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James Moss
SALISBURY — James "Howard" Moss, 81, 303 Wellington Hills Circle, died Dec. 9, 1999, at Rowan Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Ben and Maggie Robinson Moss, brother of the late Fred M. Moss and Mary Rucker, property manager for Willington Hills Condos, worked with Moss Rexall Drug, Gastonia, for 40 years, in the salvage business in DeLand, Fla., graduate of Belmont High School, Belmont, attended Belmont Abbey College, member of the First Baptist Church, Whitehead Bible Sunday school class, Gastonia Masonic Lodge No. 369 AF and AM, Order of the Eastern Star, helped organize the West Cramerton Baptist Church, past member of First Baptist Churches in Gastonia and DeLand.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Carol Ballard Moss; daughter and son-in-law, "Nancy" Moss and Don Morra, Sarasota, Fla.; brother, William Moss, Gastonia; sisters, Helen Moss, Cramerton, Zula Reeves, Blairsville, Ga.; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, Summersett Funeral Home, Revs. Phil Cooley, Tom Roberts
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Saturday, Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia; Masonic rites conducted by Gastonia Masonic Lodge
VISITATION: One hour before service, church
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, 223 N. Fulton St., Salisbury 28144
Nannell B. Moore
YORK, S.C. - Nannell Blalock Moore, 96, 5 W. Madison St., died Dec. 8, 1999, at Piedmont Medical Center. She was a native of Clinton, S.C., daughter of the late Thomas J. and Frances Young Blalock, wife of the late James W. Moore, taught school in Lancaster and York County school districts, member of First Presbyterian Church, Thursday Afternoon Book Club, retired from York County Treasurer’s Office.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Frances Blalock Moore, Charlotte; brother, Francis Blalock, Clinton, S.C.
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, First Presbyterian Church, Rev. J. Todd Speed
BURIAL: Rose Hill Cemetery
VISITATION: Following service, church
MEMORIALS: Faith First of First Presbyterian Church, 10 W. Liberty St., York, S.C. 29745, or Kit and Nanny Young Scholarship Fund, Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C. 29325
ARRANGEMENTS: Bratton Funeral Home
Marcus Smith
CHARLOTTE - Marcus Smith, 53, 4419 Wildwood Ave., died Dec. 5, 1999., at Carolina’s Medical Center. He was a native of Canton, Ohio, son of the late Willie and Ruby Torrence Smith, in the construction business.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Carlotta Costner Smith, Gastonia; daughters, Marcella S. Stevens, Atlanta, Yolande Smith, Gastonia; sons, Maurice and Mark Smith, Gastonia; sister, Pearl Smith, Mount Holly; brother, Johnny Smith, Charlotte; five grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Mount Sinai Baptist Church, Mount Holly, Dr. Henry McNeil
BURIAL: Westcreek Cemetery, Mount Holly
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, church, other times at the home of Pearl Smith, 381 Hawthorne St., Mount Holly
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Robert W. Edwards Jr.
GASTONIA - Robert Walter "Bob" Edwards Jr., 80, died Dec. 10, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gastonia, son of the late Robert Walter and Annie Leola Edwards, husband of the late Mary Reinhardt Edwards, retired from Gastonia Post Office after 28-1/2 years of service, graduate of Lincolnton High School, excelled in basketball, all-conference football team, veteran of World War II, served in Europe with 691st Field Artillery Batallion, lived in Iron Station section of Lincoln County after retirement, active and lifelong member of First ARP Church, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Robert W. III and Stephanie Edwards, Iron Station; daughter, Mary Locke Bigger, Gastonia; brothers, Lyle and Erskine Edwards, Gastonia; sisters, Jean Jackson, Clover, S.C., Margaret Pursley,Gastonia; grandchildren, Kyle and Jeri Edwards, Huntersville, Robert Edwards IV, Denver, Shannon and Mike Prachar, Gastonia; great-grandchildren, Alex and Andrew Prachar, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, First ARP Church, Revs. Eddie Spencer, Harry Schutte, Rob Patrick
BURIAL: Hollywood Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, other times at the homes of Robert W. Edwards III, 5048 Reinhardt Circle, Iron Station, and Mary Locke Bigger, 2906 Planer Terrace, Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: Roddy Lyle and Ralph E. Edwards, Leonard Short, Dan Hardin, Mike Prachar, F.W. Reinhardt Jr., Jim Cole, Fred Morrow
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Friends at YMCA, Health Club and Gaston Athletic Club
MEMORIALS: First ARP Church, Gastonia
Charles C. Thomas Sr.
