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BY SUSAN USHER
A Shallotte resident got a first
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ricane Gilbert on the island o
Jamaica and hopes to return to thi
island on a second mission.
Doug Vogel of Brierwood Estates
a bank loan officer in his mid-20s
was nart af 0. ChllTCh of ChriQt
ricane relief team to visit the islam
for six days in mid-November. Thi
group of seven men and three womei
was one of six teams sponsored b
the Providence Road Church o
Christ in Charlotte. Their work tool
them to the interior mountain villagi
of Benbow, in St. Catherine Parish,
village so small native Jamaican:
knew of the parish but not the com
munity.
Vogel hopes to join the sixth am
last team which will go at the end o
January to Jamaica, but to a nev
location, not to Benbow. However, i
someone volunteers to go who hasn'
been before, he said he would rathei
that person have the experience.
Coming shortly after he became i
Christian and affiliated with tin
Shallotte Church of Christ, the trip t<
Jamaica was life-changing for Vogel
"It was good; it was the best weel
of my life," he recalled in a recent in
tciVicw ixi wiiiuii he described post
hurricane life in the village am
villagers' reception of the witnessing
team.
"It was a blessing to have that op
portunity and to experience what w<
experienced: To meet someone of i
different race and culture and stil
have a common bond of Christianity
and to be brothers with them the firs'
time you meet them."
While for members of the Benbov
Church of Christ they built a new
10-feet by 12-feet home, rebuilt thre<
others and laid the foundation for i
fourth, the team's main function was
to witness Christianity.
Curiosity regarding their presenc(
opened the doors. "The villager.'
wanted to know why we were there
which was to help our Christiai
brothers in the church," said Vogel
"We sparked a lot of interest in th(
church." Attendance at the first ser
vice after their arrival drew 31
regulars; the last drew 60.
In better days the main street o
Benbow had been supplied with elec
tricity, but service had not beei
restored since Hurricane Gilber
swept a devastating blow across thi
island last Sept. 12.
Sohhath H
Sabbath Home Baptist Churcl
near Holden Beach will observe Bap
tist Men's Day on Jan. 22.
According to the Rev. Franklii
Meyers, pastor, church laymen wil
conduct all functions during the ser
vices that day.
Brotherhood President Alber
Rogers and Training Director Mai
McKnight invite the community ti
participate and hear the Sabbatl
Home men, who will fill teach Sur
day School, sing in the choir, delive
sermons at the morning and evenin
worship services and provide speciE
music.
Camp Slates Services
The Rev. Wilbur Jackson, pastor o
Whiteville United Methodist Church
will lead spiritual renewal service
at Camp United Methodist Church ii
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CON, Thursday, January 19, 1989
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poses proudly with gift of food from
~ mission team. Villagers' shanty-like
homes are visible in the background.
While no one he saw was actually
. starving, Vogel said malnutrition
; was readily apparent among the
i villagers, most of whom he said
\ routinely live in greater poverty than
r most of America's poor. A person
t who owns a car there?any car?is
considered wealthy.
f Still, depending on their size,
f children had to pay $1 or $2 one-way
? for van rides to and from the school,
j in a town one hour away. They could
5 not all afford to attend regularly.
The Red Cross had come through
> wiui suiue iieip ior villagers im3
mediately after the hurricane. Vogel
said that, unlike in America, there
! was no visible evidence of any continuing
or emergency aid from the
; country's government.
However, team members brought
) their own aid: their boxes of belongings
were stuffed with extra food and
f clothing to share with members of
u the Benbow congregation, as well as
rj tools such as hammers. A tractort
trailer load of construction materials
a arrived ahead of the team.
Nowhere in the village was there
CHURCH ACTIVITIES
ome To Mark
fi Shallotte on Jan. 22-24.
Services will begin at 7:30 p.m.
each day and the public is invited,
i said the Rev. George Blanchard,
1 minister.
