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Robert Grey
SALISBURY – Carlile Robert Grey, II, 88, formely of Clover, S.C., died at V.A. Medical Center. He was a native of Hickory, son of the late Carlile Rush and Margaret Helen Riddle Grey, husband of the late Mary Josephine Allen Grey, first lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps, pilot, veteran of World War II and Korean Conflict, was with Chenault in China, after 45 years of flying he never lost a student, passenger, cargo or commercial aircraft, used his flying skills to propose marriage by bombing his intended’s house with leaflets that stated, "Mary, will you marry me."
SURVIVORS: Son, Carlile Robert Grey III, M.D., Blythe, Calif.FUNERAL: 4 p.m. Wednesday, Bethel Presbyterian Church, Rev. John Gess
INTERMENT: Church cemetery
MEMORIALS: Bethel Presbyterian Church, 2445 Hwy. 557, Clover 29710
ARRANGEMENTS: M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home
Jerome Pendergrass
GASTONIA – Jerome Pendergrass, 51, 611 Devonwood Drive, died Aug. 6, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of York, S.C., son of the late Fletcher and Carrie Barnett Pendergrass, employed by Edwards Pipeline Construction, Denver, fusion pipe welder and methodic protector, graduate of Roosevelt High School in Clover, S.C., Vietnam veteran, member of the National Guard, member of Flat Rock Baptist Church, Clover.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Delmar Pendergrass, Lake Wylie, S.C., Charlniejeil "Nart" Pendergrass, Kentucky, Todjalyn Pendergrass, Kings Mountain, Anthony Adams, Bab Williamson, Marcus Knox; daughters, Rodjalyn and Ingrid Pendergrass, Tjuana Smith, Michelle Williamson, Denise Knox, all of Gastonia; sisters, Terry P. Myers, the home, Gloria Pendergrass, Lake Wylie, Peggy P. Hoyle, Gastonia, Ivey Robbins, High Point, Gayle Robbins, Morganton; brother John Walker, Clover; 18 grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Flat Rock Baptist Church, Clover, body will be placed in church one hour before service, Rev. Thomas Clifton
BURIAL: Mt. Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery, Sharon
VISITATION: 7 to 9 tonight, Flat Rock Baptist Church
Fairy B. Bradley
GASTONIA – Fairy Bridges Bradley, 95, 601 E. Sixth Ave., died Aug. 7, 1999, at Brian Center Health and Rehabilitation.She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Dial and Mary Wiggins Bridges, wife of the late George Monroe Bradley, mother of the late George M. "Jim" Bradley Jr., Larry and Dick Bradley, member of South Marietta Street Baptist Church for more than 60 years, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son, William R. Bradley, Gastonia; daughters, Lucille Friday, Gastonia, Gecoulia Smith, Hickory, Pa., Faye Altman, Charlotte; sisters, Gener Tugman, Charlotte, Fola Walker, Shelby; 19 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; 16 great-great-grandchildrenFUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, South Marietta Street Baptist Church, Rev. John Ashworth
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 12:30-1:30 p.m. Monday, church
PALLBEARERS: Berkley Altman Jr., Billy, Mike, Rick, Ted and Tom Bradley, Brian Smith, Gordon Russell
MEMORIALS: South Marietta Street Baptist Church, 911 S. Marietta St., Gastonia 28052
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service Southside Chapel
James B. Thomas II
CLOVER – Infant James Blair Thomas, II, one day-old, 106 Wofford St., died at Gaston Memorial Hospital.He was the grandson of the late James A. Thomas.
SURVIVORS: Parents, James Blair and Lora Wallace Thomas; sister Haley Marie Thomas, the home, paternal grandmother, Phyllis Thomas, Clover; maternal grandparents, Frances Bingham, Clover, Paul Ellis Wallace, Clover
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Woodside Cemetery, Rev. Ted Oldaker
VISITATION: 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral Home,
Clover Wanda Ennis
GASTONIA – Wanda O. Ennis, 66, 4209 Big Oak Road, died Aug. 7, 1999, at home.She was a native of McDowell County, daughter of the late Curly Norman and James R. Odear, retired textile worker, of the Baptist faith.
SURVIVORS: Husband Ray Annis Jr., the home; daughters, Virginia Carey, Clover, S.C., Patricia Millsaps, Judy Carey, both of Gastonia, five grandchildren, five great grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICES: noon today, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Barry Morris
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial ParkPALLBEARERS: Mike and Tink Carey, Charley and Billy MillsapsMEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia
ARRANGEMENTS: Green Funeral Service
Joseph A. Kitchen
BELMONT – Joseph Andrew Kitchen, 77, died Aug. 6, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Davidson and Estelle Brevard Kitchen, husband of the late Mary Rankin Kitchen, member of the Queen of the Apostles Catholic Church, veteran of World War II, member of the American Legion Post No. 180.
