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Gladys Wilkerson Askew
WILSON — Gladys Wilkerson Askew, mother of Preston Askew of Salisbury, died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999).
Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Monday, Maplewood Cemetery.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 Sunday, Thomas-Yelverton Funeral Service.
Memorials: First Presbyterian Church, Music Department, P.O. Box 3185, Wilson, N.C. 27895.
Mildred Lomax Cress
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Mildred Lomax Cress, 78, Chattanooga, died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999) at her home.
Born in Spencer, N.C., Mrs. Cress was a daughter of Eula Mae Lomax, Salisbury, N.C., and the late Robert L. Lomax. She had been a member of Spencer First Baptist Church and was currently a member of Brainerd Baptist Church. She was also a former member of the Eastern Star.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, James R. Cress.
Survivors include husband Oscar Newell; son James R. Cress Jr., Lumbard, Ill.; stepsons David B. Newell, Willis, Texas, and Stephen R. Newell, Las Vegas; stepdaughter Diane E. Newell, Indian Rocks, Fla.; sister Louise L. O’Brien, Norfolk, Va.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Brainerd Baptist Church Chapel, conducted by Dr. Frank Crumpler. Burial, 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20, Rowan Memorial Park Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C., conducted by the Rev. Franklin Myers.
Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Chattanooga Funeral Home East Chapel.
Memorials: Hospice of Chattanooga, 165 Hamm Road, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37405.
Buford Mason Guy Jr.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Buford Mason Guy Jr., 58, of Cleveland, formerly of Salisbury, N.C., died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at a local hospital.
Mr. Guy was a son of Margaret Herman Guy of Charlotte, formerly of Salisbury, and the late Buford Mason Guy. A 1959 graduate of Boyden High School, he also graduated from N.C. State University. He was an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Cleveland State Community College for 31 years. He received the college’s Distinguished Faculty Member Award in 1994.
He was a member of Broad Street United Methodist Church and had served as coordinator for radio broadcasts of the Sunday services.
Survivors, in addition to his mother, include wife Pamela Miller Guy, also formerly of Salisbury; sons Buford Mason Guy III, Pleasanton, Calif., and Boyd Miller Guy, Cleveland; and sister Margaret Guy Dunn, Charlotte.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Ralph Buckner Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by Dr. Jack Weikel. Burial, Sunset Memorial Gardens.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Music Department, 155 Central Ave., Cleveland, Tenn. 37311
Ivalee King
STATESVILLE — Ivalee Moxley King, 84, 2413 S. Chipley Ford Road, died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999) at Brian Nursing Center. She was the mother of Steve King of Woodleaf.
Services: 11 a.m. Saturday memorial service, First ARP Church. Burial, Oakwood Cemetery.
Visitation: At the church following the service.
Memorials: H.F. Long Nursing Scholarship Fund, c/o Mitchell College, 500 W. Broad St., Statesville, N.C. 28677 or First ARP Church, P.O. Box 1607 Statesville, N.C. 28687.
Nicholson Funeral Home is in charge.
Mabel Dunn
Mabel Dunn, 89, 5540 Woodleaf Road, died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999) at The Laurels of Salisbury after a period of declining health.
Born April 30, 1910, in Rowan County, Miss Dunn was a daughter of the late George Leroy and Mary Frances Lowder Dunn. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she was a homemaker and a member of Gay’s Chapel United Methodist Church,
Survivors include sister Edith Weant, of the home.
Services: 3 p.m. Saturday, Gay’s Chapel United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Don Newman. Burial, family plot in the church cemetery.
Visitation: 2-3 p.m. at the church. At other times the family will be at the home on Woodleaf Road.
Lyerly Funeral Home is in charge.
Memorials: Gay’s Chapel United Methodist Church, 5545 Woodleaf Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28147.
Floyd ‘Pop’ Kerr Jr.
LEXINGTON — Floyd Alexander “Pop” Kerr Jr., 71, formerly of 518 Merdith Ave., died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at the Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury after three weeks of serious illness.
Born Dec. 31, 1929, in Salisbury, Mr. Kerr was a son of the late Floyd A. and Genolia Partee Kerr. He was a graduate of J.C. Price High School, Salisbury, and a self-employed contractor. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
Survivors include wife Annie Jo Alexander Kerr, Salisbury; sons Floyd “Pee Wee” Kerr III and Tim Davis, both of Salisbury; daughters Carlotta Hargrave and Genolia Annette Kerr, both of Lexington; 15 grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren.
Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, Salisbury, is in charge. The family will be at 525 E. Fisher St., Salisbury.
Martha Hines Morehead
The funeral will be Saturday for Martha Hines Morehead, 75, 308 W. Corriher Ave., who died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at her home.
Born Oct. 7, 1923, in Hickory, Mrs. Morehead was a daughter of the late James Burwell and Irene Flowers Hines, Educated in the Hickory schools, she received a degree in English from Lenoir-Rhyne College; a master’s degree in English from Appalachian State University; and a doctorate in English from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
She also participated in special summer institutes at Davidson College, Vassar College, Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She joined the Catawba College faculty in 1968 after holding faculty posts at Hickory, Hildebran and Hudson high schools. At Hudson, she chaired the English Department and taught in-services courses in English and art appreciation for teachers seeking certificate renewal. She also served the Department of Public Instruction as a consultant and assisted in writing “Model Guides to Teaching Literature, ” published in 1969.
