Leller Lue AndrewsMOUNT GILEAD
— Leller Lue Andrews, 75, Mount Gilead, died Wednesday (Dec. 8, 1999)at Stanly
Memorial Hospital, Albemarle.
Born Feb. 27, 1924, in Cabarrus County, Mrs.
Andrews was a daughter of the late Mack and Eva McIntyre Biggers. She was a seamstress at
Troy Drapery.
Her husband, John Gaston Andrews, and a son,
Claude Andrews, preceded her in death.
Survivors include son William A. Andrews,Troy;
daughters Marie Lambert, Margaret A. Lefler and Lula A. Kimrey, all of Albemarle, Lizzie
Delarosa, Ellerbe, and Flonnie A. Gabrielson, Jacksonville, Fla.; brother Clyde D.
Biggers, Albemarle; sister Lether Reap, Albemarle; 12 grandchildren; and four
great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Hartsell Funeral
Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, Albemarle, conducted by the Rev. Jerry Mabry. Burial,
Stanly Gardens of Memory, Albemarle.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. At
other times the family will be at the home of daughter Lula Kimrey, 714 Parker St.,
Albemarle.
Harry E. Baucom
KANNAPOLIS — Harry E. Baucom, 70, Kannapolis,
died Thursday (Dec. 9, 1999)at his home after a year of declining health.
Born Oct. 8, 1929, in Union County, Mr. Baucom was
a son of the late Eustace and Etta McManus Baucom. He was educated in the Kannapolis
schools.
He had worked as a loom fixer and at the tin shop
at Cannon Mills. He had also worked at Gamewell Mechanical, Salisbury, and as a route man
for Rowan Dairy. He attended Central Baptist Church.
A son, Jimmy Wayne Baucom, died Jan. 23, 1998.
Survivors include wife Faye Barbee Baucom; son
Barry Lynn Baucom, China Grove; daughter JoAnn Queen, Kannapolis; seven grandchildren; and
four great-grandchildren.
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Central Baptist Church,
conducted by the Rev. Curtis Parker and the Rev. Johnny Cook. Burial, West Lawn Memorial
Park.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Linn- Honeycutt Funeral,
Landis.
Memorials: Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice,
825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
Hallie Edmond Blalock
ALBEMARLE — Hallie Edmond Blalock, 89, 40312
Tower Road, died Wednesday (Dec. 8, 1999)at Stanly Manor Nursing Center.
Born Feb. 6, 1910, in Stanly County, Mrs. Blalock
was a daughter of the late Marshall and Esther Fraley Blalock. A retired textile employee
and farmer, he was a member of Palestine United Methodist Church.
His wife, Eva Cagle Blalock, died Sept. 13, 1992.
Survivors include son Gary E. Blalock, Albemarle;
daughter Donna B. Hoffman, Gaffney, S.C.; foster son Matt Cagle, Albemarle; eight
grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Palestine United
Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Caroll Flack. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Saturday at the church.
Stanly Funeral Home is in charge.
Memorials: Palestine United Methodist Church,
Cemetery Fund, 36404 Palestine Road, Albemarle,N.C. 28001.
Thelma Helton Gantt
GASTONIA — Thelma Helton Gantt, 84, Gastonia,
sister of Garnelle Hilliard, Salisbury, died Thursday (Dec. 9, 1999) at the Brian Center,
Gastonia.
Services: 11 a.m.Saturday, Ward Funeral Home.
Burial, Gaston Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Flint Grove Baptist Church, 2017 E.
Ozark Ave., Gastonia,N.C. 28054.
Walter ‘Gene’ Goodlett
The funeral will be Sunday for Walter Eugene
“Gene”Goodlett, 72, 913 Hawkinstown Road, who died Wednesday (Dec. 8, 1999) at
Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Born April 19, 1927, in Rowan County, Mr. Goodlett
was a son of Noisey Witherspoon Goodlett, Salisbury, and the late John H. Goodlett.
Educated in the Rowan County schools, he had retired as a mail handler with Southern
Railway.
Mr. Goodlett was a member of Moore’s Chapel
AME Zion Church, where he was a trustee and a member of the Altar Guild and the Men’s
Booster Club. He was a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity of Rowan County and fire
commissioner of Ellis Cross Country Fire Department.
A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was a
member of the VFW and J.C. Price American Legion Post 107. He was a former president of
the Spencer Optimist Club.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include wife
Irene Beatty Goodlett; sons Walter Eugene Goodlett Jr., Sterling, Va., and Andre Larkin
Goodlett, Raleigh; brothers Joe I. Goodlett, Landover, Md., and Billy F. Goodlet and Roy
Lee Goodlett, both of Salisbury; and six grandchildren.
Services: 5 p.m. Sunday, Moore’s Chapel
AMEZion Church, conducted by the Rev. T. Anthony Spearman. The body will be placed in the
church at 4. Burial, 11 a.m. Monday, National Cemetery, Salisbury.
Visitation: None. The family will be at the home
on Hawkinstown Road.
Mitchell &Fair Funeral Service is in charge.
Memorials: Moore’s Chapel AMEZion Church,
Building Fund, P.O. Box 545, Salisbury, N.C. 28145-0545.
David Hoke Goodman
David Hoke Goodman, 70, Salisbury, died Thursday
(Dec. 9, 1999) at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, after a period of declining health.
