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Margaret Wilhelm Deal
CHINA GROVE — Margaret Wilhelm Deal, 79, 1895 N. Main St., died Thursday (Sept. 2, 1999) at Genesis ElderCare, Salisbury.
Born Feb. 10, 1920, in Rowan County, Mrs. Deal was a daughter of the late Hugh Blair and Margie Fultz Wilhelm. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she was a homemaker and a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church, Salisbury.
Her husband, Oscar Alexander “Bill” Deal, died Oct. 7, 1995.
Survivors include son Melvin B. Deal, Salisbury; daughters Brenda D. Oxendine, China Grove, Kathy Denise Taylor, Tyro, and Kim D. Cameron, Salisbury; sisters Bertie W. Mason, Salisbury, and Sue W. Hubbard and Joan Wilhelm, both of China Grove; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Gospel Light Baptist Church, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Ron Bankson, the Rev. Jerry Whiteheart and the Rev. Terry Cruse. Entombment, West Lawn Mausoleum.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 p.m. Friday, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove. At other times the family will be at the home on South Main Street.
Twilia Eleanor Rice Butts
ALBEMARLE — Twilia Eleanor Rice Butts, 85, 33426 Old Salisbury Road, died Wednesday (Sept. 1, 1999) at Britthaven of Piedmont Nursing Center.
Born July 31, 1914, in Beaver County, Pa., Mrs. Butts was a daughter of Elder C. and Violet Ganz Rice. Retired as a librarian with W.B. Hibbs, Washington, D.C., she attended First Assembly Church.
Her husband, Roger C. Butts, died Dec. 5, 1998.
Survivors include son Kirk Allen Ebaugh, Ambridge, Pa.; daughter Karen Ash, Albemarle; stepson Roger Butts Jr., Rockville, Md.; daughter Karen Ash, Albemarle; stepdaughter Joan Constance Hegel, Brigantine, N.J.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Stanly Funeral Home is in charge.
Max H. Beaver
LEXINGTON — Max Hal Beaver, 76, Yadkin College community, died Wednesday (Sept. 1, 1999) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.
Born Oct. 29, 1922, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Beaver was a son of the late W.M. and Ellen Willeford Beaver. Retired from ARA Vending of Greensboro, he serviced PPG Industries.
He was a charter member of Yadkin College Baptist Church, where he taught the adult Sunday school class and was choir leader. A World War II veteran of the U.S. Army, he was a member of American Legion Post 162.
Survivors include wife Minnie “Dolly” Michael Beaver; daughter Betty Surratt, Lexington; sons Max Hal Beaver Jr., Lexington, and Rickie Lynn Beaver, Welcome; sisters Faith Knowles, Bertie Sides and Mildred Berry, all of China Grove; brother Nolan Beaver, Kannapolis; nine grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Services: 4 p.m. Saturday, Yadkin College Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Henry Thompson and the Rev. Earl Cook. Burial, Forest Hill Park Mausoleum. military rites by Randolph County Honor Guard.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Piedmont Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at their respective homes.
Memorials: Yadkin College Baptist Church, 1275 N. Koontz Road, Lexington, N.C. 27295.
Ruth Witherspoon Sain
KANNAPOLIS — Ruth Witherspoon Sain, 88, 1507 Oak Shade Ave., died Thursday (Sept. 2, 1999) at Concord Nursing Center, Concord.
Born March 13, 1911, in Catawba County, Mrs. Sain was a daughter of the late John Calvin and Lockie Jane Burris Witherspoon. Educated in the Catawba County schools, she had retired after 50 years in the Cannon Mills sample room. She was a member of Midway Methodist Church.
Her husband, Andrew Leo Sain, died in 1969.
Survivors include son Ralph A. Sain, China Grove; brother Wilford “Bill” Witherspoon, Kannapolis; sister Leathie Chandler, Lenoir; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Colonial Chapel, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis, conducted by the Rev. R.J. Hammond. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorials: Charity Baptist Church, 2420 Brantley Road, Kannapolis, N.C. 28083.
Rufus Henry McNeely
The funeral will be Tuesday for Rufus Henry McNeely, 61, 310 W. Marlboro Drive, Chandler, Ariz., who died Monday (Aug. 30, 1999) at Desert Samaritan Hospital, Mesa, Ariz.
Services: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Thomas Street Church of Christ, conducted by William Latten, pastor, and the Rev. Leo Gay. Burial, National Cemetery, Salisbury. military honors by Pope Air Force Base honor guard.
Visitation: 7-8 p.m. Monday, Mitchell & Fair Funeral Service. At other times the family will be at the home of brother Billy McNeely, 120 Cemetery St., Granite Quarry.
Dora McIntyre Hunter
KANNAPOLIS — Dora McIntyre Hunter, 81, Kannapolis, died Thursday (Sept. 2, 1999) at the Brian Center.
Born Feb. 2, 1918, in Chesterfield County, S.C., Mrs. Hunter was the daughter of the late Will and Elizabeth Grooms McIntyre. She had retired due to ill health from Cannon Mills, Plant 7, twister room, in 1973 after 20 years with the company. She was a member of Faith Freewill Baptist Church.
Her husband, Francis M. Hunter, preceded her in death.
