1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHARLOTTE OBSERVER www.charlotte.com OBITUARIES THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2006 5B a 89, passed away on Tuesday, July 4, 2006. Born August 11, 1916, in Abingdon, VA, she was the daughter of the late Dr. William Wallace McChesney and Ottolene Reams Morrissette McChesney. Mrs. McKnight attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Smithdeal Massey Business College in Richmond, VA.
She formerly worked as secretary for the Maryland Casualty Company. She had also worked for Mooresville Mills and Draymore Manufacturing married Company. James Mrs. Earl "Bub" McKnight on July 26, 1940. She was former President of the Mooresville Junior Civic League, Mooresville Women's Club and Lowrance Hospital Auxillary.
Mrs. McKnight served as Chairman of the South Iredell County Red Cross. She was Vacation Bible School Director of the Mooresville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church for 8 years. She also served as Chairman of the Christian Board of Education. Mrs.
McKnight was preceded in death by her husband, James Earl McKnight, owner of McKnight Pontiac-Buick. She is survived by her son, James E. "Jimmy" McKnight, Jr. and wife, Gail, of Davidson; granddaughter, Ashley McKnight; stepgrandchildren, Angela Lewis and Lee Hoke; and step-great grandchildren, Austin and Whitney Lewis, and Ashley Hoke. A memorial service will be held at 4 PM Friday, July 7, 2006, at the Mooresville ARP Church, with Rev.
Gerald Hallman officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the Family Life Center. Memorials may be made to Mooresville ARP Church, 659 Carpenter Mooresville, NC 28115. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home, Mooresville, is serving the family of Mrs. McKnight.
40 Virginia McChesney McKnight MOORESVILLE Mrs. McKnight, SALISBURY Mrs. Joyce Adams Bradley died July 4, 2006. Visitation is 3-4 PM Friday at Summersett Funeral Home of Salisbury. A private service will be held for the family.
SALISBURY Lillie Mae Smith, 89, died July 3, 2006. Visitation 10-11 AM Friday at Milford Hills United Methodist; Worship and Praise Service 11 AM. Burial, Woodleaf UMC Cemetery. Summersett Funeral Home in charge. SHELBY Donald "Don" E.
Beck, 64, died July 5, 2006. Arrangements are incomplete and be announced by Cleveland Funeral Services. SHELBY Mattie Hawkins Bridges, 90, died July 5, 2006. Graveside service is 2 PM Friday at Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation PM at M.
Burton Funeral Home. SHELBY Joe Alston London, 74, died July 4, 2006. Funeral is 11 AM Friday at Cleveland Funeral Services Chapel. Interment in Clover Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery. Visitation PM Thursday at the funeral home.
SHELBY Dr. Merrill Brooks "Doc" Yeomans, 86, died July 5, 2006. Graveside service is 3 PM Thursday at Cleveland Memorial Park. Palmer Mortuary is in charge. SOUTHERN PINES Walter Raleigh Cunningham, III, 59, died June 21, 2006.
Mass of Resurrection is 10 AM Friday at St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Southern Pines. Boles Funeral Home of Southern Pines in charge. STATESVILLE Ms. Bobbie Lewis, 90, died July 4, 2006.
Graveside service is 11 AM Saturday at Oakwood Cemetery, with visitation to follow. Ncholson Funeral Home is in charge. TRYON Roland Justice, 78, died July 5, 2006. Memorial service is 6 PM Saturday at Pacolet Baptist Church. Crowe's Mortuary of Rutherfordton is assisting the family.
UNION MILLS Mary Elizabeth Radford Grant, 65, died July 3, 2006. Graveside service is 10 AM Friday at Caroleen-Henrietta Cemetery. Visitation 6-8 PM Thursday at Harrelson Funeral Home. WAXHAW Dexter C. "Deck" Wilson, 73, died July 3, 2006.