To Host Meeting
t Zion Hill Missionary Baptist
; Church in Bolivia will host a one-day
0
1 CEDAR GRQV
r
I Chorus Begin
BY BARBARA T. HEWETT
The Male Chorus of Cedar Grove
^ MiSSi?nary ^a,>
deputy
sheriff Jimmy
Bryant<
fjjfiji Tliose wishing
hewett to make a
monetary contribution are asked to
contact Bob P. Gore, Harry Bryant
or Henry J. Bryant.
The Cedar Grove area is deeply
mourning Bryant's homegoing. He
was the son of Pencie Bryant of the
church and the late Calvin Bryant.
Survivors also include his wife,
Peggy, and sons, Jimmy J. Bryant
and Westley Bryant.
Besides being a deputy for many
years, he was a part of many constructive
projects. In addition to the
Male Chorus, in the church he was a
member of the Young Adult Choir
and the Prodigal Sons, with James
Hargrove, Collis Hewett and Bob
Pascal Gore.
Delegates Chosen
Dolphus Bryant, Rufus Gore,
Hodges Morgan and Frank S.
Fullwood will represent the Cedar
Grove church at Ocean View
Association's first Men's Union of the
year, to be held at Pleasant View
Baptist Church in Thomasboro on
Jan. 28 and 29.
Along with delegates from the
other 14 churches of the union, they
will hear introductory, temperance,
Village
i On Vogel
running water; instead residents I
rolled out 50-gallon drums twice
weekly when the water truck came
through. Even then the water was
really unfit to drink. Villagers did so,
but team members drank bottled
beverages. Vogel was sick three days
after eating Jamaican ice cream
once.
The nearest telephone and nearest
police department was 10 miles
away?an hour-long trip down a
hnnflif.enntforl (rnn/>)ini'Atn.
tain route known as "the Devil's race J
course."
Yet the crime rate was apparently '
low. A roving band of robbers caught
in the act by police were shot dead on
the scene, he noted. "I'm sure they
haven't had any problem with
crime."
All 10 team members stayed in the
home of the church minister, whose
salary of $300 per month, compared
to $80 to $100 for a common laborer, is
paid by the Church of Christ in
Greenville. N.C. The house was
across the street from a tavern
where villagers imbibed 24 hours a
day.
Everywhere the impact of the hurricane
was still visible?local crops
had been destroyed and fresh foods
were in short suppiy. Tomatoes soid
for $4 a pound. With the electrical
outage, batteries commanded a price
of $3 each.
Vogel and his compatriates were
the first whites many of the younger
Benbow residents had ever seen.
"They laughed at us and wanted to
walk up and touch us."
They also wanted to hear what the
team members had to tell them.
"They were interested in the church
and in hearing anything we had to
say," said Vogel.
Along with strengthening him as a
Christian, Vogel said the experience
has made him appreciate his life
here.
"We have no right to complain
cjuuul man) or me inings we normally
complain about," he said. "We live
in a very blessed country, America. I
find myself wanting to count my
blessings."
(Anyone who wishes to support this
last hurricane relief mission team
can send contributions to Jamaican
Relief Fund, c/o Rev. Jerry Bell,
Shallotte Church of God, 1753 Fox
Avenue, Village Point Estates,
Shallotte, NC 28459. Bell will forward
donations to the Charlotte church.)
Men's Day
district board meeting for the
Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary
Convention on Saturday,
Jan. 21, beginning at 10 a.m.
All board members are asked to attend
and to he on time, said Annie R.
Bryant of Cedar Grove Missionary
Ranficf Phni.nli -r *?
viiuii.ii, fcjicaiuciu 01 me
board.
E AREA NEWS
s Bryant Fund
doctrinal and educational sermons
by various ministers and a Burial
Association progress report.
Lunch will be served on Saturday,
while on Sunday the services begrn
with Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. and
end after the 11 a.m. service.
Choirs Held Supper
The Senior ana Gospel choirs of '
Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist
Church held their annual supper on
Dec. 29 in the Upper Room dining
hall.
Music Department Chairman B.
Herman Grissett coordinated the
program, with the assistance of
Gracie Hewett, Etha Mae Herring
and Doris Hewett.
