The Charlotte Observer from Charlotte, North Carolina (2024)

April 26, 1997

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The Charlotte Observeri

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Charlotte, North Carolina

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Saturday, April 26, 1997

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25

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A I THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER If DEATH NOTICES 6C SATURDAY APRIL 26 1997 Panel sets aside effort to block Wake waste site TO OUH READERS The Charlotte Observer offers seven lines of Death Notice information free of charge Families who wish to present additional information may do so at a nominal cost For further information please consult with your funeral director or call The Charlotte Observer at 358-5382 Letha Morgan 89 of Lexington died April 24 1997 Funeral is 3 pm today at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel Burial is in Forest Hill Memorial Park Cemetery Visitation is 2-3 pm prior to service at funeral home Mrs Effie Blakeney Stanley 84 of 725 East 15th Street Charlotte NC died April 23 1997 at her home Funeral is 2 pm Sunday April 27 1997 at Greater Mt Si-nai Baptist Church Charlotte with Rev Dr George Cook Jr officiating Interment will be in Salem United Methodist Church Cemeteiy Pageland SC The family will receive friends 7-8 pm today at Funeral Home Chapel Charlotte Born in Chesterfield County SC Mrs Stanley was a member of Greater Mt Sinai Baptist Church She married Otis Stanley who survives her on August 15 1936 Survivors include her husband Otis Stanley and daughters Mrs Dorothy McManus and Mrs Lindia Funderburk all of Charlotte six grandchildren four step-grandchildren 25 great-grandchildren 10 great-great-grandchildren sister Mrs Classie Anthony of Patterson NJ uncle Allen McManus and sons-in-law Jelvester McManus and Ray Funderburk all of Charlotte Funeral Home Charlotte is serving the Stanley family Anne Cothran Tate age 70 died Thursday April 24 1997 at her home The committee then sent the bill to a subcommittee where it would have to be reworked and passed by Thursday in the full House for the General Assembly to consider it this year or next State and regional officials have spent more than $100 million to probe the site and design the repository which dispose of spent nuclear fuel The site would take radioactive waste from Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina It was due to be completed in 1993 NC officials now hope to license the site in 2001 Construction would take another year Even if bill is approved it may not stop the waste facility in Wake County measure was written to restrict locations for a low-level waste depository if a siting decision been made An attorney advising the committee said the Wake County site has already past that stage and its operators are seeking a license to operate Associated Press RALEIGH A legislative challenge to the Wake County hazardous waste site was sidetracked Friday when a committee set the issue aside for more study The House Commerce Committee considered a bill that would have forced low-level nuclear waste sites to stay clear of flood-prone areas The bill would apply to sites that handle radioactive castoffs from medicine and industry such as rags and clothing Supporters said they wanted to stop a waste repository 20 miles southwest of Raleigh so radioactivity endanger water supplies and people who drink from them aiming my best to do away with the Wake site I make no bones about it like to kill said Rep Bobby Ray Hall R-Lee The committee rejected an effort by Hall that would have blocked the site because near a lake and may be reached by rising water in an extreme flood His amendment to a bill sponsored by Rep Jane Mosley D-Wake was rejected Autopsies costly for NC hospitals fee steady as expenses climb DENVER Mr Edward Britt Overcash 63 of 6211 Bumhurst Lane died April 24 1997 at his home Funeral is 11:00 am Monday April 28 1997 graveside at Sunset Memory Gardens Charlotte with Reverend Brent Price and Rever-II end