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Hazel Hooper Brotherton
MAIDEN — Hazel Hooper Brotherton, 72, 5485
Highway 16 South, formerly of Kannapolis, died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at Catawba
Memorial Hospital, Hickory.
Born March 21, 1927, in Marble, Mrs. Brotherton
was a daughter of the late Lock Millard and Maggie Lunsford Hooper. She owned and operated
a beauty shop in her home for several years and had been employed by Cannon Mills at
Plants 1 and 4 and in Social Circle, Ga.
She was a member of East Lincoln Missionary
Baptist Church, Iron Station, and the Ladies Missionary Group.
She was preceded in death by a son, John R.
Bradford Jr.
Survivors include husband James McCall Brotherton
Jr.; stepdaughter Donna Pope, Waldorf, Md.; stepsons Jeffery Lynn and Michael Wayne
Brotherton, both of China Grove; sisters Louise Tate, Kannapolis, Mildred Davis,
Enochville, and Mary Hall, Denver; brothers Jepty M. and Larry G. Hooper, both of Denver;
and two step-grandchildren.
Services: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Lady’s Funeral
Home Chapel, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Leonard Hunter and the Rev. Curtis Davis.
Burial, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the Kannapolis funeral
home. The rest of the time, the family will be at the home of stepson Michael Brotherton
at 1660 Lentz Road, China Grove.
Memorials: East Lincoln Missionary Baptist Church,
4769 Highway 73, Iron Station, N.C. 28080.
Gladys Wilkerson Askew
WILSON — Gladys Wilkerson Askew, mother of
Preston Askew of Salisbury, died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999).
Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Monday, Maplewood
Cemetery.
Visitation: 7-8:30 Sunday, Thomas-Yelverton
Funeral Service.
Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, Music
Department, P.O. Box 3185, Wilson, N.C. 27895.
Mildred Lomax Cress
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Mildred Lomax Cress, 78,
Chattanooga, died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999) at her home.
Born in Spencer, N.C., Mrs. Cress was a daughter
of Eula Mae Lomax, Salisbury, N.C., and the late Robert L. Lomax. She had been a member of
Spencer First Baptist Church and was currently a member of Brainerd Baptist Church. She
was also a former member of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her first husband,
James R. Cress.
Survivors include husband Oscar Newell; son James
R. Cress Jr., Lumbard, Ill.; stepsons David B. Newell, Willis, Texas, and Stephen R.
Newell, Las Vegas; stepdaughter Diane E. Newell, Indian Rocks, Fla.; sister Louise L.
O’Brien, Norfolk, Va.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Brainerd Baptist Church
Chapel, conducted by Dr. Frank Crumpler. Burial, 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, Rowan Memorial
Park Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C., conducted by the Rev. Franklin Myers.
Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Chattanooga Funeral Home
East Chapel.
Memorials: Hospice of Chattanooga, 165 Hamm Road,
Chattanooga, Tenn. 37405.
Reginald Ballard
GOLD HILL — Reginald Ballard, 63, Gold Hill,
died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at his home.
Whitley’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis, is in
charge.
Buford Mason Guy Jr.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Buford Mason Guy Jr., 58,
of Cleveland, formerly of Salisbury, N.C., died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at a local
hospital.
Mr. Guy was a son of Margaret Herman Guy of
Charlotte, formerly of Salisbury, and the late Buford Mason Guy. A 1959 graduate of Boyden
High School, he also graduated from N.C. State University. He was an associate professor
of physics and astronomy at Cleveland State Community College for 31 years. He received
the college’s Distinguished Faculty Member Award in 1994.
He was a member of Broad Street United Methodist
Church and had served as coordinator for radio broadcasts of the Sunday services.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include wife
Pamela Miller Guy, also formerly of Salisbury; sons Buford Mason Guy III, Pleasanton,
Calif., and Boyd Miller Guy, Cleveland; and sister Margaret Guy Dunn, Charlotte.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Ralph Buckner Funeral
Home Chapel, conducted by Dr. Jack Weikel. Burial, Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Music Department, 155 Central Ave.,
Cleveland, Tenn. 37311
Ivalee King
STATESVILLE — Ivalee Moxley King, 84, 2413 S.
Chipley Ford Road, died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999) at Brian Nursing Center. She was the
mother of Steve King of Woodleaf.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday memorial service, First
ARP Church. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.
Visitation: At the church following the service.
Memorials: H.F. Long Nursing Scholarship Fund, c/o
Mitchell College, 500 W. Broad St., Statesville, N.C. 28677 or First ARP Church, P.O. Box 1607 Statesville, N.C. 28687.
Nicholson Funeral Home is in charge.
Alfred Fowler
KANNAPOLIS — James Alfred Fowler, 71, 118
Arlene Ave., died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at Transitional Health Services.
Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.
Mabel Dunn
Mabel Dunn, 89, 5540 Woodleaf Road, died Wednesday
(Sept. 15, 1999) at The Laurels of Salisbury after a period of declining health.
Born April 30, 1910, in Rowan County, Miss Dunn
was a daughter of the late George Leroy and Mary Frances Lowder Dunn. Educated in the
Rowan County schools, she was a homemaker and a member of Gay’s Chapel United
Methodist Church,
Survivors include sister Edith Weant, of the home.
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Gay’s Chapel United Methodist Church, conducted by the
Rev. Don Newman. Burial,
family plot in the church cemetery.
Visitation: 2-3 p.m. at the church. At other times
the family will be at the home on Woodleaf Road.
Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.
Memorials: Gay’s Chapel United Methodist
Church, 5545 Woodleaf Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28147.
Floyd ‘Pop’ Kerr Jr.
