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September 8, 1999Salisbury Post; Rowan County, NC

 
 

Obituaries

           
Joseph Bass

The funeral will be Thursday for Joseph Bass, 48, 605 E. Bank St., who died Saturday (Sept. 4, 1999) at his home after a year of declining health.

Born Oct. 10, 1950, in Eatonton, Ga., Mr. Bass was a son of the late Wess and Annie Davis Bass. A graduate of the Elizabeth, N.J., schools, he worked as a wood pallet designer for Pallet’s & Son, Elizabeth, N.J. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

Survivors include wife Joni Arlene Kennedy Bass; son Joseph Bass Jr., Elizabeth, N.J.; daughters Tawanda and Tiffany Kennedy, both of the home, and Nickole and Tracey Kennedy, both of Salisbury; brothers Willie C. and Artis Bass, both of Newark, N.J., and Richard Bass, Georgia; sisters Carrie Butler, Union, N.J., Dorothy Powell, Plainfield, N.J., Rosa Harvey, Opa Locka, Fla., and Annie Shell, Tucson, Ariz.; and six grandchildren.

Services: 1 p.m. Thursday, Southern City AME Zion Church, East Spencer, conducted by Dr. Donald C. Holness. Burial, National Cemetery, Salisbury. Military rites by Rowan Veterans Council.

Visitation: 12:30 p.m. Thursday at the church.

Rowan Funeral Service in charge.

 

Cecil Koontz McDaniel

MOCKSVILLE — Cecil Koontz McDaniel, 88, died Tuesday (Sept. 7, 1999) at Autumn Care of Mocksville.

Eaton Funeral Home is in charge.

 

Darthy Burke Mundy

MOORESVILLE — Darthy Burke Mundy, 66, Lawnhaven Drive, died Tuesday (Sept. 7, 1999) at her home.

Born July 9, 1933, in Rowan County, Mrs. Mundy was a daughter of the late Calvin Price and Inez Shoemaker Burke. A nursing assistant, she retired after 13 years from Iredell Memorial Hospital, Statesville. She was a member of Vanderburg United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Grady West Mundy; daughter, Lesia Mundy.

Survivors include sons Michael W. Mundy, Mount Ulla, and Danny P. Mundy, Mooresville; daughters Lori M. McDaniels and Becky M. Insogna, both of Mooresville; sisters Margie Jackson and Willine Kennerly, both of Mooresville; eight grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Vanderburg United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. W. Gerald Davis. Burial, Glenwood Memorial Park.

Visitation: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Cavin Funeral Home.

Memorials: Vanderburg United Methodist Church, 1809 Charlotte Hwy., Mooresville, N.C. 28115.

 

Margie Elizabeth White

MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Thursday for Margie Elizabeth White, 89, Farmington Road, who died Monday (Sept. 6, 1999) at Autumn Care of Mocksville.

Born April 25, 1910, in Davie County, Miss White was the daughter of the late William Walker and Lillie Allen White. An in-home health caregiver, she was a member of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church.

Survivors include sister Ruth Whitfield, Greensboro.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Thursday, Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Gary Foster.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Eaton Funeral Home.

Memorials: Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church, Cemetery Fund or Building Fund, 124 Cemetery Road, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.

 

The Rev. Clifton Williams

EAST BEND — The Rev. Clifton Williams, 92, East Bend, died Saturday (Sept. 4, 1999) at Forsyth Memorial Hospital, Winston-Salem, after four days of serious illness.

He had been a member of the Rowan Baptist Association and frequently preached in the area.

Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Yadkinville. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-8 p.m. Thursday, Graham Funeral Home, Mocksville.

 

Fred Lentz Eudy

OAKBORO — Fred Lentz Eudy, 76, 16284 McLester Road, died Monday (Sept. 6, 1999) at Salisbury’s Hefner VA Medical Center.

Born July 20, 1923, in Stanly County, Mr. Eudy was a son of the late Grover Cleveland and Alice Burris Eudy. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served during World War II. He retired as a maintenance worker from Collins & Aikman, Albemarle.

A son, Gene Eudy, preceded him in death.