Judith Cole officiating Burial is at Sunset Memory Gardens Mr Overcash was born in Mecklenburg County NC He was a retired Plumbing Inspector last employed by Mecklenburg County He was a member of Gospelway Baptist Church Huntersville NC and veteran of US Army Survivors include his wife Mrs Ann Overcash Denver son Randy Overcash Mooresville NC daughter Mrs Pamela A Willis Denver brothers Ray Overcash Hayward Overcash Paul Overcash all of Charlotte grandchildren Ashley Marie Kisiah and Anita Overcash both of Charlotte One grandchild deceased Elizabeth Ann Kisiah Memorials may be sent to Hospice of Lincoln County PO Box 1526 Lincolnton NC 28093 Hartsell of Midland is in charge of arrangements DREXEL Grover Lee Brackett 78 died April 25 1997 Funeral is 2 pm Sunday at Calvin Heights Baptist Church Burial is in church cemetery Visitation is pm today at Sossoman Funeral Home in Morganton GREENSBORO Mrs Lucy Hood Kornegay 79 of 111 Forestview Drive Elon College NC died Friday April 25 1997 at the Moses Cone Hospital A funeral service will be held at 3:30 pm Sunday in the West Market Street United Methodist Church where she was a member Interment will follow at the Alamance Memorial Park Burlington NC Mrs Kornegay was a native of Charlotte NC and was a member of Morris Sunday School Class at her church She was preceded in death by her husband Robert Kornegay Jr and is survived by her sons Robert Kornegay and wife Tootie of Elon College NC William Kornegay and wife Ann of Burlington NC Also surviving are her grandchildren Mrs Dee Newnam Mrs Danielle McLaughlin Misses Christy and Libby Kornegay Scott Kornegay great-grandson Nicholas Kornegay Newnam and her sister Mrs Martha Murdoch of Macon GA The family will visit with friends at the Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home North Elm Street Chapel from 7-9 Saturday night Memorials may be made to Elon Homes for Children Elon College NC 27244 HAMLET Mr James Crawford 69 died April 25 1997 at St Health Center in Southern Pines Arrangements are incomplete McEachern Funeral Home is in charge HARMONY Mr Bill Anderson 67 died April 25 1997 at his residence Funeral is 3 pm Sunday at Clarksbury UM Church Burial is in church cemetery Visitation is 7-9 pm today at Reavis Funeral Home Chapel of Harmony HICKORY Winnie Smith Penley 78 died April 25 1997 Funeral is 2 pm Sunday at Viewmont Baptist Church Visitation is one hour prior to service at the church Catawba Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements HICKORY Martha Ella Isenhour Worsham 79 died April 24 1997 Arrangements are incomplete Catawba Funeral Home is in charge HUDSON James Floyd Bradshaw 53 died April 24 1997 Funeral is 2 pm today at Sunrise Baptist Church Burial is in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens Pendry's Lenoir Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements KANNAPOLIS Mrs Priscilla Drolette Correll 63 died April 24 1997 Arrangements are incomplete Funeral Home is in charge KANNAPOLIS Mr Ted Henry Lunsford 91 died April 25 1997 Funeral service is 4 pm Sunday at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel Visitation is pm today at funeral home KINGS MOUNTAIN Mrs Micky Hughes Bost 58 of 110 Kevin Dr died April 25 1997 Service is 6 pm today in Harris Funeral Home Memorial Chapel Visitation is 5-6 pm today and immediately following the service at the funeral home KINGS MOUNTAIN Mrs Ruth A Essary 81 of White Oak Manor Shelby died April 24 1997 Funeral 3 pm Sunday at Grace United Methodist Church Burial: Mountain Rest Cemetery Visitation pm today at Harris Funeral Home LENOIR Luenette Winecoff Annas 65 died April 25 1997 Funeral is 3 pm Sunday at Pendry's Lenoir Funeral Home Chapel Burial is in Belleview Cemetery Visitation is 2-3 pm Sunday prior to service at funeral home LINCOLNTON Mrs Daisy Icard Barnes 85 of 268 School St died April 20 1997 Funeral is 3 pm Sunday in Warlick Funeral Home Chapel Burial is in Hollybrook Cemetery Visitation is pm today at the funeral home MARION Margaret Wellborn Causby 79 died April 24 1997 Funeral service is 3 pm Sunday at Westmoreland Funeral Home Chapel Burial is