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Ruby Lee Jones
Ruby Lee Jones, 93, formerly of 301 Carolina Blvd., died Saturday (Sept. 18, 1999) at Autumn Care after two years of declining health and five days of serious illness.
Born Oct. 9, 1905, in Rowan County, Miss Jones was a daughter of the late Joseph Johnson and Minnie Mae Hartman Jones. Educated in Salisbury City Schools, she was formerly employed by N.C. Finishing Co. A member of Southeast Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses, she witnessed door to door while able.
She is survived by sister Katherine J. King, Salisbury.
Services: Memorial, Kingdom Hall at a later date.
Mitchell and Fair Funeral Service is in charge.
Floyd ‘Pop’ Kerr Jr.
Floyd Alexander “Pop” Kerr Jr., 69, formerly of 518 Meredith Ave., Lexington, died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at Hefner VA Medical Center 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. A graduate of J.C. Price High School, he was a self-employed contractor and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.
He was preceded in death by a son, James B. Kerr.
Survivors include wife Annie Jo Alexander Kerr; sons Floyd Kerr III and Tim Davis, both of Salisbury; daughters Carlotta Hargrave and Antionette Genola Kerr, both of Lexington; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services: Noon Tuesday, A.R. Kelsey Memorial Chapel, Noble and Kelsey Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Charles Eric Susong. Burial, National Cemetery, Salisbury, with military rites by Rowan Veterans Council.
Visitation: 11: 30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at 525 E. Fisher St.
Ronald Bruce Lanier
Ronald Bruce Lanier, 51, 2002 E. Innes St., and formerly of South Main Street, died Saturday (Sept 18, 1999) at his residence after a year and a half of declining health and a serious illness of five months.
Born Nov. 12, 1947, in Lexington, Mr. Lanier was the son of Bruce C. and Juanita Hefner Lanier of Salisbury. Educated in Lexington and Salisbury city schools, he graduated from Riverside military Academy in Gainesville, Ga., and attended Pfeiffer University. A U.S. Army veteran of the Vietname War, he received the Purple Heart, two Bronze Stars and two Army Accommodation medals. He was a disabled veteran and helped his father in the automobile business. He volunteered more than 1, 300 hours at the Hefner VA Medical Center.
A member of Coburn Memorial United Methodist Church, he was in the Helping Hands Sunday School Class. Also a member of Hudson-Miller-Tatum VFW Post 3006, he was a long-time member of the Salisbury YMCA.
Survivors, including his parents, are brother Tony Wade Lanier, Gold Hill; and sister Mitzi Marie Lanier of Greensboro.
Services: 2: 30 p.m. Monday, Coburn Memorial United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. David Kelley, the Rev. Randi Godfrey of Seaside United Methodist Church, Seaside, and the Rev. S.B. “Doc” Warner of Bethel and Cornatzer churches, Mocksville. The body will be placed in the church at 2. Burial, 4 p.m. , Forest Hill Memorial Park, Lexington; military rites by Rowan County Veterans Council.
Visitation: 7 to 9 tonight, Summersett Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence on East Innes Street.
Memorials: Coburn Memorial United Methodist Church, 901 S. Church St., or Rowan Regional Home Health and Hospice, 825-A W. Henderson St., both Salisbury, N.C. 28144.
Rev. Vernon Morton
NEW LONDON — The Rev. Vernon Adam Morton, 92, 729 Uwharrie Point, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at Stanly Memorial Hospital, Albemarle, after a sudden illness.
Born July 28, 1907, in Montgomery County, the Rev. Morton was the son of the late Joe Turner and Priscilla Dennis Morton. He was a graduate of Rutherford College, High Point College and Duke Divinity School. He was ordained in 1929 and had been a member of the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church since then. He served as a Methodist pastor in many communities in the Western Conference and since 1972 as a volunteer at Chandler’s Grove United Methodist Church in the Badin Lake area.
His wife, Jennie Raye Floyd Morton, preceded him in death.
