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Robert L. Rhoden
GASTONIA – Robert L. Rhoden, 60, 316 S. Highland St., died Oct. 6, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel
Edgar Payne Sr.
COLUMBIA, S.C. – Edgar Payne Sr., 85, 1405 Oak St., died Oct. 4, 1999, at Providence Hospital. He was a native of Johnston, S.C.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Emilee Payne; sons, Herbert, Willie, Ray Howard Donzell and Edgar Payne Jr., Charlotte; daughters, Gabreell Pigue, Brenda Payne, Joyce Ford Payne, Sandra Payne Alexander, Charlotte, Faye Payne Hunt, Belmont; 18 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, Grier Funeral Service, Charlotte, Rev. J.B. Humphrey III
BURIAL: Gethsemane Gardens, Charlotte
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home
Ezra A. Stone
BELMONT – Ezra Alton Stone, 67, No. 2 Spruce Pine Drive, died Oct. 5, 1999, at home.
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home
Mary Glenn
DURHAM – Mary Jean Smith Glenn died Oct. 5, 1999, at Hillcrest Convalescent Center.
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia
Mallie Hamrick
SHELBY – Mallie Helen Wallace Hamrick, 83, 859 Poplar Springs Church Road, died Oct. 5, 1999, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late John Brown and Kate Avalona Pruitt Wallace, wife of the late Brossie Flay Hamrick, member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and son-in-law, Dennis and Gene Ritz, Gaithersburg, Md., Lynda H. Helms, Shelby; grandchildren, Holli Helms, Hermosa Beach, Calif., Betsy Bruning, Germantown, Md., Kristy Ritz, Wilmington, Del., Susie Ritz, Columbus, Ohio, Jason Helms, Charlotte; great-grandchildren, Benjamin and Rachel Bruning, Germantown
FUNERAL: 7 p.m. Friday, Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Dr. Jim Richardson, Revs. Clyde Buckner and Dan Wallace, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: 10 a.m. Saturday, Cleveland Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Cleveland Funeral Services, other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Poplar Springs Baptist Church, 1106 Poplar Springs Church Road, Shelby 28152
Lessie L. Gilmore
GASTONIA – Lessie L. Gilmore, 79, 212 N. Highland St., died Oct. 2, 1999, at Brian Center of Charlotte. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Minnie Lawrence.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Mary Whiteside, Cleveland; nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends
FUNERAL: 2:30 p.m. Friday, Greater Mount Hebron Baptist Church, Dr. Timothy Scott
BURIAL: Jerusalem Baptist Church, Clover, S.C.
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, church, other times at the home
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Roosie C. Thompson
GASTONIA – Roosie Carthen Thompson, 85, 749 Shannon Bradley Road, died Oct. 3, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Jessie and Lizzie Youngblood Carthen, member of Center Baptist Church, hymn choir, Friendly Aid Society No. 2, Church Aid Society No. 8.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Jacqueline T. and Leroy Leach, Margaret T. Floyd, Ida T. and William Jackson, Gastonia; son, James Thompson, Gastonia; sisters, Louise Adams, Coraine Webber, Gastonia, Ella Wilson, Connecticut, Dorothy Setzer, San Francisco; brother, Leon Carthen, Poliatto, Calif.; aunt, Aline Clark, Gastonia; 26 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, relatives and friends
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Friday, Center Baptist Church, Revs. Pierre Crawford and D.J. Johnson
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Thomas L. Landers
BESSEMER CITY — Thomas Lindsey Landers, 79, 303 Weaver Dairy Road, died Oct. 9, 1999, at Kings Mountain Hospital, Kings Mountain. He was a native of Abbeville, S.C., son of the late Lindsey Thomas and Dora Williams Landers, husband of the late Della Pressley Landers, brother of the late George, Lee and Alverta Landers, Edna Linville.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, Hubert Landers, Earl and Vivian Landers, Bessemer City; daughters and sons-in-law, Carolyn Benfield, York, S.C., Thelma and James Cavender, Edith and Bill Lingerfeldt, Bessemer City; brother, Neal Landers, Etawah; sister, Mamie Lance, Easley, S.C.; 16 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3:30 p.m. Monday, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel, Rev. Michael Chambers
BURIAL: Bessemery City Memorial Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home; other times at the home of Earl and Vivian Landers, 712 E. Iowa Ave.
PALLBEARERS: Grandsons
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Edith W. Canipe
GASTONIA - Edith White Canipe, 87, 2207 Easy Ave., died Oct. 8, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Charlie Arthur and Sarah Selena Allen White, wife of the late Alfred Lummie Canipe, sister of the late Garland, John, Thurman, James and Robert White, member of Macedonia Baptist Church, the Young at Heart Sunday school class, Young at Heart senior citizens group, retired from Burlington Industry after more then 35 years of service.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, Scott and Rhodney Canipe, the home, Bobby and Ruby McMurry, Shelby; stepson, Bobby Canipe, Shelby; daughters and sons-in-law, Cathy and Don Tolbert, Jane and Dillard Phillips, Gastonia, Betty and Larry Greene, Burlington; sister, Pearline Peterson, Shelby; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; 13 step-grandchildren; step-great-grandchildren and step-great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Macedonia Baptist Church, Rev. Jeff Glenn
BURIAL: Westview Gardens , Bessemer City
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, McLean Funeral Directors or 9:30-10:45 a.m. Monday, church
PALLBEARERS: Ronnie and David Greene, Trey and Chris Tolbert, Jeff and Derrick Canipe
MEMORIALS: Macedonia Baptist Church, 2021 Garland Ave., Gastonia 28052
Blanche H. Talton
MOUNT HOLLY — Blanche Hunt Talton, 94, of the Stanley Total Living Center, Stanley, formerly of Hawthorne Street, died Oct. 7, 1999, at her residence. She was a native of Blount County, Tenn., daughter of the late Charles and Lettie Moore Hunt, wife of the late Ezra L. Talton and William Rayford Fite, retired treasury clerk with the P&N Railway, member of the First United Methodist Church, the administrative board, Circle No. 6, Duke Power Retirees club, the Spade and Hoe club, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 345, chaplain of Home Extension club, lifemember the United Methodist Women.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and David Yandle, Morgantown, W.Va., Sally and Jim Severs, Greensboro; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Tuesday, First United Methodist Church, Rev. Mitchell Murrow
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before service, church
MEMORIALS: First United Methodist Church Scholarship or Renovation Fund, 140 N. Main St., Mount Holly 28120
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home
Edna L. Deyton
IRON STATION — Edna Leone Deyton, 84, 316 Timber Road, died Oct. 9, 1999, at home. She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Fannie Slaughter Deyton, wife of the late Clinton Deyton, mother of the late Shirley Deyton and Frances D. Hudson, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Warren Deyton, Waxshaw, James Deyton, Waco, Kenneth Deyton, Lincolnton; daughters Elwanda D. Hester, Sue D. Fisher, Lincolnton, Margaret D. Wilson, Vale, Sheila Chambers, Iron Station; sister, Eloise Tatham, Asheville; 21 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Highland Drive Freewill Baptist Church, formerly Boger City Freewill Baptist Church, Revs. Brian Williams, Jim Marcum and Harold Blakenship; body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery, Lincolnton
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton 28092
Jessie L. Wilder
DALLAS — Jessie L. Wilder, 83, 176 Evans Lake Road, died Oct. 9, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
ARRANGEMENTS: Ward Funeral Home, Gastonia