SURVIVORS: Sister, Ruth K. Rendelman, Stanley; daughter-in-law, Willie B. Daley, Raleigh; granddaughters, Sherri Lavette Kitchen, Chapel Hill, Cynthia Marie Kitchen, Raleigh, five great-grandchildrenFUNERAL: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Costner Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. James L. Setzer Sr.BURIAL: At later date
VISITATION: 12:30 to 1 p.m., Tuesday, funeral home
Ronald Stewart Sr.
STANLEY – Ronald Ray Stewart, 52, 305 W. Poplar St., died Aug. 7, 1999, at home. He was a native of Rutherfordton, son of the late Howard and Essie Collins Stewart, father of the late John Howard Stewart, agent for American General Life Insurance Co., Charlotte, member of New Life Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, La Donna Carpenter Stewart, Stanley; sons and daughter-in-laws, Ronald Ray and Wendy Jones Stewart Jr., Shelby; Robert Smith, Gastonia; stepson, Hilery Lackey, Lowesville; stepdaughter, Lisa Lackey Byrd, Denver; brothers, Harold Stewart, Shelby, Larry Stewart, Charlotte; Gary Stewart, Atlanta; five grandchildren
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Wednesday, Carothers Funeral Home, Rev. Mike Forrester
BURIAL: Friendly Baptist Church cemetary, Hwy. 150, Maiden
VISITATION: 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Carothers Funeral Home
Billy D. Costner
SHELBY — Billy Dwight Costner, 66, 715 Walker Drive, died Aug. 9, 1999, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Robert Webb and Elizabeth Lail Costner, brother of the late Robert Flay and Howard Lee Costner, Helen Costner Grant, painter with Garland Ridings Painting Co., Army veteran. SURVIVORS: Brother, Leonard Costner, Shelby; special niece and nephew, Jeff and Carolyn Grant, and their children, Christie, Casey and Emily; other nieces, Cherry Clark, Sandy Byrum and Gina Justice; other nephews, Scott, Robbie and Donald Costner GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 1 p.m. today, Cleveland Memorial Park, Rev. Len Byers ARRANGEMENTS: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
James M. Silvers Sr.
GASTONIA – James Melvin Silvers Sr., 69, 1419 S. Marietta St., died Aug. 9, 1999, at Hopice at Windover Heights, Shelby. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Cromer Silvers. SURVIVORS: Mother, Mary Lane, Gastonia; sons, James Jr., Bobby and Danny Silvers, Gastonia; daughters, Julie Robertson and Debbie Sellers, Gastonia; stepmother, Ruth Silvers, Columbia, S.C.; half brothers, Fred and David Silvers, Witmire, S.C.; half sisters, Betty Silvers, Chester, S.C., Mary Silvers, Columbia, Judy Head, Gastonia; grandchildren, Sheryl, Christina, Bobby Jr. and Wendy Silvers, Crystal Bridges, Mark Beavers, Marsha and Amanda Robertson, Brook Payne; great-grandchildren, Ashley and Christin Bridges, Amber Silvers; former wife, Shirley Silvers, Gastonia GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. today, Gaston Memorial Park, Revs. Jack Ford, James Lowery VISITATION: At the home of Julie Robertson, 607 Grover St. PALLBEARERS: Mark Beavers, Billy Bridges, Tommy Burgan, Allen Inman, Greg Sellers, Charles Tice ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
Kathleen B. Jackson
DALLAS — Kathleen Bell "Kat" Jackson, 70, died Aug. 10, 1999, at her residence. ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Bessie McKinney
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Bessie Ruth Henderson McKinney, 1179 Ogden Road, died Aug. 8, 1999 at home. She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late Bessie Love and Spencer Henderson Sr., earned her bachelor’s degree from Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, her master’s degree in education from Pennsylvania State University, completed 30 hours in school adiminstration at Winthrop University, further studied at South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, S.C. and the University of South Carolina in Columbia, classroom teacher of grades one through eight for 40 years in the Gaffney and Rock Hill school districts, principal at Sylvia Circle Elementary School for 11 years, a pioneer for African-American women in Rock Hill, first African-American woman principal and trustee on the Rock Hill School Board, Teacher of the Year at Finley Road Elementary School, local president and community chairwoman for the York County Retired Educators Association, member Union Baptist Church, served as treasurer and secretary, trustee, president of the Gold Plus Club, treasurer for the Senior Missionary Society of the Sandy River Baptist Association Upper Division, traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Canada with her church and other women’s Christian organizations, life member Delta Sigma Theta sorority Inc., 1992 Martin Luther King Jr. award recipient. SURVIVORS: Husband, Joseph McKinney, Rock Hill; sister, Helen Williams, Elloree, S.C.; brothers, Carl Henderson, Rock Hill, Fred Henderson, High Point; many nieces, nephews, relatives and special friends. FUNERAL: 1 p.m., today, Union Baptist Church in Newport, S.C., Revs. Ronnie Baxter, W.T. Massey, Osbey Roddey, Gerald Searless ENTOMBMENT: Grandview Memorial Park ARRANGEMENTS: Robinson Runeral Home of Rock Hill
Bobby Sanders Sr.
