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Lloyd E. Holden
STANLEY — Lloyd Ernest Holden, 67, 525 Jones St., died March 6, 2000, at the V.A. Hospital, Salisbury.
He was a native of Transylvania County, son of the late Robert and Ethel Masters Holden, worked for Sun States Cleaning Co., Army veteran of Korean War.
SURVIVORS: Adopted son, William Lloyd Holden, Joplin, Mo.; brothers, J.B. Holden, Rosman, Harold Holden, Stanley; sisters, Annie Bell Owen, Winlock, Wash., Lois Pressley, Rosman; four grandchildren; nieces and nephews
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Thursday, Forest Lawn Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton
Tony D. Simmons
BESSEMER CITY — Tony Duane Simmons, 32, 206 E. Virginia Ave., died March 5, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
He was a native of Laurens, S.C., son of the late Matthew A. Simmons, member of First Assembly of God, Gastonia, all-star baseball pitcher with Bessemer City Dixie youth.
SURVIVORS: Fiancee, Pheibe Hall, Bessemer City; sons, Kenneth Ray and Joshua Simmons, Sylva, Jeremy Keith Simmons, Bessemer City; daughters, Jessica Louise Simmons, Sylva, Kelsey Brook and Alexis Jo-Lee Simmons, Bessemer City; mother, Mildred Neal Simmons, Bessemer City; brothers, Scott and Bobby Simmons, Bessemer City; sister, Rhonda Crowder, Gray Court, S.C.; grandmothers, Estelle Birch, Clinton, S.C., Lillie Mae Neal, Bessemer City
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Thursday, Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery, Rev. Lamar Creel
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel, Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: James Bryant, David, Eric, Junior and Shane Neal, Shawn Smith, Don Waddell
MEMORIALS: Teen Challenge, c/o First Assembly of God, 1104 Myrtle School Road, Gastonia 28052
CHARLES V. WHITE
SHELBY — Charles Vance White, 79, 1304 Briarcliff Road, died March 7, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
He was a native of Cherokee County, S.C., son of the late Weldon G. White and Julia Ford White Abercrombie, brother of the late Sadie Lange and Elbert White, bus driver for Mass Transit, Baltimore, World War II Army veteran, Merchant Marine, member of Mount Sinai Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mozelle Early White; daughter and son-in-law, Judy Faye and Ronald Moyer, Columbia, S.C.; sister, Evelyn Kale, Shelby; grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Charles Richard and Mary Moyer, Philadelphia; granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Donna and Scott Horschmann, Philadelphia; great-grandson, Keith Thomas Moyer
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Thursday, Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery, Rev. Jim Sparks
MEMORIALS: Mount Sinai Baptist Church, 1227 Mount Sinai Church Road, Shelby 28152
ARRANGEMENTS: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
Hubert J. Laughlin Jr.
GASTONIA — Hubert Jackson "Jack" Laughlin Jr., 77, died March 6, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
He was a native Cabarrus County, son of the late Hubert J. Sr. and Frances Warren Thomason Laughlin, retired from Southern Railway, after retirement owned Econ-U-Wash, Belmont, member of Loray Baptist Church, Gastonia, former member of Noon Optimist Club, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Betty Goins Laughlin; son and daughter-in-law, Ron and Lisa Laughlin, Sevierville, Tenn.; daughter, Kathy Pilkington, Concord; brother and sister-in-law, Bill and Mary Laughlin, Concord; sisters and brother-in-law, Nancy and Brandon Johnson, Atlanta, Frances Alexander, Greenville, S.C.; grandchildren, Nathan Pilkington, Concord, Heather, Ashley and Thomas Laughlin, Sevierville
FUNERAL: 7:30 tonight, McLean Funeral Directors, Rev. John Bridges
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 6-7 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Loray Baptist Church, 1128 W. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia 28052 or charity of donor’s choice
James B. Ashe
LINCOLNTON — James B. Ashe, 86, 931 N.Aspen St., died March 5, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center.
He was a native of Lincoln County, husband of the late Ada Crowder Ashe, son of the late Arthur and Sally Adam Ashe, brother of the late Mason, Jessie, William, Odell and Robert A. Ashe, Daisy Lee Mills, Annie Mae Starr, Lucille Barnes, Emma Jackson
SURVIVORS: Son, Roy Ashe, Maiden; daughter, Sandra Pope, Washington, D.C.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Novella and Esper Wells, Lawndale, Esther and the Rev. Sidney Ramseur, Maiden; grandchildren, Roy Jr. and Rachel Ashe; two great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Thursday, Poplar Springs AME Zion Church, Rev. Karen Roberts-Miller
BURIAL: Church Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before service, church
PALLBEARERS: Donald and Stephen Wells, Claude, Mason and Reggie Ashe
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Everett and Carl Young
ARRANGEMENTS: Ebony & White’s Funeral Service
Mary H. Poarch
LINCOLNTON — Mary Lou Ellen Hamby Poarch, 98, 1952 Poarch Road, died March 6, 2000, at Lincoln Medical Center.