in Vein Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery Visitation is 6-8 pm today at funeral home Ms Cheryl Belk 36 of 1319 Bumswick Court died Tuesday April 22 1997 at University Hospital Funeral is 2:30 pm Saturday April 26 1997 at Beas- ley's Chapel with Reverend WC Qwin Sr officiat- ing Burial is at I if York Memorial Park Visitation is pm Saturday at Chapel Funeral Director is in charge Ms Veta Coleman Brevard 43 of 2223 Rozzells Ferry Rd died April 24 1997 Arrangements are incomplete Beasley Funeral Home is in charge Mrs Ingrid Jonassen Cooper of Plantation Estates died April 25 1997 Arrangements are incomplete Harry Bryant Company is in charge Mr Fred Hope 78 of 713 West Blvd Charlotte died April 24 1997 at VA Hospital in Salisbury Arrangements are incomplete Beasley Funeral Home is in charge William Floyd Jackson Jr of Charlotte formerly of Rock Hill passed away Tuesday April 22 1997 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 3 pm at Amity Presbyterian Church in Charlotte NC with the Revs Grady Moseley and Caroline Craig officiating Interment will be in Bethesda Presbyterian Church Cemetery near McConnells SC Mr Jackson was a graduate of Rock Hill High School and attended Clemson University He served in the US Air Force during World War II He worked with the architectural firms of Odell Associates Freeman and White and JN Pease and Associates He was a member of Amity Presbyterian Church for thirty-six years where he served as an elder He was a member of the Amity Amiables the Charlotte Camera Club the Charlotte Art League the Mint Museum of Art and the Carolinas Community Concert Association Over the past ten years Mr Jack-son studied with members of the Charlotte art community at Queens College CPCC the Tony Griffin Studio the Nona Butterworth Studio and the Ben Long Workshop He is survived by his wife Caroline McFadden Jackson two daughters Karen Jackson Guild of Charlotte and Claire Michele Jackson of the home two sisters Helen Owen of York SC and Florence Ann Workman of Irvine CA one brother James Jackson of Jamestown NC and granddaughter Kathryn Rose Guild of Charlotte The family will receive friends Sunday from 1:30 to 3 pm in the church parlor Memorials may be made to Barium Springs Center PO Box 1 Barium Springs NC 28010 The Alexander Children's Center 6220 Thermal Road Charlotte NC 28211 or The Amity Presbyterian Church Memorial Fund 2831 North Sharon Amity Road Charlotte NC 28205 Bass Funeral Home Rock Hill SC is in charge of arrangements Mr Mack Herron King Jr 77 of 7514 Rolling Hill Rd died April 24 1997 at his residence The family will receive friends Saturday April 26 1997 from the hours of 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm prior to the service Funeral service will be held at 3:30 pm Saturday April 26 1997 at McEwen Charlotte Chapel McEwen Funeral Service Charlotte Chapel is serving the family of Mr King Deloris I Rushing 43 died April 25 1997 at Carolinas Medical Center Arrangements are incomplete Beasley Funeral Home is in charge Mr Charlie Janies Seegars 65 of 4615 Morgan Street Charlotte died April 24 1997 Funeral service is 2 pm Monday at United House of Prayer (Mother House) Apostle CB Gibson is officiating Burial is in Beatties Ford Memorial Gardens Visitation is 7-8 pm Sunday at Long Son Mortuary Chapel Mr Seegars born in Pageland was a retired truck driver Survivors include wife Mrs Joyce Seegars of Charlotte son Dwayne Seegars (Ivory) of Charlotte daughter Ms Tracy Seegars of Charlotte brother Ostell Seegars (Lillie Mae) of Pageland sister Mrs Lexie Blakeney of Pageland and grandchildren Dwayne Seegars Jr and Chavis Seegars both of Charlotte Long Son Mortuary service is serving the Seegars family Mr David Roy Seymour Jr 46 of 1216 Clement Ave Charlotte died April 24 1997 at his home Memorial service is 4 pm Sunday in Warlick Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev John Duncan Jr officiating Burial will be at a later date in Holly-brook Cemetery The family will be at the home of his mother 708 Dogwood Ave Lincolnton He was born on Aug 25 1950 in Lincoln County He was preceded in