Funeral service was at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, at Clearwater United Methodist Church in Clearwater for Gordon Henry Beilke, 84, of Clearwater who died Saturday, Dec. 3, at St. Cloud Hospital.

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...