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John Cline
John Hayward Cline, 78, of 1783 Reepsville Rd., died Oct. 8, 2001. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday at Daniels Lutheran Church where he was a member. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 8:30 at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born in Lincoln County, he worked as a dairy and beef farmer.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Leonard Cline; three daughters, Susan McConnell and Doris Yoder, both of Lincolnton, and Ann Clark of Seneca, S.C.; one brother, Ray Cline of Marion; one sister, Marybelle Rhyne of Salisbury; and six grandchildren, Bryan Yoder, Sarah Yoder, Jason McConnell, Adam McConnell, Angela Bostick and Larry Clark Jr.
Memorials may be made to Daniels Lutheran Church, 3290 Reepsville Rd., Lincolnton, N.C. 28092.
Nancy Claytor
Nancy Alice Claytor, 65, of 209 N. Laurel St., died Oct. 9, 2001. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Hollybrook Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 8:30 at the funeral home.
Born in Lincoln County, she was self-employed as an interior decorator.
Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Amy’s House, 810 S. Grier St., Lincolnton, N.C. 28092.
Dover Elliott
Denver - Dover Durand Elliott, 87, died Oct. 8, 2001. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Hills Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6:30 until 8 at the funeral home.
He was a plumber for 42 years.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy Rebecca Hager; two daughters, Rebecca Elliott Cress and Elaine Elliott Stephens, both of Denver; one son, Dover Dwayne Elliott of Troutman; two sisters, Edna Wilhelm of Troutman and Louise Benfield of Mooresville; and four grandchildren, Jodi Lane Stephens, Chance Lewis Stephens, Christopher Dale Elliott and Justin Durand Elliott.
Memorials may be made to North Carolina Lions Foundation Camp Dogwood, P.O. Box 39, Sherrill Ford, N.C. 28673.
Sarah Wilson
SHELBY - Sarah Ellen Wilson, 82, of 1329 N. Lafayette St., died Oct. 9, 2001. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Webb Memorial Lawns. The family will receive friends today from 1:30 p.m. until 2 p.m. at the church.
She was born in Cleveland County.
Enloe Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Fred Mullinax
MORGANTON - Fred Morgan Mullinax, 82, died Oct. 9, 2001. A funeral service will be held today at 3:30 p.m. in the Colonial Chapel of Sossoman Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home at 2 p.m. until the service.
Born in Gaston County, he was a member of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include a son, Tommy Mullinax of Lincolnton; three daughters, Linda Smith of Granite Falls, Joyce Williams of Hudson, and Frankie Mosteller of Claremont; 10 grandchildren; and 8 great-granddaughters.
John Lee
John Cook Lee, 74, died Oct. 9, 2001. A graveside service was held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Hollybrook Cemetery.
Born in Marshallville, Ga., he served in the U.S. Navy aboard the Manila Bay Escort Carrier, and established Houser and Lee Insurance Agency in Fort Valley, Ga. where he worked until retirement. He was active in Christian Ministries of Lincoln County and served as an elder at First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include his wife, Carolyn Roper Lee; two sons, John “Jack” Cook Lee Jr. and Mark Roper Lee of Iron Station; two sisters, Beverly Lee Stevens of Atlantic Beach and Claudia Lee Kauloutakos of N. Arlington, Va.; one grandson, John Matthew Lee; and two step-grandsons, Tate Parker, and Dallas Parker.
Memorials may be made to Christian Ministries of Lincoln County, P.O. Box 423, Lincolnton, N.C. 28093; or First Presbyterian Church, 114 W. Main St., Lincolnton, N.C. 28092.
Warlick Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Jerrie Smith
VALE - Jerrie Lee Brittain Smith, 87, of Texas and Gertrude Spake of Waco; and two grandchildren, Stephen Boston of Ohio and Ethan Hallman of Lincolnton.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton, N.C. 28092.
Melissia Blevins
SHELBY - Melissia Ileen Blevins, 72, of 125 Blevins Dr., died Oct. 10, 2001. A funeral service will be held at 5 p.m. today at Cone Memorial Chapel in Carpenter’s Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Scott and Blevins Cemetery in Jefferson. The family will receive friends at the funeral home following the service.
