1 l-stf II; II i Ti 4f.rmmiKfft AshsvIHe Citizen. Friday; April27. 1990 Deaths Funerals Funerals Today Virginia Ln wetjr Services for Virginia Lee Gist Lowery, of 84 Washington Road, Asheville, who died Tuesday at her residence, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Hopkins Chael AME Zion Church. The Rev.
J. A. McDougald will officiate. Burial will be Sunset Ceme Parents Meet With DSS About 20 foster parents many accompanied by their own children gave notice Thursday to the board governing the Buncombe County Department of Social Services they're unhappy with services provided by DSS. The group's comments will be dlscusMd i farther in pecw meeting Tuesday at 5:3 p.m.
A state Department of Human Resources official will also attend the meeting. Board Chairman i Sara Morris said afterward the board has recently placed two social workers and Is helping set up a group care facility to meet the demands or Increases caseloads. State and Area Wilson Chapman of Rutherford- 10:30 a.m., Sunset Memorial rark. Anna Kitchens of Hayesvllle, 11 chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, KayesviUe. i Lawrence crowder of Morgan- QyVll a.m., Colonial Chapel of Sosso- rhaii Kuneral Home.
Brownlow Stepp of Henderson-ville, 2 p.m., Chapel-in-the-Pines of ackson Funeral Service. Inez Lunsford of Marble, 2 p.m., Vengeance Creek Baptist Church. Jennie Willis of Spruce Pine, 2 chapel of Webb Funeral Home. I- Hilda Henson of Canton, 4 p.m., Center Pigeon Baptist Church. Annie W.
Fowler of Henderson-ville, 4 p.m., Shepherd Memorial Park. Katie Rawlinson of Henderson-vHle, 4 p.m., St. Paul AME Zion Church. i City and County flattie Young of Fletcher, 2 p.m., Hoopers Creek Baptist Church. Elma Harris of Oakley, 2 p.m., Oakley United Methodist Church.
Ola Cowan of Arden, 2 p.m., chapel of Groce Funeral Home. Leon Nicholson of AsheviUe, 2 White Rock Baptist Church iemetery. Dereck Martin of Leicester, 4 p.m., Oak Ridge Baptist Church. William Luquire Jr. of Asheville, 8:30 p.m., chapel of Groce Funeral Home.
State and Area Deaths Walter Williams, 68, of S.C., formerly of McDowell County, died Thursday; services 11 a.m. Saturday, First Baptist Church of Old Fort. 3 Frazier Jenkins, 62, of Bobbins- ville, died Wednesday; services 11 a.m. Saturday, Stecoah Baptist Church. Wilson Chapman, 72, of Ruther-fordton, died Wednesday; services 30:30 a.m.
Friday, Sunset Memorial Park. Mable Ingle, 67, of Canton, died Wednesday; services 2 p.m. Saturday, Long Branch Baptist Church. jv Lake Mclnturff, 72, of Andrews, died Wednesday; services 2 p.m. Saturday, chapel of Ivie Funeral Home, Aridrews.
Jeannette D. Meek, 82, of Frank- 'lin, died Wednesday; memorial services 3 p.m. Sunday, Bryant Funeral 'ktome. Blanche B. Moffltt, 92, of Ohio, formerly of Macon Coun-ty, died Thursday; arrangements incomplete.
Wilson Reed, 69, of Cherokee, services 2 p.m. Sat-, urday, home of Charlie Reed, Old No. 4i Road In Cherokee. George 6f Burnsville, wdied Wednesday; Services 2 p.m. Eairview Baptist Church, Burnsville.
Carsie Thomas, 79, of Burnsville, Wednesday; services 2 p.m. Sat- 'lirday, Crabtree Baptist Church. Margaret C. Settle, C4, of Hayes-Kiltie, died April 11; services 1 p.m. Saturday, Truett Memorial Baptist Church.
i Lonas McKlnney, 76, of Spruce Pine, died Thursday; services 11 a.m. Saturday, chapel of Webb Funeral Cecil Johnson, 82, of Bakersville, died Thursday; services 3 p.m. Satur- day, chapel of Webb Funeral Home. Jose' A. Camina, 87, of Salem, died Tuesday; services noon Friday, College Lutheran Church In Salem; graveside services 2 p.m.
Saturday, Stamey Town Cemetery, Branch Road, Route 3, New- land. William Kimball, 81, of Warne, died Thursday; private memorial services at a later date in Ohio. Inez Lunsford, 83, of Marble, died Wednesday; services 2 p.m. Friday, Vengeance Creek Baptist Church. Anna Sanford, 66, of Harlen, Ky, of Waynesvilie, died Thurs-; day; 'services 11 a.m.
