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Karan Fletcher
STANLEY — Karan Theresa Zissette Fletcher, 42, 2448 Ridgecrest Drive, died Aug. 3, 2000. She was a native of Richland County, S.C., daughter of the late Eddie Zissette Jr., employed as an accountant.
SURVIVORS: Husband, David C. Fletcher; daughter, Desiree Natsha Fletcher, the home; mother, Ruby Fletcher, Camden, S.C.
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton, Rev. Doug McLean
BURIAL: 3 p.m. today, Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbia, S.C.
VISITATION: Held Friday
Clifton Mason
GREENSBORO — Clifton Mason, 709 Law St., formerly of Gastonia, died Aug. 1, 2000, at Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Bessie Barnett Mason; daughter and son-in-law, Mary and Ronald Marshall, Greensboro; two grandchildren; five great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, New Light Missionary Baptist Church, Dr. Cardes H. Brown Jr.
BURIAL: Greensboro Cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Community Funeral Service
Faye Stacey
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Faye Stacey, 73, 626 Bell Road, died Aug. 3, 2000, at Bowman Gray. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Lester and Vada Champion Canipe, retired nurse from Kings Mountain Hospital, member of Oak Grove Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, J.B. Stacey; sons and daughters-in-law, Jerry and Marie Stacey, Larry and Barbara Stacey, Jeff and Sherry Stacey, Kings Mountain; brothers and sisters-in-law, Wray and Louise Canipe, Kings Mountain, Yates and Betty Green, Fallston; sisters and brother-in-law, Ruthie and Arnold Bell, Lenoir, Hazel Canipe, Kings Mountain; 11 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 5 p.m. Sunday, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Rev. Ron Caulder
VISITATION: After service, church, other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Admore Moravian Church, 203 W. Academy St., Winston-Salem 27103-3780
ARRANGEMENTS: Cleveland Funeral Services, Shelby
Roy Steve Craig
MOUNT HOLLY - Roy Steve Craig, 60, 105 Russell Lane, died Aug. 4, 2000, at home. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Rhonda Craig, retired contract painter.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Hazel Walker Craig; mother, Ruby Carpenter Craig, Lincolnton; son, Steve Dennis, Lincoln County; stepsons, James Dennis, Iron Station, Russell Wright, Dallas, Cecil Wright, Mount Holly, Charles Wright, Cramerton, Michael Wright, Belmont; stepdaughter, Joyce Meeler, Belmont; brothers, Walter Craig, Maiden, Harold Craig, Gastonia; sisters, Mardiase Stallings, Iron Station, Carol Seigle, Lincolnton; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Woodlawn Funeral Home
INTERMENT: Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont
VISITATION: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, funeral home; condolence messages may be sent to woodlawnfuneral@aol.com
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
C. L. Hamrick
SHELBY - Chesley Lemuel Hamrick, 63, 1118 Costner Road, died Aug. 4, 2000, at 58 Sourwood Knoll, Linville. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Sherrill Hamrick Sr., member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Beatrice Hendrick Hamrick, the home; brother, Sherrill Hamrick Jr., North Augusta, S.C.; sister, Cynthia Hamrick, Shelby
FUNERAL: 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Rev. Russell Fitts
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 6:30-8 tonight, Stamey Funeral Home, Fallston
MEMORIALS: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 3932 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Shelby 28150
Donald L. Ardrey
HICKORY — Donald Lewis Ardrey, 60, No. 12 Ninth Ave. N.W., died Aug. 3, 2000. He was a native of Perry County, Ohio, son of the late Stanley and Antionette Reiber Ardrey, manager of agriculture business.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Nancy M. Ardrey; sons, Todd D. Ardrey, Loudonville, Ohio, Tyle L. Ardrey, Cherryville, Trent C. Ardrey, Medina, Ohio; brothers, Verne and Carl Ardrey, Rushville, Ohio, Lee Ardrey, Baltimore, Ohio, Phillip Ardrey, Thornville, Ohio; sisters, Wilma Hugus, Wyoming, Rose Stoner, Thornville, Ohio; grandchildren, Tyler, Tayler, Samantha, Hunter and Bailey Ardrey
