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C. Hoyle Craig
CHARLOTTE - C. Hoyle Craig, 81, died Feb. 25, 2000, at the Oaks, Huntersville. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Marvin Mack and Edna Mae Chronister Craig, father of the late Janice Evans, brother of the late Faynell Adams and Glenn Craig, member of Thrift Baptist Church, church teller, member of Super Sixties of the Church, Navy veteran of World War II, member of American Legion Post No. 353, retired as driver for Frito-Lay in 1982.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Henrietta Harkey Craig; sister, Alpha Jones, Charlotte; brothers, Nathan Craig, Charlotte, Elbert Craig, St. Petersburg, Fla.; grandson, Bradley Leslie Evans, the home
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Thrift Baptist Church, Revs. Ray Pennell, Gene Lathan
BURIAL: Forest Lawn Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before service, church
MEMORIALS: Thrift Baptist Church, 8415 Moores Chapel Road, Charlotte 28214
ARRANGEMENTS: McEwen Charlotte Chapel
Donald Rhodes
ARDEN — Donald Rhodes, 74, of Ball Gap Road, died Feb. 25, 2000, at his residence. He was a native of Buncombe County, son of the late David Frank and Kate Rubena Moody Rhodes, brother of the late Frank Rhodes Jr., sheet metal worker, member of Asheville Moose Lodge No. 781.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Hazel Harmon Rhodes; daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Buddy Herndon, Mount Holly; grandchildren and spouses, Melony and Scott Carothers, Brandon and Jennifer Herndon; great-grandchildren, Austin and Ethan Herndon, Sumerlyn Carruthers; sister, Anna Laura Scarborough, Asheville
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Groce Funeral Home, Lake Julian, Buddy Herndon
BURIAL: New Salem Cemetery
VISITATION: 1:30-3 p.m. today, funeral home
Jeffrey Martin
GASTONIA - Jeffrey Paul Martin, 38, 314 N. Pine St., died Feb. 25, 2000 at Five Oaks Nursing Home. He was a native of Orange County, Fla., brother of the late Bobby Martin.
SURVIVORS: Parents, James O. and Mary Harding Martin, Gastonia; brothers and sisters-in-law, Richard and Dawn Martin, Alan and Sherry Martin, Gastonia; aunts and uncles, Gladys Price, Charles and Lou Martin, Arthur and Sue Harding, Joe and Joyce Harding, Clarence and Diane Harding, all of Gastonia, Louise Griffin, Thelma and Donnie Connard, Bessemer City, Ed and Carolyn Lyles, Greensboro; nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. today, Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery, Revs. Dorothy Lowery, Rex Atkins
VISITATION: 1:30-2:30 p.m. today, Ward Funeral Home
PALLBEARERS: Friends
Dorothy Smith
GASTONIA - Dorothy Shinn Smith, 84, of Courtland Terrace, died Feb. 25, 2000 at her residence. She was a native of Russellville, Ark., former resident of Springwood, daughter of the late Horace Grover Sr. and Ruby S. Shinn, wife of the late Torrence Smith, mother of the late Richard Smith, sister of the late Horace G. Shinn Jr., member of Hickory Grove Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Brother, Earl L. Shinn, Canyon County, Calif.; nephew and wife, Terrell R. and Pauline Smith, Charlotte; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont, Rev. Thomas Hogan
BURIAL: Greenwood Cemetery, Belmont
VISITATION: 6-7:30 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Hickory Grove Baptist Church of Mount Holly, 3717 Hickory Grove Road, Gastonia 28056
June Gillespie
CHERRYVILLE - June Hilda Gillespie, 79, 204 E. Carroll St., died Feb. 25, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Detroit, daughter of the late Adam and Miriam Greasy Griffith, wife of the late Maxwell James Gillespie, sister of the late John Griffith, retired after 34 years of service as a registered psychiatric nurse, Binghampton State Hospital, Binghampton, N.Y., member of Bess Chapel United Methodist Church, Cherryville, member of Order of Eastern Star, Kalurah Temple, Binghampton
