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Alfred Fowler
KANNAPOLIS - James Alfred Fowler, 71, 118 Arlene Ave. died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at Transitional Health Services of Kannapolis.
Born May 19, 1928, in Franklin County, Ga., Mr. Fowler was a son of the late Estie Jordan and William Lee Fowler. He had retired several years ago from the No. 6 weave room at Cannon Mills, Plant 1. He was a member of Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Survivors include wife Gladys Rhodes Fowler; sons James Ronald Fowler, Kannapolis, and Dennis Lee Fowler, Lexington; sisters Fannie Lou Carter, Allene Smith and Venetia Steele, all of Kannapolis, Irelle Wilkinson, Mooresville, Virginia Stickler, China Grove, and Joyce Parsons, Concord; brother Edward Fowler, Kannapolis; and four grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Todd Posey and the Rev. Ralph Adams. Burial, Carolina Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Sunday, Lady’s Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence.
Memorials: Jackson Park Pentecostal Holiness Church, 1008 Moose Road, Kannapolis, N.C. 28083.
Mamie ‘Tootsie’ Bernhardt
CHINA GROVE — Mamie “Tootsie” Reavis Bernhardt, 85, 410 Mount Moriah Church Road, died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at The Laurels in Salisbury.
Born Nov. 16, 1913, in Cabarrus County, Mrs. Bernhardt was a daughter of the late John Henry and Hattie Allen Reavis. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
Her husband, Myron Leo Bernhardt, died May 24, 1977.
Survivors include sons Walter Bernhardt, Salisbury, and Johnny Bernhardt, Stuttgart, Ark.; daughter Mrs. Gene (Shirley)Rumple, Cleveland; sister Mrs. Robert (Eveline)Troutman, Salisbury; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: 3 p.m. Sunday, Northcrest Chapel, Linn-Honeycutt Funeral Home, China Grove, conducted by the Rev. Tom Lomax, pastor, Old Country Baptist Church, Salisbury.
Visitation: 2-3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Marvin Eddy Burris
KANNAPOLIS — Marvin Eddy Burris, 57, 2241 Canterbury Drive, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, after a week of serious illness.
Born Nov. 16, 1941, in Cabarrus County, Mr. Burris was a son of the late E.K. and Katie Virginia Plott Burris. He was employed with NorthEast Medical Center for 37 years.
A U.S. Army veteran, he was a member of Bethpage United Methodist Church. Army, he served in 1966-1967.
Survivors include wife Betty Graham Burris; sons Robert Edward Burris, Rockwell, and William Alan Burris, Kannapolis; brothers Roy Burris, New Bern, and Jerry Burris, Kannapolis; and one grandchild.
Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Whitley’s Funeral Home Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Randy Foster.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials: Hospice of Cabarrus County, P.O. Box 1235, Concord, N.C. 28026.
Millie Redfern Goodman
ALBEMARLE — The funeral will be Sunday for Millie Redfern Goodman, 85, 308 N. Fifth St., who died Wednesday (Sept. 15, 1999).
Born Feb. 19, 1914, in Union County, Mrs. Goodman was a daughter of the late Rupert and Judy Mae Hendley Redfern. She was a homemaker.
A member of First Baptist Church, New London, she was a Sunday school teacher and pianist for the children. She was also active in the Foreign Missionary Society.
Survivors include husband Gus Goodman; sons William R. Goodman, Omaha, Neb., and Robert Wayne Goodman, Arlington, Va.; daughter Christine Miller, New London; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Sunday, Stanly Funeral Home Memorial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Tim Swaringen. Burial, Prospect Baptist Church cemetery.
Visitation: 1-2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Memorials: Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, N.C. 28001.
Agnes Taylor James
ALBEMARLE —Born July 18, 1909, in Montgomery County, Mrs. James was a daughter of the late Charles Lee and Cora Hall Taylor. Educated at New London High School and Woman’s College, she retired from James Clothing Store.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years, was a former president of her Sunday school class and circle, and a member of WMU and the Bereavement committee. She was coordinator for Meals on Wheels and served on the board of directors.
In 1947, she and her late husband, Frampton Albert James, opened James Clothing. The company remains in business after over 30 years.
While in business, she was active in civic affairs such as the Merchants Association, Albemarle Improvement Commission and Stanly County Community College’s Advisory committee for Fashion Merchandising and Marketing.
She was a member of Dogwood Garden Club and Albemarle Women’s Club, where she was honored as Club Woman of the Year in 1982. She was also an active member of the Stanly County Chapter of the American War Mothers, where she served as president for four years, and the Stanly County Historical Association.
Her husband died Oct. 21, 1991.
Survivors include son Dr. Charles M. James, Richmond, Va.; sister Mary Margorie “Margie” Taylor, Albemarle; and three grandchildren.
Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Sunday, Fairview Memorial Park Cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Harold McDonald.
Visitation: 6-8 tonight, Hartsell Funeral Home.
Memorials: First Baptist Church, Building Fund, 202 N. Second St., Albemarle, N.C. 28001.
