OAKBORO — Ruby Lydiabell Green Burris, 78, 16067 Big Lick Road, died Sunday (Sept. 26, 1999) at Stanly Manor, Albemarle.

Born July 15, 1921, in Albemarle, Mrs. Burris was a daughter of the late Silas and Lula Huneycutt Green. Educated at Oakboro School, she had retired from Allison Manufacturing. She was a member of Big Lick Baptist Church.

Survivors include husband Sam Felix Burris; son Donny Joe Burris, Oakboro; daughter Linda B. Clontz, Albemarle; brothers Melvin Green, Troutman, Olin Green, Stanfield, and Paul Green, New London; sister Doris Green, Oakboro; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Big Lick Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Larry Linker. The body will be placed in the church prior to the service. Burial, church cemetery.

Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle. At other times the family will be at the home of grandson Jeremy Efird, 16063 Big Lick Road.

Viola Earnhardt Eller

ROCKWELL — Viola Earnhardt Eller, 97, Rockwell, died Monday (Sept. 27, 1999) at the Salisbury LutheranNursing Home.

Powles Funeral Home is in charge.

Ruth Deal Feimster

MOUNT ULLA — Ruth Deal Feimster, 73, 9120 Fannie Sloan Road, died Monday (Sept. 27, 1999) at her home.

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

Miriam ‘Midge’ Beck Fox

GRANITE QUARRY — The funeral will be Wednesday for Miriam “Midge” Beck Fox, 69, Ellenwood, Ga., formerly of Granite Quarry, who died Thursday (Sept. 23, 1999) in Las Vegas while on a bus trip with her family.

Born March 27, 1930, in Rowan County, Mrs. Fox was a daughter of the late Luther Bruce and Lillie Brown Beck. A 1948 graduate of Granite Quarry High School, she was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Timothy Lutheran Church, Forest Park, Ga., and a former member of Christiana Lutheran Church.

Survivors include husband Harry Judd Fox , whom she married Jan. 30, 1949; sons Harry J. Fox Jr., Macon,Ga., Jeffrey Lane Fox, Breman, Ga., and Jonathon Bryan Fox, Ellenwood, Ga.; sisters Doris Ritchie and Mrs. Carr (Frances) Peeler, both of Salisbury; and two grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 1 p.m. Wednesday,Christiana Lutheran Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Carl Haynes.

Visitation: 7-8 tonight, Powles Funeral Home,Rockwell.

Katherine G. Jenkins

KANNAPOLIS — Katherine Gentle Jenkins, 85, formerly of 421 S. Bostian Ave., died Tuesday (Sept. 28, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after seven years of declining health and two weeks of serious illness.

Born Dec. 25, 1913, in Rowan County, Mrs. Jenkins was a daughter of the late William Gaston and Ella Jane Donahue Gentle.

Her husband, the Rev. Henry Jenkins, died Feb. 14, 1979.

Survivors include daughters Betty Jo Livengood and Ruby Lee Wagoner, both of Kannapolis; sons Billy and Pernell Jenkins, both of Kannapolis, and Richard P. Jenkins, Rocky Mount; 17 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Elwood Lane Original Free Will Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Thomas Parrish. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park.

Visitation: Noon-2 p.m. Wednesday at the church.

Lady’s Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Elwood Lane Original Free Will Baptist Church, 1914 Central Drive, Kannapolis,N.C. 28083.

Juanita Cox Leonard

BADIN — Juanita Cox Leonard, 86, 52 Maple St., died Monday (Sept. 27, 1999) at Stanly Memorial Hospital, Albemarle.

Born Jan. 4, 1913, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Leonard was a daughter of the late Jessie and Martha Rinehardt Cox. Formerly employed by Concord Telephone Co., she was a member of Badin United Methodist Church and a member and past president of the VFWAuxiliary.

A son, Mike Leonard, died in 1998.

Survivors include husband C. Nesbitt Leonard; son Perry Leonard, Badin; daughters Diane L. Waggoner, Gastonia, and Kay L. Deese, Badin; sister Breta Jones, Muskogee, Okla.; 12 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Badin United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Steven Lee and the Rev.Phil Jenkins. Burial, Stanly Gardens of Memory, Albemarle.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Stanly Funeral Home, Albemarle.

Memorials: Badin Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 1450, Badin,N.C. 28009.

Mark Anthony Partee

Mark Anthony Partee, 35, 119 Knox St., died Sunday (Sept. 26, 1999).