Funeral 11 AM Friday at Grace Baptist Church, Weddington Rd. Burial, Crown Memorial Park, Pineville. Visitation 6-8 PM Thursday, McEwen Funeral Home, Monroe. WINGATE Mr. Nicholas Sazon- ick, 69, died Wednesday, July 5, 2006 at Hospice House.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Davis Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Monroe. WINSTON-SALEM Baby Boy Jamall Shepard, 16 months, died June 30, 2006. Funeral service is 11 AM Saturday at Beasley's Chapel, Winston-Salem. Burial, Evergreen Cemetery. Beasley's Funeral Service of Winston-Salem in charge.
Lucy Boyd Mead WARRENTON Mrs. Meade, 97, died Wednesday, July 5, 2006 in Chapel Hill, NC. She was born in Warrenton, NC, the daughter of William Norwood and Elizabeth Burwell Boyd. She is preceded in death by her brother, Henry Armistead Boyd, and her sister, Mariam Norwood Boyd Orgain. She was educated at RandolphMacon Woman's College and received her Masters at Emory University in Atlanta.
In addition, she studied music in New York. Lucy was a member of the Chapel of the Cross Church in Chapel Hill and Wesley Memorial Methodist Church in Warrenton. a member of the National Societies Colonial Dames and past president the Hillside Garden Club, a part of the Garden Club of Virginia. Lucy was married to Dr. Robert Douthat Meade, who was a historian, author and Chairman Emeritus of the department of history at Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, VA.
He was best known for his two-volume biography, "Patrick Henry Patriot in the Dr. Meade also wrote, "Judah P. Benjamin: Confederate for which he received the 1943 Southern Author's Award for the most distinguished work on a Southern subject. Surviving are daughter, Lucy Meade Turner of Cornelius, NC; two grandsons, Frank Rogers Vaden, Decatur, GA and Meade Middleton of Raleigh, NC; three st Marc William Turner, Michael David Turner and Christopher Brian Turner; two great grandchildren, Morgan Boyd Vaden and Jackson Carter Vaden; and one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Boyd Thorne of Greensboro, NC.
Funeral services will be held at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church in Warrenton at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 7, with interment in Fairview Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at Carol Woods in Chapel Hill, NC a at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, Mrs. Elaine Coleman, 301 Hazelwood Drive, Warrenton, NC 27589, or Carol Woods Employee Appreciation Fund, 750 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 or Chapel of the Cross, 304 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514. Arrangements by Blaylock Funeral Home, Warrenton.
An South Carolina Martha Brown Roberts CHERAW Mrs. Roberts, age 72, died at her home July 3, 2006. Born in Marlboro County she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Betty Boone Brown. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and will be greatly missed by her family. Surviving are her sons Joseph M.
Presnell, Jr. of Detroit, MI; Thomas T. Presnell, James Michael Presnell; and Carl David Presnell all of Cheraw. Her daughters Delores Kay Driggers of Coward, SC; Golda Fay Hall and Sarah Elizabeth Underwood, both of Cheraw. 22 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband Charles Roberts and her son Glenn Ray Presnell. Funeral services will be held at PM Thursday July 6, 2006 at Windsor Park Freewill Baptist Church with burial in Chatham Hill Memorial Gardens. Norton Funeral Home of Cheraw is serving the Roberts family. 4 www.nortonfuneralofcheraw.com EDGEMOOR Mr. Mell Truesdale, 69, died July 2, 2006.
Hill Funeral is 2 PM Friday at Liberty Baptist Church. Interment church cemetery. King's Funeral Home of Chester in charge. FORT MILL Mrs. Thelma Louise Laney Boatwright, 79, died July 4, 2006.
Funeral is 2 PM Friday at Eastside Baptist Church. Interment in Grandview Cemetery. Visitation 6-8 PM Thursday at Wolfe Funeral Home. LANCASTER Mrs. Edith Robertson Catoe, 84, died July 4, 2006.
Funeral is 2 PM Friday at Temple Baptist Church. Interment in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation PM at Mahaffey Funeral Home. Carlton W. Grove, Jr.
