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Naomi Ledford
LAWNDALE — Mrs. Rachael Naomi Pritchard Ledford, 75, of 138 Ball Park Road, died June 17, 2004, at Hospice at Wendover.
Born Sept. 15, 1928, in Cleveland County, to the late Charles Franklin and Minnie Pearson Pritchard, she retired as a saleslady with J.C. Penney Co. She was a member of Lawndale Baptist Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, Shelby Chapter 110, where she was a past matron, and a member of the Council on Aging/ Senior Center in Shelby and served as a volunteer at Union School.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, Andy, Clyde and Loy Pritchard; and two sisters, Matilda Champion and Ruth Richards.
She is survived by her husband of 41 years, Robert G. “Bob” Ledford; a daughter and son-in-law, Sharon W. and Randy Holt of Shelby; a grandson and his wife, Darren and Cammy Holt of Lawndale; a granddaughter and her husband, Tina and David Smith of Shelby; and two stepgreat-grandchildren, Brandon Sain and Stephanie Turner.
The funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Lawndale Baptist Church, with Pastor Jim Kilby and the Rev. Paul Williams officiating. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the funeral. Burial will follow at Rose Hill Memorial Park.
The family will receive visitors this evening from 6 to 7:30 at Stamey Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150.
A guest registry is available at www. stameyfuneralhome.com
Dr. Walter Clayton
BREVARD — Dr. Walter S. Clayton, Sr., died Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at the age of 88.
He was the eleventh of 12 children of the late Joseph Ezra Clayton Sr., and Isabelle (Belle) Wood Clayton of Brevard, and the great-great-grandson of Lambert and Sarah Davidson Clayton, who were the second or third family to move to this county.
Walter was an outstanding athlete for most of his life. He went to Brevard schools, graduating from Brevard High School in 1932, where he played football, baseball and basketball. He earned a football/baseball scholarship to Brevard College, where he made All State in the two sports both years and earned All Junior College honors in 1935. The football team of 1934 was the first football team at Brevard College and Walter scored the first touchdown.
In 1936, he entered Wake Forest on a football/baseball scholarship, graduating in 1939. He then taught and coached at Carthage and Burlington high schools for several years before entering dental school in Atlanta. After graduating from Emory University in 1946, he was immediately granted a Georgia dental license and took over the practice of an elderly ailing dentist in Sparta, Ga., for several months while he waited to hear from the North Carolina Dental Board. Later, in 1946, after receiving his N.C. dental license, he opened a practice with Jack Hunt, a fellow dental student, in Cliffside, where he practiced dentistry for eight years.
In March 1947, he married Jack’s sister, Julia Hunt. Two weeks after their third child was born, Walter was called to service during the Korean War. In 1955, after serving two years at Fort Bragg as a dentist, he moved his family to his dearly missed hometown of Brevard. He had become acquainted with air conditioning during his stay at Fort Bragg and built the first air-conditioned building in Transylvania County.
As his children grew older, the game of golf took over as the main sport of his life. One of his patients mentioned to him that Glen Cannon Farm was for sale and would be the perfect place for a golf course. He mentioned this to his golfing buddies and the development of Glen Cannon Golf Course began, with Walter overseeing the design and course layout. He was very pleased with the results and felt it was one of the best courses he ever played, including the Augusta National, where the Masters is played. Walter won the Glen Cannon Club Championship for many years as well as much other golf tournaments across western North Carolina.
He was a member of the Transylvania Board of Health for 21 years and First United Methodist Church.
Walter was preceded in death by his wife, Julia Hunt Clayton; his son, Dr. Robert Clayton; and 10 of his brothers and sisters.
Surviving are his son, Walter S. Clayton Jr. and his wife, Anne, of Florida; his daughter, Julia Anne C. Blythe and her husband, Steve, of Brevard; and his daughter-in-law, Dr. Carol Wratten of Texas. He has six grandchildren, Stephanie Blythe Chapman and her husband, Brent, and Clayton Blythe of Brevard, Will Clayton and his wife, Amy, of Hendersonville, Charlotte Clayton of Florida, Richard Clayton and his wife, Regan, of Wyoming and Robert M. Clayton of Texas.
The funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Brevard.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 7 at Moore Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Walter S. Clayton Sr. Memorial Fund at Brevard College, 400 N. Broad St., Brevard, NC 28712.
Linda Ramey
SHELBY — Ms. Linda Ann Ramey, 38, of 717 Pleasant Drive, died Wednesday, June 16, 2004, at home.
A native of Cleveland County, she was born Nov. 16, 1965.
She is survived by her mother, Frances Ramey, of the home; a son, Justin Daniel Ramey of Shelby; a brother and sister-in-law, Jerry Thomas and Jennifer Ramey of Shelby; a sister and brother-in-law, Teresa Ramey and Dennis Irvin of Shelby; an uncle and aunt, Roger and Phillis Ramey of Dallas; an uncle, John Ramey of Kings Mountain; an aunt and uncle, Virginia Hoppes and Ronnie Morrow of Kings Mountain; two nephews; a niece; a great-nephew and many cousins.
The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, with the Rev. Billy Bowen officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Cemetery.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 7:30 at the funeral home. The family’s headquarters are at the home.
Annie Owens
RUTHERFORDTON — Mrs. Annie Mae Owens, 93, of J.A. Hampton Road, died Thursday, June 17, 2004, at Rutherford Hospital.