Rowan Funeral Service is in charge.

Paul Lamont Rusher

Paul Lamont Rusher, 81, 1703 Grove St., Maitland,Fla., a Rowan County native, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at the VAMedical Center in Tampa, Fla., after a period of declining health.

Born Jan. 29, 1918, Mr. Rusher was a son of the late Walter and Essie Mahaley Rusher. Educated in the Rowan County schools, he had retired from the real estate business.

A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, he was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Winter Park, Fla.

Survivors include wife Della Holshouser Rusher, whom he married Oct. 18, 1949; sons Ronald Rusher, Valdosta, Ga., Phil Rusher, Port St. Lucie,Fla., and Keith Rusher, Maitland, Fla.; brothers Robert, Worth, Floyd and Jay Rusher, all of Salisbury; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Services: Graveside, 1 p.m. Thursday, National Cemetery,Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Jerry Hollar, pastor, Messiah Lutheran Church. Military rites by Rowan County Veterans Council.

Visitation: None.

Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.

Memorials: Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, Ohio 45250-0301.

Marshall ‘Bob’ Sherrill

KANNAPOLIS — Marshall Austin “Bob” Sherrill, 84, 701 Evelyn Ave., died Tuesday (Sept. 28, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, Jackson Park United Methodist Church.

Visitation: 7-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home.

Daniel ‘Dan’ Sigmon

MOORESVILLE — Daniel “Dan” McCaul Sigmon, 81, Charlotte Highway, died Sunday (Sept. 26, 1999) at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center.

Born March 25, 1918, in Catawba County, Mr. Sigmon was a son of the late Leroy Page and Vassie Robinson Sigmon. He had retired from Fiber Industries, now KoSa, in Salisbury.

A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served during World War II. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church, Mooresville.

His first wife, Lucy Sherrill Sigmon, preceded him in death.

Survivors include wife Joyce Hinson Sigmon; sons Charles D. “Danny” Sigmon, Thomas N. “Tom” Sigmon and Spencer A. Sigmon, all of Denver,N.C., and Steven L. “Steve” Sigmon, Hendersonville; stepdaughter Judy Proctor, Jacksonville, Fla.; brother Calvin Sigmon, Sherrills Ford; sisters Helen White, Sherrills Ford, and Christine Sherrill, Denver, N.C.; six grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Cavin Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by Dr. D. Steven Gouge, the Rev. Hal D. Greene and the Rev. John E. Brown. Burial, Thompson Memorial Evangelical Methodist Church cemetery, Denver, N.C.

Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home.

Memorials: Southside Baptist Church, 525 S. Broad St., Mooresville, N.C. 28115.

Edna Coggins Wells

KANNAPOLIS — Edna Louise Coggins Wells, 76, Morganton, formerly of Kannapolis, died Monday (Sept. 27, 1999) at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Asheville, after years of declining health.

Born July 8, 1923, in Iredell County, Mrs. Wells was a daughter of the late Jay and Margaret Miller Coggins. She had retired in 1964 from Cannon Mills, Plant 1, sewing room. A Baptist, she had lived in Morganton since 1989.

Her husband, Joseph P. Wells, died in 1986. A son, Robert Earl Beaver, also preceded her in death.

Survivors include daughter Margaret Beaver McInnis, Harmony; brothers Howard and Banks Coggins, both of Mooresville; and sisters Hazel McKay and Mildred Carver, both of Mooresville.

Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Wednesday, Carolina Memorial Park, conducted by the Rev.Rick Miller.

Visitation: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Whitley’s Funeral Home.

Fred Alvin Young

MOCKSVILLE — Fred Alvin Young, 51, Spillman Road, died Sunday (Sept. 26, 1999) at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home,Winston-Salem.

Born July 27, 1948, in Guilford County, Mr. Young is a son of Beulah Frazier Young and the late Alvin Young. He was employed at Ingersol-Rand. A U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, he was a member of Green Meadows Baptist Church.

Survivors, in addition to his mother, include wife Helen Sparks Young; daughters Penny Ann Young, Mocksville, and Elizabeth Koontz, Blacksburg, Va.; brother Charles Ray Young, Advance; and sister Judy Petticord, Mocksville.

Services: Graveside, 4 p.m. Tuesday, Green Meadows Baptist Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev.Greg Little.

Visitation: In the church fellowship hall after the service.