Gifts were exchanged following a
program of music, words of exhorta- '
tion and prayer, then members of the
choirs joined other church members
at the annual Watch Night service.
!Iappy Birthday
Birthday greetings to Lillie
Mercer, William A. Turner, Keyvn
Paul John and Rev. Mervyn Paul
John, Ida Mae Johnson, Deborah
Stanley and Sean Bryant of Bolivia
Elementary School.
Tune In
Be sure to listen to WVC'B Radio
Station (1410 AM) in Shallotte for the
Cedar Grove Area News on
Thursdays at 3 p.m. and Saturdays at
10:15 a.m. Also listen for the
Moments of Inspiration gospel music
program on Sundays.
Weekly Scripture
The Scripture for the week comes I
from Joel 2:21, "Fear not 0 land; be |
glad and rejoice: for the Lord will do
great things."
son of Bermuda; a daughter, Diane
Howell of Columbia, S.C.; a sister,
Mrs. Francis Wrenn of Calabash;
and two grandchildren.
JIMMY BRYANT
Jimmy Bryant, 41, of Supply, died
Jan. 14 after an illness. He was a
deputy with the Brunswick County
Sheriff's Department.
The funeral was to be held today
(Thursday) at 2 pm. at Cedar Grove
Missionary Baptist Church, of which
he was an active member. Burial is
planned in the Riley Hewett
Cemetery.
EUGENIE KELLMAN
Eugenie Kellman of Route 1,
Leland, died Jan. 11 at McKoy's
Boarding Home.
Arrangements were to announced
by Jordan's Funeral Home Inc.
NORTON ANDREW BROWN
Norton Andrew Brown, 80, of the
Brown Swamp section of Horry County,
S.C., died Jan. 14 in Conway
Hospital, Conway, S.C., following a
lonu illness.
The funeral was held Jan. 16 at
Evergreen Freewill Baptist Church,
of which he was a member, with entombment
in Hillcrest Mausoleum.
Brown was born in Horry County, a
son of the late John and Ida Todd
Brown. He was a farmer.
Survivors include four sons, J.D.
Brown, Lloyd Ford Brown, Paul
Brown and Archie Brown, all of Conway;
fc.r daughters, Mrs. Elvin
(IdaMae) Jordan and Mrs. Marvin
(Joyce) Whidby, both of Conway,
Mrs. Berry (Lois) Edge of Ocean
Isle, and Mrs. Arthur (Mary Ann)
Holt of Loris, S.C.; 21 grandchildren
and 12 great-grandchildren.
HAZEL TRUNNEL FULLWOOD
Hazel Trunnel Fullwood, 86, of
Davis Health Care Center, Scotts
Hill, and formerly of Southport, died
Jan. 13 in Cape Fear Memorial
Hospital, Wilmington.
A graveside service was held Jan.
15 in Northwood Cemetery,
Southport, with the Rev. Danny
Etheridge officiating.
A native of Southport, she was a
member of Bethel Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.
Teresa Ward of Southport; a sister,
Mrs. Rubye Swain of Southport; and
five grandchildren, Jerri Ward, Jeff
Ward and Steve Fullwood of
Southport, Ronnie Fullwood of Mill
Creek and Mike Fullwood of WinstonSalem.
AMELIA AUGER FREDERIC
Amelia Auger Frcderc, 82, of
Wilmington, died Jan. 12 in New
Hanover Memorial Hospital following
a brief illness.
The funeral was held Jan. 14 in the
fir i c?:>i. i 1 i?
o?juic tvciiu-omitii v.iujjjui uy ur.
William C. Simspon, with burial in
Greenlavvn Memorial Park.
She was born March 28, 1906, in
North Allis, Mich., to the late John
William and Elizabeth Flater Auger.
She was a member of Wesley
Memorial United Methodist Church
and had retired in 1971 after 20 years
as a sales associate with Belk's.
Presbyterian (U.S.A.)