She was a native of Watauga County, daughter of the late Millard Hamby and Clemmie Teague, wife of the late Pinkney Burgess Poarch, mother of the late Clinton Burgess, Joseph Paul, Clyde Franklin, David Daniel and William Pinkney Poarch, Catherine Elizabeth Poarch, sister of the late Fred, Roy Arthur, James and Ed Hamby, Annie Ester Hamby Hawes, Hattie Hamby Childers, Dovie Lillie Hamby Morris, Mamie Ruth Hamby Hartness, Carrie Bell Hamby Martin, former winder in textile industry, member of Antioch Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Mary Magdalene Poarch Beal, Maiden, Alice Mae Poarch Bone, Belmont, Ester Ruth Poarch Canipe, Lincolnton, Peggie Ann Poarch Tisch, Owenton, Ky., Sylvia Dianne Poarch Burgess, Blowing Rock; sister, Rosie Pearl Hamby Mullis; 28 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; 40 great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, Antioch Baptist Church, Revs. Todd Garren, Tom Campbell, Gordon Schrum; body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8:30 tonight, the church
PALLBEARERS: Robert, Steve and William Poarch, James Beal, Jerry Bone, Rickey Canipe, Jason Ervin, Derreck Burgess
MEMORIALS: Antioch Baptist Church, 3387 Highway 150 E., Lincolnton 28092
ARRANGEMENTS: Burke Mortuaries Inc., Maiden
Willia Mae McCarter
CLOVER, S.C. — Willia Mae McCarter, 87, died March 6, 2000, at Raleigh Community Hospital, Raleigh.
She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late William S. and Minnie Holland McCarter, longtime resident of Clover, cashier for Clover Drug Store for many years, recently resided in Wake Forest near her family.
SURVIVORS: Niece and husband, Susan and Jim Moss, Youngsville
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Thursday, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Rev. Rob Patrick
INTERMENT: Bethany A.R.P. Church Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Clover A.R.P. Church, 127 Kings Mountain St., Clover, S.C. 29710
Carol D. Rankin
MOUNT HOLLY — Carol Dean Rankin, 67, 333 Sandy Ford Road, died March 6, 2000, at home.
He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Leonard Ephrim Rankin, attended Lowell Schools and Southern Biscayne College, lifelong member of First Baptist Church, Lowell, Navy veteran, having served in Naval communications in Korean War, worked for Speizman Co., retired from Freightliner, member of Swinging Stars Dance Group.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Gwendolyn "Pat" Brady Rankin; sons and daughters-in-law, Eric D. and Angie Hoyle Rankin, Mount Holly, John P. and Teresa Moore Rankin, Stanley; daughter and son-in-law, Donna R. and Allen Cantrell, Mount Holly; mother, Mary Riley Rankin, Gastonia; brothers and sisters-in-law, Buddie and Kathryn Rankin, Lowell, Larry and Betty Rankin, Chickamuga, Ga.; sisters and brothers-in-law, Nellie and James Denton, Gail and Richard Trado, Gastonia; sisters-in-law and spouse, Mickie Brady, Lowell, Rachel and Jim Walker, Monroe; grandchildren, Seth and Lauren Keever, Caitlin Cantrell, Jessica, Whitney, Brent and Emily Rankin; nieces and nephews; square-dancing and golfing friends
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Lowell, Rev. Kenneth Cobb
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens, Mount Holly
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly
MEMORIALS: Children & Youth Ministries, c/o First Baptist Church, 400 W. First St., Lowell 28098
Evelyn Linville Millard
CHARLOTTE — Evelyn Linville Millard, 80, died March 4, 2000, at the Harris Hospice Unit of Presbyterian Hospital.
She was a native of Chicago, wife of the late James Howard Millard, daughter of the late Arthur A. and Harriet D. Linville, grew up in Detroit, lived in Pittsburgh for 30 years before moving to Charlotte in 1975.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Judith Linville Millard, Alexandria, Va., Janice Lee Millard, Charlotte; brother, Robert A. Linville, Orlando, Fla.
MEMORIAL SERVICE: Held Tuesday at St. Mary’s Chapel, Charlotte
MEMORIALS: Harris Hospice Unit, Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 33549, Charlotte 28233
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel
HUBERT JARVIS
GASTONIA— Hubert "Jabo" Jarvis, 78, 207 Valley Dale Drive, died March 10, 2000, at home.
He was a native of Winston-Salem, son of the late Edward Stamey and Emma Gray Welch Jarvis, husband of the late Inez B. Jarvis, auto mechanic, decorated veteran of World War II, wounded at St. Lowe.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-laws, Eddie and Audrey Jarvis, Ronnie and Lee Ann Jarvis, Lincolnton, Danny and Sharon Jarvis, Gastonia; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Revs. William Calvert, Danny and Eddie Jarvis
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
MEMORIALS: Gideons International, Gaston East Camp, P.O. Box 1497, Belmont 28012
