2 JOHNSON CITY PRESS, Wednesday, February 18, 1998 Deaths Funerals Marie "Mawie" Lundy, 94, Mountrain 16, City, at died Watauga Monday, Med1998, ical Center. She was a Panther, W.Va., native and had lived in Maben, W.Va., before moving to Johnson County, in 1935. Mrs. Lundy had lived at Mountain City Care Center since 1996. She was a daughter of David Lazarus and Rhoda Davis Banton.
Mrs. Lundy retired in 1973 as a cafeteria cook at Mountain City Elementary School, after 30 years of service. She was a charter member of Mountain City Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Lundy was preceded in.
death by her husband, Isaac Lee Lundy, in 1963, one daughter a and one granddaughter. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Margaret Wilson, Coatesville, Mrs. Charlene Potter, Johnson City, Mrs. Dorothy Lee Tullidge, West Palm: Beach, and Mrs.
Betty Anne Tshudy, Lancaster, one son, James Isaac Lundy, Mountain City, 16 grandchildren; 28 greatgrandchildren; and two greatgreat Percy-Hux, Mountain City (727-9221) MRS. MAE H. DEMPSEY Mrs. Mae Holden Dempsey, 91, 503 W. Watauga died Tuesday, Feb.
17, 1998, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a Mountain City native and had lived in Johnson City for more than 50 years. Mrs. Dempsey was a daughter of the late Andrew and Lola Davis Holden. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Dempsey was a member of Happy Valley Baptist Church and attended First Church of God. She was preceded in death by her husband, Reuben Dempsey, in 1983, one sister and one brother. Survivors include one. son, Charles Dempsey, Butler; four brothers, Emory Holden, Pittsburgh, Paul Holden, Oak Ridge, Wesley Holden, Sacramento, and Leslie Holden, Elizabethton; two grandchildren; three great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Morris-Baker (282-1521) and a daughter of the late Mary Zuma Stubblefield Ballew and Major Lester Allen Ballew. Mrs. Belew was a She was a member of the Tennessee Watercolor Society and the Bristol Art Guild. Mrs. Belew was a licensed pilot.
She was a member of State Street United Methodist Church. Mrs. Belew was preceded in death by one son and one brother. Survivors include two. daughters, Mary Kathryn "Kacky" Belew Johnston, Largo, and Martha Ann Belew Burdge, Bristol; one son, Robert Wayne Belew, Bluff City; one brother, Charles William Ballew, Johnson City; four grandchildren, Tracy Anne Klein, Norment Belew Deane, Colin Hale Burdge and Courtney Ruth Burdge; and two greatgrandchildren.
Oakley-Cook, Bristol (764- MRS. RUTH E. BELEW BRISTOL Mrs. Ruth Evelyn Ballew Belew, Blountville, died Monday, Feb. 16, 1998, at Bristol Regional Medical Center.
She was a Johnson City native LOWELL N. GRANT GREENEVILLE Lowell Newman "Sonny" Grant, 64, 298 Washington College Station Road, Limestone, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1998, at Greenville West Healthcare Center following a lengthy illness. He was a Knox County native and a son of the late Campbell Allison and Ruth Newman Grant. Mr.
Grant retired from the maintenance department of Greene Valley Development Center. He had served with the Tennessee National Guard, 130th Heavy Tank Battalion. Mr. Grant was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his stepmother, Mrs. Velma Harman Grant. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Emma Jean Furches Grant; one son, Ira A. Grant, Limestone; two granddaughters, LaTosha Jean and Alyssa Jo Ann Grant, both of Limestone; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
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BARE GLENFlora O. Bare, 97, Glen Rock, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1998, at her residence. She was a Jefferson County, N.C., native and moved to Glen Rock in 1947. Mrs.
Bare was a daughter of the late James and Hattie Friesland. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Bare was a member of Glen Rock Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dewey M.
