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Mary Ann Suber
GASTONIA — Mary Ann Suber, 59, 216 Sullivan Ave., died Feb. 5, 2000, at home.
She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Stephanie J. Suber, Gastonia; grandsons, Antonio J. and LaDay L. Suber, Gastonia; granddaughters, Lakisha and Olypima Suber, Gastonia; special friends, Vera H. Holmes, B.J. Jenkins, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Thursday, Friendship Baptist Church, Rev. John A. McCullough Jr.
BURIAL: Armstrong Cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before the service, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
JOHNNY LEE SEAMAN JR.
LINCOLNTON - Johnny Lee Seaman Jr., 31, 1105 Hunting Ave., died Feb. 6, 2000.
He was a native of Gaston County, driver for Conway Southern Express, Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Salie Branham Seaman; son, Johnny Lee Seaman III, Gastonia; stepdaughters, Julie and Nicole Willis, Lincolnton; sister, Madeia May, Gastonia; parents, Johnny Lee Sr. and JoAnne Watkins Seaman, Gastonia; maternal grandparents, Ralph and Pauline Watkins, Gastonia; paternal grandmother, Irene Seaman, Marion; maternal great-grandmother, Charlotte Nation, Gastonia
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 8:30 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home, Rev. Alvin Watkins
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Johnny Lee Seaman Jr. Children’s Trust Fund, Centura Bank, Garrison Blvd., Gastonia
Geneva M. Lail
GREENSBORO - Geneva M. Lail, 87, Evergreens Nursing Home, formerly of Alexis, died Feb. 7, 2000.
She was a native of Cooke County, Tenn., daughter of the late Chan and Hattie Webb McGaha, wife of the late Garland Lail, mother of the late Helen Stroupe, Don Lail, member of Alexis Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Claude Lewis, Greensboro; sister, Wanda Williams, Newport, Tenn.; eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Thursday, Alexis Baptist Church Cemetery, Dr. Malcolm Ivey
MEMORIALS: Alexis Baptist Church, P.O. Box 39, Alexis 28006
ARRANGEMENTS: Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton
SAMMIE GIVENS
CLOVER, S.C. - Sammie Givens, 60, 105 Hilltop Lane, died Feb. 6, 2000, at home.
SURVIVORS: Son, David McCoy Givens, Charlotte; brothers, Alexander Givens, York, S.C., J.W. and Lewis Givens, Charlotte; sisters, Elizabeth Culverson, Charlotte, Sarah Sadler, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Wright Funeral Home, York, S.C., Rev. George H. Lowry
BURIAL: Lakeview Memory Gardens
VISITATION: 5-6 p.m., funeral home, other times at the home
Michael A. Allen Sr.
BELMONT - Michael Anthony Allen Sr., 21, 1861 Perfection Ave., died Feb. 7, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Sandra Howard Allen, employee of BB&T Operations Center, Charlotte, member of United Way, Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Melissa Stone Allen; son, Michael Anthony Allen Jr., the home; daughter, Autumn Lynn Allen, the home; father, Richard Allen Sr., Mount Holly; brother, Jason Allen, North Belmont; half-brother, Richard Allen Jr., Clover, S.C.; paternal grandmother, Maize Allen, Belmont; maternal grandparents, Mary and Nick Howard, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Thursday, Carothers Funeral Home, Belmont, Rev. Mark Daniels
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens, Mount Holly
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
PALLBEARERS: Steve Pressley, Mike Jones, Ronnie and Keith Duckworth, Chris and Matt Baker
Maynard J. Allen
STANLEY - Maynard Jean Allen, 70, 306 Woody’s Lane, died Feb. 7, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte.
He was a native of Emporia, Va., husband of the late Elizabeth Woodard Allen, son of the late Clarence and Ruth Jean Allen, member of New Covenant United Methodist Church, Lucia, retired from Airco Welding Supply, Army veteran.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Linda Pelt, Stanley; brothers, Tom Allen, Richmond, Va., Vernon Allen, Emporia; sister, Arlene Temple, Jacksonville, Fla.; grandson, Bryan Davenport, Stanley
FUNERAL: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, New Covenant United Methodist Church, Lucia, Rev. Michael Stanton-Rich
BURIAL: Snowhill Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly
Kitty Cobb
KINGS MOUNTAIN — Sarah Katherine "Kitty" Falls Cobb, 67, formerly of Kings Mountain, died Feb. 8, 2000, at White Oak Manor, Shelby.
