CHURCH BRIEFS Area Churches Prepare For Bible School VBS Begins Monday Vacation Bible School will be of fered for all ages June 14-18 at Shell Point Baptist Church. Hours will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., said Frances Sweatt. Activities will include Bible study, music, crafts and refreshments. A commencement program will be held June 20 at 7 p.m. Calvary Bible School Calvary Baptist Church, N.C. 179, Shallotte, will hold- Vacation Bible School Sunday, June 13, through Friday, June 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. Classes from nursery through adult will be available. For more in formation contact the church office at 754-9425. Bible School Planned Sabbath Home Baptist Church of Holden Beach will hold a week-long Bible school starting Sunday, June 13, and continuing through Friday, June 18. Adult classes will start at 7:30 p.m. The public is welcome to at tend. The church is located on Sab bath Home Road near the Holden Beach causcway. Remer At Chapel The Rev. Doug Remer, an Epis copal rector, will lead worship Sun day, June 13, at the Holden Beach Chapel. The nondenom i national chapel is located on Rothschild Street. Wor ship begins at 11 a.m., with Sunday school at 10 a.m. A nursery is pro vided. Counting His Blessings Jerry King of Calabash, a golf coursc maintenance worker at Brunswick Plantation, will offer his personal testimony Friday, June 11, at the monthly banquet of the Full Gospel Business Mens Fellowship International. Ibe meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Family House Restaurant, Main Street, Shallottc. A high school dropout and former Marine who was sentenced to 60 years in prison. King will speak of the new beginning he was given. Ag/ow Speaker Myda Kelton of Charlotte will be guest speaker for Shallottc Women's Aglow Fellowship on Saturday, June 12, at 10 a.m. with fellowship and > refreshments beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Lockwood Folly Community Center on Stan bury Road. Kelton has given her testi mony in various places, includ KELTON ing the "700 Club" on television and in other countries, of sight being given to her scvcn-wcck-old baby girl and of a son set free from a life of drug and alcohol addiction. All women and teenage girls arc invited to attend. For more informa tion, call Irene McCrackin at 287 3814 or Jean Barber (nights) at 579 6623. Country Store Set Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in North MyrUc Beach, S.C., will sponsor a country store and yard sale June 17-19, said spokes man George Yatkauskas. Hours will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, June 17, and Friday, June 18, and 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19. The church is located at U.S. 17 and 8th Avenue North. Appreciation Service Crystal Springs Missionary Bap tist Church of Lcland will observe appreciation services for its pastor, the Rev. E.H. Stevenson, on Sunday, June 20. Morning worship service will be at 11:30 a.m. Appreciation services will begin at 3:30 p.m., led by the Rev. Clcophus Wright Jr., the choir and congregation of Pcrkinsvillc Baptist Church. St. James Anniversary The gospel choir of St. James AME Zion Church of 407 E. West St., Southport, will celebrate its first anniversary June 13 at 3 p.m. Local and out-of-town guest choirs will be featured. Members and visitors arc welcomc. Local Deaths And. Funerals MALINDA LUCILLE RIGGINS The funeral for Malinda Lucille Higgins of Wilmington was held May 5 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Longwood. The Rev. M.C. Herring officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. Her survivors include three sis ters, Ethel Brockington and Beatrice Brown of Wilmington and Jannic Jackson of Longwood; four broth ers, Shady Daniels of Longwood, and J.D. Daniels, Ccasar Daniels and McClayton Daniels, all of Wilmington; and two foster chil dren, Jennie Bellamy and Ida Moody, both of Longwood. FRANCIS WILLIAM GANEY Francis William Gancy, 52, of Lcland, died June 4 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilm ington. The