KANNAPOLIS — Lillian Hawkins Cartner, 85, 7855 Wright Road, died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1999) at Brian Center of Concord.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Ruth Miller

KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Saturday for Ruth Winecoff Miller, 94, Caremoor Retirement Center, formerly of Rogers Lake Road, who died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after a brief illness.

Born Feb. 22, 1905, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Miller was a daughter of the late J.W. and Mattie Blackwelder Winecoff. She had retired from Cannon Mills, Plant 4, cloth room.

She was a life member of Bethpage Presbyterian Church, where she sang in the choir and served as treasurer of her Sunday school class.

Her husband, Herbert L. Miller, and a son, David W. Miller, preceded her in death.

Survivors include daughter Mrs. Harold (Ruth E.) Starnes, Charlotte; son Herbert L. Miller, Charlotte; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Bethpage Presbyterian Church, conducted by Dr. Steve Mowery and the Rev. Crawford White. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Bernice Howard Oakley

Born Dec. 30, 1932, in Davie County, Mrs. Oakley was a daughter of Lola Rice Howard, Mocksville, and the late Dove Howard. Retired from Sears, she attended Pleasant Garden Baptist Church. She was a resident of Guilford for 43 years.

Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Pleasant Garden Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Mike Barrett. Burial, Lakeview Memorial Park, Pleasant Garden.

Visitation: None.

Memorials: Pleasant Garden Baptist Church, 1415 Neelley Road, Pleasant Garden, N.C. 27313.

Earl Litaker Rumple

Born Nov. 2, 1916, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Rumple was a son of the late William and Florence Litaker Rumple. He had retired from Kannapolis Service Co., where he worked as a carpenter. Formerly employed at Cannon Mills, Plant 1, he served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

Survivors include wife Maude Menius Rumple; and daughter Jean R. Carl, Kannapolis.

Visitation: 1-2 p.m. today at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter Jean R. Carl, 405 S. East Ave.

Memorials: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 928, Concord, N.C. 28025.

Grovene Montie Shaver

KANNAPOLIS — Grovene Montie Shaver, 88, 220 W. A St., died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1999) at Big Elm Nursing Center.

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

Mable Baxley Wilson

KANNAPOLIS – Mable Baxley Wilson, 79, 1220 E. First St., died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after five years of declining health.

Born May 13, 1920, in Robeson County, Mrs. Wilson was a daughter of the late John and Martha Baxley. A homemaker, she attended Friendship Freewill Baptist Church.

Survivors include husband Paul Phillip Wilson; daughters Brenda Towery, Waxhaw, and Margaret Perry, Raleigh; son Kelly Smith Jr., Rottendam, N.Y.; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Friendship Freewill Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Marler Starnes. The body will be placed in the church at 1:30. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.