She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Gillie Falls Sr., mother of the late Dana Leigh Cobb, sister of the late Gillie Falls Jr., stepdaughter of the late Clem Holtschulte, member of Central United Methodist Church, active member of United Methodist Women, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Rodney and Karen Cobb, Kings Mountain; mother, Lallage Falls Holtschulte, Shelby; sisters, Jackie Ruddock, Jackson, Miss., Diane Sill, Spartanburg, S.C., Jo Ann Falls, Lumberton; brothers, Albert P. Falls, Shelby, Robert David Falls, Johnson City, Tenn.; grandchildren, Collin and Kaylin Cobb
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Thursday, Central United Methodist Church, Rev. Harrison Hinson
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home, other times at the son’s home, 809 Kingswood Court
MEMORIALS: Central United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 37, Kings Mountain 28086 or American Cancer Society, 500 Morehead St., Suite 211, Charlotte 28202
Steve W. Tilton
GASTONIA — Steve Wayne Tilton, 51, 433 Green Chapman Road, died Feb. 8, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Joseph Emanuel Tilton, member of the First Foursquare Gospel Church of Belmont, retired twister tender for R. L. Stowe Mills, Belmont, in Eagle Mill.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Diane G. Tilton; mother, Edith Cox Tilton, Gastonia; daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Eugene Scott, Cramerton, Paulette and Greg Heavener, Bessemer City; brothers, Dale, Gene and David Tilton, Gastonia; sisters, Ann Branch, Gale Hill, Belmont, Cathy Tilton, Marie Faille, Gastonia; brothers-in-law, Kenneth, Charlie and Billy Gamble, Dallas; sisters-in-law, Betty Bobo, Bessemer City, Katherine Chapman, Tellico Plains, Tenn., Lucy Sizemore, Chester, S.C., Jean Crowley, Ashton, R.I.; grandchildren, Brandon and Bradley Heavener, Bessemer City, Stephen and Dustin Scott, Cramerton; mother-in-law, Ruth Gamble, Dallas
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Thursday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Fred Morrison
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont
Claude R. Aldridge
SHELBY - Claude Ray Aldridge, 93, Cleveland Pines Nursing Home, died Feb. 8, 2000, at his residence.
He was a native of Tellico Plains, Tenn., husband of the late Ina Pearl and Lottie Haney Aldridge, son of the late Lewis Semore Aldridge and Cassie Green, retired from Gastonia Weaving Co., member of Gastonia Church of Christ.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and son-in-law, Maxine and Ray Hill, Imogene Hodges, Billie Holbrooks, Gastonia; sister, Bonnie Dockery, Gastonia; eight grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, nine great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Gastonia Church of Christ, Rev. David Vaughn
BURIAL: Hollywood Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Ward Funeral Home, Gastonia, other times at the home of Billie Holbrooks, 764 Separk Circle, Gastonia
George Crawford
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — George Crawford, 72, 211 E. 37th St., formerly of Gastonia, died Feb. 5, 2000, at Caldonva Hospital.
He was a native of Gastonia, son of the late Jobe and Mary Johnson Crawford, former member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Bowling Green, S.C., employee of Holsum Bakery, operated a restaurant in Bradford Heights before moving to New York, charter member of State Line baseball team, owner and operator of "George Fashions," Brooklyn, at the time of his death.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Sadie Setzer Crawford; daughters, Phyllis Mims, Joyce Mitchell, Linda Curry, Margie Richardson, Cynthia Bridges, Carolyn Smallwood, Brooklyn; sons, George Jr. and Wayne Crawford, Atlanta, Johnathan Crawford, New York City; sisters, Sara Bradford, Gastonia, Lillie Kendrick, Lola Brown, Clover, S.C., Dorothy McCorkle, Mount Holly; brothers, John R. "Bob" Crawford, Gastonia, Jobe Crawford, Clover, William "Bill" Crawford, Charlotte; uncles, Floyd Johnson, Roosevelt Kendrick, Clover; 17 grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Friday, St. Paul Community Baptist Church, Brooklyn
BURIAL: Calverton National Cemetery, Riverhead, N.Y.
VISITATION: Thursday night, Woodward Funeral Home, Brooklyn
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Costner’s Funeral Home