MEMORIAL SERVICE: To be held at later date in Ohio
MEMORIALS: American Heart Association, c/o Betty Potts, 2638 Lee Lawing Road, Lincolnton 28092
ARRANGEMENTS: Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton
Monica Lynn Birchfield
HIGH SHOALS — Monica Lynn Benge Birchfield, 27, 316 River St., died Aug. 5, 2000. She was a native of Gaston County, worked as an assistant manager at TV Rental Co.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Donnie Ray Birchfield; son, Donnie Ray Birchfield Jr., the home; parents, Gene Benge, Lowell, Diane Lancaster, Gastonia; sister, Crissy Lancaster, Gastonia; stepsisters, Brandy and Angel Benge, Lowell; maternal grandparents, Paul and Anna Holland, Bessemer City; paternal grandmother, Mary Ewing, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday, Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton, Evangelist Jack Taylor and Pastor Ron Hawkins
BURIAL: High Shoals Memorial Garden Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, funeral home
Donnie Martin
PINEVILLE, S.C. — Donnie Allan Martin, 51, 141 Tasman Lane, died Aug. 5, 2000, in Berkeley County, S.C. He was a native of Anderson, S.C., son of the late Frank J. Martin, stepson of the late Johnny C. Wilkins, retired city of Charlotte employee, Army veteran who served in Germany, member of Steele Creek Masonic Lodge No. 737, Charlotte, Skull Shoals Baptist Church, Gaffney, S.C.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Ashley Martin, Belmont; mother, Mary L. Wilkins, Blacksburg, S.C.; sister, Barbara Heckley, Sarasota, Fla.
FUNERAL: White Columns, Blacksburg
VISITATION: At the home of his mother, 101 N. Chester St., Blacksburg
William McAllister
LINCOLNTON - William Henry McAllister, 89, 206 Lake Sylvia Road, died Aug. 4, 2000. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Marion and Sarah Eurey McAllister, husband of the late Dora Lewis McAllister, textile employee.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Marie M. Carpenter, Crouse, Elsie E. McAllister, Lincolnton; grandsons, Billy Carpenter, Charlotte, Rusty Carpenter, Crouse
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. today, Hollybrook Cemetery, Rev. Linda Stack –Morgan
ARRANGEMENTS: Warlick Funeral Home
James Duncan
DALLAS - James Dennis Duncan, 50, 3523-2 Cloninger Ave., died Aug. 4, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of Aiken County, S.C., son of the late Walter Ligon and Patricia Judy Ferguson Duncan, member Victory Hill Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Brothers and sisters-in-law, Larry and Emily Duncan, Gastonia, Walter and Christa Duncan, Loris, S.C., Gary and Rita Duncan, Dallas, George and Mary Lewis, Crossville, Tenn., Johnny Duncan, Gastonia; sisters and brother-in-law, Barbara Duncan, Dallas, Judine and David Ray Bailey, Atlanta.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sisters, Faith Lewis Williamson, Belinda Verbel
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, Hardin Baptist Church Cemetery, Rev. Fain Farmer
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, Dallas Funeral Home
James Camp
EATON RAPIDS, MICH. — James T. "J.T." Camp, 77, of Eaton Rapids, Mich., died Aug. 2, 2000. He was a native of Shelby, son of the late Boyd and Laura Spake Camp, husband of the late Mary Camp, veteran of World War II, Purple Heart recipient, retired from Teamsters Local #580 working for Granger Bros. Construction Co. in Lansing, Mich., also worked as a truck driver for Cooper Chevy/Olds in Eaton Rapids, founding member of the Island City Baptist Church, life member and past noble of the I.O.O.F Lodge #114.
SURVIVORS: Children and spouses, Laura and Vernie Miller, Diane Oberlin, James Camp Jr., Brian Camp, Deborah and David Lynch, Caroyll Camp; sisters and brothers-in-law, Edna and Bob Fortenberry, Jean Allen, Joann and Charles Daves, Raye and Aubrey Clark, Rachel and Bill Jolley; brothers and sisters-in-law, Hoyle and Katherine Camp, Jack and Barbara Camp, John and Earleen Camp, Hugh and Carolyn Camp, Irene and Louise Camp; 13 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews.
