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Frances H. Blanton
SHELBY — Frances Margretta Hicks Blanton, 79, 1614 Red Road, died Sept. 8, 1999, at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center.She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late Joseph Grason and Minnie Bessless Ware Hicks, sister of the late John, Herbert and Charles Hicks, homemaker, member of Crestview Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, James E. Blanton Sr.; son and daughter-in-law, James E. Jr. and Vicki P. Blanton, Shelby; daughters and son-in-law, Sarah B. and Billy Lemons, Shelby, Barbara B. Hendrick, Gastonia; brothers, Robert Hicks, Des Moines, Iowa, Jack Hicks, Waukesha, Wisc.; sisters, Nina Parks, Morganton, Lib Dwyer, Blacksburg, Va., Verna Pressley, Blacksburg, S.C., Becky Stewart Kings Mountain, Ruth Allison, Black Mountain, Melba Hemmings, Rural Hall, Shirley Adams, Spartanburg, S.C; grandsons, Jarrett and Christopher Blanton, Shelby; granddaughter and husband, Michele Lemons and Joe Bjerg, Concord
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Crestview Baptist Church, Rev. Stanley Webb; body will be placed in church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Cleveland Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Cleveland Funeral Services; other times at the home
MEMORIALS: Crestview Baptist Church, 1090 Old Boiling Springs Road, Shelby 28152
Walter Adams Sr.
GASTONIA — Walter Adams Sr., 47, 607 N. Logan St., died Sept. 8, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Gastonia, son of the late James Chambers Sr., member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, employed at Wix Filter Plant for 25 years, graduated from Highland Junior-Senior High School.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Vivian E. Adams; son, Walter Lee Adams Jr., Gastonia; mother, Bessie Floyd Adams, the home; brothers, Oscar B. and James Chambers Jr., Charles Adams, Gastonia; sisters, Mary Alice Freeman, Lawton, Ohio, Minnie McGill, Estella Hardin, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Monday, Tabernacle Baptist Church, Dr. Benjamin Hinton
BURIAL: Armstrong Memorial Park
VISITATION: Thirty minutes before service, the church
ARRANGEMENTS: Martin’s Funeral Home
Sylvia G. Peterson
KINGS MOUNTAIN — Sylvia Gregg Peterson, 54, 236 Wright Road, died Sept. 8, 1999, at Wendover Hospice Facility, Shelby.She was a native of Cherokee County, S.C., daughter of the late Dewey and Sylvilla Gilliland Gregg, mother of the late Dinky Peterson, employed by U.S. Post Office, member of Lighthouse Pentecostal Holiness Church.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Jerry L. Peterson; daughter, Tammy Peterson Deaton, Kings Mountain; brothers, Dewey Gregg Jr., Kings Mountain, Winston Gregg, Blacksburg, S.C.; sisters, Ruby Witt, Lucille Childers, Greenville, S.C., Geraldine Pruitt, Columbia, S.C.; grandchildren, Christopher Camp, Parlee and Angel Deaton
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. today, Mountain Rest Cemetery, Rev. Darrell Alexander
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights, Shelby 28150
ARRANGEMENTS: Harris Funeral Home
John Frank Seigle
GASTONIA — John Frank Seigle, 59, 2303 Lyon St., died Sept. 4, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.He was a native of York, S.C.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Mars Tabernacle F.B.H. Church, Clover, S.C., Rev. Larry Watson
BURIAL: Mt. Pleasant A.M.E. Zion Church, Gastonia
VISITATION: One hour before service, the church
ARRANGEMENTS: Beasley’s Funeral Home
Christopher S. Fowler
BESSEMER CITY — Christopher Sean "Chris" Fowler, 29, 212 W. Maine St., died Sept. 8, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia.He was the son of the late Bryant C. Fowler, brother of the late Kay Fowler Caldwell. SURVIVORS: Mother, Nellie Johnson Fowler, Bessemer City; sisters and brother-in-law, Sistinas Kenney, Kaylee Fowler, Gastonia, Jo and Robert Prophit, Charlotte; brother, Alex Prophit, Charlotte
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 2 p.m. Saturday, Gaston Memorial Park, Rev. Bob Summey
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, McLean & Son Funeral Home, Gastonia
Myrtle A. Rhyne
GASTONIA — Myrtle Austin Rhyne, 87, formerly of 2900 Union Road, died Sept. 9, 1999, home.She was the wife of the late Harold Ray Rhyne.
ARRANGEMENTS: McLean Funeral Directors
John C. Savage
SHELBY — John C. Savage, 68, 1087 Providence Road, died Sept. 9, 1999, at Hospice of Wendover.He was a native of Union County, Ga., son of the late George Ranson and Norma Caroline Poteete Savage, Air Force veteran of Korean conflict, graduate of Parks College of Aeronautical Technology at University of St. Louis, retired self-employed steel broker, worked many years in finance industry, past president of Cleveland Community Watch Association, member of Amvets, American Legion Post 82, Elizabeth Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Phyllis Sides Savage; son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Cathy Savage, Shelby; sister, Mary Greene, Winston-Salem; sister-in-law, Emma Jean Sides, Shelby; niece, Linda Clark and family, Shelby; nephew, Ken Sides and family, Shelby; grandchildren and spouse, Shannon Savage, Shelby, Chad and Nichole Bailey, Ellenboro; great-grandchildren, C.J. and Madison Bailey, Ellenboro
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Saturday, Cleveland Memorial Park, Rev. Joe Collins
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Wendover, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby 28150
Charles E. Brown Sr.
