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Gaston County, North Carolina Obituary Collection
(From Various Funeral Homes in the Gastonia, Belmont, Mount Holly, Lowell, Cherryville,
Bessemer City and the surrounding area. Many obituaries are represented from Kings Mountain,
Lincolnton, and Stanley.)

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Gaston County, North Carolina Obituary Collection

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Evelyn Ferguson
MONROE — Evelyn McCall Ferguson, 86, died Feb. 11, 2000, at the Rehabilitation and Nursing Center of Monroe. She was a native of Mecklenburg County, daughter of the late Louis and Beulah Watts McCall, wife of the late Vernon J. Ferguson, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Sons, "Smitty" Ferguson, Monroe, Jim Ferguson, Dallas; daughters, Judy F. Small, Norwood, Teena Ferguson, Charlotte; stepdaughter, Grace Phillips, Monroe; brothers, J.D. and Bill McCall, Charlotte, Buck McCall, Gastonia; sister, "Dot" Atkinson, Charlotte; eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m., today, McEwen Funeral Home, Rev. Mike McClellan
BURIAL: Lakeland Memorial Park
VISITATION: One hour before the service, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Memorial United Methodist Church, 1200 Miller Street, Monroe 28110

Joyce Ballard
KANNAPOLIS — Joyce McCall Ballard, 64, formerly of Belmont, died Feb. 12, 2000, at Northeast Medical Center, Concord. She was a native of Cramerton, daughter of the late Clyde McCall and Marie Paxton McCall Allen, mother of the late Maria Pressley, member Revival Tabernacle in Stanly, Sunday school teacher.
SURVIVORS: Stepfather, Francis Minor Allen, Moncks Corner, S.C.; aunts, Evelyn Benson, Helen Davis, Ellen Upright, Clara Hoover; uncle, James McCall; grandsons, Jeffrey and Jacob Pressley, Stanly; good friend, Worth Warlick
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 3 p.m. Monday, Carolina Memorial Park, Rev. Tom Tucker
VISITATION: One hour before the service, Whitley’s Funeral Home

Minnie Smith
YORK, S.C. - Minnie Victoria Smith, 2473 S. Jim McCarter Road, died Feb. 12, 2000, Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. She was the daughter of the late Pink and Mary Jane Terry Moses.
SURVIVORS: Husband, D.N. "Red" Smith; daughters, Peggy Smith, York, Debbie Flemming, Dublin, Ga.; one grandchild
FUNERAL: 3 p.m., Monday, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover, S.C., Rev. Verson Hodges
BURIAL: Lakeview Memory Gardens
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, the funeral home

Cynthia Biggers
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. — Cynthia Ellen Falls Biggers, 87, died Feb. 9, 2000. She was the daughter of the late Marshall Ravenel and Belle Mullinax Falls of Clover, S.C., wife of the late H. Barry Biggers, a resident of the Chesapeake since 1990, she spent most of her adult life in Richmond and Burke counties, Ga., where she and her husband operated dairy farms, homemaker, active church member, participated in civic affairs.
SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Betty B. and Richard A. Russell, Yorktown, Va.; sister, Annie Mae Moore, Gastonia; brother, Roy E. Falls, Clover; grandchildren, Leslie S. Russell, Virginia Beach, Va., Robyn R. Causey, Newport News, Tara R. Thornton, Stanley; three great-grandchildren; one niece; five nephews; their children and grandchildren
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 2 p.m. Monday, M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover
MEMORIALS: Donor’s choice

Sabrina Day
MOUNT HOLLY - Sabrina Elizabeth Day, 15, 106 F.L. Myers Road, Gastonia, died Feb. 9, 2000, at University Hospital, Charlotte. She was a native of Lincoln County, student at North Gaston High School, member of Victory Hill Baptist Church.
SURVIVORS: Mother, Emily Justice Bennett, Gastonia; father, Roger Day, Dallas; sister, Lerisa Martin, Gastonia; brother, Jack Allen Justice, Gastonia; aunts, Linda McCarn, Brenda Craig, Frankie Jenkins, Gastonia, Sandra Piltow, Mount Holly; maternal grandmother, Lillian Justice, Gastonia; niece, Brooklynn Hutchins, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 2 p.m., Monday, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly, Revs. Mark Campbell, James Abernathy
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, funeral home