Saturday, chapel of Wells Funeral Home, Waynesvilie. Fredia Mae Williams Services for Fredia Mae Wil-Uams, of 110 South French Broad who died Monday, wiU be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Brown Temple CME Church. The Revs. Lynwood Leverette and O.T.
Tomes wiU officiate. Burial wiU be in Sunset Cemetery. A native of Newport, she had Uved in Asheville most of her Ufe. She was employed by Wick Greene Jewelers for 34 years. She was a member of New Mount OUve Baptist Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Beverly WilUams of Asheville, Gertrude Harris of MassUlan, Ohio, and Wanda Harris of Norcross, a son, Charles Williams of AsheviUe; two sisters, Betty Brown and Gloria Cahnady of AsheviUe; a brother, Kenneth Cannady of Washington, D.C.; nine grandchildren and seven The family wUl receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m., Friday at AUen As- sociates Mortuary, where the body wiU remain until an hour before the services. Myrtle Lowe Myrtle Lowe, 83, of 11 Nebraska AsheviUe, died April 6 at her residence. A native of Macon County, she had Uved in Buncombe County for several years. She was a retired seamstress with Beacon Manufacturing Co. She was the daughter of the late Wallace Surrett Solesbee and Addie EUzabeth Gregory Solesbee.
She was the wife of the late James MarshaU Lowe. Surviving are a daughter, Jean Buchesky of Troy, a son, James MarshaU Lowe Jr. of Dear-borti, and four grandchUdren. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday In the chapel of Anders-Rice Funeral The Rev.
Milford Boyce wiU officiate. Burial wiU be in Mountain View Cemetery in Black Mountain. The family wUl receive friends 30 minutes before the services at the funeral home. Sylvean Simpson Sylvean Major Simpson, of 22 Pine Grove died Thursday In an Asheville hospital. i AUen Associates Mortuary wiU announce arrangements.
Henry L. Gasperson NAPLES, Flai Henry L. Gas-person 61, of 108th Avenue North, died Wednesday. He had Uved in AsheviUe before moving to Naples in 1960. Surviving are his wife, Loretta Levi Gasperson; four daughters, Wanda Wagner and Rita Schuetz of Bonita Springs, Debra Heffelfln-ger of Pataskata, Ohio, and Gloria Riddle of Naples; a son, Henry Gas-person Jr.
of Naples; three sisters, Shirley Bostic and Annie Metcalf of Arden, Lorene Cothran of Candler; three brothers, Lynn Gasperson of Candler, Earl and AUen Gasperson of Arden; and nine grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in North Naples United Methodist Church, of which he was a mem- 1 oer. The Rev. J.
Walter Cross wiU of-, ficiate. Burial wiU be in Naples Memorial Gardens. i The famUy wiU receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Earl G. Hodges Funeral Chapel, Naples.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Naples 850 Sixth North, Naples, Fla. 33940. Jessie Lee Clark i LENOIR Jessie Lee Clark, 69, of 302 Elizabeth died Monday in a Winston-Salem hospital A native of Madison County, she was a daughter of the late William Emmit Thomas and Cora Metcalf Thomas. She was the wife of the late Buster Clark. Surviving are a son, William Larry Clark of Lenoir; two daughters, Dianne Grogan and Annette Tolbert of Lenoir; two brothers, Junior Thomas of Mars HiU and James Thomas of IndianapoUs, two sisters, Irene Pringle of Cleveland, Ohio, and Annie Fox of Mars HiU; five grandchildren and great-, grandchild.
Services were at 2 p.rn. Thurs- day in Calvary Baptist Church, where she was a member. The Revs. Bill Dyson and Douglas Cox officiated. Burial was in Clark Cemetery.
Pendry's Lenoir Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Thurston Brown Thurston Brown, of 58 Gray AsheviUe, died Thursday in a local hospital. Jesse Ray Funeral Home wiU announce arrangements. Ronald R.Ross WILLARD, Ohio Ronald Ray Ross, 81, of Town Line 12 Road, died Wednesday in a Mansfield, Ohio, hospital. A native of Coalfield, and a former resident of Asheville, he had Uved in Willard for the past 39 years.
He retired from Pioneer Rub-, ber Co. in WlUard, after 2t years. He had taught school in AsheviUe for 12 years. He was a member of Guinea Corner Pentecostal Church of God In Willard. Surviving are his wife, Georgia Lykins Ross; three sons.
Garland Ross of North Fairfield, Ohio, Robert E. Ross of Ashland, Ohio, and Ronald E. Ross of DanvlUe, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services wiU be at 2 p.m. Friday In Secor Funeral Home, 202 Maple Willard, Ohio.
Burial wiU be in Maple Grove Cemetery, New Haven, Ohio. LIQUIDATION OF tery. She had lived in Asheville most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Arthur and Lillie Mae Tucker Gist. She retired in 1963 as an LPN at Asheville Medical Center, after 17 years of serv LOWERY ice.