Bare. Survivors include three daughters, Mamie Keys, Jonesborough, Betty Sneeringer, Maitland, and Deanna Miller, West Jefferson, N.C.; five sons, Herman Bare, Piney Flats, Fred Bare, New Freedom, Kenneth Bare, York, James Bare, Spring Grove, and Billy Bare, Glen Rock; one sister, Maude McNeil, Boomer, N.C.; and 29 grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted in Pennsylvania with burial in Bluff City, Tenn. Burial arrangements are incomplete. Morris-Baker (282-1521) NEIL HINNANT Neil Hinnant, 72, 3744 Airport Road, Kingsport, died Monday, Feb.
16, 1998, at Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. Mr. Hinnant was a Bonneau, 8.C... native and had lived most of his life in the Tri-Cities area. He was a son of the late C.R.
and Mary Litchfield Hinnant. He was a retired truck driver for Beaunit Fibers. Mr. Hinnant was a World War II Navy veteran. He was a member of Boone Dam Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No.
4933. Mr. Hinnant was preceded in death by one son, several brothers and one sister. Survivors include three daughters, Kathy Thompson, Kingsport, Marsha Villneuve, Denham Springs, and Rachel Lewis, Wauchula, one son, Don Hinnant, Johnson City; three sisters, Barbara Tyrrell, Charleston, S.C., Catherine Litchfield, Monks Corner, S.C., Celia Harris, Hawthorne, one brother, Arthur Hinnant, Hazel Hearst, six grandchildren; one great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews. Morris-Baker (282-1521) Alcohol adds to cancer risk The Associated Press CHICAGO Women who drank two to five alcoholic drinks daily had a 41 percent greater risk of developing breast cancer than women who did not drink, a new analysis that combined sev: eral studies has found.
The study, which confirmed earlier findings. found that breast-cancer risk increased proportionately with increases in alcohol intake. Each daily drink was associated with about a 9 percent increase in risk of breast cancer, the researchers reported in today's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association. The link existed whether the drink was beer, wine or hard liquor, said the researchers, led by Stephanie Smith-Warner, a research fellow in nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. "Our study suggests that the link between alcohol and breastcancer risk applies to most women," Ms.
Smith- Warner said in a statement. "Consequently, women should weigh the risks of alcohol consumption against other potential benefits." For instance, one to two drinks has been shown to protect against heart disease, but women can do other things to protect their heart and blood vessels, such as exercising, maintaining a desirable weight and taking aspirin, the researchers noted. Many heart experts believe that quitting smoking is the most important step a woman can take to prevent heart disease. The researchers encouraged women weighing the risks and benefits of alcohol to consult their physicians, The investigators pooled data from six studies that included 200 breast-cancer cases from Canada, the Netherlands, the United States and Sweden. Follow-up periods for women in the studies varied from three to seven years, over which time the comparison in risks for drinkers vs.
nondrinkers were made. Hepatitis You Can Help Us Help Others EARN EXTRA INCOME Have you ever had Hepatitis? Do have Hepatitis? Have you been in contact with anyone who has had Hepatitis? Have you ever participated in a Hepatitis plasma program? EARN PER PLASMA DONATION you answered yes to any of the above questions for FREE testing and more information call 423-926-8174 Tri-Cities Plasma Group 808 Buffalo JC, TN 37604 PERCY-HUX FUNERAL HOME "Nowie" died held 2:00 P.M. Dr. Peter M.D. Lisa the Lundy, Hux me.
PercyF City is in charge of the DILLOW-TAYLOR FUNERAL HOME Lowell N. Grant Funeral services for Lowell Newman Grant, who died Tuesday. Feb. 17. will conducted at 2 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 20. 1996. New Victory Boptist Church with the Rev, Pout Breves officiating. Burial will follow in church cemetery with military honors.
Pellbearers will be Elmer Poul Gibson, Tim Furches, Sonny Woodruff, Billy Tavior, Davis, David Woodruff and Joel Hooker. The fomily will receive friends from 7-4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19. 1998.
at the funeral home. In addition to his parents, Mr. Grant was also preceded in death by his step mother, Veima Harmon Grant, and grandpor. ents. John Henry and Leone Botton Grant and the Rev.
and Mrs. Anderson A. Newmon. Survivors include his wife of 41 years. Emma Jean Furches Grant, of the home; one son, iro A.
