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Cathy Richbourg
GASTONIA — Cathy MacKenzie Richbourg, 43, 2525 Greylyn Court, died Jan. 22, 2000, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.
She was a native of Stamford, Conn., mother of the late Vincent Stephen "Tootsie" Melia, worked nine years as secretary and technician in Gaston Memorial Hospital’s Rehabilitation Department, with an emphasis in the speech and hearing section, secretary of Allied Health Retention Committee and public relations subcommittee, coordinated employee activities, attended Lutheran Chapel Church, supporter of academic, athletic and PTO organizations for her children at Hancock, Brookside, Holbrook and North Gaston schools.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Paul Gene Richbourg; son, David James Melia, Gastonia; stepson, Jason Paul Richbourg, Bessemer City; daughters, Stephanie Marie and Jennifer Elizabeth Melia, Gastonia; stepdaughter, Mary Louise Richbourg, Bessemer City; father and stepmother, Ralph and Ann MacKenzie, Gastonia; mother, Ann MacKenzie, Gastonia; mother-in-law, Nancy C. Richbourg, Greensboro; sisters-in-law, Rebecca R. Alson, Winston-Salem, Beth R. Bernhardt, Greensboro; uncles and aunts, Ernie and Doris Richards, Gastonia, Sherry Dilling and Gary Miller, Dallas; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Lutheran Chapel Church, Dr. Michael W. Frye
BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont
PALLBEARERS: Monty Teague, Bobby Rhyne, Paul Dodds, Baker Leigh, Jay Williams, Mark Miele
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Dr. Roy Alson, Larry Ballard, David Boyd, Dr. Chris Bernhardt, Dennis Upton
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia
MEMORIALS: Richbourg Educational Trust Fund, C/O First Union Bank, Account No. 3000010872089, 401 Cox Road, Gastonia 28054
LAURA J. DRAKE
LINCOLNTON — Laura Jean Drake, 64, 114 Flat Rock Drive, died Jan. 22, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Arthur Augustus and Beulah McAlister Noles, sister of the late Fred Noles, former long distance operator for Southern Bell, active in Oaklawn and Midwood Elementary School P.T.A., member of Duncan United Methodist Church, Charlotte, Sunday School leader, 1953 graduate of Cherryville High School.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Herbert Miller Drake; son, Darren Drake, Lincolnton; daughter, Alice Drake Mason, Lincolnton; brothers, Edward and Everette Noles, Indian Trail, Johnnie Noles, Sanford, Fla., Forest Noles, Falls Church, Va.; sister, Ruth Hord, Crouse; grandchildren, Matthew and Amanda Difulio, Tyler and Phillip Mason
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Crouse United Methodist Church, Rev. Fred Falls
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Carpenter’s Funeral Home, Cherryville
MEMORIALS: Crouse United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 43, Crouse 28033
James M. Morehead
SHELBY — James M. "Jim" Morehead, 81, 1224 Patterson St., died Jan. 23, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Torrence Gidney and Elsie Viola Blanton Morehead, brother of the late Gorman Morehead and Bertha Canipe, retired from Duke Power Co., member of Lafayette Street United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Georgia Lee Dayberry Morehead; daughter and son-in-law, Patricia Ann Morehead and Jerry D. Wilson, Lawndale; brother and sister-in-law, Julian and Vernie Morehead, Shelby; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Sue and Gene Beam, New Ellenton, S.C.; grandchildren and spouse, Jennifer Dawn and Kelly Meade, Shelby, Jerri Ann Wilson, Lawndale
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, Revs. Gervase Hitch, Michael Shumate
BURIAL: Sunset Cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Lafayette Street United Methodist Church, 1420 S. Lafayette St., Shelby 28152 or donor’s choice
Bill Williams
GASTONIA — Bill Williams, 84, 2113 First St., died Jan. 23, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
He was a native of York County, S.C., son of the late Fred and Delia Tate Williams, retired textile worker, member of Mt. Harmony United Methodist Church, Bowling Green, S.C.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Cleater Hardin Williams; daughters and son-in-law, Valdora W. and Theodore A. Armstrong Jr. and Thelma Williams, Gastonia; brother, Thomas Williams, York, S.C.; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Wednesday, Mt. Harmony United Methodist Church, Bowling Green, Rev. Charles L. White Jr.
BURIAL: Weeping Mary Baptist Church Cemetery, Bowling Green
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before funeral, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Anna F. Caldwell
KINGS MOUNTAIN — Anna Foster Caldwell, 73, 101 Cloninger St., died Jan. 23, 2000, at White Oak Manor.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Henry Hunter and Mildred Elizabeth O’Brien Caldwell, member of Macedonia Baptist Church, retired from Mauney Hosiery.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Pauline Caldwell Harbin, Kings Mountain; nephews, James Caldwell and Monty Harbin; niece, Billie Ann Pardo; great-nieces and great-nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Mountain Rest Cemetery, Rev. David Philbeck
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
Cathy M. Richbourg
GASTONIA — Cathy MacKenzie Richbourg, 43, 2525 Greylyn Court, died Jan. 22, 2000, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.
