Obituaries 5/28/2004

Colleen Dellinger
DENVER — Colleen S. Dellinger, 75, of 4367 Burton Lane, died May 26, 2004. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Webb’s Chapel United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 tonight at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born in Lincoln County, she was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Everette Dellinger of the home; two sons, Gary Dellinger and Tim Dellinger both of Denver; two daughters, Janet Abernethy of Denver and Gail Timmerman of Charlotte; a brother, Rudy Sherrill of Denver; three sisters, Iris Burgin of Alexis, Billie Hooper and Sharon Quinn both of Denver and 10 grandchildren, Tobey Ward, Gabe Dellinger, Cammie Dellinger, Neeley Dellinger, Jason Abernethy, Brandi Morgan, Zack Kiser, Clay Kiser, Caroline Dellinger and Jacob Dellinger.
Memorials may be made to Webb’s Chapel United Methodist Church Building Fund, 4640 Webb’s Chapel Church Road, Denver, NC 28037.

Ludie Rhyne
HIGH SHOALS — Ludie Cornelia Daniel Rhyne, 75, of 111 River Street, died May 26, 2004. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at EF Drum Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in High Shoals Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2 until 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
She was a member of High Shoals Church of God.
Survivors include two sons, James Rhyne of High Shoals and William Rhyne of Sharon, SC; a daughter, Zelma Rhyne of High Shoals; a sister, Jean Lagarda of Liberty, SC; three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Sally Ellis
CHERRYVILLE — Sally Edna Mull Ellis, 81, of 133 Ben Carpenter Road, died May 27, 2004. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, where she was a member. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 tonight at Carpenters Funeral Home.
Born in Cleveland County, she was retired from Beams Nursing Home as a nurses aid and a former Sunday school teacher at Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, William Theodore “W.T.” Ellis of the home; two sons, David Ellis and Harold Ellis both of Cherryville; three daughters, Peggy Taylor and Joyce White both of Cherryville and Shirley Walls of Waco; a sister, Carrie Gladden of Morganton; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Cleveland County, 953 Wedover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150.

E. Wilkinson
DENVER — Everette Blair Wilkinson, 87, of 5678 King Wilkinson Road, died May 27, 2004. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Macedonia Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:30 until 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Warlick Funeral Home.
Born in Lincoln County, he was a hearing officer for the N.C. Parole Probation Board.
Survivors include his wife, Zellie B. Wilkinson of the home; a son, Rodney Wilkinson of Denver; a daughter, Pauline Phillips of Sophia; a sister, Leila Hager of Lowesville; three grandsons, Dale Wilkinson, David Wilkinson and Michael Deaton; two granddaughters, Cindy Lambert and Alisa Phillips and three great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 5286 E. Hwy. 150, Lincolnton, NC 28092.

Ralph Cloninger
Ralph Elliot Cloninger, 81, of 3305 Philadelphia Church Road, died May 28, 2004.
Arrangements are incomplete at Warlick Funeral Home.

Doratha P. “Dutter” Turner
Mrs. Doratha P. “Dutter” Turner, age 80 of White Oaks Manor in Kings Mountain, NC and formerly of Lincolnton died Wednesday, May 26, 2004.
Her funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m. today in the Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 p.m. until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service at Warlick Funeral Home.
Mrs. Turner was born in Martinsville, Virginia on January 3, 1924. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gid O. Powell and Sally Candler Powell formally of High Shoals, NC; husband, retired Air Force Staff Sgt. Paul H. Turner; sister, Thelma U’ren and a brother, Roy Powell. Mrs. Turner was a loving former member of Boger City Baptist Church and a retired nursing assistant.
Survivors include: one son, Tommy Higgs and wife, Linda of Lincolnton, NC; one daughter, Kathy Brooks and husband, Max of Shelby, NC; two sisters, Myrtle “Mutt” Minter of Martinsville, VA, June Wehunt of Lincolnton, NC; two brothers, George “Cricket” Powell of Lincolnton, NC and G.O. “Buck” Powell of Martinsville, VA; seven grandchildren, Ann Murray of Lincolnton, NC, Kathy Bridges and Leslie Mayes of Tennessee, Tonya Proctor Thurman, Joyce Proctor Owens and Joshua Brooks all of Shelby, NC, Nicole Brooks Paulson of Kings Mountain, NC; twenty-one great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Boger City Baptist Church, 2320 E. Main St., Lincolnton, NC 28092 or White Oaks Manor, 716 Sipes St., Kings Mountain, NC.