ASHEVILLE - Charles C. "Ned" Thomas Sr., 79, died Dec. 8, 1999. He was a native of Gastonia, son of the late John Jackson and Essie Powell Thomas, husband of the late Josephine Thomas, World War II Army-Aircorp veteran serving in the Pacific, theater manager, member of the Foundation of the Motion Picture Pioneers Inc., member of Central United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Charles C. and Charlene Thomas II, Asheville; brothers, William "Bill" Thomas, Morganton, George Thomas, Naples, Fla.; grandsons and spouse, Charles C. and Amy Thomas III, John D. Thomas, James E. Thomas, Asheville; great-granddaughter, Elizabeth C. Thomas, Asheville; nephew Van Quinn, Chapel Hill
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian, Long Shoals Road, Asheville, Rev. Rob Blackburn Jr.
BURIAL: Green Hills Cemetery
VISITATION: 2 hours prior to service, funeral home
Benny R. Riley
GASTONIA - Benny R. Riley, 72, 406 W. Sixth St., died Dec. 8, 1999, at Bulloch Memorial Hospital, Statesboro, Ga. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late John Robinson and Pearl Kimbro Riley, husband of the late Vaughty Lucille Riley, Navy veteran of World War II, retired from Seaboard Railroad where he worked in the shipping department for over 35 years, worked part-time at Bi-Lo Supermarket on Union Road, active member of First Baptist Church, where, along with his late wife, he was very active in the children’s nurseries.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Bennie Jo R. "Jody" MacCaughelty, Statesboro, Ga.; brother, Norman L. Riley, Columbia City, Ore.; sister, Pattie R. Collier, Lowell; sister-in-law, Helen P. Leonhardt, Gastonia; grandchildren, Adela M. Ford, Camilla, Ga., Rev. Michael MacCaughelty, Birmingham, Ala., Marissa, Ashley, Tara, Chelsea MacCaughelty, Statesboro; great-grandchildren, Gillian, Riley, Dru, Reid Ford, Camilla, Mason MacCaughelty, Birmingham
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, First Baptist Church, Dr. E. Leon Smith, Rev. Michael MacCaughelty
INTERMENT: Hollywood Cemetery
PALLBEARERS: Pete Propst, Dr. Barry Lee, Sam Leonhardt, Robert Gilreath, Shu Carlton, Bill McIntyre, Brantley Icard, Bob Whitescarver
HONORARY
PALLBEARERS: Swinging Stars Square Dance Club and golfing friends
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, Children’s Ministry, 2650 Union Road, Gastonia 28054
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
Bessie M. Jones STANLEY— Bessie Mae McGirt Jones, 82, 630 Blacksnake Road, Stanley, formerly of Greensboro, died Dec. 9, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was under the watch care of Grace Baptist Church, Mount Holly.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Ertle Jones, Jim Jones Jr., Greensboro, Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones, Jamestown, Elarces "Boo" Jones, Charlotte; daughters, Martha Stamey, Charlotte, Joyce Jacobs, Greensboro, Tessie Lowry, Stanley, Wilma Hunt, Dallas, Edna Kinlaw, Fayetteville, Mary Hunt, Lumberton; sister, Mary Crutchfield, Melbourne, Fla.; brothers, Joe McGirt, Lumberton, Herman McGirt, Pembroke, Furman McGirt, St. Pauls; 23 grandchildren; 37 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Service, Greensboro
BURIAL: Lakeview Memorial Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, funeral home, other times at the home of Joyce Jacobs, 1450 Burnette Chapel Road, Greensboro
MEMORIALS: Grace Baptist Church, 300 Westland Farm Road, Mount Holly and Gaston Hospice, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28054
L.S. Stroupe Jr.
