Clyde C. Brown

FAITH — Clyde C. Brown, 84, died Thursday (Dec. 23, 1999) at his residence.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Edna Pope Cashion

MOORESVILLE — Edna Pope Cashion, 84, 1107 Shearers Road, died Wednesday (Dec. 22, 1999) at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte.

Born Feb. 12, 1915, in Iredell County, Mrs. Cashion was a daughter of the late Rebecca Honeycutt and Elam H. Pope. She was a retired inspection employee of Draymore Manufacturing Co.

Her husband, Henry Burns Cashion, died in 1999. A son, Billy Cashion, died in 1947.

Survivors include sons Rayvon and Gene Cashion, both of Statesville; daughters Carolyn Floyd, Tillman, S.C., Kathy Burdette, Kernersville, and Doris Sherrill, Mooresville; brothers Shirley Pope, Mooresville; sisters Lillian Morris, Sara Long and Maggie Deal, all of Mooresville, and Rachel Jones, Kannapolis; 16 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Fair View United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. David Christy, the Rev. Donna Smith and the Rev. Lonnie Barnes. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Sunday, Fair View church.

Memorials: Fair View United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 27, Mount Mourne, N.C. 28123.

Neill Funeral Home is in charge.

Makenna Lea Culp

GRANITE QUARRY — Infant Makenna Lea Culp died Thursday (Dec. 23, 1999) at Brenner Children’s Hospital, Winston-Salem.

Born Nov. 11, 1999, in Rowan County, she was the daughter of Brentley Louis and Allison Stanley Culp.

Survivors include grandparents Charles “Chuck” and Linda H. Stanley, Granite Quarry, and Louis E. and Tonia Basinger Culp, Rockwell; and great-grandparents, Annilea O. Hooks, High Point, and Billie Marshall and Letha I. Culp, Salisbury.

Services: 4 p.m. Sunday, Shiloh United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Kay W. Gottula. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 1-3 p.m Sunday, Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell. At other times, at the home.

Memorials: Shiloh United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 315, Granite Quarry, N.C. 28072.

Kenneth Eugene Dishman

MOUNT ULLA — Kenneth Eugene Dishman, 70, Dishman Road, died Tuesday (Dec. 21, 1999) at his residence.

Born Sept. 6, 1929, in Iredell County, Mr. Dishman was a son of the late Ansler Elzy and Lucy Nance Dishman. He was a retired production operator of Celanese with 20 years of service and a retired farmer. He was a member of Back Creek Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include wife Laura Goodson Dishman, whom he married July 15, 1950; son Ronnie Dishman, Salisbury; daughters Renaye D. Jarrett, Concord; Denise D. Ervin, Mooresville, and Patricia D. McDaniel, Cross Hill, S.C.; brother Boyden Dishman, Mooresville; sisters Mrs. Davies (Annette) Alexander, and Faye Dishman, both of Mooresville, and Eunice Dishman, Winter Haven , Fla.; 15 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, graveside at Back Creek Presbyterian Church cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Cavin Funeral Home, Mooresville.

Memorials: Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144, or Back Creek Presbyterian Church, 21980 Back Creek Church Road, Mount Ulla, N.C. 28125.

Wilson Mack Erwin Jr.

YORKTOWN, Va. — Lt. Col. Wilson Mack Erwin Jr., 87, died Thursday (Dec. 23, 1999) at Riverside Hospital, Newport News.

A native of Badin, N.C., and former Salisbury resident, Mr. Erwin had moved to Yorktown to live with his son.

Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury, N.C., is in charge.

Pearl Gantt

ALBEMARLE — The funeral will be Sunday for Pearlie Morton Earnhardt Gantt, 91, formerly of Charlotte and Sherrills Ford, who died Wednesday (Dec. 22, 1999) at Britthaven of Piedmont Nursing Center.

Born March 3, 1908, in Montgomery County, Mrs. Gantt was a daughter of the late Samuel A. and Polly Dennis Morton. She worked at Wiscassett Mills, JC Penney and W.T. Raleigh Co.

She gave many hours of service to her former church, Congregational Christian in Albemarle. She was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church in Sherrills Ford, where she was a member of the choir and the United Methodist Women. She was a member of Sherrills Ford Home Demonstration Club.

Her first husband, Albert B. Earnhardt, died in 1932, and her second husband, Jesse D. Gantt, died in 1976.

