The Kings Mountain Herald
April 14, 2005
OBITUARIES
YVONNE BRODNAX
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Yvonne Brodnax, 83, 310
Scotland Drive, died April 7,
2005 at the Hospice Facility
in Shelby.
She was born i in Urbana,
Ohio,
daughter
of the late
Albert
and Altha
Seely
Ratcliff.
She was
also pre-
ceded in
death by
her sister,
Lucille
Queen.
She was a homemaker and
a member of the First
Wesleyan Church in Kings
Mountain.
Proverbs 31:28 - Her chil-
dren arise up, and call her
blessed...(KJV).
She is survived by her
husband, Walter Brodnax of
Kings Mountain; sons Sam
Brodnax and wife Peggy of
Lilburn, GA and Scott
Brodnax of Clover, SC; .
daughters Susan Kuban and
husband Phil of Marietta,
GA and Sheryl Meacham
and husband Leland of
Kings Mountain; brother
Albert Ratcliff of Chicago,
IL; grandchildren Leslie
Kuban, Scott Kuban
Michelle D" Angelo, Chuck
Kaylor, Amy Brodnax and
Becky Brodnax; and great
grandchild Eleyna
D'Angelo.
The funeral was conduct-
ed by the Rev. Don
Williams at 2 p.m. Sunday at
First Wesleyan Church.
Interment was in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
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REBECAH DIXON
PADUCAH, KY - Services
for Rebecah Dover Dixon -
were held Sunday, April 10
at 2 p.m. at the Milner & Orr
Funeral Home in Paducah,
with Randy Holt officiating.
Burial was in Woodlawn
Memorial Gardens in :
Paducah.
Mrs.
Dixon
died at
12:45 p.m.
Thursday,
April 7 at
her home.
A native
of Grover,
Mrs.
Dixon
had also
resided in Kings Mountain.
She was a retired church
organist after 27 years of
service. She was also a relief.
organist and pianist for the
senior adult choir for the
Lone Oak First Baptist
Church.
She is survived by her
husband of 56 years, the
Rev. Dr. Harley C. Dixon,
her daughters, Deborah
Clark and Waian Shuemaker
of Paducah, her sons, Clint
Dixon of Paducah, Mark
Dixon of New York City,
Kirk Dixon of Louisville, KY,
nine grandchildren and one
great grandson. She is also
survived by a sister, Mary
Ann Canipe, her brother
James Dover, and her step-
mother, Laura Dover of
Grover.
DIXON
THEODORE BYERS SR.
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Theodore Byers Sr., 82, 513
Belvedere Circle, died
Sunday, April 3, 2005 at his
home. He was the son of the
late Robert and Ola Byers.
Mr. Byers loved bowling
and was a member of many
bowling leagues throughout
the area. He retired from
Ryerson Steel in 1989 and
was a veteran of World War
II.
In addition to his parents,
his wife, Catherine Byers,
preceded him in death.
He is survived by his
daughter, Beverly Byers of
Kings Mountain; four sons,
Theodore Byers Jr. of
Orange, NJ, Timothy Byers
of Newark, NJ, Michael
Byers of Charlotte, and
Bradley Byers of Newark,
NJ; one sister, Margie Walker
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dren, 12 great-grandchil-
dren, and a host of nieces,
nephews, relatives and
friends.
A memorial service was
held on Thursday, April 7 at
3 p.m .at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church with the Rev. W.M.
Sims officiating.
Withrow’s Funeral Home,
Inc. was in charge of
arrangements.
FRED MARCUS OWENS
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Fred Marcus Owens, 94, res-
ident of King Street, died
April 10, 2005 at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
He was born in Kings
Mountain, son of the late
John Crayton and Rettie
Whisnant Owens. He was
preceded in death by his
wife of 60 years, Martha
Crawford
Owens,
brothers
Richard
Owens,
Charles
Owens
and Alex
Owens,
sister
Geneva
Black,
daugh-
ter-in-law Margaret.
Swansson Owens, and son-
in-law Robert Ramsey.
He was a farmer and the
oldest member of Bethlehem
Baptist Church.
