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KATHERINE PIPES
CHARLOTTE - Katherine Rhyne Pipes, 71, died Oct. 17, 2000, at Carolinas Medical Center. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Earl Luther and Katherine "Kate" Lineberger Rhyne, wife of the late Thomas Carl Pipes, homemaker, of Lutheran faith, graduate of Bessemer City High School.
SURVIVORS: Sons, Robert and Michael Pipes, Charlotte; David Pipes, St. Louis, Dennis Pipes, Asbury, N.J.; brothers, Glenn Rhyne, Bessemer City, Alvin Rhyne, Clover, S.C.; sisters, Frances Griffin, Charlotte, Dene Rhyne, Bessemer City; grandchildren, Kevin and Shannon Pipes, Asbury, Jessica, Stephanie, Rachel, Sarah and Mary Pipes, St. Louis
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Dan and John Rhyne
FUNERAL: 1 p.m. today, Grace Lutheran Church, Bessemer City, Rev. Cyrus Frazier
INTERMENT: Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery
ARRANGEMENTS: Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Bessemer City
GOLDIE McDANIEL
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Goldie Ostrom McDaniel, 85, 109 N. Sims St., died October 18, 2000, at Century Care Center in Shelby. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Englebert and Emma Hull Ostrom, wife of the late Willard Dean McDaniel, retired nurse, member of Boyce Memorial ARP Church.
SURVIVORS: Son, Mike McDaniel, Kings Mountain; sister, Vera Ware, Kings Mountain; grandchild, Linda Grant, Kings Mountain; great-grandchildren, Richard, Trevor and Daniel Latta, Steven and Brianna Grant, Kings Mountain
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Daughter, Carletty McDaniel
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 4 p.m. Friday, Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, Rev. Doug Petersen
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain; other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Boyce Memorial ARP Church, Edgemont Drive, Kings Mountain 28086
CLELL JOHNSON
LOWELL - Clell Brady Johnson, 70, 511 McAdenville Road, died Oct. 18, 2000, at Charlotte Health Care Center. He was a native of Bowling Green, S.C., son of the late Clell B. and Pauline Cashion Johnson Sr., Navy veteran, personnel director with Burlington for more than 30 years, member of First A.R.P. Church, member of Gaston Personnel Association, Senior Golf Group of Pine Isle Golf Club, Belmont Abbey College graduate.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Jo Lowry Johnson; son and daughter-in-law, J. Wilson and Trudy Johnson, Gastonia; daughter and son-in-law, Jan J. and Robert Adams, Gastonia; brothers, Roger and Kenneth Johnson, Lowell; sister, Carol Parrot, Belmont; grandchildren, Taylor Adams and Mary Jo Tyson; great-grandchild, Scotty Tyson
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Friday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Eddie Spencer
VISITATION: 2-2:45 p.m. Friday, McLean Funeral Directors
MEMORIALS: First A.R.P. Church, 317 S. Chester St., Gastonia 28052 or Alzheimer’s Association, Southern Piedmont Chapter, 3420 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte 28215
Alice Wagstaff
PLYMOUTH — Alice Lanier Wagstaff, 84, died Oct. 17, 2000, at Stanley Total Care. She was a native of Catawba County, daughter of the late John F. and Claudia Weaver Lanier, wife of the late William Paul Wagstaff, member Methodist Church in Kinston, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Sisters, Cordula Hassell, Stanley, Ruby Hiss, Altoona, Fla.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Son, William Lanier Wagstaff
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Friday, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home, Dr. Joe Reeves
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Monday, Westview Cemetery, Kinston
VISITATION: After the service, Friday
MEMORIALS: Hebron United Methodist Church, Roper 27970
Rebecca Schaefer
CHARLOTTE - Rebecca Anne Minton Schaefer, 22, died Oct. 17, 2000, at home. She was an employee of Gerard Tire Co., attended Maranatha Temple Church of God, Gastonia, Biltmore Church of God, Asheville.