Donald Beatty
MOUNT HOLLY - Donald McLendon Beatty, 65, 2501 Stanley-Lucia Road, died Feb. 11, 2000, at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte. He was a native of Gaston County, son of the late Victor Olin and Alda McIntosh Beatty, electrician, Army veteran, member New Covenant United Methodist Church, Lucia.
SURVIVORS: Wife, Shirley Trull Beatty; sons and daughters-in-law, Bobby Ray and Kim Beatty, Statesville, Victor Olin and Christy Beatty, Bessemer City; daughters and son-in-law, Sherry Lynn Beatty, Charlotte, Kimberley B. and Marc Abernathy, Mount Holly; brothers and sisters-in-law, James Wilburn and Naomi Beatty, Joe Milton and Sherrill Beatty, Wayne Thomas and Peggy Beatty, Mount Holly; grandchildren, Alicia, Jeffrey, Austin Beatty, Amber Slaughter, Emily, Evan, Katie Abernathy; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 1:30 p.m. Monday, New Covenant United Methodist Church, Rev. Mike Stanton-Rich
BURIAL: Church cemetery
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Woodlawn Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: New Covenant United Methodist Church building fund, 14514 Lucia Riverbend Highway, Mount Holly 28120

Edith Cadenhead
HUNTERSVILLE — Edith Christine Cadenhead, 80, The Oaks, died Feb. 11, 2000. She was a native of Fairfax, Ala., daughter of the late Luther Warren and Zera Florine Newman Cadenhead, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Brothers, Jack Cadenhead, Lincolnton, Max Cadenhead, Pompano Beach, Fla., Jimmy Cadenhead, Little Rock, Ark., Wray Cadenhead, Earl, Robert Cadenhead, Wilmington; sister, Betty Jean Wells, Charlotte; nieces and nephews
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Monday, Warlick Funeral Home, Lincolnton, Rev. Tim Smith
BURIAL: Hollybrook Cemetery, Lincolnton
VISITATION: 12:30-2 p.m. Monday, funeral home

Allen O. Waldroop
MOUNT HOLLY - Allen Oscoe Waldroop, 94, 215 Tuckaseege Road, died Feb. 10, 2000, at Gaston Memorial Hospital, Gastonia. He was a native of McDowell County, W.Va., son of the late James and Minnie Queen Waldroop, husband of the late Lila Lowe Waldroop and Isadora Adams Waldroop, father of the late James Allen, Gene Allen and Rueben McCarl Waldroop, stepfather of the late Paul Adams, brother of the late Verlie and Ernest Waldroop, member of First Baptist Church, retired from A & E Mills after 51 years.
SURVIVORS: Son, Ted Douglas Waldroop, Charlotte; daughter, Faye Waldroop Snead, Mount Holly; stepsons, John R. Adams, Belmont, James J. Adams, Stanley, Philip S. Adams, Georgetown, S.C.; stepdaughters, Patsy Costner, Spencer Mountain, Barbara Freeman, Wanda Adams, Charlotte, Janice Hansel, California, Karen Dennis, Harrisburg; sisters, Dolly Mullis, Mount Holly, Margie Christenbury, Clinton, S.C., Lucille Hoyle, Dallas, Carrie Morris, Stanley; 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, First Baptist Church, Mount Holly, Drs. Dennis Knight, Robert Winecoff
BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church building fund, 300 S. Main St., Mount Holly 28120