CHARLOTTE - L.S. Stroupe Jr., 80, Southminster Retirement Community, formerly of Cherryville, died Dec. 9, 1999. He was a native of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., son of the late L.S. "Doc" Sr. and Mary Essie Bridges Stroupe, husband of the late Barbara Hill Stroupe, one of eight children, grew up in Cherryville, 1936 graduate of Cherryville High School, veteran of Army Medical Corps, served in Alaska during World War II, cryptanalyst with Armed Forces Security Agency, Arlington, Va., attended George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1952 graduate with a degree from the School of Pharmacy, pharmacist with People’s Drug Company, Washington area, before returning to North Carolina, during the 1950s and 1960s co-owned and operated Stroupe Drug Company, Kings Mountain, in 1965 formed Piedmont Clinic of Lawndale with the late Dr. Richard Maybin, were partners for more than 25 years, active member and Elder Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church, Cherryville, resident of Southminster Retirement Community for the last five years.
SURVIVORS: Children, Mary Ellen Stroupe, Washington, D.C., Barbara Anne Stroupe Stegall, Matthews, L.S. "Sid" Stroupe III, Durham, Virginia Caroline "Carole" Stroupe, Lilburn, Ga.; son-in-law, Robert Arthur "Art" Stegall, Matthews; grandchildren, John Arthur Stegall, Mary Catherine Stegall; sister, Vida Stroupe Blackwelder, Winston-Salem
FUNERAL: 1:30 p.m. Sunday, First Presbyterian Church, Cherryville, Dr. Billy Lowe, Rev. Jack H. Cooke
BURIAL: Family plot of City Memorial Cemetery, Cherryville
VISITATION: 3:30-4:30 today, Southminster Retirement Community, and 7-8:30 tonight, Carpenter’s Funeral Home, Cherryville
MEMORIALS: Southminster Foundation, 8919 Park Road, Charlotte 28210
Hurst A. Neely
GASTONIA - Hurst Allen Neely, 65, 720 W. 20th Ave., died Dec. 7, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late William and Eunice Clawson Neely, production supervisor.
SURVIVORS: Sisters, Murry Dye, Halviette Feemster, Dorothy Feemster, Gastonia; nieces; nephews, other relatives
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Costner Funeral Home, Rev. John Veasey
BURIAL: Armstrong Cemetery, Gastonia
VISITATION: 30 minutes prior to service, funeral home
Lewis A. Buchanan
BELMONT - Lewis Anderson Buchanan, 81, died Dec. 10, 1999, at his residence. He was a native of Mitchell County, son of the late Clarence Avery and Rettie Pitman Buchanan, past member of Pleasant Grove Methodist Church, Charlotte, retired from Exxon Inc., Paw Creek Station, where he worked as a mechanic for 28 years, member of Charlotte Moose Lodge 1113, American Legion, Belmont.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Bessie Sellers Buchanan; sons and daughters-in-law, Ricky and Pat Buchanan, Stanley, Larry T. Buchanan, Woodruff, S.C.; daughter, Jane Buchanan, Charlotte; sisters, Delena Grindstaff, Anna Belle Frye, Dorothy Presnell, Ruth Pitman, Spruce Pine, Mattie Lee Silvers, Marion; brother-in-law and spouse, Pete and Margie Sellers, Denver; sister-in-law, Thelma S. Hoover, Crouse; three grandchildren; one great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Rev. Melvin McIntosh
BURIAL: Forest Lawn West Cemetery, Charlotte
VISITATION: 3-5 p.m. Sunday, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053-3984
