REIDSVILLE — Rebbecca Ann Cox Bailey, 55, 870 Garrison Road, died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1999) at her home.

Born in Caswell County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Maggie Cox. Employed with the Rockingham County school system, she was the children’s nutrition manager for Lawsonville Avenue School. She was a member of First Assembly of God.

She was preceded in death by a son, Duane Bailey.

Survivors include daughters Kathryn Bailey and Idel Sauceda, both of the home, and Christine King, White Lake; sons Greg Bailey and David Link, both of Salisbury; sister Doris Bellofatto, Henderson; and five grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, First Assembly of God. Burial, Reidlawn Cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. tonight, Wilkerson Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home.

Memorials: Hospice of Rockingham County, P.O. Box 281, Wentworth, N.C. 27375.

Clara Wise Flowe

CHINA GROVE - Clara Wise Flowe, 74, 306 S. Main St., died Friday (Sept. 10, 1999) at her home after five years of declining health and two months of serious illness.

Born Nov. 10, 1924, in Rowan County, Mrs. Flowe was a daughter of the late Margaret White and Earl Bernard Wise. She had retired as a laboratory technician with Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, after 43 years with the company. She was a member of New Hope Presbyterian Church.

Her husband, James Carl Flowe, died in April 1993, and a son, James C. “Jimmy” Flowe Jr., died in January 1995.

Survivors include daughter Rebecca Kay Flowe, China Grove; sister Sue Wise Epley, Lexington; brothers Bernard, Bill and Gerald Wise, all of China Grove; and two grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m Sunday, New Hope Presbyterian Church, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. Cary Holbert. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation:6:30-8:30 p.m. tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials:New Hope Presbyterian Church, P.O.Box 25, China Grove, N.C. 28023.

Florence Epps Herbert

Florence Epps Herbert, 85, formerly of 500 E. 11th St., Kannapolis, died Friday (Sept. 10, 1999) at Genesis Eldercare, Salisbury, after several years of declining health and two months of serious illness.

Born April 4, 1914, in Madison County, Ga., Mrs. Herbert was a daughter of the late Cora Sanders and Seab Epps. A homemaker, she was a member of Landis Church of God, Landis.

Her husband, William Guy Herbert, died Jan. 16, 1987.

Survivors include sons Bennie Dorsey Herbert, China Grove, Willie Dupree Herbert, Hartsville, S.C., and Donald Herbert, Kannapolis; daughters Rachel Myers, Salisbury, Ruby Carolyn Hooks, Kannapolis, and Frances Holder, China Grove; brothers Willie and Grover Epps, both of Athens, Ga.; sisters Daisy and Zulene Autry, Danielsville, Ga.; 18 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.

Services:3 p.m. Sunday, Landis Church of God, Landis, conducted by the Rev. Bruce Rabon and the Rev. Terry Deitz. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis. At other times the family will be at the home of a son, Donald Herbert, 2311 Davis St., Kannapolis.

Memorials:Landis Church of God, Building Fund, 505 S. Correll St., Landis, N.C. 28088.

Clyde Lou Kluttz

KANNAPOLIS - Clyde Lou Kluttz, 69, 115 Trade Ave., died Friday (Sept. 10, 1999) at his home after nine months of declining health and six weeks of serious illness.

Born Jan. 6, 1930, in Rowan County, Mr. Kluttz was a son of the late Myrtle Kluttz Karriker and the late Harvey Kluttz. He was employed with Granite Knitwear, Granite Quarry, for many years before his retirement in 1992.

A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, he served during the Korean conflict. He was a member of Allen-Graham Masonic Lodge 695, the Scottish Rite Bodies of Charlotte, Oasis Temple and the Cabarrus Shrine Club.

Survivors include wife Frances Measmer Kluttz; son Tony Kluttz, Spencer; daughter Frankie Hall, Pinehurst; brothers Carl Lee Kluttz, Rocky Mount, F.L. Kluttz, Norwood, and Jimmy Kluttz, Kannapolis; and two grandsons.

Services:2 p.m. Monday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Bobby Sutherland. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the Trade Avenue home.

Montie Grovene Shaver

KANNAPOLIS - Montie Grovene Shaver, 90, 2200 W. ASt., died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1999) at Big Elm Nursing Center.

Born June 27, 1909, in Aquadale, Mrs. Shaver was a daughter of the late Lula and George Deese. Educated in the Cabarrus County schools, she had retired from the spinning room at Cannon Mills after 34 years with the company. She was a member of Kannapolis West A Street Church of God.

Her son, Billy Gene Shaver, died in February 1996.

Survivors include husband Arnold P. Shaver; sons James A. Shaver, Prinston, La., Glenn Shaver, Germany, and Guy Shaver, Concord; 14 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

Services:2 p.m. Monday, Colonial Chapel, Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis, conducted by the Rev. James Masters. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, Concord.

Visitation:7-9 p.m. Sunday, Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis.

Katherine Hall Wagner

ALBEMARLE - Katherine Hall Wagner, 650 N. Seventh St., died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1999) at her home.

Born Dec. 1, 1907, in Rowan County, Mrs. Wagner was a 1929 graduate of Catawba College. A teacher for 29 years, she was a charter member of the Xi(Albemarle) Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, a national teacher’s sorority.

She taught school in Pennsylvania for three years. After returning to North Carolina, she taught in Rowan County, where she was the last one-room schoolhouse teacher in that county.

