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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
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OBITUARIES
Emmett Harvey
Rogers, Sr.
SHELBY - WWII Vet-
eran, Emmett Harvey Rog-
ers; St. age 95, from Shelby,
made a permanent move
on August 23, 2015, from
Summit Place Assisted Liv-
ing Mooresville, N.C., to be
with his Father in Heaven.
He was born in Cleveland
County on February 21,
1920 to the late Leabron
Rogers, Sr. and Mallie Led-
better Rogers.
A funeral service will be
held at 5 p.m. Wednesday in
the chapel of Clay Barnette
Funeral Home. The family
will receive friends one hour
prior to the service at the fu-
neral home. Interment will
follow at Cleveland Memo-
rial Park. Clay-Barnette
Funeral Home of Shelby is
handling the arrangements:
Scott Sessoms, Jr.
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Scott Sessoms Jr,, age 38,
resident of Kings Moun-
tain, passed away August
18, 2015 at Testa Hospice
House. He was formerly
employed with Major Met-
als in Kings Mountain. He
was preceded in death by
his grandfather Bob Capps
and grandmother Betty Ses-
soms. He loved sports, espe-
cially NASCAR, traveling,
and spending time with his
family. He was also an avid
gun collector.
A funeral service was
held at Ollie Harris Memo-
rial Chapel, Kings Moun-
tain, NC, Friday August
21, at 4 p.m., with Rev.
Don McNeely and Rev. Joe
Riley officiating.
Visitation was from 2:30
to 3:30 p.m. prior to the
service at Harris Funeral
Home, Kings Mountain,
NC.
Interment is at Moun=
tain Rest Cemetery, Kings
Mountain, NC.
Harris Funeral Home
and Cremation Service is
handling the arrangements.
Lucille Wyte
KINGS MOUNTAIN
- Mrs. Quillie Lucille Wil-
liams Wyte, 81, went home
to be with her Lord, Satur-
day, Aug. 22, 2015, at Testa
Family Hospice House in
Kings Mountain. A native
of Cleveland County, she
was the daughter of the late
JT and Avalona Champion
Williams. She retired from
Mauney Hosiery. Lucille
was a member of El Bethel
United Methodist Church
and Church at the Roost
in Daniel Boone Camp
Ground. b
Funeral services were
held Tuesday atlla.m. at
El Bethel United Meth-
odist Church. The fam-
ily received friends
Monday from 6:30-8
p.m. at Clay-Barnette
Funeral Home of Kings
Mountain. Burial is at El
Bethel U.M.C Cemetery.
Clay-Barnette Funeral
Home of Kings Mountain
is handling the arrange-
ments.
Margaret Conner Wood
. enjoyed singing
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Margaret Conner Wood, 76,
resident of Kings Mountain,
NC went
to be with
the Lord
on August
24, 2015
8 at Peak
il Resources,
She was born in 1 Cher-
okee County, SC to the late
Fred ‘Alexander and Ollie
Hawkins Conner. She was
also preceded in death by her
husband of 55 years, Robert
Lee Wood; daughter, Debbie:
Wood Green; and brother,
Billy Gene Conner, sin
A member of: Harvest
‘Baptist Church, she retired
from Clevemont Mills. She
was a good Christian Lady
who enjoyed singing and
hosting a country and gos-
pel singing twice a month at
her home. She was a sweet
and loving wife, mother,
grandmother, sister, and
friend.
Surviving are her son,
Perry Lee Wood; sisters,
Jo Nell “Peggy” Conner
Gass, Nancy Conner Ross
and husband, Richard;
and Freda Conner Barrett;
brothers, Bobby Ray Con-
ner and wife, Macie, and
Ronnie Lee Conner and
wife, Connie, all of Kings
Mountain; two grandchil-
dren, five great-grandchil-
dren;:and numerous nieces
and nephews.
The funeral service
will be conducted Friday,
August 28, 2015 at 4 p.m,
at Ollie Harris Memorial
Chapel at Harris Funeral
Home, Kings Mountain. |
Rev. Greg Neely will offici-
ate and interment will be in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
The family will receive
friends from 2:30-3:30
p.m. Friday, August 28,
2015 prior to the service at
Harris Funeral Home and
at other times at the home
of the sister, 109 Spurgen
Drive, Kings Mountain.
Memorials may be made
to Hospice of Cleveland
County, 951 Wendover
Heights Drive, Shelby, NC
28150.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com,
* Harris Funeral Home
and Cremation Services,
Kings Mountain, NC, is in
charge of arrangements.
Five area students graduate from Gardner-Webb University
Five area students grad-
uated from Gardner-Webb
University in summer com-
mencement August 1.
Sara McCall was certi-
fied in marketing and Karen
Davis received her degree in
CITATIONS.