He is survived by his son,
John Fred Owens of
Camden, SC; daughters
Louise O. Lynch and hus-
band Dwain of Kings
Mountain, Helen O. Ayscue
and husband Bobby of
Kings Mountain, MauDava
O. Morton of Gastonia, Joyce
O. Ramsey of Anderson, SC,
Frances O. Herndon and
husband Charlie of Lugoff,
SC, and Pat O. Preston and
husband Charles of
Augusta, GA; sisters Maude
McCarter and Mary Allen of
Kings Mountain; grandchil-
dren Beverly Moffitt and
husband Steve, Lynda
Quarles and husband
Gordon, Mike Ramsey and
wife Janet, Cindy Woodside
and husband Sammy, Dean
Preston and wife Candace,
Ellinor BeVier and husband
Craig, Ava Joyner and hus-
band Eddy, Dona Carey and
husband Scott, David
Herndon, Jeff Herndon and
wife Rhonda, Wesley
Herndon and wife Shana,
Elizabeth Rudy and hus-
band Kevin, Marcus Owens
and wife Robyn, Nicholas
Owens and wife Rachel,
Jamie Belcher and wife
Charlotte, Scott Belcher,
Daniel Ayscue and wife
Gina, and David Ayscue and
wife Brooke; and 26 great
grandchildren.
The funeral will be con-
ducted by the Revs. David
Blanton and Lee Thomas at
2 p.m. Thursday at
Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Interment will be in the
church cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to Bethlehem Baptist Church
“Building Fund,” 1017
Bethlehem Road, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086 or to
Bonclarken, 500 Pine Drive,
Flat Rock, NC 28731.
Harris Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
OWENS
‘of the late
WILLIAM N. PODARAS
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
William N. Podaras, 76, 717
Canterbury Road, died
Friday, April 8, 2005 at his -
home.
A native of Ocala, FL, he
was the son i
Steve and
Bessie Lee
Whisenant
Podaras.
He was
founder
and pastor
of Gospel
Assembly
Church,
Kings Mountain, where he
was pastor for 40 years.
His father, Steve Podaras,
came to this country at age
17 from Sparta, Greece.
William loved his Dad
deeply and wanted to be
just like him. He worked
with his Dad in the restau-
rant business, and loved to
cook.
After his Dad’s death,
William joined the Army.
He served three years, with
11 months of active combat
in Korea. These events
would lead him to the min-
istry. He was a Sgt. First
Class.
Several years after
returning home from the
Army, William was saved
in an Oral Roberts Crusade
and later worked for Oral
Roberts Ministries in Tulsa,
OK. He married Bernice
Speer Podaras. Her family
were long time friends of
the Podaras family and
Pastor Fred Speer had
helped William in is early
Christian experience. He
said that she was the pretti-
est girl he had ever seen.
After moving to Gastonia
in 1963, William became
General Superintendent of
Danoca Industries for 5
years before going to the
ministry full time. In 1964
he founded the Tabernacle
for God, later re-named
Gospel Assembly Church.
He was also in Who's Who
in NC in 1973.
He is survived by his
wife, Bernice Speer
Podaras of Kings
Mountain; son William N.
Podaras of Charlotte;
daughters Darlene
Knighten and husband
Steve of Gastonia, Janet
Newman and husband
Chuck of Cramerton,
Sheila Hayes and husband
Denis of Kings Mountain,
Ruth James and husband
Steve of Gastonia, Rebekah
PODARAS
~ James and husband Billy of
Gastonia, and Leah Hardin
and husband Todd of
Kings Mountain; brother
Leon Podaras and wife
Jewel of Melbourne, FL;
sister Doris Westmoreland
and husband Charles of
Tulsa, OK; and 12 grand-
children.
A private interment will
be held for the family.
Memorials may be made
to Gospel Assembly
Church, P.O. Box 956,
Gastonia, NC 28053.
Harris Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange-
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BELLE BUCHANAN
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Belle Katherine Frye
Buchanan, 98, 1612 Fallston
Road, Shelby, formerly of
Kings Mountain, died April
11, 2005 at Willow Ridge
Nursing Home, .
Rutherfordton.
She was the daughter of
the late John and Mary
Garland Frye and wife of the
late Floyd Everett Buchanan.
She was also preceded in
death by brothers Arthur
Frye, Ike Frye and Iss Frye
and sisters Rettie Whitson,
Cordie Gortney and Texie
Harrell.
She was a member of
Kings Mountain Baptist
Church and was retired
from Spruce Pine Mica
Depot.
She is survived by her
daughters, Mary Davis and
husband Gene of Shelby and
Charlotte Jones and husband
Ted of Kings Mountain;
grandchildren Scott Jones
and wife Tania, Kevin Davis
and wife Teresa, and Randy
Davis and wife Lorene; great
grandchildren Ashley Davis
Quinn and husband Ty,
Meagan Davis, Kaitlin Davis
and Harley Jones; sister-in-
law Mildred Frye of Spruce
Pine; and numerous nieces
and nephews.