PAGELAND Mr. Grove, 69, passed away July 3, 2006. Services for Mr. Grove will be Thursday, July 6, 2006 at 3:00 PM at Providence Baptist Church. Visitation will be an hour and a half prior to the service, and other times at the residence, 410 White Store Road, Pageland, SC.
Memorials may be made to Providence Baptist Church, 232 Providence Church Road, Pageland, SC 29728. Sutton Funeral Home in Pageland is assisting the family. 4 Let us help you create a personalized obituary. To receive our useful, about preparing a loving tribute, call 704-358-5382 or 800-332-0686 The Charlotte Observer Mecklenburg Ray M. Smith Mr.
Smith, 84, of Alpharetta, GA, formerly of Charlotte, NC, died July 3, 2006 at his home. He was born on July 30, 1921 in Portland, Indiana, a son of the late Homer and Gertrude Metz Smith. Ray World served his country proudly in War II as a Pilot Instructor. He went on to make this his career, retiring as a Pilot Examiner with the FAA. He also had retired from a long association with the Air Force Reserves.
While in Charlotte, he had been a member of Carmel Baptist Church. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Ann Smith, and children, Lynn Riggins and husband, Mark, of Atlanta, GA, M. Smith, Jr. and wife, Teresa, of Vidalia, GA, and Karen Lawhorn and husband, Ed, of Blacksburg, VA, and five grandchildren and six great Funeral services will be held at 2 on Saturday, July 8, 2006 at the Pineville Chapel of McEwen Funeral Service, 10500 Park Charlotte. Interment with military honors will follow at Magnolia Gardens Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1 PM until the time of service at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the International Mission Board SBC, PO Box 6767, Richmond, VA 232.30. Arrangements by McEwen Funeral Service, Pineville Chapel. An Darcy William Darcy William Whitenight Mr. Whitenight, 85, of Charlotte, died Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at Little Flower Assisted Living.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 8, 2006 at McEwen Mint Hill Chapel with Reverend Bruce Petty officiating. Interment will follow at Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mr.
Whitenight was born July 10, as 1920 in Columbia County, PA, a son of the late William and Carrie Lily Hess Whitenight. In addition to his parents, his beloved wife, Carrie Beatrice Whitenight and his son, Darcy G. Whitenight, preceded in death. Mr. Whitenight will be remembered as a loving husband and father who cared deeply for his family.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corps having served his country during W.W. II. Mr. Whitenight retired from IBM, was a member of Idlewild Christian Church in Charlotte and formerly served as a scout leader in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Whitenight is survived by three sons, Gary L. Whitenight of Greensburg, PA, Barry G. Whitenight of Belmont, NC, and David W. Whitenight of Charlotte, NC; daughter-in-law, Geraldine Whitenight of Matthews, NC; children, Michelle Levine '(Steve), Christopher Whitenight (Kathy), Jeffrey Whitenight (Nicole), Megan 1 Martinez, Darcy Whitenight, Carrie Whitenight, and Jenny Whitenight; great grandchildren, Patrick Whitenight, Tristan Whitenight, Kassidy Whitenight, Jeffrey Alex Whitenight, Brenden Martinez, Julia Martinez, and Christian Martinez.
The family would like to extend their sincere thanks to the staff of Lawyers Glen Retirement Living and Little Flower Assisted Living for their kind and compassionate care given to Mr. Whitenight during his illness. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care, 1420 E. Seventh Charlotte, NC 28204. Arrangements by McEwen Mint Hill Chapel.
An Correction Mrs. Hettie Sherman The correct visitation for Mrs. Sherman will be 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM Friday, July 7, at St. Michaels and All Angels Episcopal Church, AM Saturday at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Loving care for Mrs.
Sherman was provided by the Brian Center of Reddman Road. Grier Funeral Service is in charge of. arrangements. North Carolina ALBEMARLE Robbie Irene Shue Davis, 72, died July 5, 2006. Funeral is 3 PM Friday at Norwood Church of the Nazarene.
Interment in Norwood Cemetery. Visitation 6-8 PM Thursday at Edwards Funeral Home. BOONE Mr. Ira Levi Watson, 91, of Deep Gap, died July 4, 2006. Funeral is 2 PM Saturday at Mount Paran Baptist Church, Deep Gap.