Survivors include son Bruce Morton, Fancy Gap, Va.; daughter Romona Clapp, Kernersville; two brothers, J.T. Morton, Thomasville and Alfred Morton, Ft. Gaines, Ga.; sister Minnie Whitley, Albemarle; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services: 2 p.m. Monday, Uwharrie United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Glen Hancock and the Rev. Derald Smith. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 6 to 7: 30 tonight, Briggs Funeral Home, Denton.
Memorials: Chandler’s Grove United Methodist Church Building Fund, c/o Diana Slate, 1032 Pinehaven Drive, New London, N.C. 28127; Uwharrie United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 8, Troy, N.C. 27371.
Jimmie Scruggs
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Jimmie Ray Scruggs, 54, Columbia, brother of Joan Scruggs Jones, Spencer, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999).
Services: 4 p.m. Monday, Spring Valley Presbyterian Church.
Visitation: After services in the social hall of the church.
Memorials: Spring Valley Presbyterian Church, 125 Sparkle Berry Lane, Columbia, S.C. 29223.
‘Blondie’ Similton
KANNAPOLIS — Ethelene “Blondie” Similton, 55, 515 Ford Street, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at her home.
Born July 5, 1944, in Kannapolis, Mrs. Similton was a daughter of the late Melvin and Janie Similton.
She is survived by daughter Tanya Similton Kirk, Kannapolis; son Marlon Similton, Kannapolis; sisters Ella S. Rice, Kannapolis and Debra Gordon, Charlotte; brother Billy Similton, Concord; and seven grandchildren.
Services: 4 p.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. P.C. Holland. Burial, Bethel Cemetery, Kannapolis.
Visitation: 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, Bryant-Lytle-Young Funeral Chapel.
Mabel Albright Watkins
ALBEMARLE — The funeral was Saturday for Mable Albright Watkins, 83, 49641 Buck Drive, who died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) at her daughter’s home.
Born Jan. 25, 1916, in Rowan County, Mrs. Watkins was a daughter of the late William Archie and Florence Collie Albright. A homemaker, she was a member of First Lutheran Church.
Survivors include husband Aaron L. Watkins; son James R. Watkins, Albemarle; daughters Sally W. Dick, Albemarle, and Diane W. Earnhardt, Belmont, Calif.; brother Mitchell Albright, Charlotte; sisters Marie Walser, Spencer; Willie Orr, Asheville; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Memorials: Hospice of Stanly County, 960 N. First St., Albemarle, N.C. 28001.
Titi Foster Carter Bailey
MOCKSVILLE — Titi Foster Carter Bailey, 87, Fork Bixby Road, died Sunday (Sept. 19, 1999) at Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem.
Born May 23, 1912, in Davie County, Mrs. Bailey was a daughter of the late William Giles and Sallie Livengood Foster. She retired from Cooleemee Manufacturing Co. A member of Fork Baptist Church, she attended Elbaville United Methodist Church and was active with the senior citizens at both churches.
Her first husband, Morrison L. Carter, died in 1933, and her second husband, Cicero S. Bailey, died in 1981. A son, Bobby Bailey, also preceded her in death.
Survivors include sons Jack and Gray Carter, both of Advance, and Joe Bailey, Mocksville; daughters Peggy Rummage, Lexington, Dorothy Sowers, Winston-Salem, and Sallie Buie, Denton; brother Buddie Foster, Advance; 16 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Elbaville United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Jack Wallace and the Rev. Rusty Morrison. Burial, church cemetery.
Visitation: 6: 30-8: 30 tonight, Davie Funeral Service.
Memorials: Fork Baptist Church, 3140 U.S. Hwy 64 E., Mocksville, N.C. 27028; or Elbaville United Methodist Church, c/o Mattie Tucker, 2984 N.C. Hwy. 801 S., Advance, N.C. 27006.
Helen O. ‘Tillie’ Bostian
Helen O. “Tillie” Bostian, a Spencer native, died Sunday (Sept. 19, 1999) at Forest Lake Health Care, Augusta, Ga.