funeral was June 6 at Ep worth United Methodist Church, Wilmington, with the Rev. Margaret Hockctl officiating. Burial was in Bethany Presbyterian Church Cem etery. Mr. Gancy was bom in Wilm ington on Sept. 30, 1940, the son of the late Francis Whitfield and Helen Mintz Gaincy. He was a member of the United Methodist Men and the choir and was Sunday School direc tor at Epwonh UMC. He taught at Brunswick Community College. Memorials may be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 811 Prin cess St., Wilmington, N.C. 28401 or to Epwonh United Methodist Church, 408 Willard Sl, Wilm ington. HENRY NELSON JONES Henry Nelson Jones, 59, of Shalloue, died June 4 at New Regional Medical Center, Wilmin gton. The funeral was June 6 in the chapel of Brunswick Funeral Ser vice, Shallotte, by the Rev. Billy Smith. Burial was in Brunswick Memorial Gardens, Shalloue. He was born in Brunswick County on Aug. 8, 1933, a son of the late Henry and Ethel Ludlum Jones. He was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran and a heavy equipment me chanic with the N.C. Department of Transportation. Survivors include his wife, Patsy Tyndall Jones of the home; two sons, Ricky Jones and Dean Jones, both of Shallotte; two sisters, Cath lene Clemmons and Virginia Rey nolds, both of Shallotte; and four grandchildren. THOMAS DARRELL SMITH Thomas Darrell Smith, 51, of Calabash, died Saturday, June 5. Vacation Ejb ^eS ? Bavtlst VILLAGE POINT UNITED HETHODIST?HURCH would like to welcome you lo our... Sunday School 10:00 AM Worship Service I 1:00 AM Sunday Evening 6:00 PM Wed. Bible Study 7:00 PM Come and worship the Lord with us. Rev. Robert Hargrove Village Point Rd.-Shallotte Point The funeral was 2 p.m. Wednes day, June 9, in the Brunswick Funeral Service Chapel, Shallouc, with Pastor Larry Ward and Pastor Dwight Reeves officiating. Burial was in Brunswick Memorial Gardens. He was bom on Sept. 18, 1941, in High Point, a son of Ira T. and Annie Ruth Gore Smith of Calabash. He was the owner of Dar rell Smith Builders. In addition to his parents survivors include his wife, Carolyn Jane Reeves Smith of the home; two daughters, Lisa Jane Shcaly of Prosperity, S.C., and Dana Ann Utter of the home; a sister, Judith S. Riley of Calabash; and three grandsons. DOLORES BROWN FLY NT Dolores Brown Flynt, 52, of Leland died June 7 at her residence. A graveside scrvicc was held 3 p.m. June 9 in Grccnlawn Memorial Park, Wilmmington, by the Rev. David Stratton. She was born in Conway, S.C., on Aug. 27, 1940, the daughter of the late Morris Cleveland and Pennie Laura Alford Brown. Survivors include her husband, Robert Lylc Flynt of the home; her son, Winston N. Flynt of Dclco; her daughters, Pennie A. Dziembowski of Wilmington and Melanie L. Cooper of Grover; four grandchil dren; a brother, and seven sisters. EDWARD V. MOORE SR. Edward V. Moore Sr., 67, of Surfsidc Beach, S.C., formerly of the Leland community, died June 6 in Grand Strand General Hospital, Myrtle Beach, S.C. The funeral was 11 a.m. Wednes day, June 9, at Coble Ward-Smith Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Allen R. Gainey officiating. Burial was in Oleander Memorial Gardens, Wilmington. Moore was bom in Burgaw on May 31, 1926, the son of the late Lloyd and Annie Cottle Moore. Survivors include his wife, Gracie Batten Moore of the home; a son, Edward V. Moore Jr. of Castle Hayne; a stepson, Ernest Skipper of Wilmington; three daughters, Frances M. Fussell of Wilmington and Jeannie Rogers and Anita Stan Keel, both of Leland; a stepdaugh ter, Victoria S. Thompson of Wilmington; a brother, Milton Moore of Grafton, Va.; a sister, Gladys Castellow of Grafton, Va.; and 11 grandchildren. WILLIAM W. WALKER William "Bill" While Walker, 71. of Route 1, Nakina, died at his resi dence June 7. Arrangements were to be an nounced by Worthington Funeral Home of Chadbourn. Survivors include his wife, Annie Mae Slocks of the home; two sons, Myron Walker and Billy Walker, both of Long Bcach; a daughter, Gayle Sanders of Florence, S.C.; a stepson, Bobby Ward of Fori Bliss, Texas; four stepdaughters, Capt. Karen