Visitation 6-9 PM Friday at the church. Hampton Funeral Service in Boone is in charge. CASAR Mrs. Elizabeth Florene Morris Bridges, 90, died July 5, 2006. Funeral is 4 PM Friday at Morris Memorial Baptist Church.
Interment in church cemetery. Vis6-8 PM Thursday at Stamey Funeral Home. BELMONT Darrell Lynn Lake, 42, died July 3, 2006. Services will be held at a later date in Grand Junction, CO. McLean Funeral Directors of Gastonia is serving the Lake family.
Dr. Raymond Carroll Hayes BOONE Dr. Hayes, 78, of of Wingate, died Sunday night. He was born March 4, 1928 in Watauga County. He then taught English for eight years in North Carolina Public Schools, and was an Associate Professor of English for twenty eight years at Wingate University.
He was awarded the rank of Professor Emeritus status from Wingate University in 2001. He retired in 1993. He was a United States Air Force veteran, serving in Okinawa. Survivors include his wife, Lois Teague Hayes of the home; three daughters, Cherry Hayes Johnson and husband, J. of Amy Hayes Singleton of Simpsonville, SC, and Martha Hayes Thomason and husband, Jason, of Apex; one son, Alan Hayes and wife, Lynn, of Valle Crucis; four sisters, Josephine Herman of Adrian, MI, Nina' Banner of Sugar Grove, Carolyn Farthing and husband, Cecil, and Clara Baird, all of Boone; three brothers, Dwight Hayes and wife, Dixie Mae, Tom Hayes and wife, Grace, all of Vilas, and Dale Hayes and wife, Betty, of Boone; thirteen grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday morning, July 8, 2006, at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Boone. The body will lie in state from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM at the church. Military graveside rites and burial will follow in Mount Lawn Memorial Park Gardens. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice or to Watauga County Hunger Coalition, 141 Health Center Drive, Boone, NC 28607.
Hampton Funeral Service is in charge of the arrangements. CONCORD Ms. Jeanette Cox Paul, 68, died July 5, 2006. Funeral is 1 PM Friday at Wilkinson Funeral Home of Concord, with visitation from 6-8 PM Thursday. Rocco Anthony Trombello "Rocky" CONCORD Mr.
Trombello, age 89 of Miller Avenue, Concord, died July 4th at Universal Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Concord. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1 PM on Friday at St. James Catholic Church. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7:00 PM on Thursday at Wilkinson Funeral Home.
Survivors include his wife of sixty three years, Agnes Barnhardt Trombello; two sons, Lawrence Trombello; John Trombello; a daughter, Mary Trombello Smith. He has seven grandsons. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. James Catholic Church, 139 Manor Avenue SW, Concord, NC 28025. Condolences may be left at www.wilkinsonfuneralhome.com.
Wilkinson Funeral Home is handing arrangements for the Trombello family. 4 CONCORD Nancy Jlynn Troutman Yarborough died July 5, 2006. Visitation is 6-8 PM Thursday at Hartsell Funeral Home, Concord. Service is 11 AM Friday at Friendship Baptist Church, Concord. Burial, West Concord Cemetery.
CONOVER Betty H. Hicks, 71, died July 4, 2006. Service is 4 PM Friday at Drum Funeral Home in Conover; visitation PM. Interment in Conover City Cemetery. FOREST CITY Joann Bridges, 64, died July 4, 2006.
Funeral is 2 PM Friday at Crowe's Funeral Chapel. Interment in Sunset Memorial Park. Visitation 6-8 PM Thursday at Crowe Funeral Home. FOREST CITY Mr. Edgar Crawford "Red" Gordon, 74, died July 5, 2006.
Funeral is 3 PM Friday at Bethany Baptist Church; visitation to follow. Interment in church cemetery. The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge. HICKORY Floyd "Ken" Kenneth Downing, 50, died July 5, 2006. A gathering of family and friends to celebrate Ken's life will be 6-8 PM Saturday at Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home, Newton.
