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Gaston County, North Carolina Obituary Collection
(From Various Funeral Homes in the Gastonia, Belmont, Mount Holly, Lowell, Cherryville,
Bessemer City and the surrounding area. Many obituaries are represented from Kings Mountain,
Lincolnton, and Stanley.)

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Gaston County, North Carolina Obituary Collection

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Neil Whitaker
SHELBY - Neil Whitaker, 48, 421 Melody Lane, died Jan. 15, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Alvin Whitaker, member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Marjorie Simmons Whitaker, Shelby; brother and sister-in-law, Gary and Lisa Whitaker, Richmond, Va.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, Mount Pleasant Church Cemetery, Rev. Thomas Gossett
VISITATION: after service
MEMORIALS: Aldersgate UMC, 1207 W. Dixon Blvd., Shelby 28152
ARRANGEMENTS: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home

Jewell M. Reynolds
CONNELLY SPRINGS — Jewell McCorkle Reynolds died Jan. 15, 2000, at Frye Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Charles E. McCorkle, member of Emmanuel Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Dr. Bill Reynolds; sons, Eddie and Tony Reynolds; daughter, Dale Ray; mother, Viola C. McCorkle; brothers, C.E. and Gary S. McCorkle; grandchildren, Ronnie and Ashley Godbey, Jamie Ray, Rachel, Leah and Jessica Reynolds
FUNERAL: 2:30 p.m. Monday, Stamey Funeral Home, Drs. Ron Baity, Edwin Taylor
BURIAL: Mountain View Baptist Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 1-2 p.m. Monday, funeral home

France E. Gosnell
BESSEMER CITY - France Edward Gosnell, 82, 117 W. Alabama Ave., died Jan. 15, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Spartanburg County, S.C., son of the late John Robert and Alonia Dill Gosnell, husband of the late Opalene Cobb Gosnell, father of the late Jeannie Gosnell, brother of the late Oscar, Elzie, Walter, Deaver, Julian, Earl and John R. Gosnell and Ella Mae Gosnell Phillips, electrical engineer.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Marvin D. Osteen, Lawrence J. and Ricky A. Helms; daughters, Marlene Osteen Woods, Joyce Osteen Merkle; cousin, Ray Gosnell, Bessemer City; four grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Kenny Champion, Jack Etter
BURIAL: Westview Gardens
VISITATION: 10 a.m. Monday, funeral home

John S. Gardner
SHELBY - John Stephen Gardner, 46, 3016 G.B. Blanton Road, died Jan. 14, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Chickasan, Ala., retired carpenter, Army veteran, member of Pine Grove United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Nancy Sansing Gardner; daughter, Laura Gardner Timblin, Shelby; mother and step-father, Derlie and Earl Horton Jr., Inman, S.C.; brothers, Robert Horton, Pacolet, S.C., Shawn Horton, Inman; sister, Cheryl Bullard, Brunswick, Ga.; grandchildren, Zachary McCluney, Alyssa Gardner, the home
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Cecil Burton Funeral Home, Rev. Harold Smisor, Bill Pheagin
BURIAL: church cemetery
VISITATION: 1-2 p.m. Monday, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Pine Grove United Methodist Church, South Lafayette Street, Shelby

Fannie S. Vandiver
GASTONIA - Fannie Sue Vandiver, 83, formerly of 218 S. Highland St., died Jan. 15, 2000, at Gaston Place Assisted Living.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Dorothy Lowery
VISITATION: 10-10:45 a.m. Monday, McLean Funeral Directors

Pauline S. Royster
SHELBY - Pauline Smith Royster, 76, 2725 Royster Road, died Jan. 14, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Thomas H. and Mary Rhymer Smith, sister of the late Roscoe and Aaron Smith, homemaker and self-taught cake decorator, member of Fallston Baptist Church where she taught Baptist Training Union.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Thomas Sherwin Royster; son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Sherry Royster, Double Shoals; daughters and sons-in-law, Patricia and James W. Brown Jr., Mt. Ulla, Wynde and Lan Brady, Greensboro; brother, Boyd Smith, Mount Holly; grandchildren and wife, Jamey and Melinda Brown, Kelli Brown, Mt. Ulla, Lesley and Thomas Royster, Double Shoals, Lande and Matthew Brady, Greensboro
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Fallston Baptist Church, Rev. Scott Norton
BURIAL: Rose Hill Memorial Park
VISITATION: 5-6:30 tonight, Stamey Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Fallston Baptist Church, P.O. Box 116, Fallston 28042