She taught in the Stanly County and Albemarle school systems for 23 years, at Milingport, Central Elementary and Albemarle Junior High. She retired in 1969.

She was a member of First Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Wagner was preceded in death by her husband, Jay S. Wagner.

Survivors include son Donald J. Wagner; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 11 a.m. Monday, First Lutheran Church.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Stanly Funeral Home.

Memorials:Renovation Fund, First Lutheran Church, 230 S. Second St., Albemarle, N.C. 28001 or Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First Street, Albemarle, N.C. 28001; or donor’s choice.

Stanly Funeral Home, Albemarle, is in charge.

Ethel C. Yarbrough

LEXINGTON - Ethel C. Yarbrough, 75, 1238 Old Hargrave Road, died Friday (Sept. 10, 1999) at her residence.

Born May 15, 1924, in Davidson County, Mrs. Yarbrough was a daughter of the late Mary Magalene Gibson and Clyde Weldon Calloway. She was a member of Jersey Baptist Church, where she was a former member of the choir and a former Sunday school teacher. Mrs. Yarbrough had retired from the Davidson County Tax Office.

Survivors include husband Robert Wood Yarbrough; daughters Mrs. John Anderson (Martha Ellen) Sharpe, Mrs. Robert Paul (Sandra Kaye) Alley Jr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fredrick (Sharon Gaye) Collins Jr., all of Lexington; sister Nancy McCrary, Lexington; brother Bob Calloway, Matthews; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Jersey Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Morris Hollifield, the Rev. William C. Adams and the Rev. Mike Collier. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. tonight, Piedmont Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials: Jersey Baptist Organ Fund, 2920 Jersey Church Road,Lexington, N.C. 27292.

Jerry Wayne Beck

CLEVELAND — Jerry Wayne Beck, 42, of 185 Seven Springs Road, died Saturday (Sept. 11, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge.

Lillian Cartner

KANNAPOLIS — Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today for Lillian Hawkins Cartner, 85, 7855 Wright Road, who died Thursday (Sept. 9, 1999) at Brian Center of Concord after a serious illness of two weeks.

Born March 18, 1914, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Cartner was the daughter of the late James and Maggie Barringer Hawkins. She had retired from the Cannon Mills sewing room after 45 years of service.

A charter member of Parkwood Baptist Church, she was a member of Bethpage United Methodist Church at the time of her death.

Survivors include her husband, Robert M. Cartner; daughter Katrina “Tina” Parks; a son, Bobby Cartner, Concord; a sister, Katherine Hawkins Cartner, Woodleaf; a brother, Clayvan Hawkins; six grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. today, Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Randy Foster. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 1-2 p.m. today, Lady’s Funeral Home.

Memorials: Bethpage United Methodist Church, 109 Fellowship Ave., Kannapolis, N.C. 28081 or Parkwood Baptist Church, 1069 Central Drive, Concord, N.C. 28027.

Hazel Bailey Coleman

SPENCER — Hazel Bailey Coleman, 82, of 1404 S. Salisbury Ave., died Friday (Sept. 10, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center, Salisbury. She had been in declining health for several years.

Born March 12, 1917, in Beaufort County, Mrs. Coleman was the daughter of the late Samuel and Lillie Fortescue Bailey. Educated in the Belhaven schools, she worked for N.C. Finishing Co. She was a member of Oakdale Baptist Church.

Her husband, Leo Jesse Coleman, died Oct. 19, 1960.

Survivors include a son, James L. Coleman, Salisbury; a daughter, Lois Coleman Cress, Mount Ulla; a sister, Dora Mixon, Andrews, S.C.; two grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Services: Graveside service, 10:30 a.m. Monday, Oakdale Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Robert Heard, minister.

Visitation: 4-5:30 p.m. Sunday, Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury.

Memorials: Oakdale Baptist Church, 200 Charles St., Spencer, N.C. 28159.

Naomi Ritchie Harwood

FAITH — Naomi Inez Ritchie Harwood, 78, of Faith, died Friday (Sept. 9, 1999) at her home.

Powles Funeral Home, Rockwell, is in charge.

Steven Henry McManus

KANNAPOLIS — Steven Henry McManus, 45, of 403 S. Ridge Ave., died Saturday (Sept. 11, 1999) at his home.

Born Aug. 14, 1954, in Cabarrus County, Mr. McManus was the son of Henry E. and Helen Garrett McManus. He was employed by Burlington Coat Factory in Charlotte at the time of his illness and previously worked for The County Seat and The Gap, also in Charlotte.

In addition to his parents, survivors include a sister, Rhonda M. Little, of Concord.

Services: 3:30 p.m. Monday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Barry Kemp. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Whitley’s Funeral Home.

Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, N.C. 28026-1235.

Minnie B. Parnell

LEXINGTON — Minnie Bell Barnes Parnell, 90, of 3930 S. Highway 150, in the Tyro community, died Friday (Sept. 10, 1999) at her home.

Born Jan. 29, 1909, in Davidson County, Mrs. Parnell was the daughter of the late Charlie Henderson and Luticia Young Barnes. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church.

Her husband, S. Boyd Parnell, preceded her in death.

Survivors include a son, Jim Parnell; a daughter, Evelyn P. Day, Thomasville; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

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

Visitation: 6:30-8 tonight, Piedmont Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the home of her son at 4004 S. Highway 150.