BESSEMER CITY — Bobby Louis Sanders Sr., 66, 706 W. Alabama Ave., died Aug. 6, 1999 at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Gary and Lillie Campbell Sanders, member Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, maintenance technician. SURVIVORS: Wife, Ruby Sullivan Sanders, Bessemer City; daughters, Patricia S. Logan, Bessemer City, Carolyn S. Bell, Kings Mountain; sons, Bobby L. Sanders Jr., Kings Mountain, Darryl K. and Gary L. Sanders, Bessemer City; brother, Wesley Sanders, Harrisburg, Pa.; sisters, Ella Mae Chalk, Bessemer City, Roberta Sanders, Bronx, N.Y., Ellie Bell Muskelly and Lillie Mae Pressley, New York, N.Y.; 14 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, a host of other relatives and friends. FUNERAL: 4:30 p.m., Thursday, St. James Baptist Church, Revs. A. Wayne Love and Leno Brown BURIAL: Westview Gardens Cemetery VISITATION: 30 minutes before the service at the church ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Connie Burris
GASTONIA — Connie R. Burris, 86, 969 Cox Road, died Aug. 10, 1999 at Brian Health and Rehabilitation Center. ARRANGEMENTS: Martin’s Funeral Home
Rev. Carrie Adams
GASTONIA — The Rev. Carrie Collin Adams, 508 N. Broad St., died Aug. 10, 1999 at home ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Willie L. Stamey
BESSEMER CITY — Willie Luther Stamey of 206 E. Iowa Ave., died Aug. 10, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Burke County, son of the late Alvin Stamey, retired supervisor of Wix Corp., Army veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division. SURVIVORS: Wife, Mary Stamey; son and daughter-in-law Keith and Sherry Stamey, Dallas; son and daughter-in-law Willie and Johnna Stamey Jr., Kings Mountain; daughters and sons-in-law Karen Stamey and Garrison Sellers, Barbara and Joel Sellers, Bessemer City; daughter, Tina Stamey Payne, Bessemer City; mother, Elizabeth Stamey, Valdese; brothers, Virgil Stamey, Hickory, Wesley Stamey, Valdese, Robert Stamey, Colorado Springs, Colo.; sisters, Ada Danner and Jane Swink, Drexel, Pearl Alley and Mary Abernathy, Morganton, Betty Stines and Helen Moses, Valdese; grandchildren, Eric, Brian and Whitney Stamey, Chad Caldwell, Robbie, Amanda and Ashley Payne, Chrystal Dockery, Melodie, Stephen, Stephanie and Joy Sellers GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Westview Gardens, Revs. Patricia Bivens and Phillip Arrowood MEMORIALS: Gaston County Hospice, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28054; First Baptist Church building fund, Bessemer City; Christ United Methodist Church, 3415 Union Road, Gastonia 28054; or Holland Memorial Baptist Church, 123 Holland Memorial Church Road, Bessemer City 28016
Flora B. Putnam
SHELBY — Flora Belle Hamrick Putnam, 88, 930 Pleasant Drive, died Aug. 10, 1999, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Thomas and Ida Humphries Hamrick, wife of the late Gerald Eugene Putnam, sister of the late Ola Bridges, Bessie Humphries, Irene Adams, Ferris, Elbert, Lester and Lloyd Hamrick, member of Zoar Baptist Church, homemaker. SURVIVORS: Sister, Vernie Bolton, Shelby; numerous nieces and nephews FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Friday, Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, Rev. Kenneth Morrison VISITATION: 7- 8 tonight, funeral home, 1401 W. Dixon Blvd.
Arthur L. Johnson
GASTONIA — Arthur Lee "Ott" Johnson, 49, 3507 S. York Road, died Aug. 11, 1999, in Hendersonville. A native of Gaston County, son of the late Margie Mecum Johnson, brother of the late Gary and Robert Johnson, Army veteran of the 82nd Airborne, truck driver for Estes Motor Lines, Charlotte, member of Souls Harbor Tabernacle. SURVIVORS: Wife, Pearlie Dianne Simms Johnson; son, Gary Johnson, Gastonia; daughter and son-in-law, Casey and Marty Brooks, Kings Mountain; brothers and sisters-in-law, Steve and Patsy Johnson, Gastonia, Hugh and Penny Johnson, Gastonia; sister and brother-in-law, Joyce and Rev. Chuck Poole, Kings Mountain; grandchildren, Josh and Brandon Brooks FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Friday, Souls Harbor Tabernacle, Gastonia, Revs. James Chambers and Chuck Poole BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park VISITATION: 6:30-8:30 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