HICKORY Mr. Ray Sain, 77, died July 4, 2006. Funeral is I PM Friday at Zion Lutheran Church. Visitation 7-9 PM Thursday at Bass-Smith Funeral Home. KINGS MOUNTAIN Vada Pruitt Abernathy, 88, died July 5, 2006.
Funeral is 2 PM Friday at Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel. Interment in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Visitation 6-8 PM Thursday at Harris Funeral Home. a special life. Charles Michael Wittmann "Mike" HARRISBURG Mr.
Wittmann, 66, died Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at his residence. Funeral service is 3:00 PM Friday, July 7, at Harrisburg Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Warren Nance officiating. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:30 PM Thursday at Harrisburg Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Mr.
Wittmann taught math and science for 30 years in Gaston County, Cabarrus County and Mecklenburg County. He was an active member of Harrisburg Presbyterian Church where he sang in the choir and served several terms as an elder. He was born January 16, 1940 in Mobile County, Alabama. Survivors include his wife, Mary Williams Wittmann; daughter, Heather Wittmann of the home; son, Charlie Wittmann and wife, Angela, of Georgia; sisters, Jerry Weise and husband, Robert, of Mt. Pleasant, and Sarah and husband, Jim, of Bakers, Florida; and grandchildren, Amy and Christy Wittmann.
Memorials may be made to Harrisburg Presbyterian Church, PO Box 310, Harrisburg, NC 28075 or Cabarrus County Meals on Wheels 320-C Copperfield Blvd. Concord, NC 28025. Condolences may be left at www.wilkinsonfuneralhome.com. Wilkinson Funeral Home of Concord is in charge. 4 LAURINBURG James Marshall Graham, 58, died July 4, 2006.
Funeral is 11 AM Friday at Richard Boles Funeral Service Chapel. Interment in Hillside Memorial Park. Visitation 7-9 PM Thursday at the funeral home. LINCOLNTON Fred Joe Sanford, 54, of 720 Clark Creek Road, died July 2, 2006 at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Howell Funeral Home of Gastonia.
Charles Harmon Kerr MIDLAND Mr. Kerr, 77, died Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at Presbyterian Hospital, Matthews. Born May 28, 1929 in Mecklenburg County, he was a son late Arthur Pride Kerr and Georgia Lela Horton Kerr. Visitation is PM Thursday, July at Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland, with service at 2:00 PM at Hartsell Funeral Chapel, Midland. Jimmy Green will officiate.
Interment in Huntersville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Huntersville. The family meeting place will be the home. Mr. Kerr was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, and had been an auto salesman with Folger Buick.
He was a member of Huntersville Presbyterian Church. Survivors include his wife, Jewell Kerr of Midland, NC; son, Randy Kerr of Rock Hill, SC; daughter, Debbie Kerr and husband, Richard, of Huntersville; daughterin-law, LeAnn Phillips of Gaffney, SC; step-sons, Bobby Davis and wife, Robin, of Belmont, NC, Don Davis of Fort Mill, SC and Ted Davis of Peachland, NC; brothers, Hank Kerr and wife, Gayle, of Mt. Ulla, NC, and George Kerr and wife, Betty, of Batesburg, SC; sister, Sara Huffman of Charlotte, NC; and grandchildren, Jason Brown, Charlotte, Hannah and Madeline Kerr. addition to his parents, Mr. Kerr was preceded in death by a son, Michael Kerr; brothers, John, Tom and Perry Kerr; and sister, Mary Mangum.
Memorials may be made to Huntersville Presbyterian Church, PO Box 313, Huntersville, NC 28079. Arrangements by Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland. Online obituaries and condolences at www.hartsellfh.com. 4v MISENHEIMER Eric Samuel Lefko, 61, died July 3, 2006. Memorial service is 11 AM Saturday at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church; visitation AM.
Powles Funeral Home is in charge. MONROE Ms. Helen Moser, 63, died July 5, 2006 at Carolinas Medical Center Union. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Grier Funeral Service of Monroe. MOORESVILLE Jenna Echerd Baxter Waugh, 94, died July 4, 2006.