She was a member of the stewardess and deaconess boards of Hopkins Chapel AME Zion Church. She was past president of the Good Neighborhood Community Club. She was the wife of Leo Edward Lowery, who died in 1987. Surviving are a daughter, Naomi Davis of Charlotte; a sister, Althea Reeder of Asheville; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the residence.
The body will remain at Penland Sons Funeral Home, Swannanoa, until placed in the church an hour before the services. Clarence Yelton WEAVERVILLE Services for William Clarence Yelton, 80, of 217 Jupiter Road, who died Wednesday in an Asheville nursing center, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in New Bridge Baptist Church, of which he was a member. The Rev. Tommy Robertson will officiate.
Burial will be in Ashelawn Gardens of Memory. A native of Madison County, he had lived In Buncombe County most of his life. He retired from American Enka in 1973, after 33 years of service. He was a son of the late Thomas J. and Rejetta Howell Yelton.
YELTON Surviving are his wife, Wilma Duck Yelton; two sons, Donald Yelton of Weaverville and Dwight Yelton of AsheviUe; three sisters, Doro-, thy Pinkard of Aiken, S.C., Blanche Hamlin of Mars Hill and Algia Cole of two brothers, Raleigh Yelton of Aiken and Clyde Yel- ton of Mars Hill; and three grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at West Funeral Home, where the body will remain until an hour before the services. At other times, the family will be at the residence. Memorials may be made to Brian Center, Clarence Yelton Memorial, 67 Mountain Brook Road, AsheviUe, N.C.
28805. Leon Nicholson Frank Leon Nicholson, 41, of 12 Square, Westbrook Village, Asheville, died Thursday at his residence. He was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County. Surviving are his wife, Barbara Wilson Nicholson; a daughter, Veronica Nicholson of the home; a son, Ronnie Nicholson of the home; his mother, Frankle Nicholson of AsheviUe; and maternal grandmother, Ada Nicholson of AsheviUe. Graveside services wiU be at 2 p.m.
Friday in White Rock Baptist Church cemetery. The Rev. Milford Boyce will officiate. Wells Funeral Home, Canton, is in charge of arrangements. being investigated for burglaries in at least two others.
In Wake County, the sheriff's department has charged him with 71 counts of burglary and one count of safecracking. After Hardman's arrest, Dayton poUce recovered stolen property valued at $1.2 million at five locations. Of that, property ln excess of $350,000 is believed to have been stolen from the Richmond area, police said. "He's a professional burglar," said Dayton police Detective Timothy J. BlUnski.
"He's been doing this aU his life. In my nine years (as a poUce officer), he's the best I've ever seen." Dayton and Henrico poUce said Hardman has confessed to many of the break-ins and during interviews bragged about how he puUed them off. In Henrico, Hardman would target expensive homes and "spend as much as five days to a week charting the movements of the residents," Stapleton said, Hardman Is being held in the Montgomery County JaU in Dayton. C3) Maude Miller Maude Gertrude MiUer, 87, of 85 Dorchester. Asheville, died Wednesday at her residence.
A native of Washington, D.C., she had Uved in Virginia to Buncombe County in 1921. She was a charter member of Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Ladies Bible Class. She was a former teacher in the pri mary department for 70 years She was the wife of Clarence Hubert; Miller, who died in 1984. Surviving are a Mar- cia Michele McClaren of Greens-! boro; three sons, Thomas Hubert! Miller of Old Fort, David Atkins! Miller and Clarence Fred MiUer of Candler; a brother, Robert L. Atkins of Marathon, five grandchU-i dren and a great-grandson.
Services wiU be at 2:30 p.m. Sat-' urday in Grace Baptist The! Revs. DerriU Smith and C.R. Pierce! Jr. will officiate.
Burial wiU be in. Be-' thesda United Methodist Church; cemetery in Haw Creek. I The family wiU receive friends; from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home, where the body! wiU remain until 30 minutes before the services. At other times, -the family wiU be at the home of David A.
Miller, Morgan Cove Road, Route; 3, Candler. Walter Gregg Walter Marion Gregg, SfttSf; Asheville, died Monday in an -Ashe-! ville hospital. He was a son of George Samuel Gregg of Leicester. Surviving are three half sistersi Sue Bradburn of AsheviUe, Linda Scott of Leicester and Betty Stiles o( Gastonia; and a half brother, Charles, Gregg of Leicester. 'T-l No services are planned.
Z': Helen Sutton w--l Helen Wells Sutton, of 90 Aonaif dale AsheviUe, died Wednesday at her residence. AUen Associates Mortuary wiU announce arrangements. B.B. Westmoreland B.B. Westmoreland, formerly qf Asheville, died Wednesday in a Charlotte hospital.