death by his father David Seymour Sr Survivors include his mother Mrs Thelma Lowrimore of Lincolnton brother Archie Lowrimore of Western Carolina Center Morganton sister Mrs Gladys Hollis of Broadway and nieces Natalie Hollis and Amanda Hollis Memorials may be made to Western Carolina Center Chapel Fund 300 Enola Rd Morganton NC 28655 or a charity of the choice Mr James Patrick Baxter 84 of Charlotte died April 24 1997 at his residence A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am Monday at St Matthew Catholic Church with Father Edmund Walker offering the Mass Interment will follow the service in Forest Lawn East Cemetery in Matthews The family will receive friends 2:30 pm until 4:30 pm Sunday at Williams-Dearborn Funeral Service in Matthews Mr Baxter the son of the late James and Elizabeth Enright Baxter was bom July 25 1912 in New York City New York He attended New York University in New York concentrating his study in merchandising In 1939 he married his wife of 58 years the former Nora Quinn and settled in New York He began his career in merchandising with RH in New York Over the decades he worked with RH in New York and Atlanta in Miami FL in Phoenix AZ and finally with in Charlotte in 1976 after over twenty years he retired form as Merchandising Manager for Home Furnishings Although Mr life revolved around his career and dedication to his family he found time to volunteer with area hospitals He will be remembered as the gentleman who greeted families at The Charlotte Orthopaedic Hospital and stayed with them until news of their loved on arrived He was also active with the St Vincent de Paul Society Mr Baxter was a member of St Matthew Catholic Church and a former member of the Knights of Columbus 4th Degree In addition to his wife Nora of Charlotte and his daughter Sister Mary Rosarie RGS of Baltimore MD Mr Baxter is survived by his son and daughter-in-law Joseph and Christine Baxter of Charlotte his brothers Thomas Baxter of Brick NJ and Frank Baxter of Bronx NY also his sister Anne Cusack of Bridgeport CT will be missed by his grandson and granddaughter in law Peter and Tracey Baxter of Charlotte and his grandsons John and James Baxter of Charlotte Mr Baxter's family has asked that memorials in him name be made to The Good Shepherd Center 4100 Maple Avenue Baltimore MC 21227 Rev Horace Tillman Durden 90 of 1814 Crandon Dr Charlotte died Friday April 25 1997 Funeral is 3 pm Sunday at Linwood Church of God Gastonia with Dr Walter Atkinson Western North Carolina overseer Rev Loran Livingston senior pastor of Central Church Rev James Griffin pastor of Linwood Church of God Rev Don Whichard pastor of East Burlington Church of God and Rev Harold Douglas retired minister officiating Private burial is Monday April 28 in Sharon Memorial Park Charlotte Pallbearers are Rev Ron Martin Lamar Brock Rev Foy Mercer Rev Wesley Wilson Rusty Rozzelle and Jeff Walker Visitation is pm Sunday at the church Rev Durden a retired Church of God minister was born July 18 1906 in Putnam County GA a son of the late WH Durden and Mrs Sally Kimbell Durden Before retiring he pastored churches in Hartwell GA Boswell PA Wilmington NC Erwin NC Undale GA Cramerton NC Greensboro NC West Asheville NC and Mooresville NC Rev Durden was a member of Central Church of God in Charlotte and Western NC Church of God Board of Trustees He was recognized and presented a beautiful plaque for faithful and devoted leadership as president of SAFE Fellowship Club of North Carolina from 1977 to 1983 Rev Durden was elected Retired Minister of The Year in 1982 by North Carolina Western Board Rev Durden was preceded in death by his first wife Mrs Ruby Lee Perkins Durden Survivors include his wife Mrs Peggy Price Durden daughter Mrs Naomi Byrd of Gastonia NC stepdaughter and husband Robin and Mark Day of Nashville TN granddaughter and husband Renee and Ronnie Crain of Gastonia NC grandson and wife Jerome and Pam Byrd of Gastonia NC great-granddaughter Miss Katelyn Byrd great-grandsons Mr Joshua Crain and Mr Zachary Crain and three brothers JC Hubert and William Durden of Macon GA Memorials may be made