AUG. 6 Jantarius Anto-
nio ; oks, 22, Shelby, ex-
piredtag.
t AUG: 6: Vazquer-Acund
Jose Diego, 30, 2034 Shelby
Rd., Tr3, no operator's li-
cense. ;
1 AUG. 6: Thomas Philip
‘Simmons III, 40, Shelby,
speeding. :
AUG. 6 Jarran Omar
Elliott, 21, Gastotia, giving
false information to police,
no operator’s lice.
AUG. 6: Marcus Lamar
Taylor, 25, 506 Lynn St., ex-
pired tag.
AUG 11: David Lee
Bolin, 30, 1303 W. Gold
Street Ext., no electronic in-
spection of vehicle, expired
tag.
AUG. 12: Sandy Nicole
Johnson Revels, 33, 4511
Sandy Crest Court, no seat
belt.
AUG. 12: Kacie Michelle
Harris, 27, 1230 Second St.,
no seat belt.
AUG. 12: Boyd Nicho-
las Houser, 19, 609 A Stony
Point Road, no seat belt.
AUG. 12: Dwayne Devere
Spikes, Jr., 43, no seat belt, *
no operator's license,
AUG, 12: Alicia May
Swango, 108 Spurgon Dr.,
speeding,
AUG. 15: Melissa Lynn
Thomas, 32, Gastonia, pos-
session of marijuana and par-
aphernalia,
Human Services. Both are
of Grover.
Avis Morrow received °
her MSN degree in nursing,
Maurice Tate received his
MBA in Business Education
and Laura Gaffney received
mPoLICE
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"AUG. 15: Timothy Wayne
Garren, 1023 Mary's Grove
Church Rd., Unit 3, revoked
license.
AUG, 15: Luan Carlos
Hernandez, 806 First St., no
operator's license.
AUG. 15: William Lewis
Buhl, 28, 6561 Lewis Road,
no seat belt.
AUG. 15: Timothy Lee
Auton, 45, 115 E. Elm St.,
expired tag.
AUG. 15: Da'Shon Jer-
maine Guest, 19, 528 Baker
St., revoked license.
AUG. 15: Melanie Shaw
Harvey, 52, 5567 Lennox
Dr., expired tag, no electronic
inspection.
AUG. 16: Keith Marinus
Mortensen, 53, 1616 Lewis
Road, expired tag, no elec-
tronic inspection of vehicle.
* AUG. 16: Carleia Sheree
Owens, 28, 6016 Mahogany
Lane, Apt. 10, expired tag.
AUG. 16: Alvin Tyrone
Jefferies, 30, Crouse, revoked
license, fictitious tag.
AUG. 16: Carroll Logan
Manford, 27, Louisville, Ky.,
speeding.
AUG. 16: Donavan
Lashawn Garrison, 37, Fort
Mill, SC, speeding.
AUG. 16: Karen Cathey
Vaughn, 43, Lowell, revoked
tag, speeding.
AUG, 16: Melissa Bowen
Causby, 49, Cherryville,
speeding,
AUG, 16: Sean Alan
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her MA/EDS in Mental
Health counseling. All are
of Kings Mountain.
A total of 275 students
were graduated, 30 from
Cleveland County. +
James Downey, 19, 611 Tem-
ple St., expired tag, no elec-
tronic inspection.
AUG. 16: Ellysia Danielle
Burrus, 24, Winston-Salem,
NC, speeding, failure to carry
driver's license.
AUG. 17: Charlotte Marie
Bridges, 43, Shelby, no: op-
erator’s license, revoked li-
cense.
AUG. 17: Jason Joseph
Hess, 35, 224 Beattie Road,
failure to decrease speed to
avoid a collision.
AUG. 18: Amy Green
Kelly, 36, Cherryville, run-
ning stop light.
AUG. 18: Christopher Jo-
seph Berard, 22, 109 Cyclone
Lane, possession of mari-
juana.
AUG. 18: Monterrio
Quintell Robbins, 24, 801
Church St., possession of
marijuana.
AUG. 19: Ryan Dale
Smith, 19, 122 Wooding
Place Unit 3, trespassing at
YMCA Playground.
AUG. 19: Two 17-year-
old males were cited for
trespassing at YMCA play-
ground.
AUG. 19: Christian
Wayne Johnson, 18, 618
Phoenix St., trespassing at
YMCA playground.
INCIDENTS
AUG/ 7: Super 8, 106
Holiday Inn Drive, reported
damage to the breezeway by
a motorist striking it with a
Three vehicle crash
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Rescue oars use the Jaws of Life to free Thomas Ward from his Dodge Ram in a crash
that sent five people to the hospital Thursday. Photos by LEM LYNCH PHOTOGRAPHY
Hioaly damage was reported to cies in pny Thrsiay stornoan on Us 7 Wostat
Williams Road.