Long Son Mortuary of Charlotte wiU announce arrangements. When miles sendlowers Sent with special care. Consult Your FTD Florist FIRST Each Rug comas wtih cenlflcu appraisal. Tarma: Cash, Check, MaiteroaM Oriental Rug Liquidators Dryin" 1 Ola Cowan Ola Evans Cowan, 73, of Route 3, Baldwin Road, Arden, died Wednesday in an AsheviUe hospital. A native of Yancey County, she.
was a daughter of the late William J. and Reva Roland Evans. She was formerly associated with Southern Bell and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone companies. She was a former nurse's aide at Memorial Mission and BurnsvUle hospitals. She was a member of DAV Auxiliary.
Surviving are her husband, James MarshaU Cowan; a son, Byron Evans of BurnsvUle; a sister, NeU Mcintosh of Arden; a brother, Jack Evans of Arden; and -two grandchildren. Services wiU be at 2 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home. The Rev. Terry AUen wUl of- ficiate.
Burial wiU be in Calvary Episcopal Churchyard In Fletcher. William J. Long Sr. HENDERSONVILLE Wll-Uam Jennings Long 72, of 1026 Willow died Thursday in an Ashe-, ville hospital. A Ufelong resident of Henderson County, he was a son of the late Jesse F.
and Hattie BeUe Allison Long. He retired in 1979 as a meteor-logical technician with the U.S. Air Force, after 28 years of service. He was a member of VaUey HU1 Baptist Church and an Army veteran of World War II. He was a member of Hedrick Rhodes VFW Post 5206 and the DAV.
Surviving are his' wife, Ada J. Long; two sons, William Jennings Long Jr. of Atlanta and Michael Long of Asheville; a daughter, Rita Stepp of Dana; a brother, James Long of Atlanta; and seven grandchildren. Graveside services wiU be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Forest Lawn Me- mortal Park.
The family "wiU receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Thos. Shepherd Son Funeral Directors. Memorials may be made to Valley Hill Baptist Church, Price Road, HendersonviUe, N.C. 28739.
Father Michael W. Murphy MAGGIE VALLEY Mass for Father Michael WiUiam Murphy, 98, who died Wednesday at his resl- dence, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in St Margaret's CathoUc Church. The Most Reverend John F. Donoghue, Bishop of Charlotte, wiU officiate.
Graveside services wiU be In Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In Detroit, Mich. lie was a builder and land developer before he moved to Maggie Val-ley in 1916. He estabUshed St. Mary's CathoUc Church In Sylva, Newman Center for Students at WCU In CuUo-whee and built St.
Margaret's CathoUc Church ln 1968. At the age of 78, he enrolled in St. Meinrad's Seminary In Indiana to study for the priesthood. At his ordination on May 11, 1972, he received the title of Knight of St Gregory, which was bestowed by Pope Paul VI. He was the oldest man ordained to the priesthood in the United States.
He had served ln Wil-Uamston, N.C, and was later assigned to St. Margaret's Church in Maggie VaUey, where he served untU his retirement in 1984. He was priest emeritus. Visitation wiU be from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Garrett Funeral Home in WaynesviUe.
The body wiU remain at the funeral home until placed in St Mar-, garet's CathoUc Church at 7 p.m. Monday, where an all night vigil will be held. Memorials may be made to Catholic Missions of the Poor, Diocese of Charlotte, P.O. Box 36776, Dereck Martin MARSHALL Dereck Lee Martin, 10-month-old son of DarreU and Wendy Ann Robinson Martin of 617 New Leicester Highway, died Wednesday. 1 Surviving, in addition to his parents, are the maternal grandparents, Charles and Sandra Robinson of Nlles, and paternal grandparents, Jack and Glenda Martin of Alexander.
Services wiU be at 4 p.m. Friday in Oak Ridge Baptist Church. The Rev. Larry Sprouse will officiate. Burial will be in the church ceme-terv.
The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday at tne cnurcn. At other limes, the family will be at the home of Jack and uienda Martin. Bowman Funeral Home Is ln charge of arrangements. Dorothy Camera CANDLER Dorothy Frady Camera, 74, of 60 Locust New Rochelle, N.Y., formerly of Candler, died Tuesday In a New RocheUe hospital.
A native of Clayton, she had Uved In New Rochelle for 45 years. She was a retired salesperson in ladies apparel. Surviving are her husband, Louis A. Camera; a daughter, Lorraine Camera of New RocheUe; and four sisters, Dee Lee lluskey of Etowah, Eula Carland of Fletcher, Josephine Whitaker of AsheviUe and Lorraine Norris of Catawba, S.C Services wiU be at 4 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of WeUs Funeral Home, Canton.
The Rev. G.W. Jameson will officiate. Burial wiU be ln Ridgeway Baptist Church cemetery. The family wiU receive friends one hour before the services at the funeral home.
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