Joseph Lockhart died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Brandon Lockhart died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Joseph Lockhart was a seventh-grade student at North Rowan Middle School.

Brandon Lockhart was a fourth-grade student at North Rowan Elementary School.

Both boys were members of Trindale Baptist Church, Archdale, and Cub Scout Pack 349, sponsored by Central United Methodist Church, Spencer.

Survivors include their mother, Marsha Ann Nelson Lockhart and her fiance, Mark Earnhardt,of the home, and their father, Robert Whiston Lockhart Jr. and their stepmother Anita Lockhart of High Point; maternal grandmother Judy Nelson, Salisbury; paternal grandparents Bill and Betty Steadman,Trinity; maternal great-grandmother Roberta Bailey,Salisbury; paternal great-grandmother Notre Lockhart, High Point; and stepsisters Kristen and Shawna Covey, both of Manchester, N.H., and Olivia Dickerson, High Point.

Services: Double service, 3 p.m. Monday, Lyerly Funeral Home’s James C.LyerlyChapel, conducted by the Rev.Dave Williams, pastor, Trindale Baptist Church, Archdale. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m.Sunday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at their respective homes.

Memorials: Brenner Children’s Hospital, 300 S. Hawthorne Lane, Winston-Salem,N.C. 27103.

Glenna Mildred Bell

Glenna Mildred Bell, 85, of Salisbury, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at Genesis Eldercare Center, Salisbury.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Alfred Fowler

KANNAPOLIS - James Alfred Fowler, 71, 118 Arlene Ave. died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis.

Born May 19, 1928, in Franklin County, Ga., Mr. Fowler was a son of the late Estie Jordan and William Lee Fowler. He had retired several years ago from the No. 6 weave room at Cannon Mills, Plant 1. He was a member of Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Survivors include wife Gladys Rhodes Fowler; sons James Ronald Fowler, Kannapolis, and Dennis Lee Fowler, Lexington; sisters Fannie Lou Carter, Allene Smith and Venetia Steele, all of Kannapolis, Irelle Wilkinson, Mooresville, Virginia Stickler, China Grove, and Joyce Parsons, Concord; brother Edward Fowler, Kannapolis; and four grandchildren.

Services:11 a.m. Monday, Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Todd Posey and the Rev. Ralph Adams. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.

Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence.

Memorials: Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church, 1008 Moose Road, Kannapolis, N.C. 28083.

Mamie ‘Tootsie’ Bernhardt

CHINA GROVE — Mamie “Tootsie” Reavis Bernhardt, 85, 410 Mount Moriah Church Road, died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at The Laurels in Salisbury.

Born Nov. 16, 1913, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Bernhardt was a daughter of the late John Henry and Hattie Allen Reavis. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Her husband, Myron Leo Bernhardt, died May 24, 1977.

Survivors include sons Walter Bernhardt, Salisbury, and Johnny Bernhardt, Stuttgart, Ark.; daughter Mrs. Gene (Shirley)Rumple, Cleveland; sister Mrs. Robert (Eveline)Troutman, Salisbury; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Northcrest Chapel, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. Tom Lomax, pastor, Old Country Baptist Church, Salisbury.

Visitation: 2-3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Marvin Eddy Burris

KANNAPOLIS — Marvin Eddy Burris, 57, 2241 Canterbury Drive, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after a week of serious illness.

Born Nov. 16, 1941, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Burris was a son of the late E.K. and Katie Virginia Plott Burris. He was employed with NorthEast Medical Center for 37 years.

A U.S. Army veteran, he was a member of Bethpage United Methodist Church. Army, he served in 1966-1967.

Survivors include wife Betty Graham Burris; sons Robert Edward Burris, Rockwell, and William Alan Burris, Kannapolis; brothers Roy Burris, New Bern, and Jerry Burris, Kannapolis; and one grandchild.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev.Randy Foster.

Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight at the funeral home.

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

Millie Redfern Goodman

ALBEMARLE — The funeral will be Sunday for Millie Redfern Goodman, 85, 308 N. Fifth St., who died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999).

