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Cecil Carter
KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Wednesday for William Cecil Carter, 81, 2100 Temple St., who died Monday (Aug. 2, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.
Born June 18, 1918, in Oglethorpe, Ga., Mr. Carter was a son of the late Earl and Lillie Clark Carter. He had retired several years ago from Cannon Mills, Plant 1, Kannapolis, where he worked in the No. 1 weave room. He attended Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Survivors include wife Fannie Fowler Carter; and sister Mary Willie Booth, Comer, Ga.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. Todd Posey and the Rev. Charles E. Vanhoose, Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 p.m. today, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times, the family will be at the residence.
Catherine Harwell
CONCORD — The funeral will be Wednesday for Catherine Bradford Harwell, 91, 3535 Odell School Road, who died Sunday (Aug. 1, 1999) at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis.
Born Jan. 31, 1908, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Harwell was a daughter of the late John F. and Annie Johnson Bradford. She was a homemaker and a member of Gilwood Presbyterian Church, where in earlier years, she had been active in circle work.
Her husband, Edgar William Harwell, died Jan. 22, 1993.
Survivors include sons William ‘’Bill’’ Harwell, Charlotte, and Robert ‘’Bob’’ Harwell, Concord; brother Ralph Bradford, Concord; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Gilwood Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Jay Rabuck. Burial in church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. today at Whitley’s Funeral Home, Kannapolis. At other times the family will be at the home of son Bob Harwell, 3537 Odell School Road..
Memorials: Gilwood Presbyterian Church, 2993 Odell School Road, , Concord, N.C. 28027-7615.
John Thelmer Yow
CORDOVA — John Thelmer Yow, 75, 110 N. School St., died Monday (Aug. 2, 1999) in Richmond Memorial Hospital, Rockingham.
Born Oct. 13, 1923, in Stanly County, Mr. Yow was a son of the late John Adam and Arabelle Whitley Yow. He was educated in the Oakboro schools. He had retired as a bridge carpenter with Norfolk-Southern Railway.
His wife, Alice Evelyn Cann Yow, preceded him in death.
Survivors include sister Geneva Hartsell, Oakboro.
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday at Sweet Haven Baptist Church, Rockingham, conducted by the Rev. Mitchell Roller. Burial in Oakboro Cemetery, Oakboro.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 p.m. today at Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle; and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Sweet Haven Baptist Church, 410 Midway Road, Rockingham.
Paul Richard Kesler
LINWOOD —Paul Richard Kesler, 78, 10257 S. Highway 150, died Monday (Aug. 2, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury.
Born March 12, 1921, in Davidson County, Mr. Kesler was a son of the late Dock Roland and Cynthia Elizabeth Wilson Kesler. Retired from Duke Power, he was a member of Churchland Baptist Church, where he was a deacon, a member of the Seniors Sunday School Class and a former Sunday school teacher. A U.S. Army veteran, he served as a medic with the 314th Infantry during World War II. He was a member of VFW Post No. 3074.
His wife, Mary Emma Barber Kesler, preceded him in death.
Survivors include daughter Regina Kesler, of the home; sister Kathleen Michael, Lexington; and brothers D. R. Kesler Jr. and Harold Kesler, both of Churchland.
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Dr. Stephen Martin, the Rev. Ray Hooper and the Rev. Leonard Rollins. Burial will be in Forest Hill Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. today at Piedmont Funeral Home and at other times at the home.
Memorials: Churchland Baptist Church, 7516 S. Highway 150, Linwood, N.C. 27299.
Alton Merritt Thompson
RUBY, S.C. — Alton Merritt Thompson, 70, Route 1, Thompson Lane, died Tuesday (Aug. 3, 1999) at Pageland Care Facilities, Pageland.
Born June 27, 1929 in Montgomery County, N.C., Mr. Thompson was a son of the late Charlie Washington Thompson and Dora Gladys Daniels Thompson. He had retired as a finishing operator at Cannon Mills.
Survivors include brothers Fred Thompson and the Rev. Clarence Thompson, both of China Grove, the Rev. Frank Thompson, Badin and Paul Thompson, Stanfield; sisters Kathleen Kearns and Henrietta Hatley, both of Albemarle, Ruby Davis, Concord, Geraldine Lippe, Scotts Valley, Calif., Peggy Deese, Charlotte, Ethel Davis, Oakboro, and Doris McRae, Mount Gilead.
Services: 4 p.m. Thursday, Zion United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Jim Harris, the Rev. Frank Thompson and the Rev. Clarence Thompson. Burial will be in Zion United Methodist Church Cemetery, Mount Gilead.
Visitation: 6: 30-9 p.m. today, Hartsell Funeral Home, Albemarle.
