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Nora McCombs
KANNAPOLIS — The funeral will be Friday for Nora McCombs, 93, Kannapolis, who died Tuesday (Aug. 3, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord.
Born Jan. 6, 1906, in Rowan County, Miss McCombs was a daughter of the late Charles V. and Mary Brown McCombs. She was a member of Kimball Lutheran Church.
She was a 1923 graduate of Kannapolis High School; a 1924 graduate of Mount Amoena Seminary, Mount Pleasant, where she was a business major; a 1929 graduate of New Charlotte Sanatorium, Charlotte, where she studied nursing; and a 1934 graduate of Lutheran Deaconess Motherhouse, Baltimore.
She joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1935 and during World War II served in the U.S. Army Nursing Corps. Miss McCombs later served as head nurse at the National Lutheran Home for the Aged in Washington, D.C., and nurse, deaconess and house mother at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pa.
She is survived by many nieces and nephews.
Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Doug Kearney and the Rev. Hoke Ritchie. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home.
Memorials: Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, Memorial Fund, 101 Vance St., Kannapolis, N.C. 28081.
Lou Ella Harmon Barlow
KANNAPOLIS — Lou Ella Harmon Barlow, 92, formerly of 305 Bost St., died Wednesday (Aug. 4, 1999) at Evergreen Retirement Center, Greensboro, after five months of declining health and two days of serious illness.
Born June 1, 1907, in Cleveland County, Mrs. Barlow was a daughter of the late Charles R. and Anna Keller Harmon. In her earlier years she worked at Cannon Mills, Plant 1, as a secretary. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she formerly sang in the choir.
Her husband, J. Russell Barlow, died Nov. 25, 1991.
Survivors include son John R. Barlow II, Greensboro; and two grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Friday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Don Shuman, the Rev. Wendy Shenk-Evans and Sarah Weaver. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials: Trinity United Methodist Church, 416 E. First St., Kannapolis, N.C. 28083.
Alfred Eugene Thompson
The funeral will be Friday for Alfred Eugene Thompson, 62, 1424 Bringle Ferry Road, Apartment 15, who died Sunday (Aug. 1, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Born May 6, 1937, in Rowan County, Mr. Thompson was a son of the late Andrew White and Laura Mae Thompson. A graduate of Aggrey Memorial High School, he had retired from Hoechst Celanese. He drove a taxi for Safety Taxi Co.
Survivors include sons Terry D. Thompson, Kannapolis, Stanford Ray Isom and Randy Michael Lane Thompson, both of Concord, and Keith Sherrill, Cleveland; daughters Cynthia Darlene Thompson and Charlene Annette Thompson, both of Salisbury, Cathy Renea Beatty, China Grove, Alfreda Similton, Gastonia, Kim Terry, Mocksville, Lori Denise Tay, Greensboro, and Lisa Grier, Concord; 27 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Friday, Oakwood Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Randy M. Thompson.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Friday, Rowan Funeral Service. The body may be view Friday through visitation time.
Glenn Caldwell Lowder
LANDIS — Glenn Caldwell Lowder, 78, 114 Valley St., died Wednesday (Aug. 4, 1999) at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, after a year of declining health.
Born June 5, 1921, in Stanly County, Mr. Lowder was a son of the late Claude C. and Lillie Coble Lowder. He was a graduate of Cannon High School, Kannapolis, and Devy Electrical School, Chicago. An electrical mechanical technician, he had retired from Cope’s Vulcom Co., Charlotte. He was a charter member of Landis Fire Department and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, where he was a former Sunday school teacher. During World War II, he was a sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Survivors include wife Ethel Castor Lowder; sons Glenn C. Lowder Jr. and Mark A. Lowder, both of Salisbury, and Phillip A. Lowder, Landis; sister Ailene Huffman, China Grove; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Trinity Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Graham Nahouse. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis.
Memorials: Trinity Lutheran Church, 108 W. Rice St., Landis, N.C. 28088.
Kirby Neal Smith
Kirby Neal Smith, 78, Salisbury, died Thursday (Aug. 5, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.
Sophie Ross Williams
Sophie Irene Ross Williams, 93, Salisbury, died Wednesday (Aug. 4, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a month of serious illness.
Born May 23, 1906, Mrs. Williams was a daughter of the late Charles and Laura Cauble Ross. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she had retired from Parkdale Mills. She was a member of Parkdale Mills Baptist Church.
Her husband, Ed Frances Williams, died April 11, 1975. Her daughter, Ilia Mae Williams, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons Edward Junior Williams, China Grove, and Robert Williams, Spencer; sisters Marie Hudson, Faith, and Hazel Chamberlin, Salisbury; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services: 3 p.m. Friday, Lyerly Funeral Home’s James C. Lyerly Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Ricky Brown, pastor, Southside Baptist Church. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.
Visitation: 2-3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of son Edward Junior Williams, China Grove.