Grant, daughter-in-law, Anita Davis Grant; two granddaughters, La Tosha Jean and Alyssa Jo Ann Grant, all of Limestone; special friends. Barbara Curtion and Ethel Davis; the internal Medical Group of Greeneville: Drs. Joe Austin, Joseph Scott, Kenneth Susong, Robert Hines. Horace Cupp and Zode Blake: the staff, charge nurses and CHAs of Greeneville West Healthcore Center: and several nieces, nephews and cousins. Dillon- Tavior Funeral Home: Jonesborough, is in charge of the arrangements.
Ruth E. Below The funeral service for Ruth Evelyn Belew willbe conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Oakley.Cook Funeral Home with the Rev. Stan McCready officiating. The committal service and purial will be heid at 11 a.m.
Thursday in Monte Vista Burial Park, Johnson City. The famite will receive friends immediately follow. ing the service Wednesday night at the funeral home. Mrs. Belew was a Johnson City native and moved to Bristol after her marriage to Norment Powell Belew.
She was an award-winning watercalorist and was among the first licensed woman pilots in Tennessee Mrs. Belew was preceded in death by one son, Norment Powell Belew 11 and one brother, Lester Allen Ballew Jr. Survivors also include one brother Charles William Batlew and his wife Dorothy, of Johnson City and Germantown; two sons-in-law, Henry "Horky" Johnston and Gary Burdse: one granddaughter-in-law, Alison B. Deane: and one grandson-in-law, Martin J. Klein; and two great-grandchildren, Riley McKenna Deane and John Forest Klein.
Oakley-Cook Funeral Home, Bristol, is in charge of the arrangements. MORRIS-BAKER FUNERAL HOME Mrs. Mae Hoiden Dempsey Funeral Services for Mrs. Moe Holden Dempsey, age 91, of 503 W. Watauga Avenue, who died Tuesday, will be conducted 8:00 P.M.
Wednesday from the Morris-Baker South Chapel. The Rev. Wayne Hunter will officiate. Graveside Services and Burial will be held 11:00 A.M. Thursday in the Monte Vista Burial Park.
Friends and Family will meet at the cemetery. The Family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from P.M. Arrangements by Morris Baker Funeral Home, 2001 Oakland Avenue. Johnson City, TN. MCDOUGALD FUNERAL HOME Laurinburs, N.C.
Joseph A. Walton 111 Mass of Resurrection for Joseph Albert Walton 111, 37, 8201 Scotch Meadows Drive, Laurinburg, N.C., who died Monday. Feb. 16, 1998, will be celebrated Wednesday at 2 p.m. at St.
Mary Catholic Church with Father Kevin Fahey officiating. The family will be receiving friends Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. at McDougaid Funeral Home and Crematorium. Memoriais may be made to the Scotland Memorial Foundation for Diagnostic Van Fund, 500 Lauchwood Drive, Lourinburg, N.C. 28352.
A trust fund for Joseph's children, joe and Maggie, has been established, please send contributions to the Merrill Lynch Trust Fund, 8201 Scotch Meadows Drive, Laurinburg, N.C. 28352. McDougald Funeral Home, Laurinburg, N.C., is in charge of the arrangements. MORRIS-BAKER FUNERAL HOME Mrs. Doris Sparks Harmon Funeral Services for Mrs.
Doris Sparks Harmon, age 61, of 1800 Lamons Lane, Johnson City, TN, who died Monday, February 16, 1998, will be conducted 8:30 PM Wednesday from thie Morris-Baker North Chapel. Rev. Kenneth Kyker will officate. Graveside Services and Burial will be held 10:00 AM Thursday in the Monte Vista Burial Park. Family and friends will Memorial meet at the Cemetery.
in lieu of flowers, Contributions may be made to the Skyline Heights Baptist Church, 1601 Skyline Drive, Johnson City, TN 37604. The family will receive friends in the funeral home from 8:30 PM Wednesday, and other times at the home of, Charlotte Lewis, 2110 Kipping Street, Johnson City. Arrangements by Morris-Baker Funeral Home, 2001 Oakland Avenue. Johnson City, TN. Rare sight The San Francisco skyline gleams under sunny lessly rolling into California.
