Obituaries - May 2003

Obituaries - May 30, 2003

Published May30, 2003

A.V. Dockery

HICKORY — A.V. Dockery, 73, of 300 17th Southwest, died May 27, 2003. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Burke Mortuary. Burial will follow at Maiden City Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 until 8 at Burke Mortuary.

Born in Cherokee County, he was employed by Delta Apparel and served in the National Guard Reserves.

Survivors include his wife Wanda K. Dockery of the home; two sons, Darrell Dokery of Phoenix, Ariz. and Danny Dockery of Maiden; two daughters, Penny Dockery Biddiex of Spruce Pine and Faye Dockery Rhodes of Maiden; three brothers; four sisters; 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Hazel Ballard

Hazel Theresa Patton Ballard, 79, of 3802 King Wilkinson Road, died May 27, 2003. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. today at Macedonia Baptist Church, where she was a member. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Born in Lincoln County, she was retired from the textile industry.

Survivors include two sons, B.C. Ballard of Denver and Terry Nelson Ballard of Gastonia; one daughter, Marilyn Ballard Baker of Conover; one brother, Hugh Patton of Shelby; 14 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Gaston County, 258 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC 28054 or Macedonia Baptist Church Building Fund, 5286 E. NC Hwy. 150, Lincolnton, NC 28092.

Burke Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.

Lucy Steen

KANNAPOLIS — Lucy Huie Steen, 80, died May 27, 2003. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today at Whitley’s Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 12 to 1:30 p.m. prior to the service.

Born in Statesville, she was employed in the wash cloth department at Cannon Mills and a volunteer of the Cooperative Christian Ministry and a member of New Vision Ministries.

Survivors include one son, Dr. Michael Bradley Steen; one daughter, Bea Hinson; four grandsons, George Steen ,Richard Steen, Dana Hinson and Eric Hinson; granddaughters, Michele Wright; one great-granddaughter; two brothers, Robert Huie and Bobby Huie.

Memorials may be made to Senior Adult Respite Care Center, New Vision Ministries, 661 Clark Creek Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092.

Alvin Rhyne

DREXEL — Alvin “Pap” Rhyne, 92, of Drexel, died May 28, 2003. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Drexel First Baptist Church, where he was a member. Burial will follow at Burke Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m. Saturday at the church.

Born in Lincoln County, he was a World War II U.S. Army veteran and retired from Cutting Cross Chevrolet as an auto mechanic.

Survivors include his wife Mary Florence Whisnant Rhyne of the home; two sons, Mike Rhyne of Wakefield, England and Mark Rhyne of Drexel; one brother, Clyde Rhyne of Valdese; one sister, Eva Smith of Alabama and four grandchildren, Susan Rhyne and Catherine Rhyne both of England and Christopher Rhyne and Paige Rhyne both of Drexel.

Memorials may be made to Drexel First Baptist Church, PO Box 308, Drexel, NC 28619.

Sossoman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Avis Smith

Avis Lee Goodson Smith, 88, of 695 Victory Grove Church Road, died May 28, 2003. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Warlick Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Hollybrook Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 tonight at Warlick Funeral Home.

Born in Lincoln County, she was a spinner in the textile industry.

Survivors include one daughter, Carolyn Freeman Cabiness of Apopka, Fla.; one sister, Inez Eurey of Lincolnton; one step-son, Bob Smith of Charlotte; one step-daughter, Linda McKeever of Marshville; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to Victory Grove Tabernacle, 457 Victory Grove Church Road, Lincolnton, NC 28092.

James Byrd

TENNESSE — James Alvin Byrd, 74, of Pigeon Forge, died May 29, 2003. Funeral services will be at 6 p.m. Saturday at Atchley’s Smoky Mountain Chapel. The family will receive friends from 4 until 6 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Survivors include his wife Bessie Grigg Byrd; two daughters, Pamela Gail Byrd and Vickie Ownby; four grandchildren, Tammy Vig, Jennifer Daugherty, Kristy Geilenkirchen, and Eric Reinhardt; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Ruth Parks and one brother, Edward Byrd.

N. Holloway

Nelena Jo Vassar Holloway, 52, of Washington, died May 25, 2003.

Arrangements are incomplete at Ebony and White’s Funeral Home.

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