Born Jan. 14, 1929, in Rowan County, Mr. Goodman
was a son of the late David Luther and Addie Lyerly Goodman. Educated in the Rowan County
schools, he was a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College. A member of Union Lutheran Church, he
had been employed with Food Lion.
There are no immediate survivors.
Services: Graveside, 1 p.m. Saturday, Union
Lutheran Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Darrell Norris.
Visitation: None.
Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.
Memorials: Union Lutheran Church, Organ Fund of
Fellowship Building Fund, 4770 Bringle Ferry Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28146.
Edwin Joseph Grabowski
The funeral will be Saturday for Edwin Joseph
Grabowski, 68, Salisbury, who died Thursday (Dec. 9, 1999)at Rowan Regional Medical Center
after a period of declining health.
Born Aug. 17, 1931, in Moosie, Pa., Mr. Grabowski
was a son of the late Joseph and Victoria Wayno Grabowski. Educated in the Moosie schools
and at various electronic schools, he was employed as a technician with RCAElectronics. He
was a Roman Catholic.
Survivors include wife Elmina Hudson Grabowski;
stepsons Fred Tomaini, Asheville, Steven Tomaini, Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Denny
Tomaini, Crawfordville, Fla.; stepdaughter Mitzi Proctor, Burlington, Vt.; brothers Joe
Grabowski, Marathon, Fla., and Richard Grabowski, Berline, N.J.; sister Clara Sussman,
Vero Beach, Fla.; nine step-grandchildren; and one step-great-grandchild.
Services: Memorial, 11 a.m. Saturday, Lyerly
Funeral Home’s James C. Lyerly Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Carl Sachtleben, pastor,
St.John’s Lutheran Church. The body will be cremated.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Rowan County Cancer Society, P.O. Box
1264, Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
‘Lib’ Johnson Hopkins
Mary Elizabeth “Lib” Johnson Hopkins,
79, 323 W. Council St., died Thursday (Dec. 9, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Born June 5, 1920, in Charleston, W.Va., Mrs.
Hopkins was a daughter of Eva Elaine Leftridge Johnson, Charleston, and the late Charles
“Charlie” Johnson. A graduate of the Charleston schools, she was a retired
domestic worker. She was a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church and its Senior Missionary
Circle.
Her husband, Thomas Edison Hopkins, died March 10,
1989.
Survivors include sons Thomas Hopkins, East
Spencer, Samuel Hopkins, Clinton, Md., John Hopkins, Maryester, Fla., and Reginald
Hopkins, of the home; daughters Annette Hopkins, Patterson, N.J., Rose Neely, Betty Lyman,
Mary Alice Brown and Dorothy Alexander, all of Salisbury, and Elaine Corpening Granite
Quarry; 30 grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.
Bessie Watts
Moss
James “Howard”Moss, 81, 303 Wellington
Hills Circle, died Thursday (Dec. 9, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Born Jan. 28, 1918, in Gaston County, Mr., Moss
was a son of the late Ben and Maggie Robinson Moss. He was a graduate of Belmont High
School and attended Belmont Abbey College.
He had worked for 40 years with Moss Rexall Drug
in Gastonia and was in the salvage business in Deland, Fla. He was property manager for
the condominiums at Wellington Hills.
Mr. Moss was a member of First Baptist Church and
its Whitehead Bible Sunday School Class, Gastonia Masonic Lodge 369 AF&AM and the
Order of the Eastern Star. He was instrumental in organizing West Cramerton Baptist Church
in West Cramerton and was a past member of the First Baptist churches in Gastonia and
Deland,Fla.
Survivors include wife Carol Ballard Moss, whom he
married June 18, 1940; daughter Mrs. Don (Nancy) Moss Morra, Sarasota, Fla.; brother
William Moss, Gastonia; sisters Helen Moss, West Cramerton, and Zula Reeves, Blairsville,
Ga.; eight grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Summersett Funeral
Home Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Phil Cooley, pastor, and the Rev. Tom Roberts.
The Whitehead Bible Sunday School Class will be seated as a group at the service.
Graveside service, 2 p.m. Saturday, Gaston Memorial Park Mausoleum, Gastonia. Masonic
rites by Gastonia Masonic Lodge.
Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral
home.
Memorials: First Baptist Church, 223 N. Fulton
St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
Hulda Taylor Nolley
MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Saturday for
Hulda Taylor Nolley, 85, Nolley Road, who died Wednesday (Dec. 8, 1999) at her home after
several months of declining health.
Born May 20, 1914, in Davie County, Mrs. Nolley
was a homemaker. She had worked at Erwin Mills for several years and was a lifetime member
of Liberty United Methodist Church.
Her husband of 63 years, William Roy Nolley, died
Aug. 30, 1994.
Survivors include son Edwin Nolley, Sherrills
Ford; daughter Ann N. Hancock, Mocksville; four grandchildren; and five
great-grandchildren.
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Liberty United
Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Phillip Park. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Eaton Funeral Home.
Memorials: Liberty United Methodist Church, Air
Conditioning Fund, 141 Liberty Circle, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.
Baxter L. Wyatt
Baxter L. Wyatt, 83, Madison,Ga., formerly of
Salisbury, died Thursday (Dec. 9, 1999)in Madison.
Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.
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