MOORESVILLE — John Wayne Garner Mills, 52, Mooresville, died Monday (Nov. 8, 1999).

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Antioch Baptist Church, Cleveland.

Visitation: 1:30-2 p.m. Friday at the church.

Clyburn &Bigham Funeral Home is in charge.

Carl Harrison Barnes

GASTONIA — Carl Harrison Barnes, 75, 1112 Perkins St., died Wednesday (Nov. 10, 1999) at Gaston Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Barnes, the son of the late Oliver and Florence Dellinger Barnes, served in the U.S. Army during World War II. An automobile salesman, he retired from Anything on Wheels in Salisbury.

Survivors include son Larry Barnes, Salisbury, and Bill Carpenter, Nicholsville, Ky.; daughter Mrs. David (Judy)Spiro, Blue River, Ore.; brothers Bill and Miller Barnes, both of Gastonia; sisters Melva Holland and Geneva Queen, both of Gastonia, and Elsie Carpenter, Lincolnton; and four grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, The Founders Chapel, McLean Funeral Home, Gastonia. Burial, Hollywood Cemetery.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Linda Faye Shue Bickford

ALBEMARLE — Linda Faye Shue Bickford, 53, 32027 Clete Road, died Wednesday (Nov. 10, 1999) at Stanly Memorial Hospital.

Born Sept. 18, 1946, in Stanly County, Mrs. Bickford was the daughter of the late Grady and Braudis Lambert Shue. She was a homemaker.

Her husband, Gray Earl Bickford, preceded her in death.

Survivors include brothers Grady Shue, Albemarle, and Harold Wayne Shue, New London; and sisters Pat Simpson and Brenda Shue Turner, both of Albemarle.

Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Friday, Bear Creek Primitive Baptist Church cemetery, conducted by Elder Ted Morton.

Visitation: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Friday, HartsellFuneral Home.

Robert James Blunt

CONCORD — Robert James Blunt, 57, 128 Melba Ave., father of Tina Blunt Pedew, Kannapolis, died Saturday (Nov. 6, 1999) at his home.

Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Mount Zion Baptist Church, Concord. Burial, National Cemetery, Salisbury.

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

Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

Mamie Smith

MOCKSVILLE — Mamie Smith, Pudding Ridge Road, died Thursday (Nov. 11, 1999) at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home, Winston-Salem.

Eaton Funeral Service is in charge.

Hazel Wagner Welch

The funeral will be Friday for Hazel Wagner Welch, 81, Salisbury, who died Wednesday (Nov. 10, 1999) at Genesis ElderCare of Salisbury after a period of declining health.

Born Sept. 15, 1918, in Rowan County, Mrs. Welch was a daughter of the late A.A. and Clara Barber Wagner. She was educated in the Rowan County schools. A homemaker and church organist, she was the first staff organist for Lyerly Funeral Home. She was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women and a former Sunday school teacher.

Survivors include husband Albert Frederick Welch, whom she married Dec. 21, 1941; son Frederick Michael Welch, Salisbury; daughters Pat Welch Allen, Tarboro, and Terry Leigh Welch, Sylva; sister Mary Frances Lentz, Mount Ulla; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Friday, Main Street United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. William Ragsdale, pastor, and the Rev. Ronald Daub, former pastor. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at Lyerly Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home.