PRECEDED IN DEATH: Son, Dwight Camp; sister, Ruby Camp Ross; brothers, Joe A. and Bill M. Camp
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, Rev. Keith Dixon
BURIAL: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. Monday, the funeral home
Mary Laughridge
GASTONIA - Mary Maybelle Laughridge, 98, of Gastonia, died Aug. 4, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of York, S.C., daughter of the late William Thomas and Minnie Walker Laughridge, member Parkdale Freewill Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Brother, Waits Laughridge, Charkdale, Ga.; nephews and spouses, Charles and Sandy Laughridge, Ronnie and Elizabeth Holland, William Laughridge, Gastonia; nieces and spouses, Brenda and Frank Huffstetler, Dallas, Carolyn and Ed Sykes, Harrisburg, Florene Moses, Gastonia.
PRECEDED IN DEATH: Brothers, Forest, Truman, Allen "Buck," Ross, Eugene, Lester, Fester, Frank and James Laughridge; sister, Annie Laura Holland
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, Woodside Cemetery, Clover, S.C., Rev. Don Sessions
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel; other times at the home of Breda Huffstetler, 165 Huffstetler Lake Road, Dallas
Roy Steve Craig
MOUNT HOLLY - Roy Steve "Shorty" Craig, 60, 105 Russell Lane, died Aug. 4, 2000, at home. He was a native of Lincoln County, son of the late Ronda Craig, retired contract painter.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Hazel Walker Craig; mother, Ruby Carpenter Craig, Lincolnton; son, Steve Dennis, Lincoln County; stepsons, James Dennis, Iron Station, Russell Wright, Dallas, Cecil Wright, Mount Holly, Charles Wright, Cramerton, Michael Wright, Belmont; stepdaughter, Joyce Meeler, Belmont; brothers, Walter Craig, Maiden, Harold Craig, Gastonia; sisters, Mardiase Stallings, Iron Station, Carol Seigle, Lincolnton; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Woodlawn Funeral Home
INTERMENT: Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home; condolence messages may be sent to woodlawnfuneral@aol.com
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
Mary Crooke
LOWELL - Mary Craig Crooke, 72, 310 E. First St., died Aug. 4, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Alfred C. and Maryella Catherine Jarrett Craig, retired from Dillard’s Department Stores, charter member of Presbyterian Church of Lowell.
SURVIVORS: Son, Paul Crooke, Lowell; daughters, Beth Crooke, Rock Hill, S.C., Susan Craig Crooke, Gastonia; sister, Barbara C. Mills, Lowell; granddaughter, Sarah Kathleen Hadloc, Gastonia
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 4 p.m. Tuesday, Presbyterian Church, Rev. Tim Arnold
BURIAL: Private
VISITATION: 6-8 p.m. Monday, at the home
MEMORIALS: The Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 518, Lowell 28098
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
Ada Warren
LINCOLNTON - Ada Lynch Warren, 86, The Brian Center of Lincolnton, formerly of Red Bud Road, died Aug. 5, 2000. She was a native of Lincoln County, daughter of the late Albert Dixon Lynch and Lillie Rhyne, textile worker, member Laboratory United Methodist Church.
SURVIVORS: Nieces and nephews.
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. today, Laboratory United Methodist Church, Rev. Linda Stack-Morgan, the body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service
BURIAL: Church cemetery
MEMORIALS: Laboratory United Methodist Church, 2896 Laboratory Road, Lincolnton 28092
ARRANGEMENTS: Warlick Funeral Home
Keith Lawing
BESSEMER CITY - Keith McClain Lawing, 71, 1011 N. Sixth St., died Aug. 4, 2000 at home. He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Page and Olean Hullender Lawing, member Trinity Assembly Evangelical Church, Navy veteran of World War II.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Sue Dellinger Lawing; son and daughter-in-law, Brian K. and Teresa Lawing, Gastonia; daughter, Scottie L. Lawing, the home; brother, Don C. Lawing, Gastonia; granddaughter, Brandi M. Lawing.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Greene Funeral Service, Westside Chapel, Rev. Leroy Easler
BURIAL: Private
VISITATION: One hour before the service, the funeral home
MEMORIALS: Heart Society of Gaston County, 220 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia 28052 or Trinity Assembly Evangelical Church building fund, 1458 White-Jenkins Road, Bessemer City 28016