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, John and Anita B. Gillespie, Cherryville; daughter and son-in-law, Sandy and Tommy McNeely, Cherryville; brother, Ted Griffith, Ovid, N.Y.; sisters, Doed Wilson, Binghampton, Corrine Stermenski, Castle Creek, N.Y.; grandchildren and spouse, Edi G. and Patrick Perez, Adam and Madylin Gillespie, T.J. McNeely
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Bess Chapel United Methodist Church, Rev. John Stine, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 p.m. tonight, Carpenter’s Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Bess Chapel United Methodist Church, 2741 Highway 274, Cherryville 28021 or American Lung Association, P.O. Box 898, Conover 28613
JUDY M. BESS
DALLAS - Judy McKeown Bess, 66, 315 Briarwood Drive, died March 1, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Caldwell County, owner and operator of Judy Bess Construction, daughter of the late George and Annie Caldwell McKeown, wife of the late Carl "Buck" Bess, sister of the late Gene and George McKeown and Ruth M. Bradley.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Mike Bess, Charlotte, Ron and Sabrina Bess, Danny and Lisa Bess, Dallas; daughters, Donna B. Jenkins, Dallas, Faye B. Moose, Polkville; 14 grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, McLean Funeral Directors, Rev. Fred Morrison
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Dallas Foursquare Gospel Church, 109 W. Church St., Dallas 28034
Ralph C. Foster
CHERRYVILLE - Ralph Collins Foster, 77, 700 Self St., died Feb. 25, 2000, at Century Care of Cherryville. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Amzie and Isabella Sadler Foster, husband of the late Maude Heard Foster, member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Belmont, 1941 graduate of Reid High School, Belmont.
SURVIVORS: Foster daughter, Shirley Heard Evans, Greensboro; sisters, Tiny Goines, Chicago, Janie Bea Penelople, New York City
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Belmont, Rev. Kenneth Alexander
BURIAL: Henry’s Chapel Cemetery, Belmont
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before service, the church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home, Gastonia
Lela L. Jenkins
LINCOLNTON - Lela Leatherman Jenkins, 97, Brian Center of Lincolnton, formerly of Iron Station, died March 1, 2000, at her residence. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Rufus F. and Rosie Idabelle Workman Leatherman, wife of the late Charlie Bailey Jenkins, a homemaker, she and her husband were foster parents in Lincoln County for 30 years, fostering 40 children, member of Pearl Baptist Church, Iron Station.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Alma Advensky, Dallas, Leila Carpenter, Lincolnton; foster sons, Bill Canipe, Lincolnton, Danny Ledbetter, Greensboro, Sammy Ledbetter, Stanley; foster daughters, Nancy Ledbetter Brotherton, Alexis, Sandy Ledbetter, Lincolnton; sisters, Cora and Shirley Beal, Maiden, Alice Lingerfelt, Pearl Turner, Lincolnton; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Iron Station Cemetery, Dr. Robert Wensil
MEMORIALS: Pearl Baptist Church, 4649 E. Highway 27, Iron Station 28080 or Lincoln County United Way, 100 E. Main St., Lincolnton 28092
ARRANGEMENTS: E.F. Drum Funeral Home
FRANK B. RANKIN
