Obituaries 4/5/2004

Rita Goins
VALE — Rita Ann Hicks Goins, 51, of 1787 Cat Square Road, died April 2, 2004. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 until 1:45 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Born in Lincoln County, she was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Ted Goins of the home; three sons, John Goins and Chris Goins both of Vale and Brian Goins of Lincolnton; one daughter, Amy Curtis of Vale; two brothers, Ronnie Weatherly of Denver and Eddie Weatherly of Hickory; one sister, Libby Adams of Wilkesboro and nine grandchildren.

Grace Jordan
DENVER — Anna Grace Jordan, 19, of Denver, died April 4, 2004. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Covenant Church in Cornelius. Interment will follow the service at Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 tonight at the home of David and Jo Clark, 270 Inverlochy Road, Iron Station.
She was a graduate of East Lincoln High School and a freshman at North Carolina State University.
Survivors include her parents, Clarence Jordan Jr. of Matthews and Sally Jordan; two brothers, Jim and Christopher of Charlotte; a sister, Katie of Raleigh; paternal grandmother, Juanita Jordan and maternal grandparents, Jim and Helen Foreman.
Memorials may be made to the Church Camp Program at Grace Covenant Church, 17301 Statesville Road, Cornelius, NC 28031 or GlaxoSmithKline Women in Science Scholarship Fund, c/o Dawn James, 5 Moore Drive, PO Box 11398, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
Warlick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Sally Clark
IRON STATION — Sally McKenzie Clark, 19, of Iron Station, died April 4, 2004. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Covenant Church in Cornelius. Interment will follow the service at Machpelah Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 tonight at 270 Inverlochy Road, Iron Station.
She was a graduate of Charlotte Country Day School and a freshman at Peace College.
Survivors include her parents, David and Jo Clark; two brothers, Reynolds Clark and Graham Clark and her maternal grandparents, James and Helen Foreman.
Memorials may be made to the Church Camp Program at Grace Covenant Church, 17301, Statesville Road, Cornelius, NC 28031.
Warlick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Glenn Correll
ROCK HILL — Glenn Lewis Correll, 85, of Magnolia Manor, died April 4, 2004. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Greenwood Cemetery in Belmont. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 tonight at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born in Gaston County, he was a retired textile employee.
Survivors include two sons, Jack Correll of Lake Wylie, SC and Richard Correll of Belmont; six grandchildren, Melissa Correll, David Correll, Kathy Meadows, Jackie Correll, Michael Correll and Christy Correll and five great-grandchildren.

M. Whitesides
Marceney Louise Martin Whitesides, 71, of 1904 Southside Road, died April 4, 2004. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Southside Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born in Catawba County, she was a homemaker.
Survivors include a son, Bobby Whitesides of the home and a daughter, Doris Whitesides of the home.
Memorials may be made to Southside Baptist Church, 1725 Southside Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092.

Alda Johnson
VALE — Alda “Pen” Wise Johnson, 85, of 2905 Plateau Road, died April 2, 2004. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Born in Lincoln County, she was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Ralph Johnson Sr.; one son, Ralph Johnson Jr. of Vale; a brother, Bud Wise of Vale; a sister, Lelia Carpenter of Vale; two grandchildren, Kevin Johnson and Adonna Kellogg and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Trinity Lutheran Church, PO Box 7, Vale, NC 28168.
Warlick Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Bessie Potter
Bessie Auton Bartlett Potter, 93, of Cardinal Health Care, died April 3, 2004. Funeral services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed in McKendree United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Born in Catawba County, she was a homemaker.
Survivors include a daughter, Betty Shrum of Lincolnton; three granddaughters, Laura McSwain, Dawn Heavner and Joy Miller; three great-grandchildren; three step-grandsons, Shane Heavner, Matt Heavner and Jason Heavner and three step-great granddaughters.
Memorials may be made to Gideons International, PO Box 1409, Lincolnton, NC 28093-1409 or the Lion’s Club, Attention J. Bowers, 1106 Timberlane Drive, Lincolnton, NC 28092 or Hospice of Lincoln County, 107 N. Cedar St., Lincolnton, NC 28092.

Marilyn Cabaniss
SHELBY — Marilyn Hoskins Cabaniss, 78, of 714 South Washington St., died April 3, 2004. Funeral services will be at noon Tuesday at Waddell Chapel AME Zion Church. Burial will follow at Webb Memorial Lawns. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until noon Tuesday at the church.
Enloe Mortuary in Shelby is in charge of arrangements.

Pansy Carpenter
IRON STATION — Pansy Reel Carpenter, 88, died April 4, 2004. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Amity Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 7:30 tonight at Warlick Funeral Home and in the church fellowship hall following the service.
Survivors include a daughter, Dianna Peterson of Columbia, SC; grandchildren, Will and Anna Gilfillan, Steve and Molly Peterson and John Peterson; two great-grandchildren; a brother, Horace Reel and two sisters, Lola Reel of Iron Station and Nancy Patronik of Chicago, Ill.

Nancy Alexander
CHINA GROVE — Nancy Self Alexander, 78, of 240 Woodland Drive, died April 2, 2004. Funeral services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at First Reformed Church. Burial followed at West Lawn Memorial Park.
Born in Lincoln County, she was a former school teacher and a member of First Reformed Church.
Survivors include a son, Carl Alexander Jr. of Rockwell; two daughters, Carol Lipe and Kathy Teague both of China Grove and six grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to First Reformed Church Building Fund, 212 North Central Avenue, Landis, NC 28088.
Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home in Landis was in charge of arrangements.