Jack C. Athey
COOLEEMEE — Jack C. Athey, 64, U.S. 801 South, died Wednesday (Aug. 4, 1999) at Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, from a sudden illness.
Born Dec. 11, 1934, in Cooleemee, Mr. Athey was a son of the late John Leroy and Mollie Creason Athey. He had retired from Hoechst Celanese after 30 years with the company. He was a member of Cooleemee Presbyterian Church and a charter member of Cooleemee Volunteer Fire Department. A former Jaycee, he was also a charter member of Yadkin Valley Motorcycle Club.
Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Rilla Lowder Athey; daughters Leann Athey Dodd, Cooleemee, and Amanda Marie Athey, Charlotte; sisters Earline Page, Mocksville, and Jean Phelps, Salisbury; and three grandchildren.
Services: Graveside, 3: 30 p.m. Friday, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Robert Goforth and Robert Creason.
Visitation: 1 p.m. Friday until the time of the service at Eaton Funeral Service, Mocksville.
Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, c/o Pauline Athey, P.O. Box 27, Cooleemee, N.C. 27014.
S. Ellsworth Nothstine
MOCKSVILLE — The funeral will be Saturday for S. Ellsworth Nothstine, 92, Mocksville, who died Thursday (Aug. 5, 1999) at Brian Center Nursing and Rehabilitation, Statesville.
Born Aug. 2, 1907, in Columbus, Ohio, Nothstine was a son of the late Rev. Henry and Hattie Nothstine. Educated in the Lynchburg, Ohio, schools, he received a doctorate of theology from the American College and Seminary in Chicago, a doctorate of sacred theology from the International Free Protestant University in London and a doctorate of philosophy from Roosevelt University. He also received honorary degrees from six different institutions.
He had served as pastor in Ohio, Indiana, California and South Carolina. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served during World War II in the military Police. He was stationed at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant in Indiana.
Author of a dozen books, he contributed to many religious magazines and was editor of The Pulpit Workshop for 20 years. He is listed in the “International Directory of Biography” in London, “Men of Achievement” in Cambridge, England, and “Who’s Who in Ohio.” He was a radio preacher for the Youth for Christ Organization for many years.
He is survived by several nephews.
Services: Graveside, 10 a.m. Saturday, Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Mocksville, conducted by the Rev. Jim Gryder, pastor, and the Rev. Doug Smith, minister of Lexington First Wesleyan Church.
Visitation: None.
Summersett Funeral Home, Salisbury, in charge.
Memorials: Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, 4520 Old Mocksville Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
Martha Simpson Carter
LOCUST — Martha Sue Simpson Carter, 53, 17106 Pond Road, died Wednesday (Aug. 4, 1999) at Mercy Hospital, Charlotte.
Born Nov. 29, 1945, in Stanly County, Mrs. Carter was a daughter of Maggie Lanier Simpson Smith, Albemarle, and the late Floyd Lamont Simpson. She had retired as owner/operator of The Custom Shop, a drapery shop in Locust. She was a member of West Stanly Baptist Church.
Survivors, in addition to her mother, include husband Phillip Carter Jr.; son Mark Richard Carter, Locust; daughter Pam Harwood, Locust; brothers Cecil Wayne, Charles and Eddie Simpson, all of Albemarle, and Tommy Simpson, Estill, S.C.; sisters Doris Edwards, New London, and Gail Burroughs, Albemarle; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 11 this morning at West Stanly Baptist Church, Albemarle. The Rev. Ron Nichols and the Rev. Phillip Brooks officiated. Burial was at the church cemetery.
The family will be at the home on Pond Road.
Memorials: West Stanly Baptist Church, 24172 Highway 24/27, Albemarle, N.C. 28001.
Glenda Talbert Kepley
STATESVILLE — Glenda Talbert Kepley, 46, 174 Ashbrook Road, died Wednesday (Aug. 4, 1999) at her home after an extended illness.
Born June 28, 1953, in Iredell County, Mrs. Kepley was a daughter of Ruth Deal Talbert, Statesville, and the late William Glenn Talbert. Employed by Griffin Nationwide Insurance Co., she was a member of Beulah Baptist Church and the Women’s Bible Study Group.
Survivors, in addition to her mother, include husband Gary Kepley, formerly of Salisbury; daughters Mrs. Michael (Shelley) Houston, Carrboro, and Mrs. Harold (Emily) Sain, Statesville; brother Wayne Talbert, Lawrenceville, Va.; and a grandson.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, Beulah Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Henry C. Cook. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 tonight at the church fellowship hall. At other times the family will be at the home on Ashbrook Road.
Memorials: Beulah Baptist Church, Building Fund, 1851 Old Mountain Road, Statesville, N.C. 28677; or Mountain Road Baptist Church, Building Fund, 132 Compton Park Road, Statesville, N.C. 28677.
Chapman Funeral Home, Stony Point, is in charge.
