Rocky Mount company
reveals home plans
- By Ed Miller
Raeford could be without nurs
ing home beds for as much as
another year if a certificate of
need, granted by the North
Carolina Department of Human
Resources last month, is appealed
by Britthaven Inc., a spokesman
for the Rocky Mount firm Autumn
Care Corporation said last week.
Last month. Autumn Care was
granted the certificate of need in
stead of Britthaven, who was
heavily backed by local officials
and business leaders.
"Depending on how far you
push it, it could take a year,"
Doug Suddreth of Autumn Care
said.
Suddreth was in Raeford last
week to present his firm's plans to
a group of local civic leaders.
If the appeal is filed, the cost of
nursing care in Hoke County could
go up from projected costs because
of the funding needed for the legal
procedures, said Suddreth.
To appeal the action will
automatically cost about $23,000
in legal fees, he said.
As of last Wednesday, no appeal
had been filed, according to
Raeford City Manager Tom
Phillips.
Britthaven had 30 days from the
time the certificate was issued to
file the appeal, Suddreth said.
According to Suddreth, his visit
to Raeford was to make up for the
lack of public relations shown this
Repub. convention
scheduled Monday
Members of the Hoke County
Republican Party will hold an an
nual convention next week.
The convention is scheduled for
Monday at 7:30 p.m., party
spokesman Evelyn Manning said.
All registered Republicans are
encouraged to attend, Manning
said, noting that the party is in a
rebuilding stage in Hoke County.
The convention will be held at
Manning and Associates on NC
211 east of Raeford.
area when Autumn Care bid
against Britthaven for the Raeford
facility.
"We didn't do a good job with
public relations. I recognize that,"
said Suddreth.
Autumn Care's corporate struc
ture is set up differently from
Britthaven's, said Suddreth, ad
ding also that their views are dif
ferent.
"When I enter a town, I don't
ask what nursing home they want,
I ask them if they want one," Sud
dreth said.
"Autumn Care runs nursing
homes. That's all we do," he said,
adding that the towns where
Autumn Care has facilities now are
well pleased.
Autumn Care does little things
to help the residents of their
facilities live a more normal life
and to aid them in adjusting to life
if they return to their homes, said
Suddreth.
One of the things mentioned
several times during the presenta
tion is that Autumn Care puts
chapel in each of their facilities.
"These are not multi-purpose
rooms but chapels with lead stain
ed glass and cathedral ceilings,"
said Suddreth.
Also, according to Suddreth,
Autumn Care offers a higher stan
dard of nursing care than Britt
haven.
Britthaven has no 24-hour
skilled nursing care. Autumn Care
does, he said.
Waving in the sun
'Tis the time of year for dogwoods to bloom. All around Hoke Coun
ty the trees, whether wild or in someone's yard, are putting out
flowers. The leaves will soon come and the flowers will disappear until
next year. It may resemble snow under the trees when the petals start
to fall.
?Deaths & Funerals?
Mtnchie Moll
Mrs. Manchie Moll, who died
Tuesday morning, at Highland
House in Fayetteville, will be
buried in Grand Island, Nebraska,
on Friday.
Mrs. Moll is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. David Scott Cur
rie, of Raeford and two grand
children.
Lacy Scar bo ro
Lacy Carroll Scarboro, 69, died
Saturday morning in Highsmith
Rainey Hospital in Fayetteville.
Funeral services were held at 1 1
a.m. Monday morning at the
Crumpler Funeral Home by Rev.
Russell Knoles.
Burial was in Raeford Cemetery.
Survivors are his wife: Mrs. Lois
S. Scarboro of the home; one
daughter: Mrs. Betty Skipper of
Fayetteville; Carroll Scarboro of
Raeford and Kenneth Scarboro of
Kissimmee, Florida; five brothers:
Bill Scarboro of Monroe; Jack
Scarboro of Wilson; Fred Scar
boro of Statesville; Donald Scar
boro of Statesville and David Scar
boro of Rockingham; three sisters:
Mrs. Frances Austin of
Wadesboro; Mrs. Marguerite
Melton of Charlotte and Mrs.
Vivican Kitchens of Statesville and
four grandchildren.
The family was served by
Crumpler Funeral Home.
McKeever Watson
McKeever Watson, 71, died
April 3.
Funeral services were held at 1 1
a.m. April 6, at Church of God of
Prophecy.
Rev. James Anders and Rev.
George McKeithan officiated.
Burial was in Highland Biblical
Gardens.
Watson is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Ruby Watson; two sons:
Willie Watson and James Watson,
both of Raeford; two daughters:
Mrs. Louise James of Lake Placid,
Florida and Mrs. Joan Jackson of
Fayetteville; one sister: Mrs.
Juanita Tyler of Wilmington; 26
grandchildren; 28 great grand
children; seven step grandchildren
and two step great grandchildren.
Crumpler Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Walter Hamll
Walter Madison Harrell, 77,
died April 10. Funeral services
were held April 12, at 3 p.m. at the
Calvary Baptist Church in Mt.
Airy.
Interment was in the Antioch
Baptist Church Cemetery, Mt.
Airy.
Survivors are: his wife; Mrs.
Beatrice Fain Harrell; three
daughters; Mrs. Barbara Gail
Pike, Mt. Airy; Mrs. Clara Faye
Bryant, Mt. Airy and Mrs. Linda
Marie Bowman, Mt. Airy; 11
grandchildren; three great grand
children, three sisters; Mrs. Agnes
Wall, Walnut Cove; Mrs. Frances
Paul, Rockingham and Mrs. Alma
Helpsey, Windsor, Missouri; three
brothers: Kern Harrell, Mt. Airy;
William Harrell, Raeford and
John Harrell, Raeford.
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