Born in Ashe County, she was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Cherryville.
Survivors include her husband, William Andrew Blevins Jr.; her mother, Carrie McNeill Barker of West Jefferson; four sons, Kevin Blevins of Shelby, Mark Blevins of Vale, Everett Blevins of Albemarle, and Perry Blevins of Lawndale; two daughters, Janie Bell of King’s Mountain, and Marla Wylie of Cherryville; two brothers, Wayne Barker of West Jefferson, and Eddie Barker of Boone; one sister, Loreen McGuire of West Jefferson; 13 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Blevins Family, 125 Blevins Dr., Shelby, N.C. 28150.
Margaret Poole
Margaret Davis Poole, 81, of 810 E. Summer St., died Oct. 11, 2001. A private graveside service will be held in Cherryville City Cemetery at a later date. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 until 8:30 at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born in Gaston County, she worked for J.P. Stevens until her retirement.
Survivors include one son, Kenneth T. Davis of Lincolnton; one daughter, Shelby Hendrick of Lincolnton; five sisters, Annie Mae Eaker of Cherryville, Ruth Prince of Newton, Frankie Barkley of Shelby, and Eleanor Huss, and Dorothy Roberson, both of Lincolnton; four grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to American Diabetes Association, 434 Fayetteville St. Mall, Two Hannover Square Suite 1600, Raleigh, N.C.
Zepphey Griffin
HIGH SHOALS - Zepphey Dalton Griffin, 82, died Oct. 11, 2001. A funeral service will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Hollybrook Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Born in Greenville, S.C., she worked in the textile industry.
Survivors include one daughter, Becky Hayes of Pineville; two sisters, Ruby Ray, and Alva Batchler, both of High Shoals; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Claradell Kee
HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio - Claradell Rollins Kee, 61, of 7447 Troy Manor Rd., died Oct. 13, 2001. A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Maranatha Christian Fellowship. Burial will follow in Dayton National Cemetery.
Born in Lincoln County, she was a member of Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church and worked for Lucaf Ledex.
Survivors include two daughters, Mercedes Johnson, and Aurelia M. Roberts, both of Dayton, Ohio; one son, Darius T. Kee of Dayton, Ohio; her mother, Viola G. Rollins of Cherryville; one brother, Adell Rollins of Cherryville; and four grandchildren, Dwayne Arion Johnson, Ciarah Johnson, Jordan Roberts, and Kennedy Roberts.
Marker & Heller Funeral Home in Dayton, Ohio is in charge of arrangements.
Mary Mauney
CHERRYVILLE - Mary Frances Mauney, 87, of 301 Old Post Rd., died Oct. 10, 2001. A funeral service was held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church where she was a member. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
A native of Hickory, she was retired from the Gaston County School system and was head of the Cherryville Guidance Department, had served with the Pioneer Girl Scout Council, was a member of the N.C. Association of Realtors, and at her church served as a Sunday School teacher.
Survivors include four daughters, Martha Moses of Dalton, Ga., Caroline Mauney of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Anna Catherine Spence of Virginia Beach, Va., and Harriet Cordray of Charleston, S.C.; seven grandchildren, David Phillips, Kay Phillips, Lura Cummings, and Rodney Cummings, all of Dalton, Ga., Carson Spence of Virginia Beach, Va., and John William Cordray III of Charleston, S.C.; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to The Special Fund, St. John’s Lutheran Church., 301 W. Church St., Cherryville , N.C. 28021; or to the D.R. and Mary Frances Mauney Scholarship Fund, Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, N.C.
Carpenter’s Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Lillian Kuck
STANLEY - Lillian Cochran Kuck, 88, of 514 Old Mt. Holly Rd., died Oct. 12, 2001. A graveside service was held at 11 a.m. today in the Philadelphia Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Born in Spartanburg, S.C., she was a member of First United Methodist Church in Stanley and worked as a winder for Hardin Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Survivors include one brother, Nunley Cochran of Spartanburg, S.C.; and two sisters, Omie C. Blackwell of Fingerville, S.C., and Willie C. Hovis of Gastonia.
E.F. Drum Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