Worship Services Sunday 9:30 AM
VFW Community Hall
Traders' Village, Calabash
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MISSION VOLUNTEER Doug Vo
Benbow, Jamaica.
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JAMES HENRY THOMPSON
James Henry Thompson, 63, of
Holden Beach, died Jan. 12 at his
home. He was a retired plant
superintendent for Duff-Norton Corp.
of Charlotte.
The funeral was held Jan. 15 in the
Brunswick Funeral Service Chapel,
Shallottc, with tliti Rev. Bill Thomas
officiating. Burial was in Brunswick
Memorial Gardens, Shallotte.
Thompson was a member of Numa
Reid Lodge No. 344 and Charlotte
Scottish Rite Bodies.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs.
Murray Amnions of Calabash; his
wife, Mrs. Peggy Thompson of the
home: a son. David Rnnald Thnmn.
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Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.
Sue Bayrd of Wilmington and eight
grandchildren, including Horace Lee
Pigott and Sarah Pigott Lichty of
Southport; 14 great-grandchildren
and one great-grandchild.
HERCULES STANLEY
Hercules Stanley, 71, of Shallotte
died Jan. 11 in The Brunswick
Hospital, Supply. He was retired
from Brunswick Electric Membership
Coip.
The Rev. Jesse Bentley officated
the funeral held Jan. 13 at Jennies
Branch Baptist Church. Burial was
in the church cemetery, with
masonic rites by Shallotte Lodge No.
727.
Stanley was born in Brunswick
County on Sept. 17, 1917, to the late
James Wessel and Linnie Hewett
Stanley. He was a member of Jennies
Branch Baptist Church, Shallotte
Ix>dge No. 727 and the Wilmington
Consistory Scottish Rite.
Survivors include liis wife, Annie
Odessa Reynolds Stanley of the
home; three sons, Ivan Latham
Stanlpv r?f RhallMto T uriHio T~\
Stanley of Langley, Va., and Delane
Stanley of Shallotte; a sister, Dazzle
Gause of Wilmington; 10 grandchildren
and two greatgrandchildren.
JEFFEKY LYNN MATTHEWS
Jeffery Lynn Matthews, 26, of
Route 7, Sliallotte died Jan. 10.
The funeral was held Jan. 12 in the
Brunswick Funeral Service Chapel,
Shallotte, by the Rev. Lloyd Ward.
Burial was in the Memphis National
Cemetery.
Matthews was born in Memphis,
Tenn., and was a veteran of the U.S.
Marine Corps.
Survivors include his father,
James Matthews of Memphis, Tenn.;
his mother, Joanne King of Fiftysix,
Ark.; his wife, Mary Tharpe Matthews
of the home; a son, Jeffery
Lynn Matthews Jr. of Fiftysix, Ark.;
three stepsons, Billy Suggs, Charles
Craig Bennett and Timothy Mark
Bennett, all of the home; a stepdaughter,
Pandoria Faith Bennett of
Uij home; a brother, Kellie Matthews
of MemDhis. Tenn.: a sistpr
Carla Paratore of Memphis, Tenn.;
his paternal grandmother, Marion
Matthews, and maternal grandparents,
Frances Fleming and
William A. Fleming, all of Memphis,
Tenn.
RUEBEN W. PETTING1LL
Rueben Wesley Pettingill, 82, of
Southport, died Jan. 12.
The funeral was held Jan. 15 in
Brunswick Memorial Gardens by the
Rev. Samuel W. Lewis.
Pettingill was born in Norfolk, Va.,
on Dec. 28,1906. He hsd retired from
the New York Transit System.
survivors include three daughters,
Jean Lewis of Southport, Denise Pettingill
of Central Islip, N.Y., and
Joan Heslin of Baldwin, Md.; a son,
Philip Pettingill of Smithtown, N.Y.;
a stepdaughter, Carleen Floyd of
East Moriches. N.Y.: two brothers
Clarence Pettingill of California and
George Pettingill of Florida; 11
grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren.
HARRY EDWARD l.F.MON SR.