Nell Carpenter
CRAMERTON — Nell Featherston Carpenter, 91, Stanley Total Living Center, Stanley, died Feb. 11, 2000. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late John Laban and Dola Beaty Featherston, wife of the late Walter Fred Carpenter Sr., sister of the late Paul and Rev. Robert Featherston, Ruth F. Brandon, mother-in-law of the late Billie W. Carpenter, member of First Baptist Church, Cramerton, Dorcus Sunday school class, member of Eastern Star.
SURVIVORS: Son, Walter Fred Carpenter Jr., Myrtle Beach, S.C.; brother and sister-in-law, Doug and Betty Jo Featherston, Cramerton; sister, Frances F. Bost, Cramerton; grandchildren, Elizabeth Lynn Shelton, Rock Hill, S.C., Walter Fred Carpenter III, Cramerton, Bain Wilkinson Carpenter, Nashville, Tenn., Scott McLean Carpenter, Myrtle Beach; great-grandchildren, Catherine L., Sara Beth and Blaine C. Shelton, Rock Hill, Tracey Carpenter, Blythewood, S.C., Bain W. Carpenter Jr., Nashville; great-great-grandchild, Colton Hayes, Blythewood
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, Rev. David Julen
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
PALLBEARERS: Don Brandon, Jim Cunningham, Dean, Jim, Joe and Bill Featherston
VISITATION: 1-2 p.m. today, funeral home
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, 235 8th St., Cramerton 28032

Jennie H. Lambert
DALLAS - Jennie Henderson Lambert, 87, 834 Knowles Drive, died Feb. 11, 2000, at home. She was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late John Newton and Mary Elizabeth Quinn Henderson, wife of the late Roland R. Lambert, member of Cedar Grove Baptist Church, homemaker.
SURVIVORS: Son, Kenneth Charles Lambert, Dallas; daughter, Shirley Ann Haney, Gastonia; grandchildren, Douglas Lambert, Forest City, Benji Lambert, Rusty Haney, Gastonia
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Bessemer City, Rev. Tom Lavin
BURIAL: Hollywood Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, funeral home
MEMORIALS: Hospice of Gaston County, P.O. Box 3984, Gastonia 28054

Louise W. Penner
BESSEMER CITY -Louise Wilson Penner, 78, 405 E. Virginia Ave., died Feb. 10, 2000, at Wendover Hospice in Cleveland County. She was a native of Gaston County, wife of the late William Howard Wilson and Loyd W. Penner, daughter of the late Levi Bradley Lingerfelt and Carrie Belle Walker, mother of the late Loretta Faye Strickland, sister of the late Theodore Lingerfelt, grandmother of the late Angela Strickland, owner and operator of Speedy Wash Laundry, member of First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school, active in missions, ladies auxillary, member of Woodman of the World.
SURVIVORS: Sons and daughters-in-law, Rev. William S. and Brenda Wilson, Bessemer City, Robert Ray and Laurie Wilson, Kings Mountain; daughter, Frances Louise Welborn, Gastonia; grandchildren, Anita Page Smith, Nancy Page Strickland, Kelly Page Brown, Melissa Wilson Jefferies, Sarah McLeymore Mosley, Tabatha Wilson McNeil; eight great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. today, Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Dr. Ron Pierce, Rev. A.A. Bailey
BURIAL: Westview Gardens
MEMORIALS: First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 397, Bessemer City 28016

Francis Gormley
CHERRYVILLE - Francis Joseph Gormley, 69, 137 Kester Drive, died Feb. 11, 2000, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Asheville. He was a native of Bronx, N.Y., son of the late Francis and Evelyn-Kinsley Gormley, retired Lance Corporal with the Marine Corps, veteran of the Korean War where he participated in the Landing at Inchon, wounded at the Chosen Reservoir, Purple Heart recipient, member Saint Mary’s Catholic Church.
SURVIVORS: Brother, James Gormley, Calverton, N.Y.; sister and brother-in-law, Evelyn G. and William F. Hill, Cherryville; nieces, Kathleen Mary Hjellming, Jo Ann Dillebeek; nephews, Benjamin and William Luke Hill
FUNERAL: 11 a.m. Monday, Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Rev. Eric Houseknecht
BURIAL: With full military honors at Sunset Cemetery
VISITATION: 7-8:30 tonight, Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home, Shelby, a rosary will start at 7 p.m.

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