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Felix B. Stines
DALLAS — Felix Bennoi Stines, 57, 501 E. Cloninger St., died Aug. 29, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Herman and Vera P. Stines, member and former deacon of Hardin Baptist Church, member of Gaston Lodge No. 263 and Scottish Rites Shriners, Dallas Rescue Squad board of directors, "The New Creations" gospel group.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Maxine Williams Stines; sons and daughters-in-law, Tony Stines, Chris and Katie Stines, Kevin and Alison Stines, Dallas; daughter and son-in-law, Laura and Chris Salley, Gastonia; sisters, Betty Ann Johnson, Jean Rush, Gastonia; grandchildren, Ashley Blair and Ian Davis Stines
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brother, Barry Joe Stines
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Thursday, Hardin Baptist Church, Dallas, Rev. Fain Farmer
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, with masonic rites
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Hardin Baptist Church; other times at the home of Chris Stines, 1503 Dallas-Cherryville Hwy., Dallas
PALLBEARERS: Ken Auten, Harold Dean Fulbright, Robert Hinkle, Jimmy Holler, Deany Phillips, Tonya Young
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Hardin Baptist Church deacons, members of Dallas Rescue Squad
MEMORIALS: Hardin Baptist Church, P.O. Box 591, Dallas 28034
ARRANGEMENTS: Greene Funeral Service, Southside Chapel, Gastonia
James D. Neelands
CLOVER, S.C. — James Daniel "Dinah" Neelands, 78, 300-B Willow Oaks Circle, died Aug. 29, 2000, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C.
He was a native of York County, son of the late Daniel Abraham Neelands and Bertha Lee Wilson, World War II Navy veteran, serving in the South Pacific on the USS Lexington, retired from Rock Hill Printing and Finishing.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Delores N. Horton, Concord; brother, Charlie B. Neelands, Clover; sister, Jenny N. Smith, Rock Hill; grandchildren, Todd Bryant, York, Josh Bryant, Clover; one great-grandchild
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral Home, Rev. David Stanford
INTERMENT: Lakeview Memory Gardens
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, M.L. Ford and Sons Funeral Home
Michael M. Pitsikoulis
BELMONT — Michael Marinos Pitsikoulis, 45, died Aug. 28, 2000.
He was a native of Viki, Chios, Greece, son of the late Marinos Pitsikoulis, partner with the North Star Seafood Restaurant, member of Chios Society, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Diana E. Pitsikoulis; mother, Maria Pitsikoulis, Dallas; sisters and brothers-in-law, Vivian Karampourniotis, Charlotte, Irene and Chris Fotinos, Dallas, Kitsa and Manoli Abazis, Greece; parents-in-law, John and Catherine Youlios, New Jersey; brother-in-law, Ted Youlios, New Jersey; nephews and nieces, Vaki Karampourniotis, George, Maria, Marina and Vivian Fotinos, Belmont, Bobby and Katerina Abazis, Greece; cousins and special friends
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brother, Kyriakos Pitsikoulis
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Revs. George Daskalakis, Tommy Vlahos
INTERMENT: Evergreen Cemetery
TRISAGION: 7 tonight, the cathedral
ARRANGEMENTS: Hankins & Whittington, Dilworth Chapel
Robert H. Hill
GASTONIA — Robert Henry Hill, 64, 1341 W. Franklin Blvd., died Aug. 29, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
He was a native of Emory, S.C., son of the late Yule and Zonnie Massingale Hill, retired as cab driver for Yellow Cab Co.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Lisa Whitehead, Gastonia; brother, Leon Hill, Bessemer City; sisters, Bobbie Shipton, Rock Hill, S.C., Marcel Hollifield, Cardington, Ohio
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Thursday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Phil Lemons
VISITATION: 1:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
Prentice Hodge
ROSWELL, N.M. — Prentice Hodge, 76, died Aug. 28, 2000, at home.
He was a native of Cilo, S.C., son of the late Robert and Bessie Hodge, moved to Roswell three years ago from Doniphan, Mo., served as paratrooper in World War II with rank of corporal.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 55 years, Virginia Jonas Hodge; sons, Ronald Hodge, Denver, Colo., Michael and Jeffrey Hodge, Doniphan; brothers, Julius, Hamer, Clinton and John Hodge, Gastonia; sisters, Edna Wilson, Gastonia, Mae Pate, Laurinburg
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Lilian Alford; brother, Jesse Hodge
ARRANGEMENTS: Anderson-Bethany Funeral Home and Crematory, Roswell
CORA LEE LANEY
STANLEY — Cora Lee Laney, 93, 113 Hovis Road, formerly of Belmont, died Aug. 28, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.
She was a native of Bryson City, daughter of the late George Lawson and Amanda C. Wiggins Laney, retired after 50 years with R.L. Stowe Mills, Chronicle Plant, member of New Life Baptist Church, Stanley, resident at Woodlawn Haven, Mount Holly.
