Page 2A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, August 3, 1989
Obituaries
AUDLEY TIGNOR
Funeral services for Audley
Edward (Aud) Tignor, 69, of 1007
Sherwood Lane, who died Tuesday
at Kings Mountain Hospital, will
be held Thursday at 3 p.m. at
Harris Chapel.
Rev. Frank Gordon will officiate
and interment will be in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
A native of Rogersville, Tenn.,
he was son of the late Emmett and
Eliza Cody Tignor. He was a re-
tired brick contractor. He was mar-
ried to Ethel Huffstickler Tignor,
who survives.
Tignor was a past commander of
American Legion Post 155 and a
veteran of World War II.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are a son, Donald Tignor of
Florence, S. C. and a brother, Gene
Tignor of Kings Mountain.
LELA B. CLARK
Mrs. Lela Bonds Clark, 83, of
610 Sipes Street, Kings Mountain,
died Saturday, July 29, 1989 at
Royal Crest Health Care in
Gastonia.
A native of Cherokee County,
S.C., she was the widow of Robert
E. Clark and the daughter of the
late W.M. and Celia Sharpton
Bonds. She was a member of
Boyce Memorial A.R.P. Church
and was a retired clerk with
Matthews Belk Stores in Gastonia.
She is survived by one daughter,
Carolyn Blanton of Concord; one
brother, Joe V. Bonds of
Lexington, W. Va.; one sister, Betty
McCurley of Atlanta; two grand-
children; and three great-grandchil-
dren.
The funeral was conducted
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Shuford-
Hatcher Funeral Home in Gaffney,
S.C., by ‘the Rev. Clarence
Hampton. Burial was in Frederick
Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to
Parkwood Baptist Church, Central
Avenue, Concord, N.C. 28025.
DORA K. OWENS
GASTONIA - Dora Kates Dean
Owens, 84, of 207 South King
Street, died Saturday, July 29, 1989
at Gaston Memorial Hospital.
A native of Honea Path, S.C.,
she was the daughter of the late
Jim and Emma Kates and wife of
the late Landrum Owens. She was
a retired textile employee.
She is survived by four sons,
James
Owens of Kings Mountain, James
Dean of Waterloo, Iowa, and
Palmer Fred of Gray, Ga.; four
daughters, Betty Buchanan of
Bessemer City, Gail Lanford of
Columbia, S.C., Louise Swisher of
Union Lake, Mich., and Marion
Jackson of Gray, Ga.; 24 grandchil-
dren; 28 great-grandchildren; and
one great-great-grandchild.
Graveside services were con-
ducted by Rev. Joseph Thomas
Monday at 3 p.m. at Sunnyside
Baptist Church Cemetery in
Bessemer City.
WILLIAM A. HAMRICK JR.
WACO - William Arthur
Hamrick Jr., 61, of South Main
Street, died Saturday, July 29, 1989
at Charlotte Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son of the late William
Arthur Sr. and Georgia Webb
Hamrick. He was a retired mechan-
ic from Lithium Corporation of
America and a member of Waco
Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Laurette Wall Hamrick of the
home; two sons, Lee Arthur
Hamrick of Kings Mountain and
Keith Wall Hamrick of Waco; two
daughters, Carol Ann Edwards of
Charlotte and Gail Campbell of
Gastonia; one sister, Oveda Lail of
Gastonia; and four grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. Royce Ballew and the
Rev. Jerry Lail at 2 p.m. Monday at
Waco Baptist Church. Burial was
in Capernaum Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Waco Baptist Church, Waco,
28169.
MARCUS WHITWORTH
SHELBY - Marcus Nathaniel
Whitworth, 53, of 803 A. Buffalo
Street, died Sunday, July 23, 1989
at Cleveland Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son of Eula Roberts
Whitworth Famble and the late
Nathaniel Whitworth. He was self-
employed.
In addition to his mother, he is
survived by his step-father, George
Famble of Shelby; two sons,
Daniel and Nolan Maurice
Whitworth of Shelby; two brothers, ,
Samuel Whitworth of Kings
Mountain and Yates Whitworth of
Charlotte; six sisters, Virginia
Black, Marie Ross, Margaret
Dawkins, Essie Etchison, Bernice
Mitchell and Ruth Hopper of
Shelby; three stepsisters, Bertha
Tolliver and Bernice Williams of
Philadelphia and Mary Brisco of
wens of Shelby, Perry
Shelby; four stepbrothers, Henry |
and Eddie Famble of Shelby,
Raymond Famble of Greensboro
and Bobby Famble of Philadelphia;
and two grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. C.D. Montgomery
Sunday, July 30, at 3 p.m. at Shiloh
Baptist Church. Burial was in
Webb Memorial Lawns.
LEMUEL OATES
LOUISVILLE, Miss. - Lemuel
L. Oates, 62, 302 Pond Avenue,
died July 27, 1989.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son of the late James
and Tearlie Johnson Oates. He was
a member of Ebenezer Baptist
Church in Kings Mountain, was a
U.S. Army veteran and a graduate
of Washington High School.
He is survived by his wife,
Hazel Oates; two sons, Maurice
Logan of Kings Mountain and
Lemuel Oates Jr. of Louisiana; a
daughter, Dorothy Kimble of Kings
Mountain; a brother, Summey
Oates of Kings Mountain; three
sisters, Geneva Crosby of
Philadelphia, Beatrice Oates and
Inez Fowler of Kings Mountain;
and five grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. D.C. Wilson Tuesday at 4
p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Burial was in the church cemetery.
LIZZIE N. DELLINGER
Lizzie Nora Dellinger, 73, of
Route 3, Kings Mountain, died
July 29, 1989 at Cleveland
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland County,
she was the daughter o the late
James and Annie Belle Mayes
Dellinger. She was a retired textile
employee and a member of
Patterson Springs Baptist Church.
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. Hugh Richardson Tuesday
at 2 p.m. at Patterson Springs
Baptist Church. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
LUCILLE S. BLANTON
Lucille Sarratt Blanton, 83, of
403 Walnut Street, Kings
Mountain, died July 30, 1989 in
Kings Mountain Hospital.
A native of Cherokee County,
S.C., she was the daughter of the
late John and Mary Ophelia
Vinesett Sarratt. She was a retired
textile employee and a member of
Grassy Pond Baptist Church.
She is survived by two sons,
Farshel Blanton of Kings Mountain
and Alton Blanton of Taylorsville; =
three daughters, Betty Brooks and
Rachel Jolley of Boiling Springs
and Elizabeth Carpenter of Kings
Mountain; two brothers, J.L.
Sarratt of Boiling Springs and Jack
Blanton of Charlotte; a sister,
Watola McCraw of Gaffney, S.C;
17 grandchildren; seven great-
grandchildren; and one great-great-
grandchild.
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. James Williams Tuesday
at 2 p.m. at Harris Chapel. Burial
was in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
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