A graveside service was
conducted by Dr. Jeff
Hensley at 4 p.m.
Wednesday at Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
CALVIN CRAWFORD
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Calvin Darrell Crawford, 66,
133 Midway Lake Road,
died Saturday, April 9, 2005
at his home.
He was born in Lincoln
County, son of the late John
and Bonnie Sprouse
Crawford. He was also pre-
ceded in death by two broth-
ers, John Stealy Crawford
and Ramos Crawford.
He was a retired construc-
tion contractor, owner and
operator of Triple C Mobile
Home Park and Midway
Lakes. He was a member of
Christian Freedom Baptist
Church. He loved to hunt
and fish.
He is survived by his wife,
Clara O. Crawford of Kings
Mountain; sons Tony Curtis
Crawford and wife Marcy of
Kings Mountain, and Calvin
“Keith” Crawford and wife
Nicole of Kings Mountain;
daughters Cathy Peddycord
and husband Jack of Kings
Mountain, Susan Proctor
and husband Johnny of
Kings Mountain, and Sharon
Forbes and husband Jack of
Kings Mountain; brother
David Crawford of
Cherryville; grandchildren
Johnathan Crawford,
Suzanne Rise Hunsinger,
Norman Daniel “Bubba”
{% Hunsinger III, Lauren Dana
Forbes, Jack Thomas “J
Thomas” Peddycord III,
Calvin Keith “CJ” Crawford
Jr., Bethany Crawford, and
Tiffany Dawn Patterson; and
great grandchildren Hannah
Elizabeth Crawford and
Hunter Kevin Morrison.
The funeral was conduct-
ed by the Revs. Mike
Chambers and Buddy
Williams and Jack Forbes at
2 p.m. Tuesday at Christian
Freedom Baptist Church.
Interment was in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made -
Pete Moore, CEQ
aon 1908
to Christian Freedom Baptist
Church, 246 Range Road,
Kings Mountain, NC 28086
or to Hospice of Gaston
County, 258 E. Garrison
Blvd., Gastonia, NC 28054.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
ANNIE DAVES
CHERRYVILLE - Mrs.
Annie Mae Gibson Daves,
90, 111 Harrilson Road, died
Saturday, April 9, 2005 at
Carolina Care.
A native of Cleveland
County, she was the daugh- -
ter of the late Clarence and
Candice Anderson Gibson.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, William
Martin Daves, sons Fred
Daves and William Daves,
grandson Todd Haskins, sis-
ter Mabel Gibson and broth-
er Paul Gibson.
She was retired from
Burlington Industries and
formerly worked at Mauney
Hosiery, Kings Mountain.
She was a member of
Cherokee Baptist Church,
Kings Mountain.
She is survived by her
daughters, Lucy Morrow
and Venise Webb, both of
Cherryville, Patricia Haskins
of Grover, Virginia Wales of
Vale, Helen Ayers of
Bessemer City; and 12
grandchildren, 19 great-
grandchildren and two
great-great grandchildren.
The funeral was conduct-
ed by the Revs. Vince Hefner
and David Day at 2 p.m.
Monday at Cone Memorial
Chapel of Carpenter’s
Funeral Home. Burial was in
New Camp Creek Baptist
Church cemetery, Kings
Mountain.
Memorials may be made
to the charity of the donor’s
choice.
Carpenters Funeral
Home, Cherryville, was in
charge of arrangements.
WILLARD DOTSON
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Willard “Red” Dotson, 84,
812 Bethlehem Road, died
April 7, 2005 at his home.
A native of Rutherford
County, he was the son of
the late Frank and Maggie
Rogers Dotson. He was also
preceded in death by a
brother, Dennis Dotson, and
sisters Pauline Ernst, Ocie
Thomas and Agnes
Loizakes.
He was retired from Davis
Electric in Greenville, SC. He
was a member of Second
Baptist Church, Kings
Mountain, and served in the
United States Army during
WWIL
He is survived by his wife,
Jean Leming Dotson of
Kings Mountain; sons
Ronnie Dotson and wife
Terri of Jemison, AL, and
Steve Dotson of Kings
Mountain; daughters Billie
Keeter and husband Danny
of Bostic, Angela Swofford
and husband Donald of
Kings Mountain, and Lisa
Murray and husband Jerry
of Grover; brother Tom
Dotson of Cliffside; sister
Marilyn McKinney of
Grover; 10 grandchildren
‘and nine great-grandchil-
dren.
The funeral was conduct-
ed by the Rev. Mike
Chambers at 3 p.m. Sunday
at Christian Freedom Baptist
Church. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
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