SURVIVORS: Nieces and nephews
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Willard, Millard, Lester, Lawson, Ranson and Stanley Laney; sisters, Arzona Holder, Mamie Johnson, Florence Gibby
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Thursday, McLean-Bumgardner Funeral Home, Belmont
BURIAL: Greenwood Cemetery, Belmont
VISITATION: Noon-1:45 p.m. Thursday, funeral home
Mildred W. Denton
GASTONIA — Mildred Wimberly Denton, 85, of Carolina Care Center, Cherryville, formerly of Ransom Street, died Aug. 29, 2000 at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
She was a native of LaFayette, Ga., daughter of the late William Hollis and Bessie Fuller Wimberly, wife of the late Oris Miller Denton, graduate of Hixson High School, Hixson, Tenn., 1939 graduate of Knoxville General Hospital School of Nursing, employed at Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville, Tenn., from 1939-1940, veteran of the Army Nursing Corp. serving 43 months in Australia, New Guinea and Luzon, awarded the American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon with two bronze service stars, Victory Medal, World War II and Philippine Liberation Ribbon with a bronze star, retired emergency room supervisor at Gaston Memorial Hospital, member of First United Methodist Church, Gastonia.
SURVIVORS: Daughter, Mary Katherine Denton, Kings Mountain; brother, William Hollis Wimberly II, Honolulu, Hawaii; two grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Thursday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Dr. Jody Seymour; World War II Last Man Club preforming full military honors
VISITATION: 10-10:45 a.m. Thursday, Carothers Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: First United Methodist Church, 190 E. Franklin Blvd., Gastonia 28052
Annie Mae Nichols
MOUNT HOLLY — Annie Mae Nichols, 75, 318 Lowland Dairy Road, died Aug. 28, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte.
She was the daughter of the late Henry and Robert Reid Byrd, homemaker, member of St. Paul FBH Church, Mount Holly.
SURVIVORS: Husband, James Nichols; daughters and son-in-law, Bertie and Walter Linebarger, Sherrills Ford, Frances Lewis, Hickory, Deborah W. Rendleman, Beverly Sherrill, Stanley; sons and daughters-in-law, James R. and Linda Nichols, Gastonia, Willie G. Nichols, Billy J. and Annie Nichols, Eric Nichols, James and Betty Littlejohn, Charlotte; Roger L. and Ruth Nichols, Leroy Nichols, Michael D.L. Nichols, Reginald and Tamela Nichols, Casey Littlejohn, Mount Holly, Alfred "Johnie" Nichols, Belmont; sisters, Josephine Hunter, Maxine Jenkins, Charlotte; brothers, Robert and Charles Linebarger, Charlotte, John Linebarger, Florida; goddaughter, Mazaline Smith, Mount Holly
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. Thursday, St. Paul FBH Church, Mount Holly
BURIAL: Mount Beulah United Methodist Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8 tonight, church
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner’s Funeral Home, Gastonia
DR. PAUL SARAZEN JR.
SHELBY — Dr. Paul Mark Sarazen Jr., 214 Fairway Drive, died Aug. 29, 2000, at home.
He was a native of Westchester County, N.Y., son of the late Paul Mark and Marian Belish Sarazen, graduate of Duke University and Duke University School of Medicine, World War II Navy veteran, served in U.S. Medical Corps attached to Air Force during Korean conflict, practiced pediatric medicine in Shelby beginning in 1955, when he co-founded the Shelby Children’s Clinic with Dr. Richard Bowles, first board-certified pediatrician in Shelby, founded Professional Child Care Center, Charlotte, in early 1960s, serves as its president until it merged with another practice, co-founded Temp Vent Corp. in the 1970s, served as its chairman until it was acquired by CertainTeed Corp. in 1999.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Jo Patton Sarazen; children, Paul Sarazen III, Lattimore, Jo Dolly Sarazen Martin, Atlanta, Laura Sarazen, Key West, Fla., Raleigh Sarazen, Birmingham, Ala.; four grandchildren, Paul IV, Raleigh Jr. and Elizabeth Sarazen, Sarah Jo Martin
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: Private
VISITATION: 7:30-9 tonight, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby 28150 or American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 394, Shelby 28151
Irene Allison Worthen
CHARLOTTE — Irene Allison Worthen, 83, 1209 Norris Ave., died Aug. 25, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center.
She was a native of York County, S.C., wife of the late Eugene Worthen, daughter of the late Frank and Nancy Grier Allison, member of White Hill AME Zion Church, York, S.C., homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son, Robert Allison, Charlotte; sisters, Parnease A. Nelson, Charlotte, Macy McGill, High Point; brother, Frank Allison Jr., Gastonia
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Thursday, White Hill AME Zion Church, York, Rev. W.O. Thompson
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8 tonight, Costner Funeral Home, Gastonia