CHARLOTTE — Charles Edward Brown Sr., 401 Norris Ave., died Sept. 9, 1999, at home.
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home, Gastonia
Mozell Dunlap
GASTONIA — Mozell Dunlap, Allens Rest Home, 2114 Hoffman Road, died Sept. 9, 1999, at her residence.
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Jackie ‘Dino’ Turner Jr.
GASTONIA — Jackie Dean "Dino" Turner Jr., 39, 1133 Freedom Mill Road, died Sept. 8, 1999, at home.He was a native of Gaston County and son of the late Jackie Dean Turner Sr.
SURVIVORS: Son, Marcus Weather Turner, Gastonia; daughters, Sarah "Chrissy," Angela Renee and Jackie "Bit" Turner, Gastonia, Breanne Gregory, South Carolina; mother, Mary Turner Brady, Bessemer City; sisters, Teresa "Sissy" Whetstine, Bessemer City, Deborah "Jean" Murphy, Belmont, Kim Turner, Gastonia; grandmother, Myrtle Turner, Gastonia; neices, nephews, aunts, uncles
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, Greene Funeral Service Westside Chapel, Rev. Charles Curtis
BURIAL: Armstrong Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, the funeral home; other times at the home of Mary Brady, 430 Lewis Farm Road, Bessemer City
PALLBEARERS: Lynn Angley, Rick Barker, Jeff Daily, Clay Sharpe, Mark Tiller, Ronnie Wooten
Frances Harper Johnston
LAKE WYLIE, S.C. — Frances Harper Johnston, 80, 4786 Charlotte Highway, died Sept. 9, 1999, at White Oak Manor, York, S.C.She was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late Carl Brown and Nannie Dickson Harper Sr., member of Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church, graduate of Winthrop College.
SURVIVORS: Husband, William R. Johnston, Lake Wylie; daughter, Linda J. Seitz, Lake Wylie; brothers, James S. Harper, Fayetteville, Carl B. Harper Jr., Columbia, S.C.; sisters, Nell H. Dunn, Sylva, Mary Elizabeth H. Sutherland, Clinton, S.C., Millie H. Dickerson, Anne H. Bray, York, Nancy H. Biggerstaff, Spartanburg, S.C.; one grandchild
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Saturday, Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church, Rev. Richard J. Lindsay
BURIAL: Bethel Presbyterian Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover, S.C.
MEMORIALS: Scherer Memorial Presbyterian Church, 4800 Charlotte Highway, Lake Wylie 29710; Bethel Volunteer Fire Department, 5600 Highway 557, Clover 29710; River Hills Emergency Squad, 4 Heritage Drive, Lake Wylie 29710
Floyd Goodlet
GASTONIA — Floyd Goodlet, 416 N. Highland St., Rehabilitation and Health Center, died Sept. 9, 1999, at his residence.
ARRANGEMENTS: Costner Funeral Home
Charles R. Earney
LITTLE RIVER, S.C. — Charles R. Earney, 67, died Sept. 8, 1999, at home.He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Ralph Edward and Margaret Mable Jones Earney, retired from the restaurant business, Army veteran.
SURVIVORS: Son, Stephen D. Earney, Little River; daughters, Teresa Williams, Lake Wylie, S.C., Mitzi Roberts, Mount Holly; brother, Carroll Earney, Bessemer City; sisters, Glenda Black, Peggy Cooper, Little River; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 10 a.m. Saturday, Lee Funeral Home Chapel, 11840 Highway 90, Little River
BURIAL: Florence National Cemetery
VISITATION: 6-8 tonight, the funeral home
William D. Phillips
GASTONIA — William Desmond "Des" Phillips, 69, died Sept. 11, 1999, at Gaston Memorial Hospital.He was a native New York City, son of the late Thomas and Emily Phillips, husband of the late Suzanne Bolle Phillips, graduate of Cardinal Hayes High School in Bronx, N.Y., had a bachelor’s degree from Iona College and a master’s and doctorate from Columbia University, most recently was president of Standing Rock College in Fort Yates, N.D., served as vice president of academic affairs at Sacred Heart College, Belmont, for nine years, also held faculty positions at Memphis State University, University of Minnesota, University of Illinois, DePaul University and the New York School for the Deaf, worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C., served in the Army. He helped found Look Up Gaston, was chairman of the Gaston County Planning Board and was a member of Belmont Rotary Club.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Lt. Col. Retired Gregory and Min Phillips, Naperville, Ill.; daughter and son-in-law, Tara and Del Murphy, Charlotte; sister and brother-in-law, Kitty and Werner Hirs, Denver, Colo.; grandchildren, Chad, Shauna, Anna, Luke and Ian Phillips, Taylor, Madison and Tanner Murphy
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 11 a.m. Monday, First United Methodist Church, Dr. Jody Seymour
BURIAL: Private
VISITATION: After service, church parlor
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28053
ARRANGEMENTS: Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia
