Huge Marriages Search Engine!
James P. Peterson
SHELBY —James P. Peterson, 81, of 2004 Pleasant Hill Church Road, died Aug. 22, 2000, at Hospice of Cleveland County.
He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late James Robert and Susan Matilda Peterson, retired from Minette Mill, Kings Mountain Police Department and City Hall, Army veteran of WWII, of Baptist faith.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Pearline White Peterson; son and daughter-in-law, Jimmy and Jenny Peterson, Shelby; grandson, Tyler James Peterson, Shelby; brother, Theo Peterson, San Diego; sister, Ruth Owens, Gaffney, S.C.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Jessie, David, Olin, Coleman, Rochelle and Rev. Clyde Peterson; sister, Pearl Bolton
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Thursday, Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. Allen Davis
BURIAL: Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery
VISITATION: 6-7:30 tonight, Cleveland Funeral Services
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby 28150 or donor’s choice
Hosea Lee Washington Jr.
CONOVER — Hosea Lee Washington Jr., 20, P.O. Box 129, died Aug. 19, 2000, on Spencer Road in Hickory.
He was a native of Surry County, employed at the Golden Corral as a waiter, attended Revealed Word Academy.
SURVIVORS: Parents, Vikenia Long Washington, Lincolnton, Hosea Washington Sr., Gastonia; sisters, Veronica Washington, Gastonia, Aundrea and Sohia Washington, Lincolnton, Brianna Hillman, Lincolnton; grandparents, Viola Long, Lincolnton, Annie and James Washington, Florida; several aunts, uncles and cousins
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Grandfather, Conley Saunders Long
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Thursday, chapel at Ebony and White’s Funeral Service, Pastor Charles Holmes
BURIAL: Local cemetery
VISITATION: 30 minutes before service; also at the home of Vikenia L. Washington, 302 Little St., Lincolnton
Mary E. D. Jones
YORK, S.C. — Mary Elizabeth Doster Jones, 71, of 3871 Allwood Road, died Aug. 20, 2000, at home.
She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late John and Macey Martin Doster, wife of the late Gene Walter Jones.
SURVIVORS: Daughters and sons-in-law, Rose Mary and Tim Ray, York, Macey Jean and Ernie Shipton, Sumter, S.C.; son and daughter-in-law, Larry "Buck" Eugene and Sheila Ann Jones, York; grandchildren, Andrea Huffstetler, Robbie Clinton, Michael and Timmy Ray, Elizabeth Rowland, Donna and Karen Shipton; great-grandchildren, Robbie Lee Clinton, Chyenne and Cass Huffstetler
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Phillip Haynes
INTERMENT: Canaan United Methodist Church Cemetery
RANDY E. ROBINSON
MOUNT HOLLY — Randy Ellis Robinson, 54, 1464 Kelly Road, died Aug. 25, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte.
He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late John Franklin and Clara Edwards Robinson, general manager of Gibson Die & Stamping, Dallas, 1964 graduate of Stanley High School, member of the Southeast FMC Motor Coach Club, life-long member of Christ’s Lutheran Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Mary Pate Robinson; son and daughter-in-law, Randy Brian and Julie Smith Robinson, Stanley; daughter and son-in-law, Connie Robinson and Robert Gary Dixon Jr., Stanley; sisters and brothers-in-law, Juanita Hovis, High Point, Carolyn Kiser, Crouse, Vivian and George Lineberger Jr., Belmont, Faye Cline, Gastonia, Pat and Neal Ritchie, Iron Station, Eleanor and Hurbert Abernathy, Judy and Harry Abernathy, Mount Holly, Jeraldine and Joe Morris, Alexis; grandson, Landon Taylor Dixon; special friends, John and Pat Gibson; nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brother, Bobby Franklin Robinson
FUNERAL: 4 p.m. today, Christ’s Lutheran Church, Rev. Larry Bollinger
BURIAL: Christ’s Lutheran Church Cemetery
VISITATION: Held Sunday, Carothers Funeral Home, Stanley
PALLBEARERS: Tommy Abernathy, Jack Brown, Rick Coleman, Jim Harrill, Leonard Lewis, Bill Robinson, Ed Robinson, Bill Withers
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Nephews
MEMORIALS: Christ’s Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 203 S. Main St., Stanley 28164
Earle McDowell
SHELBY — Earle McDowell, 92, 315 S. Poston St., died Aug. 26, 2000 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
He was a native of Spartanburg, S.C., son of the late Lester and Nell Cavis McDowell, husband of the late Estelle Crouch McDowell, member Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, former member Bethel United Methodist Church in Spartanburg where he was in the Bethelship Sunday School Class, veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughter-in-law, The Rev. Eugene C. and Catherine McDowell, Shelby, Earle C. McDowell, Clinton, S.C.; grandchild, Laura Rebecca McDowell, Cullowhee.