Born Feb. 19, 1914, in Union County, Mrs. Goodman was a daughter of the late Rupert and Judy Mae Hendley Redfern. She was a homemaker.

A member of First Baptist Church, New London, she was a Sunday school teacher and pianist for the children. She was also active in the Foreign Missionary Society.

Survivors include husband Gus Goodman; sons William R. Goodman, Omaha, Neb., and Robert Wayne Goodman, Arlington, Va.; daughter Christine Miller, New London; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Stanly Funeral Home Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev.Tim Swaringen. Burial, Prospect Baptist Church cemetery.

Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorials: Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, N.C. 28001.

Agnes Taylor James

ALBEMARLE —Born July 18, 1909, in Montgomery County, Mrs. James was a daughter of the late Charles Lee and Cora Hall Taylor. Educated at New London High School and Woman’s College, she retired from James Clothing Store.

She was a member of First Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years, was a former president of her Sunday school class and circle, and a member of WMU and the Bereavement committee. She was coordinator for Meals on Wheels and served on the board of directors.

In 1947, she and her late husband, Frampton Albert James, opened James Clothing. The company remains in business after over 30 years.

While in business, she was active in civic affairs such as the Merchants Association, Albemarle ImprovementCommission and Stanly County Community College’s Advisory committee for Fashion Merchandising and Marketing.

She was a member of Dogwood Garden Club and Albemarle Women’s Club, where she was honored as Club Woman of the Year in 1982. She was also an active member of the Stanly County Chapter of the American War Mothers, where she served as president for four years, and the Stanly County Historical Association.

Her husband died Oct. 21, 1991.

Survivors include son Dr. Charles M. James, Richmond, Va.; sister Mary Margorie “Margie”Taylor, Albemarle; and three grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Sunday, Fairview Memorial Park Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Harold McDonald.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home.

Memorials: First Baptist Church, Building Fund, 202 N. Second St., Albemarle,N.C. 28001.

Margaret Ludwick Maness

ROCKWELL — Margaret Ellen Ludwick Maness, 87, 1085 Misenheimer Road, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Otis (Roberta)Ragan, Granite Quarry.

Born Aug. 13, 1912, in Rowan County, Mrs. Maness was a daughter of the late Rufus Richard and Bertha Elizabeth Johnson Ludwick. Educated in the Rowan and Davidson county schools, she formerly worked at Erwin Mill, Cooleemee.

Also a homemaker, she was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Jasper Clay Honeycutt, who died in 1950; her second husband, Quincy Adam Maness, who died in 1979; and sons Charles Edward and Thomas Clay Honeycutt.

Survivors, in addition to her daughter, include son David Richard Honeycutt, Rockwell; two other daughters, Mrs. Cody (Nolie)Myers, Kannapolis, and Mrs. Claude (Violet)Eagle, Clemmons; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and five step-great-great-grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Sunday, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, conducted by Dr. Benny L. Vickery, pastor, First Baptist Church.

Visitation: The family will receive friends at the home of daughter Roberta Ragan, 1211 Juniper St., Granite Quarry.

Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.

Mildred Newell

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The funeral is today for Mildred Lomax Cress Newell, 78, Chattanooga, who 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. today, Brainerd Baptist Church Chapel, conducted by Dr. Frank Crumpler. Burial, 1 p.m. Monday, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, N.C., conducted by the Rev. Franklin Myers.

Chattanooga Funeral Home, East Chapel, is in charge.

Memorials: Hospice of Chattanooga, 165 Hamm Road, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37405.

Jean P. Sigmon

Jean P. Sigmon, 66, 1204 N. Walnut St., died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at her home after four months of serious illness.

Born June 11, 1933, in Kannapolis, Mrs. Sigmon was a daughter of the late Ida Hill and Willie Jerome Peebles. She was a homemaker and a member of the North Kannapolis Baptist Church.

Her husband, James Frank Sigmon, died in 1993.

Survivors include daughter Mika Williams, Kannapolis; and sisters MaryPeebles Allman, Charlotte, and Billie Peebles Hill, Atlantic Beach.

Services:Memorial service, 2 p.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. Richard Keasler. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park.