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Nellie Helton
NEWTON - Nellie Mae Burgess Helton, 56, of 213 North Caldwell Avenue, died June 9, 2003. Funeral services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Burke Mortuary. A private Burial will be at a late date. The family will receive friends from 6 until 7 p.m. Wednesday at Burke Mortuary.
She was a homemaker.
Survivors include two sons, Scotty R. Burgess of Lincolnton and Alvie Helton of Conover; one daughter Tracy B. Travis of Taylorsville; three brothers, Johnny Burgess of Newton and Joe Burgess and Paul Burgess both of Conover; three sisters, Mary Marlowe of Conover and Betty Underwood and Ruby Lail both of Newton and five grandchildren; Brandon Burgess, Brooke Day, Courtney Day, Ryan Helton and Hunter Helton.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, PO Box 2994, Hickory, North Carolina 28650.
Floyd Kirksey
Rev. Floyd Thomas Kirksey, 75, of 1400 Laboratory Road, died June 10, 2003. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Massapoag Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Thursday at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born in Alachua, Fla. he was a minister at Massapoag Baptist Church and a U.S. Army Veteran.
Survivors include his wife Dorothy Kirksey of the home; one daughter, Carol Ann Lambert of Lincolnton; two sisters, Hazel Sherrill of Sherrills Ford and Grace Taylor of Catawba and two grandsons, David Lambert and Michael Lambert.
Memorials may be made to Massapoag Baptist Church, 2139 Laboratory Road, Lincolnton, North Carolina 28658.
Nancy Fuller
LAWNDALE - Nancy Beatrice Ussery Fuller, 92, of 2725 Philadelphia Road, died June 8, 2003. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at Pine Grove Primitive Baptist Church, where she was a member. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
Born in Jones County, Ga. she was a homemaker.
Survivors include one son, James Lloyd Fuller of Shelby; five daughters, Doris Nixon of Dayton, Ohio, Bernice Haynes of Shelby, Beatrice Sims, Yvonne Sweezy and Birt Lee Maddox all of Lawndale; 23 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren and one great great-grandchild.
Ebony and White’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Naomi Finger
Naomi “Bun” Ritzy Finger, 91, of 2800 East Highway 27, died June 12, 2003.Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday at Pilgrim Tabernacle. Burial will follow in Asbury United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends anytime at the residence.
She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of the Nazarene.
Survivors include her son, David Keener of the home and several nieces and nephews.
McLean Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
M. Berthelsen
MAIDEN - Mary Jane Berthelsen, 80, of 4537 Mockingbird Lane, died June 11, 2003. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Mondat at St. Dorothy’s Catholic Church. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 7 p.m. Sunday at Warlick Funeral Home with a short bible reading before.
Born in Clifton, Ariz., she worked for Microsoft and was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband Raymond L. Berthelsen of the home; three sons, Ray Berthelsen of Maiden, Brian Berthelsen of Ramsey, NJ and Kevin Berthelsen of Greenwood Lake, NY; two daughters, Susan Brodeur of Arlington, Wash. and Mary Blackfield of Mahwah, NJ; one sister, Joan Deffes of Ridgecrest, North Carolina 28092.
C. Donaldson
BANNER ELK - Charles Voncannon Donaldson, of the Life Care Center, died June 11, 2003. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 tonight at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born in Cleveland, Tenn. he was a residential builder.
Survivors include two sons, Michael Donaldson of Denver and Donnie Donaldson of Stanley; two sisters, Laura Jean Stevens of Winston-Salem and Gail Strain of Newland and four grandchildren.
Cora Stamey
Cora Bell Huff Stamey, 69, of High Shoals, died June 13, 2003.
Arrangements are incomplete at Warlick Funeral Home.
Ted Hull
VALE - Ted Hull, 68, of 319 Hwy. 274, died June 13, 2003.
Arrangements are incomplete at Warlick Funeral Home.
John Lutz Sr.
GASTONIA - John Franklin Lutz Sr., 87, of 2015 Hughes, Avenue, died June 12, 2003. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mays Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 until 2 p.m. prior to the service at the church.
Born in Gaston County he was employed by the State Highway Department in the Maintenance Department and a member of First Free Will Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife Ruth Hughes Lutz of the home; two sons, John Franklin Lutz Jr. of Hickory and James D. Lutz of Maiden; three daughters, Frances Hartsoe of Maiden, Ivey Hollifield of Conover and Peggy Gabriel of Claremont; two brothers, George H. Lutz of Lincolnton and Odell Junior Lutz of Cleveland, Ga.; one sister, Minnie L. Hawkins of Hilderbran; three step-daughters, Judy Weathers of Gastonia, Kay McCaskill of Dallas and Donna Holland of Florida; two step-sons, Charles Hughes of Gastonia and Lester Hughes of Lincolnton; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; 12 step-grandchildren and 20 step-great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Mays Chapel United Methodist Church, Cemetery Endowment Fund, 1707 May Chapel Church Road, Maiden, North Carolina 28120.
Burke Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Larry Blanton
SHELBY - Larry Ernest Blanton, 56, of 2316 Flint Hill Church Road, died June 12, 2003. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Flint Hill Baptist Church, where he was a member. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Born in Cleveland County, he was a retired material handler for Cone Mill.
Survivors include three sons, Larry Dean Blanton, Shannon Blanton both of Shelby and Terry Blanton of the home; one daughter, Tammy Blanton of Shelby; two brothers, Eugene Blanton of Rutherford and Jerry Blanton of Shelby; two sisters, Rebecca McCorkle of Lincolnton and Margie White of Swainsville and five grand-children Dylan Blanton, Clifton Blanton, Lennox Blanton, Kristi Torey and Tyler Blanton.
Memorials may be made to Flint Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, 2207 Flint Hill Church Road, Shelby, North Carolina 28152.
Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Alfred Harris
RALEIGH - Alfred Morris Harris, 64, of Lake Wheeler Road, died June 11, 2003. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Trice Funeral Home. Burial followed in Webb Memorial Lawns.
Enloe Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
Caroline Bess
Caroline Kirlister Morrison Bess, 87, of 634 Car Farm Road, died June 12, 2003. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. today at El Shaddi Full Gospel Church. Burial will follow in Poplar Springs AME Zion Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
She was born in Lincoln County.
Survivors include two sons, James Sherrill of Patterson, NJ and William Sherrill of Hickory; two brothers, John Morrison of Winston-Salem and William Morrison of Lincolnton; one sister, Artis Bess of Oxon Hill, Md.; 14 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
Ebony & White’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