MOUNT HOLLY - Frank Battley Rankin, 83, 201 Willowside Drive, died March 1, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Frank Bisaner and Minnie Oneta Battley Rankin, retired attorney, graduate of Mount Holly High School, attended UNC Chapel Hill, construction engineer with the North Carolina State Highway Department and Duke Power, retired Army captain, 9th infantry division, 15th engineers, served in World War II, member of American Legion Post 266, Stanley, past president of Stanley Lions Club and Mount Holly Rotary Club, member of North Carolina state bar and Gaston County bar associations, served as district attorney for Gaston, Lincoln and Cleveland counties, charter member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Mount Holly, and served as a lector/lay reader, senior warden and president of the Men’s Group.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 23 years, Margaret Loftin Thomasson Rankin; daughters and son-in-law, Oneta Blanche Rankin, London, Edith Kathleen R. Well, Hyattsville, Md., Mary Elizabeth R. and Nelson Chowenhill, Jacksonville, Fla.; son and companion, Frank Cree Rankin and Dianne, Chicago; stepson and wife, John Edward Jr. and Amy Thomasson, Graham; stepdaughter, Elena T. Poteat, Stanley; sisters and brother-in-law, Mary Delia R. Jarman, Oneta Kathleen R. Watson, Gastonia, Aubrey Jean R. and Landon Roberts, Asheville; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Richard E. and Julia "Tee" Rankin, Mount Holly; grandson, Sean Moreland Wells; 12 stepgrandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Woodlawn Funeral Home, Revs. James M. Hindle, Joe C. Coulter, Jeffrey A. Douglas
VISITATION: Following service
MEMORIALS: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church/Church of the Holy Cross, P.O. Box 853, Mount Holly 28120
CHARLES H. JACKSON
CLOVER, S.C. - Charles Hope Jackson, 71, 1824 Highway 557, died March 2, 2000, at home. He was a native of York County, S.C., son of the late Roy and Sara Nancy Boyd Jackson, member of Bethel Presbyterian Church, retired machinist from Duff-Norton Co., Charlotte.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Elizabeth Davis Jackson; daughter, Nancy J. Martin, Clover, S.C.; sons, Charles Mack, Glenn and John Edward Jackson, Clover; brothers, William Grier and J. Wideman Jackson, Clover; sisters, Thelma Johnston, Clover, Nancy Hawfield, Fort Mill, S.C.; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, Bethel Presbyterian Church, Revs. Jonathan Dorst, John Gess, Jack Robinson
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Hospice Community Care, 325 S. Oakland Ave., Rock Hill, S.C. 29730; Bethel Presbyterian Church, 2445 Highway 557, Clover, S.C. 29710
Col. Maurice E. Peabody
GASTONIA - Col. Maurice E. Peabody Jr., 87, 2540 Armstrong Circle, died March 2, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a longtime resident of Charlotte, husband of the late Evelyn Horne Peabody, brother of the late Bruce Peabody, graduate of Central High School and Davidson College, where he played football and basketball, served with the Civil Conservation Corps in Oregon, Army veteran of World War II in North Africa and Italy where he earned a Silver Service Star, returned to Fayetteville after the war, where he worked as an area representative for General Motors Acceptance Corporation, worked as regional sales manager for McCoullouch Chain Saw Co., lived in Atlanta, Ga., member of First Presbyterian Church, Gaston Country Club.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Kathryn Graham Petrey Peabody, Gastonia; sons, M.E. Peabody, III, Decatur, Ga., Timothy Peabody, Statesboro, Ga.; step-sons, Harry G. Petrey, Belmont, Ernest Q. Petrey Jr., Cleveland, Ohio; step-daughter, Martha Petrey Trussell, Hanahan, S.C.; grandchildren, Seth and Jeffrey Peabody, Athens, Ga., Laura Peabody, Statesboro, Ga., Martha Petrey Livengood, Harry Lee Petrey II, Cary, John Carl Petrey, Lexington, S.C., Margaret Elizabeth Petrey, Baltimore, Md., Ernest Q. Petrey, III, Durham, Charles Gatliff Petrey, Cleveland, Ernest Edwin, Nancy Ellen and Elizabeth Hope Trussell, Clemson, S.C., Mary Kathryn Trussell, Hanahan, S.C., Bart and Lee Lester, Atlanta; great-grandchildren, Lauren Elizabeth Petrey and Abigail Anne Livengood, Cary
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Saturday, First Presbyterian Church, Rev. John Pruitt, Dr. David Stoker
VISITATION: Following service, City Club of Gastonia
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
