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Hazel Hart
GASTONIA— Hazel Beaty Hart, 81, 4312 Beaty Road, died March 10, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Mac and Eula Moss Beaty, wife of the late Louis A. Hart, homemaker, member Sandy Plains Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Wanda H. and David Miller, Gastonia; son, Keith Hart, Gastonia; sister, Pauline Hinkle, Gastonia; brothers, Herman Beaty, Cramerton, Marcus Beaty, Gastonia.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Revs. Richard Brown, A.A. Bailey
BURIAL: Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery
MEMORIALS: The ALS Foundation
Jack Lewis
SHELBY— Jack Bate Lewis, 78, 416 Miles Road, died March 11, 2000 at Crawley Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Gaither A. and Amanda Champion Lewis, retired truck driver with Carolina Freight and P.P.G, member Bethel Baptist Church, American Legion and Disabled American Veterans, served in the North African campaign of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Gene and Jimmy Lewis, Shelby; sisters and brother-in-law, Nell and Bob Stone, Duncan, S.C., Ruth Graham, Shelby, nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Monday, Cleveland Memorial Park, Rev. Danny Lewis
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before the service at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Bethel Baptist Church, 600 S. DeKalb St., Shelby 28150 or donor’s choice
Betty Townsend
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Betty Wilson Townsend, 79, 116 Ferguson Road, died March 10, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia. She was a native of Camden, N.J., daughter of the late Gene and Fredia Dodlin, wife of the late Emory Wesley Townsend, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Shelia and Keith Willard, Gastonia; half-sister, Paula Dodlin, Camden, N.J.; grandchildren, Thea Moore, Tampa, Fla., Ted Lastinger, Bessemer City; great-grandchildren, Heather, Brittany and Tiffany Moore, Samantha and Baily Lastinger.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4:30 p.m. today, Mountain Rest Cemetery
VISITATION: One hour before the service at Harris Funeral Home and other times at the home of Shelia Willard, 308 Dooley Drive, Gastonia
Joseph Belt
GROVER — Joseph Wilbert "Bill" Belt, 82, 158 Blackburn Drive, died March 10, 2000 at Wendover in Shelby. He was a native of Woodruff, S.C., son of the late William Riley and Martha Jeanette Reid Belt, husband of the late Christine Rector Belt, installer of textile machines, member Bethany Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Vergia Collins Belt; sons and daughters-in-law, Jim and Brenda Belt, Kings Mountain, Bill and Linda Belt, Dallas, Rick and Diane Belt, Gastonia, Steve Belt, Kings Mountain; daughters and sons-in-law, Pam Belt, Kaye Mellon, Debbie and Brent Earley, Kings Mountain, Faye Brown, Grover, Jeanette and Jim Cook, Casar; brother, Aaron F. "Bud" Belt, Black Mountain; 32 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren.
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Monday, Bethany Baptist Church, Revs. Doug Ramsey, Leonard Huffstetler, Elliott Tessneer
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain
VISITATION: 6:30-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Steeple Fund, Bethany Baptist Church, 723 Cleveland Ave., Grover 28073 or Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby 28150
G. Edward Byers
KINGS MOUNTAIN - G. Edward "Ed" Byers, 75, 221 Walker St., died March 10, 2000 at Century Care in Gastonia. He was a native of Rutherford County, son of the late Samuel A. and Mattie Dellinger Byers, brother of the late Millie Kiser, retired from Plastic Products in Bessemer City, member Veterans of Foreign Wars, U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Willie Morris Byers; son, Doye Edward Byers, Wheeling, W. Va.; daughter and son-in-law, Brenda Byers and Wayne Roberts, Kings Mountain; sister, Carolyn Dillinger, Gastonia; grandchildren, Kim Caldwell, Dianne Cash, Amy Husk, Ethan and Shauna Byers.
