Cline-Hord, Dorothy
LAWNDALE — Dorothy Anne Cline Hord, 74, Hord Road, died Jan. 24,
2001, at home.
She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Edward Dewey and Ruby
Lattimore Cline, one of the first 100 women admitted to Wake Forest University,
one of the university’s first cheerleaders, journalist for the Shelby Star and a
Florida paper, taught at Piedmont High School, became a homemaker, served
community churches as choir director, member Lawndale Baptist Church, civic and
community organizations in Cleveland County and Shelby.
SURVIVORS: Husband, Dwight Beam Hord; son and daughter-in-law, Ed and Jean Hord,
Charlotte; daughters and sons-in-law, Ann Walker, Charlotte, Ellen and Rick
Wease, Lawndale, Jean and Dave Roberts, Boone; grandchildren, Tyler Hord, Chuck,
Ricky and Kimberly Wease, Max Borders, Abby Walker, Ivey Mauney, Davis Roberts;
great-grandchildren, Andrew, Kaitlyn and Caleb Wease
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Sister, Dorcas White
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Friday, Lawndale Baptist Church, Revs. Paul Williams, John
Bridges, body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before service
BURIAL: Rose Hill Memorial Park
VISITATION: 7-9 tonight, Stamey Funeral Home
MEMORIALS: Dr. Hord Scholarship Fund, c/o Lawndale Baptist Church, P.O. Box 126,
Lawndale 28090