Survivors include daughters Joan Drye, Concord, and Frances Smith, Margaret Childress and Mary Ann Crisco, all of Kannapolis; sons William P. and Raymond F. Hunter, both of Kannapolis, Robert L. Hunter, Virginia Beach, Va., and John D. Hunter, Salisbury; brothers Willie and J.B. McIntyre, both of Chesterfield, S.C.; sister Nettie Hunter, Kannapolis; 21 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.
Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. James Pauley. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
Memorials: Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144; or Faith Freewill Baptist Church, 904 Chipola St., Kannapolis, N.C. 28083
Margaret Thomas Owens
CHINA GROVE — Margaret Thomas Owens, 76, 445 Old Beatty Ford Road, died Thursday (Sept. 2, 1999) at her home.
Born May 17, 1923, in Landis, Mrs. Owens was a daughter of the late Crawford and Willie Mae Beaver Thomas. A graduate of Landis High School and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, she had retired from Cannon Mills, where she had worked as a weaver for 45 years.
Her husband, James L. Owens, died Nov. 12, 1983.
Survivors include sons James Owens Jr., Gwinn, Mich., Michael Owens, Cooleemee, and William Owens, Landis; daughter Melissa Owens Hudson, China Grove; brothers Emanuel Avner Thomas, Neptune Beach, Fla., Haylden Aldeen Thomas, Lexington, and Grady Eugene Thomas, Kannapolis; sisters Lois Thomas Perkins, Landis, Zelia Arlene Schaefermeyer, Desoto, Mo., and Nancy Thomas Kneeberg, Midland; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Trinity Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Gene Peeler. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, Landis.
Memorials: Trinity Lutheran Church, 108 W. Rice St., Landis, N.C. 28088.
Melvin Smith
WOODLEAF - Uyless Melvin Smith, 75, 320 Renshaw Road, died Thursday (Sept. 2, 1999) at Iredell Memorial Hospital, Statesville.
Born Aug. 18, 1924, in Rowan County, Mr. Smith was a son of the late Sabrin Rodden and Garfield Smith. A retired mechanic, he was a member of Corinth Church of Christ.
Survivors include wife Kathryn Reavis Smith; son Charlie Smith, Woodleaf; daughter Carol Smith Allen, Durham; sisters Pauline Stroud and Elmer Wall, both of Mocksville; and four grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. today, Corinth Church of Christ, conducted by Mr. Raymond McDaniel Jr. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. today, Corinth Church of Christ.
‘Mike’ Carlisle
KANNAPOLIS - Robert Michael “Mike” Carlisle, 51, 1104 Pine St., died Friday (Sept. 3, 1999) at the home of son Allen Carlisle.
Born April 26, 1948, in Rowan County, Mr. Carlisle was a son of the late Mattie Lee Houston and Empy Yates “E.Y.” Carlisle. He was a machinist with Gessner Industries, formerly Windsor & Jerauald, Concord.
He was a member of Unity Baptist Church and a first responder with the Kannapolis Fire Department.
Survivors include wife Vickie Sartain Carlisle; another son, Robert Yates Carlisle, Kannapolis; and four grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Unity Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Keith Cudd and the Rev. Larry Beaver. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park, China Grove.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of son Allen Carlisle, 705 Robert Drive.
Memorials: Unity Baptist Church, 401 E. 16th St., Kannapolis, N.C. 28083.
Zeta Lackey Beam
KANNAPOLIS - Zeta Lackey Patterson Beam, 83, 3040 N. Cannon Blvd., died Friday (Sept. 3, 1999) at her home after a period of declining health.
Born April 5, 1916, in Alexander County, Mrs. Beam was a daughter of the late Blandie Sloan and Milas Lackey. She was employed in the business office of Kannapolis Publishing Co., formerly the Daily Independent newspaper, for 38 years before she retired in 1981.
Mrs. Beam was a member of Jackson Park United Methodist Church, where she was active in the Gladys Nelson Sunday School Class and the Jet Set senior citizens club. Formerly active with the YMCA Senior Citizens Club, she was a member of the Cabarrus County Silverliners and the Murdock Center Golden Slippers.
Her first husband, Harry C. Patterson, died in 1979.
Survivors include husband C. Ray Beam; daughter Shari Cranford, Columbia, S.C.; brother Sloan Lackey, Stony Point; sister Wilma Sloan, Statesville; and two grandchildren.
Services: 4 p.m. Sunday, Jackson Park United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Skipper Watwood. Private graveside service, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. tonight, Whitley’s Funeral Home.
Memorials: Jackson Park United Methodist Church, 715 Mable Ave., Kannapolis, N.C. 28083 or Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, N.C. 28026-1235.
Ella Booe March
ADVANCE - Ella Booe March, 86, died Thursday (Sept. 2, 1999) at Meadowbrook Terrace following a period of declining health.
Born in Davie County, Mrs. March was a daughter of the late Sallie Booe.
Her husband, Jess Lee March, died in 1977.
Survivors include sons Robert (Martha) March, Winston-Salem, and Eugene March, Mocksville; three grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.
Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Redland Church of Christ, conducted by Minister Cloys Cecil officiating. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 2: 30-3 p.m. Sunday, at the church.
Graham Funeral Directors, Mocksville, is in charge.