Harry Edward Lemon Sr. of Wilmington
died Jan. 12 in Sherwood
Manor Nursing Home. He was the
father of Bolivia Elementary School
Principal Harry Edward (Ed)
Lemon Jr.
The funeral was held Jan. 14 in the
Andrews Mortuary Market Street
Chapel by Elder Michael McLeod,
assisted by elders of the Church of
Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints.
' si- St. Luke v
/g Lutheran Church
vC. J"11* Martin, Pastor
Worship Service
Sunday, 11:00 A.M.
Meeting In Sliallotte
Middle School
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Burial was in Greenlawn Memorial
Park.
Lemon was born in Elkridge,
W.Va., on March 3, 1907, to the late
William David and Etta Whorley
Lemon.
He was a member of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and
had retired from Hughes Brothers
Survivors in addition to his son are
his wife, Mrs. Ix>la Craft Lemon of
the home; two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth
W. Harper of Raleigh and Mrs.
William Clyde Riggs III of Castle
Hayne; and four grandchildren.
A I Aim A AT MnCAVncM
Almeda Murrell McFayden, a longtime
resident of Charleston, S.C.,
died Jan. 12 in Davis Health Care
Center.
A graveside service was held Jan.
14 in Goshen Baptist Church
cemetery by the Rev. David Goehring.
Bom in Brunswick County on Feb.
14, 1893, she was the daughter of the
late Warren and Victoria Wells Murrell.
Survivors include her daughter,
Mrs. Alma McFayden Harris, and
her son, Samuel J. McFayden Jr.,
both of Atlanta, Ga.; and six grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may
be made to Wesleyan Chapel United
Methodist Church.
ROSE LEWIS MIDYETTE
Rose Lewis Midyette, 79, of Wilmington,
died Jan. 11 in Hillhaven Convalescent
Center.
The funeral was held Jan. 14 at the
Coble Ward-Smith Oleander Chapel,
with burial in Greenlawn Memorial
Park.
Bom in Brunswick County on Sept.
15, 1909, she was the daughter of the
Into Q T? or?a Tiu:n:? r
, Him .Tim \ l IlLUip LAUYIS.
She was a member of Holiness
Tabernacle Church.
Survivors include a son, Robert
Lee Hill of Wilmington; a brother,
S.F. "Bud" I.ewis of Wilmington;
two sisters, Mrs. Ida Pressley of
Hampstead and Mrs. Joe (Geneva)
Potter of Wilmington; two grandsons
and a great-granddaughter.
CHERYL HILL
The funeral for Cheryl Hill, 23, of
Shallotte, was held Jan. 13 at Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church with the
Rev. Vaughn Cherry officiating.
Burial was in Angela Fayc
Cemetery.
Miss Hill died Jan. 9.
Survivors include a son, Taurean
Javon Hill of the home; parents, Lem
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brothers, Dean Stanley, Robert
Stanley Sr., Ray Hill and Charles
Hill, all of Shallotte; two sisters, Mrs.
Carol Bell of Shallotte and Ms.
Felecia Smith of Bolivia; and a stepgrandmother,
Mrs. Ollie Hill of
Shallotte.
ROOSEVELT MARLOWE
Roosevelt Marlowe, 86, of Ash, died
Jan. 9.
The funeral was held Jan. 14 at Little
Prong Baptist Church by the Rev.
Raymond Smith, with burial in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Ruth Marlowe; four daughters, Mrs.
Rudell Cause and Mrs. Essie Bowens
of Ash, Mrs. Delphia Bryant of Supply
and Mrs. Clco Johnson of Bolivia;
a son, Clinton Marshburn of Newark,
N.J.; and two sisters, Mrs. Flaria
King of Whiteville and Mrs. Lena
Flowers of Longwood.
KjTI ST. JAMES
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
\J/ The Rev. Reginald Bliss
Holy Euchorist ? 1 st & 3rd Sundays
Morning Prayer ?2nd & 4th Sundays
Nursery Available
10:00 AM
4941 Main Street, Shallotte