During her 25 years at Catawba College, she served on the Faculty Senate and many faculty committees. She also acted as adviser to a number of student organizations and publications. At the time of her retirement in 1988, she was chairman of the English Department and professor emeritus of English.
From 1962 until 1970, she edited The North Carolina English Teacher. She was a contributing adviser to The Literary Map of Southern Appalachia, published in 1982, associate editor of the first volume of “The Heritage and History of St. John’s Lutheran Church” and co-editor of Volume 2.
Her poems, essays and articles have appeared in a variety of periodicals. She was listed in “Who’s Who in the South and the Southwest” and “Who’s Who in American Education.”
She won the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Lenoir-Rhyne College in 1971. At Catawba, her many awards included the Phi Epsilon Award in 1974; the Sayakini yearbook dedication in 1975; the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in 1978; and the Swink Award for Outstanding Teaching in 1981.
She was given honorary membership in the Blue Masque in 1986 and the Blue Masque Lifetime Patron Award in 1988. She was named honorary adviser to Alpha Chi honor society in 1986 and in 1988 was honored by The Arrowhead Magazine with the naming of an annual writing award to be given in her honor.
She was a member of Epsilon Chapter, Eta State and Delta Kappa Gamma, an international honor society for educators. She was a charter member of the Thomas Wolfe Society.
A member of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, she had in earlier years been active with the North Carolina Lutheran Church Women. In the late 1950s she served as editor of the Women’s Page of The North Carolina Lutheran.
Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Curtis F. Morehead, whom she married Aug. 23, 1944; sons F. Curtis Morehead III, Charlotte, and John L. Morehead, Salisbury; daughter Mrs. Julius Kerr (Martha) Peeler, Salisbury; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Saturday, City Memorial Park, conducted by Dr. William H. Battermann, pastor, Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 tonight, Summersett Funeral Home.
Memorials: Martha Hines Morehead Endowment Scholarship Fund, c/o Catawba College, 2300 W. Innes St., Salisbury, N.C. 28144; or Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 1908 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
‘Jack’ Palmer Jr.
LEXINGTON — Jacob A. “Jack” Palmer Jr., 80, Carolina Avenue, died Tuesday (Sept. 14, 1999) at Lexington Health Care.
Born July 9, 1919, in Davidson County, Mr. Palmer was a son of the late Jacob Alexander and Etna Little Palmer. He graduated from Thomasville High School and Catawba College.
He served in U.S. Army counterintelligence during World War II and the Korean War and was a life member of VFW Post 3074, the American Legion Post 8 and Amvets Post 13.
Retired from Burlington Furniture, he was a member of First Reformed United Church of Christ, where he taught Sunday school. He was an elder emeritus and served on the church consistory for many years.
Survivors include wife Juanita Tussey Palmer; son Dr. Jacob A. “Jack” Palmer III, Unity, Maine; daughter Patricia McGinn, Clemson, S.C.; brother Dr. William Fisher Palmer, Salisbury; sisters Dr. Etna McCullough, Oakridge, Tenn., and Margaret McCotter, Raleigh; and five grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, First Reformed United Church of Christ, conducted by the Rev. Mike Hooper. Burial, Forest Hill Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 tonight, Davidson Funeral Home. The rest of the time, the family will be at the Carolina Avenue home.
Memorials: First Reformed United Church of Christ, 104 E. Center St., Lexington, N.C. 27292.
Joseph Daniel Lockhart
Brandon James Lockhart
The funeral will be Monday for Joseph Daniel Lockhart, 12, and his brother, Brandon James Lockhart, 10, Salisbury, who died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Joseph Lockhart died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.
Brandon Lockhart died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center.
Joseph Lockhart was a seventh-grade student at North Rowan Middle School.
Brandon Lockhart was a fourth-grade student at North Rowan Elementary School.
Both boys were members of Trindale Baptist Church, Archdale, and Cub Scout Pack 349, sponsored by Central United Methodist Church, Spencer.
Survivors include their mother, Marsha Ann Nelson Lockhart and her fiance, Mark Earnhardt, of the home, and their father, Robert Whiston Lockhart Jr. and their stepmother Anita Lockhart of High Point; maternal grandmother Judy Nelson, Salisbury; paternal grandparents Bill and Betty Steadman, Trinity; maternal great-grandmother Roberta Bailey, Salisbury; paternal great-grandmother Notre Lockhart, High Point; and stepsisters Kristen and Shawna Covey, both of Manchester, N.H., and Olivia Dickerson, High Point.
Services: Double service, 3 p.m. Monday, Lyerly Funeral Home’s James C. Lyerly Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Dave Williams, pastor, Trindale Baptist Church, Archdale. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at their respective homes.
Memorials: Brenner Children’s Hospital, 300 S. Hawthorne Lane, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103.