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Monday, Mountain Rest Cemetery, Rev. Wayne Reese
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Gaston County Hospice, 260 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia 28054
Dennis N. Farris
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Dennis N. Farris, 53, 625 Oak Grove Road, died March 11, 2000, at Kings Mountain Hospital. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Darwin and Lyall Ruth Williams Farris, father of the late Jeffrey Scott Farris, employee of Patrick Yarns, Kings Mountain.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Brenda K. McMullen; daughters and sons-in-law, Karen Farris and Rick Beaver, Shelby, Tammy and Jeff Truett, Christie White, Kings Mountain; sisters, Janet Parker, Kings Mountain, Phyllis Brasier, Gaffney, S.C., Jacquline Hubbard, Bessemer City
VISITATION: Tonight, the home
MEMORIALS: Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry, 208 N. Cleveland Ave., Kings Mountain
ARRANGEMENTS: Harris Funeral Home
Eula G. Ross
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Eula Greene Ross, 68, 4020 Pinehurst Drive, died March 11, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center. She was a native of Rock Hill, daughter of the late Oscar T. and Lela Privette Greene, wife of the late Charles Clifford Ross Sr., retired from Hoechst-Celanese Corp. with more than 40 years of service, member of India Hook United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Charles C. Ross Jr., Gastonia, Donald L. Ross, High Point; daughter, Debbie Ross McDaniel, Catawba, S.C.; brothers, Thomas and Bill Greene, Chester, S.C.; sister, Lucille Woodward, Rock Hill; seven grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Monday, Grandview Memorial Park, Rev. William Heustess
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, the home
MEMORIALS: India Hook United Methodist Church, 3300 Mount Gallant Road, Rock Hill 29732
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Home
Nell Lowery
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Nell Randall Lowery, 81, 209 El Bethel Road, died March 11, 2000 at White Oak Manor. She was a native of Cleveland County, wife of the late William Hill Lowery, member Bethlehem Baptist Church, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Seerly and Faye Lowery, Scotland County; daughters and sons-in-law, Susan L. and Richard White, Kings Mountain, Hilda L. and Danny Kiser, Kings Mountain; grandchildren, John and Olivia Lowery, Russell Kiser.
FUNERAL: 5 tonight, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Revs. David Blanton, Russell Fitts
BURIAL: Bethlehem Baptist Church cemetery
MEMORIALS: Bethlehem Baptist Church, building fund, 1017 Bethlehem Road, Kings Mountain
ARRANGEMENTS: Harris Funeral Home
Rev. Richard Stanley Sr.
BESSEMER CITY - Rev. Richard Arnold Stanley Sr., 82, 102 Gamble Ave., died March 15, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Shenandoah, Va., son of the late Herbert A. and Lena Comer Stanley, served as a Wesleyan Methodist Minister, district secretary for 25 years, associate minister of Washington, D.C., Wesleyan Methodist Church, Beal’s Chapel, Lincolnton, Mooresville First Wesleyan, Reagan Wesleyan, Gastonia, Ennis Street Wesleyan, High Point, Belmont First Wesleyan, McAdenville Wesleyan, interim at Firestone and McAdenville Wesleyan churches.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Myrtle Musgrove Stanley; son and daughter-in-law, Rev. and Mrs. Richard A. Stanley Jr., Burlington; daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holland, Bessemer City; sister, Louise Moneymaker, Seaford, Del.; granddaughter and spouse, Lori and Erick Ramsey, Shelby; grandsons, Richard A. Stanley III, Wynchester, Tenn., Wesley Carroll Stanley, Shelby; great-granddaughter, Amber Nicole Stanley, Shelby
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Firestone Wesleyan Church, Gastonia, Revs. Raymond Phaup, Henry Williams, Alvin Wooters
BURIAL: Westview Gardens Cemetery
VISITATION: At the home
PALLBEARERS: Revs. Steve Beam, Joe Harding, Charles Patton, Jeff Wipert, Eddie Gray, Jerry Lumston, Mark Poe and Alvin Wooters
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Wesleyan ministers
MEMORIALS: Southeastern Wesleyan University, Stanley Memorial Scholarship Fund, P.O. Box 1020-515, Central, S.C. 29630
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
JAMES D. WHITE SR.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — James David White Sr., 72, 4249 Marshall Road, died March 15, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center. He was a native of York County, S.C., son of the late George Pearson Sr. and Wren Brown White, Navy veteran of World War II, retired scheduler from Rock Hill Printing & Finishing Company, member of Mount Holly United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Dorothy Dunlap White; daughter, Patricia White Hope, York, S.C.; brother, Marshall White, Rock Hill; sister, Martha White Workman, Rock Hill; two grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Mount Holly United Methodist Church Cemetery, Rev. Mike Rouse
VISITATION: At the home
MEMORIALS: Mount Holly United Methodist Church Building Fund, 1996 Mount Holly Road, Rock Hill, S.C. 29730
ARRANGEMENTS: Bratton Funeral Home, York
Vida Alene Foster
LINCOLNTON - Vida Alene Foster, 67, 470 Sweetbriar Lane, died March 15, 2000, at home. She was a native of Cherokee County, daughter of the late Bert and Maggie Hester Smith, wife of the late Johnny J. Foster, worked in textile industry.
SURVIVORS: Son, Roger Lee Foster, Lincolnton; daughters, Shirley Foster Ledford and Linda Foster Ledford, Lincolnton; sisters, Betty Smith Ingle, Lincolnton, Elizabeth Faye Huss, Cherryville; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, New Life Christian Fellowship, Rev. Dennis Petro, body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Hollybrook Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Warlick Funeral Home