Washburn and Dorsey Funeral Home will announce arrangements.
Barbara Kirkendall
SHELBY — Mrs. Barbara Ann Cash Kirkendall, 71, of 806 Hampton St., died Sunday, June 20, 2004, at Hospice of Cleveland County.
Born in Lincoln County she was a daughter of the late Williams Talmer Cash and Mae Amy Finger Cash. She retired from Jefferson Smurfit Container Corp., where she worked in the dye department. She was a member of West View Baptist Church, where she had sung in the choir and belonged to the Ladies Circle.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas Kirkendall Jr. of the home; two daughters, Tonya Kirkendall of the home, and Pat McAlister of Shelby; a son, Mark Kirkendall of Shelby; two brothers, Tommy Cash of Lincolnton, and Jerry Cash of Charlotte; two sisters, Evelyn Carpenter of Lincolnton, and Dorothy Cook of Shelby; four grandsons, Tim Callahan of Gaffney, S.C., Jason Callahan of Canton, Jeramie Proctor of Milldenhal, England, and Tyler McAlister of Shelby; three granddaughters, Robin DuJardin, Heather Kirkendall, and Jessica Kirkendall of Shelby; and three great grandchildren.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Westview Baptist Church, with Dr. Robert Lamb and Navy Chaplain Randy Cash officiating. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service.
Burial will be at Cleveland Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at Cleveland Funeral Services and other times at the home.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150; Westview Baptist Church, 500 Melody Lane, Shelby, NC 28152; or Shelby First Wesleyan Church, 1542 Kings Road, Shelby, NC 28150.
Eddie Whitener
CAROLEEN — Mr. Eddie Lee Whitener, 40, died Saturday, June 19, 2004, in Cleveland County.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Crowe’s Funeral Chapel.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home 30 minutes before the service.
Roland Dellinger
LINCOLNTON — Mr. Roland Thomas Dellinger, 87, of Brian Center, died Sunday, June 20, 2004, at Lincoln Medical Center.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Shady Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Robert Redding officiating.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Carpenter’s Funeral Home tonight from 6 to 8 and at other times at the home of Hilda Elmore, 118 Bogey Lane, Lincolnton.
Clyde Newton
NEWTON — Mr. Clyde William Newton, 76, of Buffalo Shoals Road, passed away Sunday, June 20, 2004, at Catawba Valley Medical Center.
The funeral is today at 3 p.m. at Mount Ruhama Baptist Church in Maiden, with the Revs. Larry Burns and Don Ferrell officiating.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes prior to the service.
The family received friends Monday.
Burke Mortuary in Newton is in charge of arrangements.
A guest register is available online at www.burkemortuary.com.
Theodore Hart
SHELBY — Mr. Theodore Roosevelt Hart, a.k.a. “Woodman,” 70, left this life on Friday, June 18, 2004, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
Born in Cleveland County on April 6, 1934, he was a son of the late Lillie Mae Hart.
In addition to his mother, he was preceded in death by two daughters, Shirley Hart and Augustian Smarr.
He leaves to cherish fond memories his wife, Katie F. Hart; six daughters, Theodoshia Cansler of Waco, and Leatha (James) Dawkins, Margaret Perkins, Judy Thurman, Linda Hart, and Sharon Hart, all of Shelby; four sons, Theodore (Candsandra) Hart Jr. of Goldsboro, Scotty (Marcy) Hart of Fayetteville, and Kenneth (Rebecca) Hart and Donald Hart, both of Shelby; six grandchildren that were raised in the home, Shaw Hart, Cherry Hart, Shirley Hart, Natasha Hart, Quavas Hart and Tyrone Patterson; one very special nephew, Douglas Hart of San Diego, Calif.; 29 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; one brother, James Pete of Shelby; and five sisters, Geneva Marshall, Doris Morris, both of Baltimore, Md., Betty Bell, Ethel May Lockhart, Sandra Beasley and Carolyn Perry, all of Shelby.
The funeral will be Thursday at 3 p.m. at Faith Missionary Baptist Church in Shelby, with the Rev. Zeno Borders officiating. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service.
Burial will be at Webb Memorial Lawns.
Quiet hour will be Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Withrow’s Funeral Home in Kings Mountain.
Florence Upton
SHELBY — Mrs. Florence Hazel Melton Upton, 82, of White Oak Manor, Shelby, died Sunday, June 20, 2004, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
Born in Cleveland County on November 30, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Henry Melton and Ada Melton Owens. She retired from PPG Industries and Lily Mill, where she worked as a machinist. She was a member of Polkville United Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hoyle Upton; a son, Arnold Lackey; a brother, Thomas Melton; and three sisters, Mary Davidson, Lucy Mae Davis and Willie Self.
She is survived by nieces and nephews and one sister-in-law.
The funeral will be Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at Stamey Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Alton Martin officiating.
Burial will be at Polkville United Methodist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made to Polkville United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 9, Polkville, NC 28136.
Mary Beasley
VALE — Mrs. Mary Lucy Beasley, 98, of 750 Bess Chapel Road, died Friday, June 18, 2004, at Lincoln Medical Center.
The funeral will be Wednesday, at 2 p.m. at Indian Creek Primitive Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the church 30 minutes before the service.
Ebony & White’s Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
