Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Saturday, Chestnut Hills Cemetery, Salisbury.

McEwen Funeral Service, Charlotte Chapel, is in charge.

Memorials: American Heart Association, 1229 Greenwood Cliff, Suite 109, Charlotte, N.C. 28204.

Mary Grace Orth Jones

A private memorial service will be held at a later date for Mary Grace Orth Jones, 85, 710 Julian Road, who died Wednesday (Oct. 27, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after 3 1/2 years of declining health.

Born Oct. 19, 1914, in Muscoda, Wisc., Mrs. Jones was a daughter of the late Fred and Louise Trensch Orth. She was educated in the Muscoda schools.

A kindergarten teacher at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School, Riverside, Calif., for a number of years, she later retired as a telephone operator at Riverside General Hospital, also in Riverside. She was a Catholic.

Survivors include son David Jones, Salisbury; and two grandchildren.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 128 N. Fulton St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Kathleen Burch Lacy

Kathleen Elizabeth Burch Lacy, 76, 635 Statesville Blvd., formerly of Danville, Va., died Thursday (Oct. 28, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Nancy Adelaide Mahaley

Nancy Adelaide Mahaley, 66, Salisbury, died Thursday (Oct. 28, 1999) at her home.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Neale Richard McCombs

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Saturday for Neale Richard McCombs, 76, 601 Airport Road, who died Wednesday (Oct. 27, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born July 10, 1923, in Cabarrus County, Mr. McCombs was a son of the late Floyd Brown and Gracie Richards McCombs. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he served during World War II in the Seabees.

In the 1960s he owned and operated G&W Food Market and Big Dollar Store, both in Kannapolis. He later worked as a self-employed building contractor for 15 years before retiring in 1979.

He was a member of Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, where he had served on the council and the finance committee.

His first wife, Rebecca Baldwin McCombs, died May 23, 1987.

Survivors include wife Margaret Poole McCombs; sons Rick and Bill McCombs, both of Charlotte; stepsons Steven Lee Poole, Charlotte, and Jeffrey Dean Poole, Kannapolis; one grandson; and two step-grandsons.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Doug Kearney and the Rev. Hoke Ritchie. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Airport Road.

Memorials: Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, 101 Vance St., Kannapolis, N.C. 28081.

George C. Phipps

LANDIS — George C. Phipps, 75, formerly of Landis, died Thursday (Oct. 28, 1999) at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation, Salisbury.

Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis, is in charge.

Vestal George ‘V.G.’ Prim

COOLEEMEE — The funeral will be Saturday for Vestal George “V.G.” Prim, 81, Ruffin Street, who died Wednesday (Oct. 27, 1999) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Born June 21, 1918, in Yadkin County, Mr. Prim was a son of the late George W. and Roxie Vestal Prim. A graduate of Yadkin County High School and Guilford College, he received a master’s degree and an education degree from Appalachian State University.

He taught school in Stokes County and was a principal in Vance and Davie counties prior to his retirement. A former member of the Davie County Board of Education, he served as chairman for six years.

He was named to the North Carolina Advisory Committee on Education Block Grants and was District 5 Principal of the Year. Active in the Republican Party, he was a member of Cooleemee United Methodist Church.

Survivors include wife Pauline Daniel Prim; and son V.G. “Frosty”Prim Jr., Mocksville.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Saturday, Rose Cemetery, Mocksville, conducted by the Rev. Dennis Marshall.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Eaton Funeral Home, Mocksville.

Memorials: Cooleemee United Methodist Church, 133 Junction Road, Mocksville, N.C. 27028; or Humane Society of Davie County, P.O. Box 153, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.

Ollie Bell Tenor Scott

Ollie Bell Tenor Scott, 85, formerly of 938 E. Lafayette St., died Friday (Oct. 29, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after several months of declining health.

Born May 4, 1914, in Rolston, Ga., Mrs. Scott was a daughter of the late Thomas and Hattie Norman Tenor. She was educated in the Rolston (Ga.) and Iredell County schools. Retired after 30 years with Rowan Regional Medical Center’s housekeeping department, she also did domestic work in private homes.

She was a member of Boxwood Baptist Church, where she was involved with the Missionary Board, the Pastor’s Aid and the Senior Choir. A former member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Court of Calanthe, she was a member of the East Side Senior Citizens.

Her husband, John A. Scott, died in 1980. A daughter, Hattie Scott, also preceded her in death.

Survivors include son John C. Scott, Salisbury; daughter Jeannetta S. Muskelly, Salisbury, with whom she made her home; brother Charlie Tenor, Cooleemee; sisters Naomi Reid, Cooleemee, and Carrie Ruth Graham, Salisbury; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.