The daughter of the late Mittie Lou Lanning Lomax Crowe and Noah Hezekiah Lomax, Mrs. Bostian attended Draughton Business College and retired from the administrative staff of Kannapolis City Schools. She was a member of the North Carolina Retired Teachers Association as well as the national group. Prior to her move to Augusta, Ga., she was a volunteer at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, now NorthEast Medical Center, Concord, where she was president of the volunteer organization. She was a member of Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Augusta, Ga., and a former member of Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, Kannapolis, where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday school.
Her husband, Herman C. Bostian, preceded her in death.
Survivors include son Barry Max Bostian, Orlando, Fla.; daughter Betty Bostian Boliek, Augusta, Ga.; four grandchildren; and one great-grandson.
Services: Graveside, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Carolina Memorial Park, Kannapolis, conducted by the Rev. Michael D. Bostian.
Visitation: At the cemetery after the service.
Poteet Funeral Home, Augusta, Ga., is in charge.
Memorials: Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 825 Greene St., Augusta, Ga. 30901; or Kimball Memorial Lutheran Church, 101 Vance St., Kannapolis, N.C. 28081.
Mary Howard Denham
The funeral will be Wednesday for Mary Elizabeth Howard Denham, 68, Salisbury, who died Sunday (Sept. 19, 1999) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after six years of declining health and two weeks of serious illness.
Born July 8, 1931, in Rowan County, Mrs. Denham was a daughter of the late John Dobbins and Claudia Leigh Gardner Howard. Educated in the Rowan County schools, she was a homemaker and a Baptist.
A son, Clarence Sylvester Daniels Jr., preceded her in death.
Survivors include husband Carl Franklin Denham, whom she married July 19, 1965; other sons Carl Franklin Daniels, Charlotte, William Scott Daniels, Thomasville, and Ray Anthony Daniels, Salisbury; daughters Claudia Fraley and Debbie Blamberg, both of Salisbury, Doris Poteat, Rockwell, and Jackie Patricia and Benicia Diane Denham, both of the home; 15 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services: Graveside, 2 p.m. Wednesday, National Cemetery, Salisbury, conducted by the Rev. Charles Carver, pastor of Westpark Baptist Church, Rockwell.
Visitation: 1-1: 45 p.m. Wednesday, Lyerly Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter Claudia Fraley, Salisbury.
Memorials: American Lung Association, 5315 Greenbrook Drive, Charlotte, N.C., 28205.
Marvin Franklin Lovette
The funeral will be Wednesday for Marvin Franklin Lovette, 66, 906 Hidden Circle Creek, who died Sunday (Sept. 19, 1999) at Genesis ElderCare after a period of declining health.
Born Jan. 29, 1933, in Rowan County, Mr. Lovette was a son of the late Raymond Monroe and Lillian Patterson Lovette. Educated in Cabarrus County schools and the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill, he retired as a telecommunicator with the N.C. Highway Patrol. He later retired as a manager for LaSalle Deitch.
He was a member of Enon Baptist Church and formerly Faith Baptist Church, where he served as Sunday school superintendent and deacon. He was also a former deacon at Friendship Baptist Church and a former member of Faith Civitan Club, where he twice served as president and was named Civitan of the Year in 1974 and 1987. He was also a member of Keller Masonic Lodge, Rockwell, and York Rite Bodies and Oasis Shrine. He retired as captain with the South Salisbury Volunteer Fire Department.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Brooks Lovette, whom he married Aug. 31, 1958; son Stephen Kent Lovette, Rockwell; daughter Marvie Lovette Cartner, Wilkesboro; brother Everett Monroe Lovette, Charlotte; and three grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Enon Baptist Church, conducted by Dr. Randall Dockins, interim pastor, and Dr. Jim Harris. Burial, Rowan Memorial Park, Masonic rites by Keller Masonic Lodge, Rockwell.
Visitation: 7-8: 30 tonight, Lyerly Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home on Hidden Circle Creek.
Memorials: Enon Baptist Church, 1875 Enon Church Road, Salisbury, N.C., 28147.