Margaret Ludwick Maness
ROCKWELL — Margaret Ellen Ludwick Maness, 87, 1085 Misenheimer Road, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Otis (Roberta)Ragan, Granite Quarry.
Born Aug. 13, 1912, in Rowan County, Mrs. Maness was a daughter of the late Rufus Richard and Bertha Elizabeth Johnson Ludwick. Educated in the Rowan and Davidson county schools, she formerly worked at Erwin Mill, Cooleemee.
Also a homemaker, she was a member of Solid Rock Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Jasper Clay Honeycutt, who died in 1950; her second husband, Quincy Adam Maness, who died in 1979; and sons Charles Edward and Thomas Clay Honeycutt.
Survivors, in addition to her daughter, include son David Richard Honeycutt, Rockwell; two other daughters, Mrs. Cody (Nolie)Myers, Kannapolis, and Mrs. Claude (Violet)Eagle, Clemmons; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and five step-great-great-grandchildren.
Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Sunday, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, conducted by Dr. Benny L. Vickery, pastor, First Baptist Church.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at the home of daughter Roberta Ragan, 1211 Juniper St., Granite Quarry.
Summersett Funeral Home is in charge.
Mildred Newell
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The funeral is today for Mildred Lomax Cress Newell, 78, Chattanooga, who 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. today, Brainerd Baptist Church Chapel, conducted by Dr. Frank Crumpler. Burial, 1 p.m. Monday, Rowan Memorial Park, Salisbury, N.C., conducted by the Rev. Franklin Myers.
Chattanooga Funeral Home, East Chapel, is in charge.
Memorials: Hospice of Chattanooga, 165 Hamm Road, Chattanooga, Tenn. 37405.
Jean P. Sigmon
Jean P. Sigmon, 66, 1204 N. Walnut St., died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at her home after four months of serious illness.
Born June 11, 1933, in Kannapolis, Mrs. Sigmon was a daughter of the late Ida Hill and Willie Jerome Peebles. She was a homemaker and a member of the North Kannapolis Baptist Church.
Her husband, James Frank Sigmon, died in 1993.
Survivors include daughter Mika Williams, Kannapolis; and sisters Mary Peebles Allman, Charlotte, and Billie Peebles Hill, Atlantic Beach.
Services: Memorial service, 2 p.m. Sunday, conducted by the Rev. Richard Keasler. Burial, West Lawn Memorial Park.
Visitation: 7-9 p.m. tonight, Lady’s Funeral Home.
Zona Mildred Peterson
WESTMINSTER, Md. — Zona Mildred Peterson, 61, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at her home after an extended illness.
Born Oct. 16, 1937, in Salisbury, N.C., Mrs. Peterson was a daughter of Dorothy Mildred Dennis Yarboro of Salisbury and the late David Alvin Yarboro.
Mrs. Peterson graduated from Spencer High School in 1956 and worked at Dixie Diner. She worked at Spinning Wheel Pub, Taneytown, and Bendix at NASA.
Mrs. Peterson was a deputy sheriff with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department and later secretary to the sheriff. She was a member of the Federal Order of Police Lodge.
Survivors include husband Elton “Pete” Miller Peterson; sons Christopher Miller Peterson, Westminster, Craig Scott Herring, Timonium, David Scott Peterson, Mechanicsburg, Penn.; daughters Dana Peterson Derr, Baltimore, Tamara Peterson Herring, Timonium, Jennifer Peterson Holland, Sarasota, Fla.; brother Fred Yarboro, Salisbury, N.C.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services: 11 a.m. Tuesday, Pritts Funeral Home and Chapel, Westminster. Entombment, Evergreen Memorial Gardens Mausoleum.
Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight, and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday.
Memorials: Hospice of Carroll County, 95 Carroll St., Westminster, Md. 21157.
Glenna Mildred Bell
Glenna Mildred Bell, 85, Salisbury died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at Genesis Eldercare after 10 months of declining health and serious illness for the past two months.
Born Oct. 12, 1913, in Bellfountain, Ohio, Mrs. Bell was a daughter of the late Clifford and Mae Hockett Lile. Educated in Bellfountain, Ohio, schools, she worked in the restaurant and food service business and was last employed by Catawba College. A charter member of Morlan Park Church of God, she was active as long as her health permitted.
Her husband, Maurice H. “Jack” Bell, died March 22, 1968.
Survivors include sons Gary Bell, Salisbury, Glenn Bell, Mount Zion, Ill., Lloyd Bell, Rockwell, James “Jim” Bell, Concord, and Donnie Bell, China Grove; daughter, Glenna Wood, Rockwell; 15 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Monday, Morlan Park Church of God, conducted by the Rev. Brian McMasters, pastor, Morlan Park Church of God. The body will be placed in the church at 10: 30. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park.
Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Lyerly Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter Glenna Wood, Rockwell.
Memorials: Morlan Park Church of God, 121 Carolina Blvd., Salisbury, N.C. 28146.