Five people were hospi-
talized, two seriously, after
a Thursday afternoon crash
involving three vehicles on
US 74 West near Williams
Road.
Trooper Russell Corry
of the NC Highway Patrol
said that a Chevrolet Tahoe
: was pulled over and bro-
ken down on the side of the
westbound lane and Richie
Canipe, 51, of Cherryville,
driver of a Chevrolet Sil-
verado, stopped to help the
stranded motorist.
Corry said Canipe was
family with Caleb Lank-
ford, his 3-year-old son
and Eddie White, 57, also
of Shelby, occupants of the
Tahoe.
Canipe had just stopped
and not 20 seconds later,
according to eyewitnesses,
a Dodge Ram operated by
Thomas Ward, 52, of Casar
hit the Silverado. Canipe
was helping the occupants
of the Tahoe move items
verado. When the collision
occurred. Lankford, his son
and White were all outside
of the vehicle and walking
back to Canipe’s vehicle.
The Jaws of Life had to
be used to free the driver of
the Dodge Ram. Ward was
airlifted from the scene to
we
Carolinas’ Medical Cep-
ter in Charlotte. Canipe,
White, Lankford and the
toddler were taken to Car-
olinas HealthCare Sys-
tem-Cleveland in Shelby.
The child was later airlifted
to Charlotte. ;
Witnesses said Ward
was apparently swervin
from the Tahoe to the Ste pp y g
anid d rifting toward -the
shoulder of the road before
the wreck happened. =
The State Highway Pa-
trol is continuing the inves-
tigation into the wreck.
More than a dozen
emergency vehicles re-
sponded to the crash.
KM woman dies in two-vehicle wreck,
Three others sustain injuries
Samantha Kay Thomas,
34, of Kings Mountain was
killed and Julius “”J.A.”
Dalpaz of Gastonia was se-
verely injured in a two-car
crash in Gastonia Monday
afternoon.
Dalpiaz, 83, was driving
a 2006 Cadillac STS when it
collided with a 1993 Honda
vehicle.
WRECKS
AUG. 11:Officer Jon-
athan Price charged Laura
Beth Simmons with DWI,
Cleveland, NC, after a wreck
on I-85. The 2003 Chevy
Simmons was d riving ran off
the road and she tried to cor-
rect and sideswiped a 2014
Freight liner, also traveling
on I-85 South operated by
Christine Monahan, Lexing-
ton, NC. Only slight damage
was reported to the vehicles.
AUG. 12: Officer Mar-
quis Shon Macopson said
that a 1999 Honda operated
by Alicia Swango, 108 Spur-
gen Drive, rear ended a 204
Honda operated by Kham-
phila Silaphet, 114 Butternut
Drive. The accident happened
at a stop light on Shelby
Road. Property damages were
estimated at $4,000.1
AUG. 13; Officer D. K.
Davis said that vehicles op-
erated by James McFadden,
a0 3
Wed.-Sun.
Civic driven by Thomas,
Dalpiaz was taken to
CaroMont Regional Medi-
cal Center in Gastonia and
transferred to Carolinas
Medical Center in Charlotte.
Sherman Thomas, 61,
of Kings Mountain suf-
fered facial injuries and an
11-month-old child in the
Cowpens, SC and Victoria
Radford, 201 Drew Court,
were involved in a wreck on
1-85 North. Property damage
was estimated at $700 to the
Radford vehicle.
AUG. 13: Officer J. L.
Dee said that Cheryl Ann
Floyd, 212 Floyd St., at-
tempted to merge into a turn-
ing lane on Cansler Street
and hit a 2007 Jeep operated
by Kenya Hopper of Shelby.
Property damages were esti-
mated at $2,000.
AUG. 17: Officer J. L.
Dee said that Jason Joseph
Hess, 224 Beatties Road,
operating a 2010 Chevrolet,
failed to reduce speed and hit
22002 Chevrolet operated by
Chantel Burris, 612 Charles
St. Apt. 42. The accident
happened on NC 161. Prop-
erty damages were estimated
at $3500.
AUG. 18: Officer Mar-
quis ‘Shon Macopson said
that a deer ran out in front
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Thomas vehicle had pos-
sible injuries, according to
Gastonia Police
The wreck happened at
West Garrison Boulevard
and South Vance Street in
Gastonia.
Gastonia Police are con-
tinuing their investigation
into the wreck.
of a 2015 Kia operated by
Deborah Burton, 176 Reep
Road. The accident happened
on Shelby Road. Property
damages w ere estimated at
$2,000.
AUG. 18: Officer F. L.
Wittington said that a deer
ran out in front of a 2008
Chrysler operated by Briauna
White, 104 N. Oakwood
Drive. The accident hap-
pened at Shelby Road and
Phifer Farm Road. Property
damage- was estimated at
$2500.
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