Edna A. Poole
GASTONIA - Edna Earle Alexander Poole, 80, 1412 Hickory Grove Road, died Jan. 21, 2000, at home. She was a native of Johnston County, daughter of the late William L. and Bessie Turlington Alexander, wife of the late Lester Boyd Poole Sr., preceded in death by a grandchild, graduate of Western Carolina, retired school teacher, taught at North Belmont and in Mecklenburg County school system, member of Goshen Presbyterian Church for 60 years, taught Sunday School, active in ladies ministries.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Lester Boyd Jr. and Susan Baker Poole, William "Bill" and Sandra F. Poole, Gastonia, James "Jimmy" and Sharon Harvley Poole, Belmont; daughter and son-in-law, Barbara P. and Stewart Wingate, Clover, S.C.; brothers, William Alexander, Chapel Hill, James Alexander, Wallace, Tom Alexander, Seattle, Wash., Bob Alexander, Dublin, Ga..; sisters, Anne Langis, Revere, Mass., Sally Langis, Middleton, Mass., Lois Austin, Raeford; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Goshen Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dean Faulkner
INTERMENT: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 5-7 tonight, the church
PALLBEARERS: Rudy Villereal, James Griffin, Jack Skidmore, Bill Simmons, David Farmer, Max Huffstetler, Tom Morris
MEMORIALS: Goshen Presbyterian Memorial Fund, 380 Woodlawn St., Belmont 28012
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont

HELEN F. MARLOW
GASTONIA - Helen Fisher Marlow, 61, 2617 Terra Drive, died Jan. 19, 2000, at home. She was a native of Kings County, N.Y., daughter of the late Fredrick Frances Fisher, sister of the late Billy Fisher, homemaker, member of Solid Rock Baptist Church, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Leonard Marlow; sons, David Bach, Belmont, Tim Marlow, Gastonia, Mark Marlow, Kings Mountain; daughter, Lisa Cash, Bessemer City; mother, Emma Burns Fisher, Fairhope, Ala., brothers, Freddie Fisher, Fairhope, Eddie and Gerald Fisher, Pensacola, Fla., Jimmy Fisher, Slidell, La.; sister, Jaqulin Barfield, Pensacola; 10 grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, Solid Rock Baptist Church, Rev. Chuck Dalton
BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
PALLBEARERS: Doug Poteat, Mike Blake, Eddie, Freddie and Jimmy Fisher, Robert McMillan

Louanna C. Davis
CASAR — Louanna Chapman Davis, 90, 424 Corinth Church Road, died Jan. 21, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby. She was a native of Burke County, daughter of the late John and Cordelia Smith Chapman, wife of the late Enoch Bedford Davis, homemaker, member of Corinth Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Margie and Grady Tallent, Fallston, Florence and Henry Harbinson, Cherryville; sister, Bertha Davis, Casar; granddaughter, Betty Anne Tallent, Fallston; grandsons and spouse, Jason and Heather Harbinson, Westminster, S.C., Henry Harbinson, Washington, D.C., John Harbinson, Boiling Springs
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Sunday, Corinth Baptist Church, Revs. Norris Willis, Cecil Buff, Lero Hudson, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 6-7:30 tonight, Stamey Funeral Home, Fallston
MEMORIALS: Charity of donor’s choice

GARLAND M. HENSON SR.
BELMONT - Garland Matthew Henson Sr., 69, 123 Georgia Belle Ave., died Jan. 20, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Corbie and Uzelia Mullinax Henson, husband of the late Princess Davis Henson, brother of the late Clyde Henson, member of Union Primitive Baptist Church, N. Belmont, served as assistant clerk, secretary and treasurer, retired plant supervisor, worked for American & Efird Textiles, Mount Holly, and Washington Group Inc., Kings Mountain, Air National Guard and Army veteran, member of American Legion Auten-Stowe Post No. 144, Belmont.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Roger W. and Garland M. Henson Jr., Belmont; brother, Thomas L. Henson, Belmont; grandchildren, Chasity M., Melanie A. and Alicia Y. Henson, Belmont
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Sunday, Union Primitive Baptist Church, Springwood area, N. Belmont, Elder Joe Baucom
BURIAL: Elbethel Cemetery, Kings Mountain
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Union Primitive Baptist Church, c/o Roger W. Henson, Treasurer, 122 Georgia Belle Ave., Belmont 28012

Horace W. Christopher
LINCOLNTON - Horace Woodruf Christopher, 92, Lincoln Nursing Center, formerly of 1373 Christopher Road, Iron Station, died Jan. 21, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center. He was a native of Pickens, S.C., son of the late Samuel G. and Lillie Vaughn Christopher, worked in textile industry.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mozelle Devine Christopher; son, Roy Christopher, Lincolnton; daughter, Louise C. Houser, Lincolnton; sister, Pauline Bridges, Lincolnton; seven grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3:30 p.m. today, Amity Baptist Church Cemetery, Revs. Johnny Houser Jr., Larry Little
MEMORIALS: National Kidney Foundation, 5970 Fairview Road, Suite 408, Charlotte 28210
ARRANGEMENTS: Warlick Funeral Home

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