Gates County Index

June 26, 2002

Lori Dick
MONCKS CORNER, SC - Lori "Mama Ace" Dick, 67, died June 10, 2002.

Survivors include her husband, Joseph Dick: two daughters, Bridget West of Gates and Sandi Balmonte of Moncks Corner, SC; a son, Bobby Johnson of San Diego, CA; a sister, Ruth Hutchins; a brother, Wallace Shiver; nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

Dillard Eure
GATES - Dillard Eure, 62, of Gates, died June 18, 2002 at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City.

Eure was a member of Stoney Branch Baptist Church.

A funeral was conducted June 20, 2002 at Stoney Branch Baptist Church with the Bishop Ella Bethea officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery.

Survivors include three sons, Alvin Boone Sr. of Murfreesboro, Tobias Boone of Ahoskie and Kenneth Wayne Boone of Greenville, SC; two brothers, Charlie Eure of Eure and Joe Eure of Gates: one sister, Joan Smallwood of Murfreesboro and five grandchildren.

Mary A. Wright
SUFFOLK, VA - Mary Ann Wright, 63, a native of Crisfield, Maryland, died June 16, 2002.

Wright was the daughter of Geneva Thomas of Suffolk and the late James Ames She was a companion nurse.

A funeral was conducted June 22, 2002 in Faith Temple Apostolic Church by Bishop Obadiah Colander. Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery.

Survivors include two daughters, Gloria Norfleet of Charleston, SC and Marcella Jenkins of Radcliff, Ky: two sons, James Wright Jr. and William Wright; a sister, Helen Boone of Gates; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

Maegan RoseGregory
"Our Little Angel"
Maegan Rose Gregory, infant daughter of D.J. and Jenny Crowder Gregory, became our little angel in heaven on Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at Pitt Memorial Hospital, Greenville, NC.

Surviving in addition to her parents, are her maternal grandparents, John and Jane Crowder of Leiand, NC; paternal grandparents, Don and Sue Gregory of Gates, NC; maternal great-grandfather, John D. Crowder, Jr. of Durham, NC; paternal great- grandmothers, Norma Bonney of Elizabeth City, NC and Mary Gregory of Shiloh, NC; and her aunts and uncles, Joseph and Betsy Crowder and their son, Madison, Melinda and Darryl Byrum and their daughters, Victoria and Catherine, and Dennis and Michelle Gregory and their son, D.J.

Funeral services were held at Woodlawn Presbyterian Church in Leiand at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 22, 2002 by the Rev. Claude Gamble. The family was at the home of John and Jane Crowder, 131 Lee Dr., Leiand.

Graveside services were held at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 23, 2002 by the Rev. Terry Williams at West Lawn Cemetery in Elizabeth City, NC. Sunday, the family was at the home of Norma Bonney, 1300 W. Church St., in Elizabeth City.

Memorials may be made to a children's charity of one's choice.

Andrews Mortuary Market Street Chapel was in charge of arrangements.