The next storm skies on Tuesday. The sunshine was a rare was expected to strike today. (AP Photo) break from the El Nino storms that are relentVoyager 1 surpasses mark for distance set by Pioneer The Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. More than 6.5 billion miles from home, a U.S. spacecraft carrying the sounds of a human kiss and the best wishes from a former president has become the most distant man-made object in the universe.
Voyager 1 so far away after more than 20 years hurtling through space that its signals take more than hours to reach Earth surpassed the distance of the older Pioneer 10 spacecraft by midday Tuesday. "Now the baton is being passed," Edward Stone, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Voyager project director, said in a Voyager 1 and the elderly Pioneer 10 are headed away from the sun in nearly opposite directions. Both 'are powered by nuclear batteries that keep them functioning in the freezing blackness of space. On the edge of the solar system, Voyager 1 still returns data, although the power of the signal reaching NASA antennas is 20 billion times weaker than the power of a digital watch battery. Voyager 1 was launched from Cape Canaveral, on Sept.
5, 1977, carrying scientific instruments for planetary exploration and a message to the universe. The latter is a 12-inch gold-plated phonograph record containing a variety of sounds, 115 analog images, spoken greetings in 55 languages, printed messages from former President Jimmy Carter and Secretary General Kurt Waldheim and a selection of music. The sounds include wind, rain, surf, a chimpanzee, a Saturn 5 rocket, footsteps, a heartbeat, laughter, a mother's kiss and a blacksmith, among others. The images range from the structure of DNA to a diagram of continental drift and a violin with sheet music. The record was assembled by a committee that was headed by the late astronomer Carl Sagan.
Voyager 1 passed by Jupiter on March 5, 1979 and Saturn on Nov. 12, 1980. Saturn's big moon, Titan, bent the trajectory northward out of the plane of the ecliptic, the plane in which all the planets except Pluto orbit the sun. Pioneer 10 was launched on March 2, 1972. Its mission officially ended on March 31.
1997, but seience data is occasionally sent to Earth in a training program for flight controllers. Barring breakdowns, Voyager I is expected to have enough electricity and propellant to operate until about 2020. By then, the spacecraft will be almost 14 billion miles from Earth. Coalition plans to recruit 'liaisons' HOME By Ron Fournier AP -Political Writer WASHINGTON Emboldened by the defeat of a gay-rights. law in Maine, the Christian Coalition plans to recruit 100,000 "church liaisons" to help push the.
group's agenda in all 50 states. The new plan, part of a "Families 2000" strategy being unveiled Wednesday, borrows from the coalition's success last week in Maine. The coalition said it worked with 900 churches to pass the ballot initiative, adding 77,000 new households to its mailing list. Under the new strategy, volunteer activists would be tapped by the coalition to coordinate activities between churches and local coalition chapters. The coalition will publish a menu of issues around which these newly constituted local entities could rally.
The list includes state bans on certain late-term abortions, pornography restrictions, opposition to legalized gambling initiatives and any measures that give special rights based on sexual behavior. The last item is a reference to the Maine referendum, when voters decided, 51 percent to 49 percent, to repeal a new law that would have barred discrimination PICTURE FRAMING QUALITY WORK BEST PRICES FAST SERVICE DISCOUNT ART SUPPLIES OILS WATERCOLORS PAPER ACRYLICS CANVAS BRUSHES J.C. CUSTOM FRAMING 609 WEST WALNUT 926-2220 We're Moving! JC CROSSING NATURAL FOODS MARKET is relocating to the JOHNSON CITY CROSSING St of Franklin 929-8570 North State of Franklin Road At Knob Creek Road We will be closed Feb 28 and will reopen on March 3rd. against gays and lesbians it employment, housing, public accommodations and credit. However, David Smith.
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