryville; brothers Gilmer Rupard, Thomasville, and Clarence Rupard, Mocksville; sisters Flosie R. Loflin, Yadkinville, and Inez R. Hines, Raleigh; and three grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Davie Funeral Service Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Jack Johnson. Burial, Turrentine Baptist Church cemetery.