Survivors include wife Vera Pines Coble Eudy; son Michael Eudy, Oakboro; daughters Suzanne Huneycutt, Debbie Chaney, both of Oakboro, and Betsy Tysinger, Asheboro; brothers Claude Eudy, New London, Ralph Eudy, Albemarle, and Dewell Eudy, Norwood; sisters Ruth Smith and Mildred McRae, both of Mount Gilead, and Nellie Hearne, Albemarle; and six grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Hartsell Funeral Home’s Lefler Memorial Chapel, Albemarle, conducted by the Rev. Phillip Hunter. Burial, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church cemetery. Military rites by Albemarle-Stanly County DAV.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home on McLester Road.

 

Constance B. Freirich

Constance Benson Freirich, 76, of Manhasset, N.Y., and Palm Desert, Calif., died Saturday (Sept. 4, 1999) from a lengthy illness.

Her son, Jeff Freirich, resides in Salisbury.

FitzHenry Funeral Home, Indio, Calif., is in charge.

Memorials: American Cancer Society of Rowan County, P.O. Box 1264, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.

 

Mable Gibson Kennerly

MOORESVILLE — Mable Gibson Kennerly, 81, 625 S. Magnolia St., died Tuesday (Sept. 7, 1999) at Genesis ElderCare.

Born Aug. 28, 1918, in Cleveland County, Mrs. Kennerly was a daughter of the late Clarence and Candice Anderson Gibson.

Her husband, Glen C. Kennerly, died June 23, 1971.

Survivors include daughter Shirley Robbins Whittington, Mooresville; and one grandchild.

Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Thursday, Glenwood Memorial Park, conducted by Dr. S. Edwin Lewis and Dr. Fred Coates.

Visitation: 6:30-7:30 tonight, Neill Funeral Home.

Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, 249 W. McLelland Ave., Mooresville, N.C. 28115.

 

Lucy Starling Lambirth

ASHEBORO — Lucy Starling Lambirth, 63, 5435 Pisgah Covered Bridge Road, died Tuesday (Sept. 7, 1999) at the University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill.

Her husband, Hugh L. Lambirth, was born and reared in Salisbury.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Ridge Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment, Randolph Memorial Park Mausoleum.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

 

Louise Dowd Lowder

ALBEMARLE — Louise Dowd Lowder, 72, 714 Shady Drive, died Monday (Sept. 6, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Born Jan. 26, 1927, in Moore County, Mrs. Lowder was a daughter of the late John Kenneth and Lacy Catherine Reynolds Dowd. Educated at Queens College, she retired as a teacher from North Albemarle Elementary School. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Albemarle.

Survivors include husband Blanton R. Lowder; son Charles B. Lowder, Arden; daughters Karen Louise Lowder, Charlotte, and Anna Lowder McFarland, Raleigh; brother J. Kenneth Dowd Jr., Charlotte; sisters Katherine D. Griffin, Monroe, and Marie D. Spears, Mount Holly; and four grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, First Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Gus Feather. The body will be placed in the church prior to the service. Burial, Locust Presbyterian Church cemetery, Locust.

Visitation: None. The body may be viewed all day today at Hartsell Funeral Home.

Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, Second Century Fund, P.O. Box 1578, Albemarle, N.C. 28002-1578.

 

Edna Mancuso

CONCORD — Edna Anderson Clodfelter Mancuso, 80, 160 U.S. Highway 601Bypass N., died Tuesday (Sept. 7, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center.

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

 

Homer Lester Smith

Homer Lester Smith, 84, 3875 Miller Road, died Wednesday (Sept. 8, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

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

 

Willie Alfred Walker Jr.

Willie Alfred Walker Jr., 47, 926 S. Jackson St., Apt. A, died Tuesday (Sept. 7, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after several years of declining health and a day of serious illness.

Born Sept. 30, 1951, in Richmond County, Mr. Walker was a son of the late William and Sallie Mae Ingram Walker. He attended the Rowan County schools and was last employed by Rea Construction Co.

Survivors include brother Eugene Walker, Florida; and sisters Rose Brewington, Baltimore, Md., and Pearline Williams, Salisbury.

Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home is in charge.

The family will be at 926 S. Jackson St., Apt. B.

 

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