Cliff Adams

WINGATE — Clifford Zane Adams, 79, died Saturday (Oct. 24, 2009) at Carolinas Medical Center-Union in Monroe.

Memorial service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Wingate Baptist Church.

Born Dec. 3, 1929, in Elizabethtown, he was a son of the late John and Nina Virginia Johnson Adams and was married to the late Ramona Lee Outlaw Adams. He retired from Wingate University in 1995 after 35 years of service as a math professor. He was a longtime member of Wingate Baptist Church.

Survivors include one son, Tim Adams of Dallas, Texas; and one daughter, Karen Adams of Kannapolis.

Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the church fellowship hall.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Children’s Home Society, P.O. Box 14608, Greensboro, NC 27415; The Children’s Fund, Carolinas HealthCare Foundation, 1221 E. Morehead St., Charlotte, NC 28204.

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Daisy Barrino

MONROE — Daisy Barrino, 78, died Friday (Oct. 23, 2009) at the Brian Center.

Memorial service will be 3 p.m. Wednesday at Grier Funeral Service.

Born April 15, 1931, in Union County, she was a daughter of the late Willie and Daisy Jackson.

Survivors include one son, Charles Vinson of Monroe; one daughter, Christine Vinson of Monroe; 10 grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren.

Richard Boyles

INDIAN TRAIL — Richard Eugene Boyles, 61, died Sunday (Oct. 25, 2009) at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte.

Arrangements will be announced by Good Shepherd Funeral Home.

Lawson Crisp

JEFFERSON, S.C. — Lawson Plyler Crisp, infant, died Thursday (Oct. 22, 2009).

Graveside service was Sunday at High Point Baptist Church in Pageland, S.C.

Survivors include his parents, Richard and Casey Crisp of Jefferson; and grandparents, Steven and Becky Crisp of Jefferson and Curtis and Cynthia Laney of Monroe.

Memorials may be made to CMC-Levine Center, 200 S. Tryon St. Suite 1400, Charlotte, NC 28202.

Sutton-Baumgartner Funeral Home of Pageland is in charge.

Evelyn ‘Gean’ Didow

CHAPEL HILL — Evelyn Eugenia Presson Didow of Chapel Hill passed away on Oct. 21, 2009, at Carolina Meadows. She was 89.

Affectionately known as “Mama Gee,” she was the unconditionally loving matriarch of her family, a role model, a source of great strength and a true delight.

Gean was born in Weaverville, N.C., Feb. 8, 1920, to Evelyn Weaver and Eugene Robert Presson. With her parents and younger brother Bill, she moved to Monroe, N.C., as a seventh-grader. She graduated from Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina (now UNC-Greensboro) and worked in the district office of the Monroe City Schools.

She was an active member of Central United Methodist Church in Monroe, where she sang in the choir. An excellent bridge player and loyal friend, she belonged to an eight-member women’s bridge club that began during World War II and continued for 50 years.

In 1992, she retired and moved to Carolina Meadows in Chapel Hill, where she delighted her six grandchildren with Parcheesi and double Solitaire games, Easter egg hunts on the lawn, swims in the pool, chocolate milkshakes at the Café and cheering on the Tar Heels. She became a member of University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill.

She was married to Nicholas Michael Didow for 23 years until his death in 1969. Later in life, she was married to Tyndall Peacock Harris for five years until his death in 2001.

Gean is survived by her son Nick and daughter-in-law Sherry Didow of Chapel Hill; daughter Linda and son-in-law Don Baucom of Chapel Hill; grandchildren Brian Baucom and wife Katie of Los Angeles, Calif., Katherine Didow of Cambridge, Mass., Jennifer Baucom of Charlotte, N.C., Sarah Didow of Charleston, S.C., Anna Baucom of Chapel Hill, and Michael Didow of Greenville, N.C.; and stepchildren Pom Harris Skinner, Maureen Harris Moore, Tyndall Peacock Harris Jr. and Georgia Harris Krueger, and their families.

She was cherished by all and lived a life of faith, courage and grace.

