Obituaries 9/20/2004

Terry Johnson
Terry Eugene Johnson, 35, of 5186 Helms End of Trail, died Sept. 15, 2004. Funeral services were 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Matthews United Church of Christ. Burial was in High Shoals Memorial Gardens.
A native of Lincoln County, he was employed as a tree trimmer.
Survivors include parents David Eugene Johnson and Jackie D. Johnson; one son, Joshua Terry Johnson; one step-daughter, Rebecca Porter; two brothers, Mark David Johnson and Patrick Wayne Johnson.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made in care of E.F. Drum Funeral Home to help defray funeral expenses.

Neal Prince
CHERRYVILLE — Richard Neal Prince II, 31, of 307 Sigmon St., died Sept. 17, 2004. Funeral services were held 4 p.m. Sunday at Second Baptist Church. Burial was in City Memorial Cemetery.
A native of Cleveland County, he was employed by Harris Teeter for 15 years. He coached various youth basketball and baseball teams.
Survivors include father Richard Prince of Tabor City; one sister, Brandy P. Kiser of Gastonia, one half-sister, Heather Williamson of Tabor City and maternal grandmother Ollie Lineberger of Cherryville.
Memorials may be made to Second Baptist Church, 201 Houser St., Cherryville, NC 28021 or to Shrine’s Hospital, 950 W. Faris Dr., Greenville, S.C. 29601.
Carpenter’s is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Marvin Hudson
MAIDEN – Marvin E. Hudson, 52, of Fred Beard Road, died Sept. 19, 2004. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Burke Mortuary.

James Curtis
CHERRYVILLE – James Curtis, 56, of 3294 Dave Heafner Rd., died Sept. 30, 2004. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Carpenter’s Funeral Home.

Linda Land
Linda Sue Land, 52, of Bryant Cooper Road, died Sept. 20, 2004. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Warlick’s Funeral Home.

Robert Barnhardt
Robert Barnhardt, 63, of 125 Old Tram Street, died Sept. 19, 2004. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Warlick’s Funeral Home.

Estelle Pruitt
CONNELLY SPRINGS – Estelle Pruitt, 74, of Baptist Camp Road, died Sept. 18, 2004. Funeral services are 1 p.m. Tuesday at The Church of Jesus Christ. Burial will follow at the Chapman Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Sossoman Funeral Home.
She was a native of Mecklenburg County.
Survivors two include two grandchildren, Penny Mendoza and Lisa Derrick; five great-grandchildren and one sister, Ruby Pruitt Hoyle of Glen Alpine.
Memorials may be made to Burke Hospice and Pallative Care Inc., PO Box 1029, Valdese, NC 28690.

Bobby Moody
Bobby Gene Moody, 73, of 7902 Cherry Point Drive, died Sept. 17, 2004. Funeral services were 3 p.m. Sunday at the Chapel of Serenity Mausoleum in Hillcrest Gardens, followed by burial.
A native of Gaston County, he was retired from Calvin Boyd’s Millwrights and a former mason. He was a Holden Beach fishing guide after retirement.
Survivors include wife Mabel Greene Morton Moody; one son, Tony Moody of Denver; four daughters, Diane Capel of Wadesboro, Shelby Beck of Weddington, Candy Lowe of Myrtle Beach, S.C. and Sharon Moody of Holden Beach; one step-son, Danny Morton of Shelby; mother Buna M. Hull Moody of Laurinburg; one brother, Bill Moody of Denver; four sisters, Joann Barnhill of Laurinburg, Yvonne Edwards of Sherrills Ford, Mae Wise of Eden and Brenda Harleson of Albermarle; 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 North Cedar St., Lincolnton, NC 28092.
Carothers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Garry Cheek
Garry Wallace Cheek, 50, of 374 Howards Creek Road, died Sept. 20, 2004. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The familt will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
A native of Knoxville, Tenn., he served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was employed as a welder for Lee Boys.
Survivors include wife Wanda Hartsoe Cheek; one son, Jarred Wallace Cheek of Newton; one daughter, Courtney Wrey Cheek of Newton; one step-daughter, Carmen Kelly Cornwell of Atlanta, Ga.; one brother, Jim Cheek of Knoxville, Tenn.; two sisters, Yvonne Cheek and Billie Pinkston of Knoxville, Tenn. and one granddaughter, Psalm Jalloh Imani.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Associaton, 434 Fayetteville, St. Mall, Two Hanover Square, Suite 1600, Raleigh, NC.