to Hospice at Charlotte 1420 7th St Charlotte NC 28204 Carothers Funeral Home in Gastonia is serving the family of Rev Durden Roxle Cummings 73 of Vass died Thursday April 24 1997 Graveside service is 4 pm Sunday in Ferguson Family Cemetery Visitation is 7-9 pm today at Boles Funeral Home and Crematory of Southern Pines Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM Performing autopsies under contract with the state medical office is a losing proposition for pathologists and hospitals in North Carolina but the situation likely to change soon The government pays $400 for each autopsy usually the money is paid by the county where the person died Doctors estimate however that a typical autopsy costs about $1000 the hospitals in the state are underwriting the medical-examiner program to the tune of millions and millions of says Dr Patrick Lantz a forensic pathologist at Baptist Hospital South Carolina Virginia and Tennessee pay $800 to $850 for each autopsy North fee is set by state statute and can be changed only by the General Assembly and legislators changed it in 10 years When the General Assembly increased the fee from $350 to $400 in 1987 legislators intended to reimburse the doctors and hospitals only for the actual cost of doing the autopsies But the cost has climbed steeply in the past 10 years partly because of new state laws intended to protect medical workers from AIDS and other blood-bome diseases Lantz now must strap on a surgical face mask every time he steps into his morgue and he must slip on surgical booties rarely worn 10 years ago before every autopsy About 60 contractors perform autopsies for the state Most of the doctors involved are pathologists who handle a handful of cases each year Several are certified forensic pathologists with special training in toxicology gunshot wounds and trauma injuries have been pressing us to somehow subsidize their said Michael Olson the administrative services manager for the office of the chief medical examiner is nothing we can do Pathologists perform about 1800 autopsies a year for the Motive undear in REWARD Continue from page 1C six miles from where she was dropped off police said Autopsy results been released but police say body had several They know if she was sexually assaulted but they say there were signs of a struggle Coffey wearing shoes or a There will be a memorial service at 3 pm Sunday afternoon in the chapel of Hankins and Whittington Funeral Service The family will receive friends at the funeral home until 4:30 pm following the service The interment will be on Monday at the Pineview Cemetery in Rocky Mount NC Mrs Tate a Charlotte native was the daughter of Alice Bynum Cothran of Charlotte and the late Frank Cothran She was a graduate of UNCG and later lived in Raleigh for many years Mrs Tate retired from Eastern Airlines after 25 years In addition to her mother she is survived by a son Knox Tate of Charlotte two daughters Terry Dorr of Atlanta GA and Cathy Militante of Chicago IL six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Make A Wish Foundation 16 Ontario Street Chicago IL 60610 Hankins and Whittington is serving the family of Mrs Tate Mrs Ruth Wilkins 67 of 819 Eaglewood Avenue Charlotte died April 23 1997 at Carolinas Medical Center Funeral service is 2 pm Sunday at Second Calvary Baptist Church with Rev Steve Carlton officiating Burial is in Beatties Ford Memorial Gardens Visitation is 1:30 pm Sunday at the church Mrs Wilkins bom in Cleveland County was a retired textile employee from National Yarns She was a graduate of Grahamtown High School and a member of Second Calvary Baptist Church and a Missionary She was preceded in death by her husband Mr Oliver Wilkins sister Mrs Geraldine Miller and brother Mr Charles Williamson Survivors include sons Phillip Wilkins Dwayne Wilkins and Richard Wilkins all of Charlotte sister Helen Williamson of Ellenboro and brother Fleming Williamson of Shelby Long Son Mortuary service is serving the Wilkins Family Roscoe Wright formerly of Boston MA died April 23 1997 Funeral 2 pm today in Florence SC Survivors: daughter Dr Maxine Wright McLinnahan