A celebration of Gean’s life will be held at University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, Friday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. Her ashes were interred in Monroe on Oct. 24.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Salvation Army, University United Methodist Church in Chapel Hill, Central United Methodist Church in Monroe or a charity of your choice.

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Cristy Drake

TROUTMAN — Cristina Rae “Cristy” Drake, 29, died Sunday (Oct. 25, 2009) at home.

Arrangements will be announced by Good Shepherd Funeral Home of Indian Trail.

Ollie Helms

MONROE — Mrs. Ollie Ann Braswell Helms, age 89, of Monroe, passed away early Sunday morning (October 25, 2009) at Union County Hospice House # 2 in Monroe. Mrs. Helms was born July 16, 1920 in Anson County, N.C., a daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Henry Braswell and the late Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Kiker Braswell. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Mr. James Thomas Helms, on May 26, 1997, and (3) sons, Donald, Larry Wayne and infant boy Helms.

Survivors include, (two) sons, Thomas Helms of Waxhaw, N.C., and Joe Helms of Charlotte, N.C.; (3) daughters, Delores Dulin of Mint Hill, N.C., Mary Edwards of Monroe, N.C., and Geraldine Lefler of Charlotte, N.C.; (13) grandchildren and (15) great-grandchildren and (11) great-great-grandchildren; and one daughter-in-law, Nancy Polin Helms of Monroe.

The family will receive friends and relatives for visitation Tuesday afternoon (October 27, 2009) at McEwen Funeral Home in Monroe, from 12:30 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Funeral services will then be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon (October 27, 2009) in the McEwen Colonial Chapel, conducted by the Rev. Robert Taylor with burial to follow in the Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery, 1715 Hopewell Church Road, Peachland, NC 28133.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you make memorials to Hospice of Union County, 700 West Roosevelt Blvd., Monroe, NC 28110.

McEwen Funeral Home of Monroe is serving the family of Mrs. Helms.

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Rosemary Martin

MONROE — Rosemary Martin, 62, died Saturday (Oct. 24, 2009) at home.

Funeral will be 11 a.m. today at Good Shepherd Funeral Home of Indian Trail, with buril in Sunset Memory Gardens in Charlotte.

Born Dec. 6, 1946, in Atlanta, she was self-employed with a home day care.

Survivors include her husband, Vann Martin; two sons, Michael Martin, Randy Martin; one brother, Ben Johnson; one sister, Katherine Harris; and one granddaughter.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to SCOA Cares Foundation, P.O. Box 2046, West Columbia, SC 29171.

Online condolences may be left at www.goodshepherdfuneralhome.net.

Chandler Pressley

MARSHVILLE — Chandler Bryce Pressley, infant, died Thursday (Oct. 22, 2009) at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte.

Funeral will be noon Wednesday at Davis Funeral Home, with burial in Lakeland Memorial Park.

Survivors include his father, Timothy Pressley of Monroe; his mother, Sarah King of Marshville; paternal grandparents, Rick and Debbie Pressley of Monroe; maternal grandparents, Rick and Patricia King of Marshville; paternal great-grandparents, Ralph and Nancy Bivens of Marshville; and maternal great-grandparents, Viola Harrison of Waxhaw and Garnet King of Wadsworth, Ohio.

Charles Walsh Jr.

MONROE — Charles Edward Walsh Jr., 57, of Monroe, North Carolina, died in Fort Worth, Texas, en route to Lawton, Oklahoma, on October 14, 2009.

Charles was born in Monroe on March 14, 1952, son of the late Charles E. Walsh Sr. and Rosemary Bliss. He was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Stevens Walsh, his sisters Doreen and Bridget.

Survivors include his brother, Richard Lee Walsh of Princeton, N.C.; his beloved children, Lorraine Nicole Walsh of Lawton, Okla., Kristine Renee Nichols of Loganville, Ga., Edward Dean Walsh and Payton Orion Peale of Oxford, Ga.; 13 grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

A graveside memorial service is planned for Tuesday, October 27, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. at Waxhaw City Cemetery, Waxhaw, N.C.

McEwen Funeral and Cremation Service of Monroe is serving the family of Mr. Walsh.

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