Funeral is 1 PM Friday at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home. Interment in St. Michael's Cemetery, Troutman. Visitation PM Thursday at the funeral home. MT.
HOLLY Joseph Linwood Belton, 81, died July 4, 2006. Visitation is 5-7 PM Friday at the home. Carothers Funeral Home in Mt. Holly is serving the family. MT.
HOLLY Donald Reid Floyd, 70, died July 4, 2006. Funeral is 11 AM Friday at Second Baptist Church. Entombment in Serenity Mausoleum of Hillcrest Gardens. Visitation 7-9 PM Thursday at Woodlawn Funeral Home. SALISBURY Mr.
John Thomas Dill, 79, died July 4, 2006. Funeral is 12 PM Friday at James C. Lyerly Chapel. Interment in Salisbury National Cemetery. Visitation is 7- 8:30 PM Thursday at Lyerly Funeral Home.
LIBERTY HILL Mr. Randolph Williams, 83, died July 4, 2006. Funeral is 11 AM Thursday at Beaver Creek Baptist Church. Interment in church cemetery. Visitation 7-9 PM Wednesday at Cauthen Funeral Home.
Cleo Lear Heustess RUBY Mrs. Heustess, age 74, died Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at her home. Funeral service is 2:00 PM Friday, July 7, at Ruby Church of God. Interment in Cross Roads Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from PM Thursday, July 6, at Miller-RiversCaulder Funeral Home.
Mrs. Heustess was born i in Ruby, SC, a daughter of the late Henry Willis and Martha Gibson Lear. She was first married to the late Joe Crowley and then to the late Rev. Archie Heustess. Mrs.
Cleo was a devoted and faithful member of Ruby Church of God. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Roy Lear, and by a grandson, Scott Grady. Survivors include her son, Joseph Crowley and wife, Cathy, of Mt. Croghan, SC; daughter, Betty To Lear Hamptonville, Grady and NC; and husband, two Bill, sisters, of Ruth Melton of Jefferson, SC and Juanita Hinson of Fort Lawn, SC. Memorials may be made to Hospice Chesterfield County, PO Box 293, Chesterfield, SC 29709.
Home of Miller-Rivers-Caulder Chesterfield is Funeral the serving Heustess family. An YORK Patricia Dillingham Queen, 46, died July 4, 2006. Funeral is 11 AM Friday at First Wesleyan Church of York. Interment in Rose Hill Cemetery. Visitation 6-8 PM Thursday at Bratton Funeral Home.
In Memoriam IN MEMORY OF Christy Ann Galvin April 29, 1979 July 4, 2005 "I came to Charlotte from California without knowing the extent of my potential growth. Here, I found strength in overcoming obstacles and challenges on the volleyball court, in the classroom, and in everyday life. Wherever I go, I will have the confidence to succeed and more room to grow." A hardworking, quiet, fun loving, helpful, caring UNCC 49er volleyball alumna whose life was taken away in Charlotte. Christy is and always will be a part of our daily lives and thoughts. Love, Mom, Dad, Brother Sister IN MEMORY OF Marie Antoinette Ingram Smith July 6, 1941 July 6, 2004 Mama, It has been two years since God called you to his heavenly home.
We miss you more than words can ever express, and wish you were still here. Your gentle loving spirit touched everyone that was blessed by your endearing friendship. We know that you are triumphant peace, without pain or other ailments. Today, we cannot physically hold you in our arms, however, we will always hold you in a special place in our hearts. Have a glorious 65th birthday in heaven celebrating your special day.
We will have our own celebration here on earth. All our love, your daughters, Amy and Tracy, son-in-law, Eric, grandson, Manuel James, and sister, Amy Obituaries and In Memoriams The Charlotte Observer extends sincere condolences to those who have lost a loved one. Let us assist you with an Obituary or In Memoriam that celebrates a special life. Call the Obituary Desk Monday through Friday at 704-358-5382 or 800-332-0686, ext. 5382.
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