SURVIVORS: Husband of almost 13 months, Timothy Michael Schaefer; son, 3-week-old Kian Payton Schaefer; parents, David and Elizabeth Helton Minton, Fletcher; sister, Lori Reeves; brother-in-law, Dwayne Reeves; brother, J.D. Minton, Marion, Va.; grandmother, Lois Minton, Saltville, Va.; parents-in-law, Mary Ann and Terry Cash, Canton, Ga., Kenneth and Dolly Schaefer, Fox River Grove, Ill.; nephew, Jacob Reeves, Marion; aunts, uncles, cousins
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Friday, Maranatha Temple, Revs. Troy L. Burrell, Daniel Allen
BURIAL: 4 p.m. Friday, Asheville
VISITATION: 7-8:30 p.m. today, Hankins & Whittington Dilworth Chapel, Charlotte
MEMORIALS: Maranatha Temple Church of God, 2435 Redbud Drive, Gastonia 28052 and designated for the education fund for Kian Payton Schaefer
Eva L. Henderson
CRAMERTON — Eva Lisk Henderson, 97, formerly of Cramerton, died Oct. 17, 2000, at Courtland Terrace. She was a native of Rowan County, daughter of the late John Gaston and Annie Stirewalt Lisk, wife of the late Lawson Rhyne Henderson, retired from Burlington Industries, Cramerton, member of Cramerton Memorial United Methodist Church where she was former president of the UMW, taught children and adult Sunday school classes, helped with Bible school, member of Cramerton Study Club.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, John G. and Dare Henderson, Monroe; daughters and sons-in-law, Anne H. and Roy Laye, Cramerton, Jane H. and Ken Morrow, Knoxville Tenn.; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Daughter, Vallie Mitchell
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Colonial Chapel of Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. Alice Day
INTERMENT: Gaston Memorial Park
VISITATION: One hour before service, funeral home
PALLBEARERS: Butch and Kevin Laye, Brian Marrow, Brett, Gary and Sean Henderson, Mark Williams, Jason Hill, Jeff Hoffman
MEMORIALS: Cramerton Memorial United Methodist Church, 154 N. Main St., Cramerton 28032
JOHN E. MOSS
CHARLOTTE - John E. Moss, 71, 3600 Sadler Road, died Oct. 17, 2000, at home. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Clarence Everett and Docia McCarn Moss, retired from Westinghouse Corp. after 22 years of service, Air Force veteran.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 49 years, Helen M. Moss; sons, Thomas E. Moss, Cramerton, Clarence D. Moss, Orange Park, Fla., Yogesh Shah, Wilmington; brother, Paul Jacob Moss, Gastonia; sisters, Willowdean Greene, Lowell, Lois Forner, Cramerton; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. Sammy Oxendine
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park
Lorraine M. Farrar
GASTONIA - Lorraine Mason Farrar, 73, 1504 Buckingham Ave., died Oct. 17, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Thomasville, daughter of the late Pernal Selbie and Virginia Emswiler Mason, wife of the late Ralph Elmore Farrar Sr., graduate of Evans Business College, former receptionist for WCGC Radio, retired from Gaston County School System in 1989, worked in food service at Hancock Elementary for more than 12 years, member of East Baptist Church for more than 50 years, taught Sunday school, nursery attendent.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Ralph E. Jr. and Nancy Farrar, Gastonia, Joe and Robin Farrar, Gastonia; sister, Joanne M. Brown, Charlotte; grandchildren, Ralph E. Farrar III, Brevard, Angela Farrar Vause, Mint Hill, Mary Myers Farrar, UNC-Greensboro, Charles Matthew Dean Farrar, Virginia Lorraine Farrar, Gastonia; great-grandchildren, Carly Ann Farrar, Samuel Chambers Farrar, Brevard, Zoe Devin Vause, Mint Hill; special friend, Ola Queen, Gastonia; beloved pet, Macey; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. today, East Baptist Church, Pastor Tim Parker, Dr. Robert M. Winecoff, Rev. Tom Hogan ENTOMBMENT: Gaston Memorial Park Mausoleum
VISITATION: The family may be reached at the home
PALLBEARERS: Gary Walton, Ralph E. Jr., Ralph E. III, Joe Mason and Charles Matthew Dean Farrar, Dave Vause IN LIEU OF FLOWERS: Memorials to East Baptist Church, 114 N. Church St., Gastonia 28054
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
CLELL B. JOHNSON
LOWELL - Clell Brady Johnson, 70, 511 McAdenville Road, died Oct. 18, 2000, at Charlotte Health Care Center. He was a native of Bowling Green, S.C., son of the late Clell B. and Pauline Cashion Johnson Sr., Navy veteran, personnel director with Burlington for more than 30 years, member of First A.R.P. Church, member of Gaston Personnel Association, Senior Golf Group of Pine Isle Golf Club, graduate of Belmont Abbey College.
SURVIVORS: Wife of 46 years, Jo Lowry Johnson; son and daughter-in-law, J. Wilson and Trudy Johnson, Gastonia; daughter and son-in-law, Jan J. and Robert Adams, Gastonia; brothers, Roger and Kenneth Johnson, Lowell; sister, Carol Parrot, Belmont; grandchildren, Taylor Adams and Mary Jo Tyson; great-grandchild, Scotty Tyson
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. today, Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, Rev. Eddie Spencer
VISITATION: 2-2:45 p.m. today, McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: Wilson Perkins, Tom Wood, Sidney Wilfong, Bill Henderson, Bill Cain
MEMORIALS: First A.R.P. Church, 317 S. Chester St., Gastonia 28052 or Alzheimer’s Association, Southern Piedmont Chapter, 3420 Shamrock Drive, Charlotte 28215
William S. Strickland
DALLAS - William "Willie" Soloman Strickland, 55, 507 Poplar St., died Oct. 16, 2000, at home. He was a native Gaston County, son of the late Soloman and Pearl Cross Strickland, husband of the late Lavonia Strickland, member of Gastonia Street Ministry
SURVIVORS: Stepsons, Randy McAbee, Danny Ray Pilkington, Gastonia; stepdaughter, Darlene Harvey, Gastonia; brother, Max Strickland, Gastonia; caregivers, Albert and Penny Wooten, Dallas; 13 grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Brothers, Jimmy and Flash Strickland
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Saturday, Narrow Way Holiness Church, Dallas, Revs. Arthur Beck, Joseph Sharp
BURIAL: Evergreen Cemetery, Belmont
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Green Funeral Service, Southside Chapel
PALLBEARERS: Shane Beck, James Bell, Earl Blanton, J.R. Graham, Tony O’Donahue, Michael Starnes
HONORARY PALLBEARERS: Cody Wooten
MEMORIALS: Gastonia Street Ministry, P.O. Box 853, Gastonia 28053