She was a native of Stamford, Conn., mother of the late Vincent Stephen "Tootsie" Melia, worked nine years as secretary and technician in Gaston Memorial Hospital’s Rehabilitation Department, with an emphasis in the speech and hearing section, secretary of Allied Health Retention Committee and Public Relations subcommittee, coordinated employee activities, attended Lutheran Chapel Church, supporter of academic, athletic and PTO organizations for her children at Hancock, Brookside, Holbrook and North Gaston schools.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Paul Gene Richbourg; son, David James Melia, Gastonia; stepson, Jason Paul Richbourg, Bessemer City; daughters, Stephanie Marie and Jennifer Elizabeth Melia, Gastonia; stepdaughter, Mary Louise Richbourg, Bessemer City; father and stepmother, Ralph and Ann MacKenzie, Gastonia; mother, Betty Richards MacKenzie, Gastonia; mother-in-law, Nancy C. Richbourg, Greensboro; sisters-in-law, Rebecca R. Alson, Winston-Salem, Beth R. Bernhardt, Greensboro; uncles and aunts, Ernie and Doris Richards, Gastonia, Sherry Dilling and Gary Miller, Dallas; nieces, nephews, cousins, treasured friends
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Lutheran Chapel Church, Dr. Michael W. Frye
INTERMENT: Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont
PALLBEARERS: Monty Teague, Bobby Rhyne, Paul Dodds, Baker Leigh, Jay Williams, Mark Miele
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Dr. Roy Alson, Larry Ballard, David Boyd, Dr. Chris Bernhardt, Dennis Upton
MEMORIALS: Educational Trust Fund, C/O First Union Bank, Account No. 3000010872089, 401 Cox Road, Gastonia 28054
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
EVA W. HAGAN
GASTONIA — Eva Wilson Hagan, 90, 1351 Robinwood Road, died Jan. 24, 2000, at home.
She was a native of Golden, Miss., daughter of the late Andrew Jackson and Cora Owens Wilson, preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters, lived in Gastonia since 1934, member of First Baptist Church, Gastonia Women’s Club since 1936, Loraine Chapter of Eastern Star.
SURVIVORS: Husband of 70 years, Louie V. Hagan; daughters and sons-in-law, Betty H. and F.G. Hilbish, Kannapolis, Geraldine H. and Manfred Johnston, Gastonia, Freida H. and Delmus NeeSmith, Carolina Beach; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, McLean Funeral Directors, Dr. A. Douglas Aldrich
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 2-3:30 p.m. today, Covenant Village
MEMORIALS: Benevolent Fund, Covenant Village, 1351 Robinwood Road, Gastonia 28054
DOROTHY J. HESSLER
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Dorothy J. Hessler, 90, died Jan. 24, 2000, at Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital.
She was a life-long resident of Cheektowaga, husband of the late George C. Hessler, worked as a secretary for Alcoa Aluminum for 40 years until her retirement in 1966, longtime member of Christ Church and Ascension Lutheran Church, Snyder, N.Y., Niagara Lutheran Home volunteer, bridge player and member of a bridge club that met monthly for 50 years.
SURVIVORS: Nephews, Alan C. Goetz, Portola Valley, Calif., Lawrence E. Graf, Buffalo, N.Y.; niece, Daneen Goetz Novine, Gastonia; cousin, Carol Wolf, West Seneca, N.Y.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Ascension Lutheran Church, Snyder
BURIAL: Holy Rest Cemetery, Cheektowaga
ARRANGEMENTS: Sieck & Mast Funeral Home, West Seneca, N.Y.
Nancy A. Sawyers
WAXHAW — Nancy Anthony Sawyers, 34, 7820 Waxhaw Highway, died Jan. 20, 2000, at home.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late James Earl Anthony Sr.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Tony Sawyers; mother, Retha Anthony, Bessemer City; brothers, Lester Holloman, Ocala, Fla., Gary Holloman, Lexington, James Earl Anthony Jr., Gastonia; sisters and brother-in-law, Teresa and Scott Hunsucker, Denver, Iris Ann Anthony, Lincolnton; special nephew, Devin James Jones; seven nieces; seven nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Gastonia, Rev. Nelson Hope
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
VISITATION: 6-7:30 tonight, funeral home; other times at the home of Retha Anthony, 210 Kirk Circle, Bessemer City
PALLBEARERS: Scott and Richard Hunsucker, Ricky and Danny Barbee, Norman McCoy, Dale Faulkner
MEMORIALS: Charity of donor’s choice