LEXINGTON — Floyd Alexander “Pop” Kerr Jr., 71, formerly of 518 Merdith Ave.,
died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at the Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury after three weeks of serious
illness.
Born Dec. 31, 1929, in Salisbury, Mr. Kerr was a
son of the late Floyd A. and Genolia Partee Kerr. He was a graduate of J.C. Price High
School, Salisbury, and a self-employed contractor. He served in the U.S. Army during the
Korean War.
Survivors include wife Annie Jo Alexander Kerr,
Salisbury; sons Floyd “Pee Wee”
Kerr III and Tim Davis, both of Salisbury; daughters Carlotta Hargrave and Genolia Annette
Kerr, both of Lexington; 15 grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren.
Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in
charge. The family will be at 525 E. Fisher St., Salisbury.
Joseph Daniel Lockhart
Brandon James Lockhart
Joseph Daniel Lockhart, 12, Salisbury, died
Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem,
from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
His brother, Brandon James Lockhart, 10,
Salisbury, died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center from injuries
sustained in the same accident.
Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.
Martha Hines Morehead
The funeral will be Saturday for Martha Hines
Morehead, 75, 308 W. Corriher Ave., who died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at her home.
Born Oct. 7, 1923, in Hickory, Mrs. Morehead was a
daughter of the late James Burwell and Irene Flowers Hines, Educated in the Hickory
schools, she received a degree in English from Lenoir-Rhyne College; a master’s
degree in English from Appalachian State University; and a doctorate in English from the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
She also participated inspecial summer institutes
at Davidson College, Vassar College, Duke University and the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill.
She joined the Catawba College faculty in 1968
after holding faculty posts at Hickory, Hildebran and Hudson high schools. At Hudson, she
chaired the English Department and taught in-services courses in English and art
appreciation for teachers seeking certificate renewal. She also served the Department of
Public Instruction as a consultant and assisted in writing “Model Guides to Teaching
Literature,” published in 1969.
During her 25 years at Catawba College, she served
on the Faculty Senate and many faculty committees. She also acted as adviser to a number
of student organizations and publications. At the time of her retirement in 1988, she was
chairman of the English Department and professor emeritus of English.
From 1962 until 1970, she edited The North
Carolina English Teacher. She was a contributing adviser to The Literary Map of Southern
Appalachia, published in 1982, associate editor of the first volume of “The Heritage
and History of St. John’s Lutheran Church” and co-editor of Volume 2.
Her poems, essays and articles have appeared in a
variety of periodicals. She was listed in “Who’s Who in the South and the
Southwest” and “Who’s Who in American Education.”
She won the Distinguished Alumnus Award from
Lenoir-Rhyne College in 1971. At Catawba, her many awards included the Phi Epsilon Award
in 1974; the Sayakini yearbook dedication in 1975; the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in
1978; and the Swink Award for Outstanding Teaching in 1981.
She was given honorary membership in the Blue
Masque in 1986 and the Blue Masque Lifetime Patron Award in 1988. She was named honorary
adviser to Alpha Chi honor society in 1986 and in 1988 was honored by The Arrowhead
Magazine with the naming of an annual writing award to be given in her honor.
She was a member of Epsilon Chapter, Eta State and
Delta Kappa Gamma, an international honor society for educators. She was a charter member
of the Thomas Wolfe Society.
A member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, she had in
earlier years been active with the North Carolina Lutheran Church Women. In the late 1950s
she served as editor of the Women’s Page of The North Carolina Lutheran.
Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Curtis F.
Morehead, whom she married Aug. 23, 1944; sons F. Curtis Morehead III, Charlotte, and John
L. Morehead, Salisbury; daughter Mrs. Julius Kerr (Martha) Peeler, Salisbury; three grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Saturday, City
Memorial Park, conducted by Dr. William H. Battermann, pastor, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Summersett Funeral
Home.
Memorials: Martha Hines Morehead Endowment
Scholarship Fund, c/o Catawba College, 2300 W. Innes St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144; or Gloria
Dei Lutheran Church, 1908 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
‘Jack’ Palmer Jr.
LEXINGTON — Jacob A. “Jack” Palmer
Jr., 80, Carolina Avenue, died Tuesday (Sept. 14, 1999) at Lexington Health Care.
Born July 9, 1919, in Davidson County, Mr. Palmer
was a son of the late Jacob Alexander and Etna Little Palmer. He graduated from
Thomasville High School and Catawba College.
He served in U.S. Army counterintelligence during
World War II and the Korean War and was a life member of VFW Post 3074, the American Legion Post 8 and Amvets Post 13.
Retired from Burlington Furniture, he was a member
of First Reformed United Church of Christ, where he taught Sunday school. He was an elder
emeritus and served on the church consistory for many years.
Survivors include wife Juanita Tussey Palmer; son
Dr. Jacob A. “Jack” Palmer III, Unity, Maine; daughter Patricia McGinn, Clemson,
S.C.; brother Dr. William Fisher Palmer, Salisbury; sisters Dr. Etna McCullough, Oakridge,
Tenn., and Margaret McCotter, Raleigh; and five grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, First Reformed United
Church of Christ, conducted by the Rev. Mike Hooper. Burial, Forest Hill Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home.
The rest of the time, the family will be at the Carolina Avenue home.
Memorials: First Reformed United Church of Christ,
104 E. Center St., Lexington, N.C. 27292.
Sarah Jean Sigmon
KANNAPOLIS — Sarah Jean Peebles Sigmon, 66,
1204 N. Walnut St., died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at her home.
Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.
Arvester C. Smith
Arvester C. Smith, 89, Autumn Care of Salisbury,
died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at the nursing center.
Rowan Funeral Service is in charge. The family will be at the home of son, Bobby Smith, 1312
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