PRECEDED IN DEATH: Sister, Eleanor McDowell
FUNERAL: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Rev. Eugene C. McDowell
BURIAL: Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg
VISITATION: 5:30-7 tonight, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, mission and ministry fund, 510 W. Sumter St., Shelby 28150
Beatrice Jenkins
BESSEMER CITY — Beatrice Stowe Jenkins, 77, 134 Coho Road, died Aug. 26, 2000, at Century Care Nursing Center, Cherryville.
She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late John and Cassie Dees Stowe, retired from Firestone after 41 years.
SURVIVORS: Brothers, Walter Stowe, Charlotte, Harold Stowe, Monroe; sisters, Sylvia S. Smith, Bessemer City, Epsie Willis, Rock Hill, S.C.; three grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Smith Cemetery, Belmont, Rev. Ray England
VISITATION: 9:30-10 a.m. Tuesday, Greene Funeral Service, Westside
Norma Murdock
YORK, S.C. — Norma Jean Meeks Murdock, 48, 1680 Moss Creek Road, died Aug. 24, 2000 at home.
She was a native of York, daughter of the late James Crawford, sales representative of Wal-Mart of York, member New Home AME Zion Church, Inspirational Choir, Willing-Workers Club, 1970 graduate of Jefferson High School, attended Columbia College in Columbia, S.C. for two years, honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force.
SURVIVORS: Daughters, Natasha D. Murdock, Raleigh, N.C., Melissa D. Murdock, Greensboro, N.C.; mother and step-father, Inathia C. and Leo Neville, York; sisters, Freida L. Thomas, Washington, D.C., Barbara A. Taylor, Junction City, Kan., Phyllis E. Crawford, Rock Hill, S.C.; brother, James F. Crawford, Washington, D.C.; maternal grandmother, Annie B. Meeks, York.
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Tuesday, New Home AME Zion Church, Dr. C.J. Jenkins, Rev. Darial Jackson
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: The body will be available for viewing from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday, Wright Funeral Home and will be placed in the church an hour before the service; family will receive friends at the home of Annie Meeks, 230 California St., York
Sydney Sierra Bowen
GASTONIA — Sydney Sierra Bowen, infant daughter of Christopher M. and Lisa S. Bowen, died Aug. 25, 2000, at Carolina Medical Center, Charlotte.
She was a native of Mecklenburg County.
SURVIVORS: Paternal grandparent, Robin H. Bowen, Cramerton; maternal grandparents, Kenneth D. and Lou Ann S. Shuford, Gastonia; paternal great-grandparents, Lucille Brown, Cramerton, James and Geneva Bowen, Bessemer City; maternal great-grandparents, Kenneth L. and Dottie Shuford, Nell Seagle, Gastonia
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Grandfather, James R. Bowen Jr., great-grandfathers, Thomas F. Seagle and Charles M. Harvin
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Evergreen Cemetery, Rev. Jim Easton
VISITATION: 9:30-10:30 today, McLean Funeral Directors
James E. Wilson
DALLAS — James Evan "Jim" Wilson, 69, 1858 Ratchford Drive, formerly of Bessemer City, died Aug. 26, 2000, at home.
He was a native of Cleveland County, son of the late Arthur and Bessie Smith Wilson, former employee of Kings Point Knitting, Bessemer City, Dixie Lawn Service and Scott Mills, Gastonia, member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Skunk Club of Bessemer City, Army veteran of Korean conflict, a Baptist.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Helen Rigsby Wilson; sons and daughters-in-law, Tommy and Regina Green, Palmetto, Fla., Michael and Bonnie Green, Mark Wilson, Dallas; daughters and sons-in-law, Jackie and Don Cole, Dallas, Garnell and Neddie Hayes, Bessemer City; brother, Bill Wilson, Gastonia; sisters, Marie Barber and Myrtle Stroupe, Kings Mountain; special friend, Tommy Canipe, Bessemer City; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Children, James and Sandra Green, brothers, Howard Wilson and Armittie Deal
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Bessemer City, Revs. Dick Whitener and Dr. Roy Dean Clark
BURIAL: Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, full military rites
VISITATION: 6:30-8:30 tonight, funeral home
Jack Griffin
GASTONIA — Jack Edward Griffin, 75, 2638 Meadow St., died Aug. 26, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
He was a native of Cherokee, S.C., son of the late Jones Moody and Bertha Pierce Griffin, retired from Ticaro.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Della Barnes Griffin; sons, Dennis C., Nickie E., Bruce A. Griffin, Gastonia; brother, James Griffin, Georgia; sisters, Ruth Starling, Fay Scruggs, Fayetteville, Virginia Stowe, Ray Huffman, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Tuesday, McLean Funeral Home
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home