Ward of Belgium, Elizabeth Souza of Rcston, Va., Judith Plctcher of Cartcrsville, Ga., and Vicki Ward of Greensboro; two brothers, Paul Walker Sr. of Chad bourn and James C. Walker of Columbia, S.C.; seven sisters, Eliza beth Payne of Chadbourn, Marie Aylcsworth of Florida, Alice Romig of Smyrna, Ga., Jane Romig of Orlando, Fla., Rcbccca Brozoswki of Baltimore, Md., Miriam Tedder of Shallotte and Sudie Nealey of Tabor City; three grandchildren; and two step-grandchildren. A LINK P. STEPHENS Aline Purvis Stephens, 88, for merly of Columbus County, died June 6 in The Brunswick Hospital, Supply. The funeral was June 8 at Lcland Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Buchanan and 'he Rev. Pete DeBruhl officiating. Burial was in Grccnlawn Memorial Park, Wilm ington. She was a member of Lcland Baptist Church, a Sunday School teacher and WMU member. Survi vors include a son, Julian P. "J.P." Stephens of Lcland; two daughters, Marjorie S. Hayes of Lumberton and Maxine S. Hill of Myrtle Bcach, S.C.; two sisters. Nana Benton of Cerro Gordo and Esther Johnson of Delco; 21 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren. The Family of A.D. McLamb Acknowledges with grateful apprec iation your kind expression of sympathy iind sincere kindness to us with the loss of our mother and wife, Lena McLamb. ?jniiiiiniiiiiiininiiiiiiniiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiHiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiL' SHALLOTTE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Ocean Isle Beach Worship Service 7:30 AM-Coffee/Fellowship ? 8:30 AM-Worship On the beach, one mile west of pier (access at Duneslcie and Driftwood Drive) May 30th through September 5th Worship at Shallotte Presbyterian Church 5070 Main Street ? Shallotte 10:00 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Worship Dr. Lester L. Dattler, Pastor r own THE BflUMSWVCK BEACON .nniininnnnuiniiimiiiimMiiMHiiiinmiimiimnnimnmniimininniinniniiiiinimir. STAFF PHOTO BY LYNN CARLSON Into The Blue iMiiren Munns of Sunset Beach was among early participants in the second annual kite festival May 16 sponsored by Seaside United Methodist Church. Ixiuren and her sister Kristen had no problem get ting their kites airborne with help from their father Chris. About 20 children and 30 adults flew kites in this year's event. iMuren is pictured wearing a knee-length teal kite festival T-shirt. Ann Marie Gore Making A Difference A Brunswick County native now University. byterian Hunger Program, Sher living in Philadelphia, Pa., is one of Now, as clerk of session of wood operates one of 19 Care Clos thrce individuals featured in the Sherwood Presbyterian in Southwest ets in Philadelphia, offering emcr '"One Great Hour of Sharing" social Philadelphia, she directs the 50- gency services, and is the first to be ministries campaign of the Prcs- member congregation's wide array come a Super Cupboard, combining byterian Church (USA) this year. of outreach ministries. These in- emergency food relief with a cur Gifts through this Christian action elude a homeless shelter and food riculum of basic living skills such as program are used to help communi- relief, day care and tutoring pro- nutrition, parenting and income ties help themselves, "to pursue their grams. Supported by the Pres- management. vision of community in their own neighborhoods." Ann Marie (Stoney) Gore, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Thomas of Longwood, is described as "a sign of how in changing a single life, the Spirit can change a community." Gore was a high school dropout and young wife and mother when she came to the city 20 years ago. Once her four children were in school, she went back to finish high school, then earned a B.A. in busi ness administration form Temple ( /I \ feel alive there must II I again. be more to life? life doesn't have to be painful! HARVEST FELLOWSHIP PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH "We fleaCCy Care Come Worship with Us 438 Gray Bridge Rd. SW Shallotte, NC 28459 Office (919)754-6616 Parsonage 754-7051 Hope to see you soon! ?