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OBITUARY - The Gaston Gazette, December 25, 2001

Pauline Helms Wade

BELMONT - Pauline Helms Wade, 74, 526 Reese Wilson Road, died Dec. 23, 2001, at home.

She was a native of Belmont, daughter of the late Yules E. and Suzie Frances Houser Helms.

GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Greenwood Cemetery

VISITATION: 9:30-11 a.m. Wednesday, McLean Funeral Directors, Belmont

She worked with her family’s businesses in Belmont, including the Rendezvous and Gem in E. Belmont and also the Iris in downtown. She later worked in accounting and administration for such companies as Ford Motor Co., the Belmont Banner and U-Haul. She was a former member of E. Belmont Baptist Church and more recently a member of Unity Baptist Church. She loved boating on Lake Wylie.

SURVIVORS: Daughter and son-in-law, Beverley Wade and John Goins, of the home; sister, Ruth H. Whitesides, Charlotte; granddaugher and spouse, Beverley "Niki" Goins and Willard H. New Bern; many nieces and nephews

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Husband, Burle J. Wade; brothers, Earl and Horace Helms

OFFICIATING CLERGY: Rev. Joe Lawing

MEMORIALS: Holy Angels, 6600 Wilkinson Blvd., Belmont, N.C. 28012.

OBITUARY

Rosalyn Clinton Belk, age 87, a resident of Clemson Downs Retirement Center, Clemson, S.C., and wife of the late Hubert Barclay Belk, died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, at Clemson Downs Health Care Center.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, in the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church, Gastonia, N.C. Mrs. Belk was born in McConnell's, S.C., on May 7, 1918. Mrs. Belk was a daughter of the late Samuel Carlisle Clinton and Sarah Mendenhall Clinton. She attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, S.C., and Cecil's Business College in Spartanburg, S.C.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Gastonia, N.C., for many years, until moving to Clemson Downs Retirement Center, where she became an affiliate member of the Fort Hills Presbyterian Church, Clemson, S.C. While in Gastonia, she was an active member of her circle at the Presbyterian Church and was a participant of the UC Book Club. She volunteered with the Crisis Assistance Ministry, the Blood Mobile and delivered Meals on Wheels.

During the time she was at Clemson Area Retirement Center, she continued to enjoy playing bridge and volunteering at the Health Care Center.

Mrs. Belk is survived by a daughter, Sally Belk Williams and husband, Del Williams, of Salem, S.C.; a half sister, Mrs. Nancy Martin of Vidalia, Ga.; a niece, nephews and cousins.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be sent to either the Crisis Assistance Ministries, Gastonia, N.C.; or to the Clemson Downs Volunteers, Clemson Downs Retirement Center, Clemson, S.C.

At a later date a memorial service will be held at Clemson Downs Retirement Center, Clemson, S.C.

Carothers Funeral Home, Gastonia, is assisting the Belk family. Condolences can be e-mailed carothersfuneralhome@carolina.rr.com. Please indicate family name in e-mail.