Survivors include sons Joseph L. Earnhardt, Garden City, S.C., Homer D. Earnhardt, Albemarle, and Crawford S. Earnhardt, West Palm Beach, Fla.; sister Bertha M. Cody, Concord; stepdaughter Merle Godfrey, Kannapolis; stepsons Ward Gantt, Largo, Fla., and Jimmie Gantt, Sherrills Ford; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Hopewell United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Joe Parker and the Rev. Dr. Gary Pinion. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 2-3 p.m. Sunday at the church.

Memorials: Hopewell United Methodist Church, 2211 Hopewell Church Road, Sherrills Ford, N.C. 28673, or Congregational Christian Church, 1119 Carolina Ave., Albemarle, N.C. 28001.

Lady’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis, is in charge.

Jaqueline Haddaway

KANNAPOLIS — Jaqueline Ann Cargnel Haddaway, 62, 2144 S. Main St., died Tuesday (Dec. 21, 1999) at her home.

Born July 19, 1937, in Dennison, Ohio, Mrs. Haddaway was a daughter of Daena Riggotti Cargnel, Lakeland, Fla., and the late Hugo Victor Cargnel. She was a retired teacher.

Survivors include son David Ben Haddaway, Pompano Beach, Fla.; daughters Cindi Haddaway, Concord, and Laurissa Haddaway, Wichita, Kan.; brother Sam Cargnel, Springfield, Mo.; and five grandchildren.

Services: 4 p.m. today, Sunset Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Ron Pegram.

Visitation: 3-4 p.m. today, Whitley’s Funeral Home.

Peggy Ellenburg Pilot

The funeral will be Sunday for Peggy Ellenburg Pilot, 72, who died Wednesday (Dec. 22, 1999) at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, after a brief illness.

Born Dec. 7, 1927, in Rowan County, Mrs. Pilot was a daughter of the late Mabel Wellman and James Hoyle Ellenburg. Educated in Rowan County schools, she was retired from the VA Medical Center. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and was a Gold Star Mother with VFW Post No. 3006 Ladies Auxiliary.

A son, Stanley Pilot, preceded her in death.

Survivors include daughter Susan Pilot Armour, Salisbury; brother James Hoyle “Jim” Ellenburg Jr., Salisbury; and four grandchildren.

Services: Service of Remembrance, 3:30 p.m. Sunday, chapel of First United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Judith White, associate pastor, and the Rev. Alfred Ryan, Luther’s Lutheran Church. Private burial at later date.

Visitation: In church parlor, following service. At other times at the home of her daughter.

Memorials: American Heart Association, Rowan County Chapter, c/o Betty Brisson, 140 Regency Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Robertie Russell

ALBEMARLE — Robertie Ussery Hatley Russell, 97, formerly of Route 1, died Wednesday (Dec. 22, 1999) at Britthaven of Piedmont Nursing Center.

Born May 1, 1902, in Montgomery County, Mrs. Russell was a daughter of the late Jim and Martha Ann Andrews Ussery. A homemaker, she was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church.

Her first husband, Jasper Luke Hatley, and her second husband, Gillian Russell, both preceded her in death.

Survivors include daughter Jacine Hatley Little, Albemarle; stepson Merril Russell, Salisbury; stepdaughters Evelyn Mills and Rebenia Bergen, both of Salisbury, and Polly Talbert, Albemarle; eight grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. today, Oak Grove Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Reese English. Burial, Bethesda Cemetery.

Memorials: Oak Grove Baptist Church, P.O. Box 2026, Albemarle, N.C. 28002.

Betty C. Swicegood

LEXINGTON — Betty Louella Carrick Swicegood, 89, Tyro Road, died Thursday (Dec. 23, 1999) in Sunbridge Nursing Home.

Born May 6, 1910, in Davidson County, Mrs. Swicegood was a daughter of the late Jesse Jason and Delia Gallimore Carrick. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church.

Her husband, Archie B. Swicegood, died March 14, 1968.

Survivors include son Kent D. Swicegood, Lexington; daughter Maxine S. Barrett, Lexington; brother James Calvin Carrick, Pensacola, Fla.; sister Frances Carrick Biesecker, Lexington; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Monday, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Don Phillips. Burial, Sandy Creek Cemetery.

Visitation: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Sunday, Davidson Funeral Home. At other times, at the home of daughter Maxine Barrett, 887 S. Happy Hill Road, Lexington.

Memorials: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Cemetery Fund or Building Fund, 4299 S. N.C. Highway 150, Lexington, N.C. 27295.