Memorials: God’s Church, P.O. Box 1571, Badin, N.C. 28009-1571; Zion United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 176, Mount Gilead, N.C. 27306-0176; or Hospice of Chesterfield County Inc., P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, S.C. 29709-0293.
Thomas Baxter Camp Jr.
Thomas Baxter Camp Jr., 85, Brian Center, Yanceyville, died Monday (Aug. 2, 1999).
A Salisbury resident during the 1960s and 1970s, Mr. Camp had retired from J.H. Cook and Sons. He was the son of the late Thomas B. and Alice Jarret Camp.
A son, Thomas B. Camp III, preceded him in death.
Survivors include wife Maxine Doby Camp, also of the Brian Center in Yanceyville; and sisters Llewellyn McDow and Isabel Crutchfield, both of South Carolina, Ann Wishon, Wilmington, and Martha Richards, Maine.
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Clements Funeral Home Chapel, Durham, conducted by the Rev. David Tucker. Burial, Markham Memorial Gardens, Durham.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Northgate Presbyterian Church, 2504 N. Roxboro St., Durham, N.C. 27704; or Alzheimer’s Association, 400 Oberlin Road, Suite 208, Raleigh, N.C. 27605.
Oda Belle Hartsell
ALBEMARLE - Oda Belle Efird Hartsell, 88, of 20192 Efird Road, died Tuesday (Aug. 3, 1999) at Britthaven of Piedmont Nursing Center.
Born Nov. 4, 1910, in Stanly County, she was a daughter of the late Martin Luther and Lindie Edwards Efird. A retired laundry attendant, she was last employed by Boone Laundry & Cleaning Village.
Her husband, James Vance Hartsell, preceded her in death.
Survivors include son Norman Hartsell, Albemarle; daughter Phyllis H. Deese, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; sister Dessie Morgan, Concord; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Thursday, St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Clarence Walck. Burial in the church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of son Norman Hartsell, 20192 Efird Road.
John Robert Hogan
KANNAPOLIS - The funeral will be held today for John Robert Hogan, 48, of 4388 Auodell St., Shallotte, who died Monday (Aug. 2, 1999) on arrival at Brunswick Community Hospital.
Born April 19, 1951, in Cabarru s County, he was a son of Mary High Hogan of Concord and the late William “Bill” Hogan. A 1969 graduate of Northwest Cabarrus High School, he was employed by Cardinal Freight Carriers, Concord, for many years and had also been a truck driver for various other trucking firms for 30 years.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include wife Sentrie Edwards Hogan; daughters Kelly Hogan Buchanan, Concord, Angie Hoglan Patton, Salisbury, and Kim Hogan England, Dallas, Ga.; sisters Terry Hogan Kiser, Concord, and Beth Hogan Rogers, Sanford; and two grandchildren.
Services: 8 p.m. today, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Tommy Torrence.
Visitation: 6-8 tonight at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at he home of daughter Kelly H. Buchanan, 7828 Lutz Road, Concord.
Vern Alexander Ketner
Vern Alexander Ketner, 82, Salisbury, died Tuesday (Aug. 3, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a period of declining health.
Born June 16, 1917, in Billings, Okla., Mr. Ketner was a son of the late Calvin Pless and Magie Josephine Ritchie Ketner. Educated in the Rowan County schools, he had retired from Cannon Mills, Plant 7. He was a Lutheran.
Survivors include niece Bernice Kelley of Salisbury, with whom he made his home.
Services: 3 p.m. Thursday, Lyerly Funeral Home’s James C. Lyerly Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Marcus B. Hovis III of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.
Visitation: 2-3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home.
Memorials: American Parkinson’s Disease Association, 1250 Hylan Blvd., Suite 4B, Staten Island, N.Y. 10305.
Nora McCombs
KANNAPOLIS — Nora McCombs, 93, died Tuesday (Aug. 3, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.
Whitley’s Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Annie D. VanEaton
MOCKSVILLE — Annie Dulin VanEaton, 88, of Avon Street, died Monday (Aug. 2, 1999) at her home following a period of illness.
Born in Davie County, Mrs. VanEaton was a daughter of the late Alex and Julia Dulin.
Her husband, Will VanEaton preceded her in death. A daughter, Barbara Ann D. Bohannon, died in 1985.
Survivors include sons John Wesley Dulin, Mocksville, and Nathaniel Carson, Woodleaf; daughters Ola Mae Ijames, with whom she lived, and Thelma Geneva VanEaton, Mocksville; 13 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: 4 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Graham Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Daniel Brown. Burial will be in Rose Cemetery.
Visitation: 3: 30 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