son-in-law Glenn McLinnahan Sr grandson Glenn McLinnahan II and great-granddaughter Nicole Marie McLinnahan all of Charlotte Ideal Funeral Home ALBEMARLE Mrs Sadie Hubbard Leonard 84 died April 25 1997 Funeral is 3 pm Sunday at West Albemarle Baptist Church Burial is in Fairview Memorial Park Visitation is pm today at Stanly Funeral Home Inc CONCORD Mr Kevin Michael Pugh 25 died April 25 1997 Funeral will be held at 2 pm Sunday in Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel Burial will follow at 4 pm Sunday in Oaklawn Cemetery Ashe-boro NC Mr Pugh was employed with Cabarrus County Sheriff Department Survivors include his parents Danny and Beverly Pugh and sister Miss Kelly Pugh all of Concord and grandmothers Mrs Emily Pugh of Archdale NC and Mrs Kathleen Shaw of Asheboro NC Memorials may be made to Cabarrus County Sheriff Department Training Center PO Box 525 Concord NC 28026 CONOVER Ted Dallas Spencer 47 died April 25 1997 Funeral is 4 pm Sunday at Concordia Lutheran Church in Conover Burial is in Conover City Cemetery Visitation Is pm today at Drum Funeral Home of Conover GASTONIA Mrs Pearl Langley 88 died April 25 1997 Funeral service is 4 pm today at Lakeview Baptist Church of McAdenville Burial is in Gaston Memorial Park Caroth-er's Funeral Home Is in charge of arrangements medical program about half of the total The chief medical offices in Chapel Hill and Charlotte handle the rest Lantz handles about 200 autopsies a year usually on people who died as a result of crime or under suspicious circ*mstances The cause of death is often apparent a gunshot wound crushed organs or disease Sometimes the cause is elusive Baptist is the largest of the private contractors in the state An average of 400 autopsies a year on bodies from a 16-county region are done by two doctors who split their time between teaching and medicine The loss from autopsies totals about $240000 a year Lantz said Baptist and other pathology centers including the hospital at East Carolina University have lobbied the state medical office to increase the fee but to no avail Dr John Butts the chief medical examiner suggested this year that the fee be doubled No increase was included in the budget proposal that Gov Jim Hunt presented to the General Assembly Several pathologists have dropped out of the medical program in the past five years said Olson Those departures have shifted some of the burden to places such as Baptist and ECU said Lantz and Dr Mary Gilliland head of pathology at ECU Baptist and ECU both operate their pathology departments with one less doctor than they had just a year ago Gilliland the only doctor in pathology department said she will lower the number of autopsies she conducts from about 350 to 250 next year Meanwhile Baptist is considering another idea to make up for the shortfall charging a consultation fee to prosecutors and defense attorneys who currently pore over autopsy results with the doctors at no charge The fees could be about $400 Lantz said February slaying coat they were found near her body Though purse found police are unsure whether robbery was a motive mother Frances Coffey of Newton has been caring for her 8-year-old son since the killing praying that someone has some information about what happened to her daughter think of anyone that would want to hurt she said knife when he shot her The trial was a hot topic in Catawba County because Kanupp was a 13-year veteran of the Hickory Fire Department and Wanda Kanupp came from a politically prominent family Wanda father Pinkney Hull is a local furniture industry executive and the former head of the Catawba County Democratic Party He could not be reached for comment Friday afternoon Hickory man paroled in 1994 slaying KANUPP Continued from page 1 with first-degree murder Investigators found Wanda Kanupp dead of a gunshot wound at her Hickory apartment May 6 1994 Witnesses testified that Kanupp had fantasized aloud about killing her Kanupp who is 6 feet tall testified that his 5-foot-3 wife was coming at him with a butcher Please see DEATHSnext page.

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