Hoyle Lentz Burgess
Hoyle Lentz Burgess, age 84 of Oakboro, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2012 at his home.

The family will receive friends at Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle on Saturday, February 4 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM.
The funeral service will be held on Sunday, February 5 at 2:00 PM in the Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Chip Alsobrooks. Burial will follow at Smiths Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.

At other times, the family will meet at his home.

Mr. Burgess was born in Stanly County on August 14, 1927, to the late Lonnie Richard Burgess and the late Dorothy Mae Tucker Burgess. He is also preceded in death by his devoted wife, Alma Jean Hagler Burgess, in 2009; one brother, Kent Burgess and one sister, Joyce Burgess.

He is survived by three sons, Larry Burgess and his wife Sherrie, Philip Burgess and his wife Ann, all of Oakboro, David Burgess and his wife Karen of Albemarle; one daughter, Donna Burgess of Oakboro; one brother, Doug Burgess of Oakboro; three sisters, Lois Strickland of Orangeburg, SC, Odean Allen of Thomasville and Jeanette Huneycutt of Albemarle; seven grandchildren, Carla Smith, James Honohan, Summer Mitchell, Meghan Burgess, Breanna Honohan, Brooke Burgess and Janson Burgess; two great-grandchildren, Braden Smith and Cooper Smith.

Memorials may be made to Smiths Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, Hwy 138, Oakboro, NC 28129.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Burgess family.

Thurman Howard Snider
Thurman Howard Snider, age 81, of Locust, NC passed away Friday, February 3, 2012 at Carolinas Medical Center  NorthEast in Concord.

Mr. Snider was born September 30, 1930 in Davidson County to the late Solomon Earl Snider and Lillian Shutt Snider. He was a veteran of the Korean War.

The family will receive friends from 2:30  4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012 at Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland. The funeral service will begin at 4 p.m. in the Hartsell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Locust Presbyterian Cemetery.

At other times, the family will meet at his home.

Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Evageline Ruth Dockham Snider, of the home; his son, Jimmy Snider and Brigitte of Midland; his daughter, Janet James and her husband, Robert, of Locust; his grandchildren, Crystall, Robert, Meredith, Blake, and Gina; his brother, Leon Snider of Denton; his sisters, Vernelle Greene of Linwood and Alreta Hulin of Denton.

Memorials may be made to the Stanly County DAV, P. O. Box 112, Albemarle, NC 28002.

Hartsell Funeral Home of Midland is serving the Snider family.