I'aKoSA KINGS MOUNTAIN MIKKOR Thui-sday, January 24. 1974
INK.ANT MrOANIKI.
Graveside services for
Jeri-y Reeves McDaniel Jr.
were held Sunday at 4 p.ni. at
Cleveland Memorial Park.
The three-month old son of
Jerry R. and Kathy Graham
McDaniel of Kings Mountain
died Saturday at Royster
Memorial Hospital.
In addition to the parents,
survivors include paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Perry McDaniel of Boiling
Springs; maternal grand
parents, Mrs. Evelyn Graham
of Kings Mountain aixl Hugh
C. Greene of Baltimore, Md,;
great-grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Brooks of Boiling
Springs and Mrs. C. O.
Graham of Spartanburg, S.C.
Lutz-Austell Funeral Home
of Shelby had charge of the
arrangements.
JOHN TIRtM.AS JA.MES
John Thomas James, 81, of
Rt. 3, Bessemer City died
January 19 in Kings Mountain
Hospital.
Born in Spartanburg, he was
a building Contractor and the
son of the late John T. James
and Ella Hattie James.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Irene Murray James;
one daughter Mrs. Helen
Claik of Spartanburg; one
son, John T. James Jr. of
S|)artanburg.
Funeral services were held
at the Bessemer City Church
afGudat4:au p.m. by the Rev.
E. L. Moore and the Rev. W.
H. Pheagin Jr.
Burial was in Bessemer City
Memorial Cemetery.
Sisk Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. RITTIE ELVIRA
MATHIS
Mrs. Rittie Elvira Mathis,
75, of 508 E. Pennsylvania
Avenue, Bessemer City died
at 9:30 p.m. on January 14 in
Gaston Memorial Hospital.
Born in Tennessee, she was
a retired textile worker.
Surviving are two
daughters, Mrs. John
Daughtery of Bessemer City
and Mrs. Charles Daniel of
Gastonia; two sons, the Rev.
Bruce Mathis of Lincointon
and Theodore Mathis of
Lowell; one sister, Mrs. Fred
Justive of Lincointon; two
Baptist
Men’s Day
Scheduled
Oak Grove Baptist Church
will observe Baptist Men’s
Day Sun., Jaa 27.
The purpose of Baptist
Men's Day is to magnify the
role of men in missions. This
special day has come to be
known in thousands of
churches around the world as
a chance to honor and
recognize men of the church.
Five men have been chosen
to speak on the theme -
“Sharing Christ Through His
World.” The five are Willard
Boyles, Bill Sellers, Dwan
Thornburg, Carroll Brackett
and Gary Osburn.
The men will present a male
chorus under the direction of
Bobby Webster.
Officers for Baptist Men’s
Day organization are Wayne
Self-director; Wilburn
Kuykendall-president; Bill
Sellers-vice president; Don
Griffiivsecretary; and J. B.
Stacey-treasurer.
Young;
People
Concert
Young people of the First
Baptist Church of Kings
Mountain will be traveling to
Cooley Springs Baptist
Church, Chesnee, S.C. Sat.,
Jan. 26. to present both a play
and a folk musical.
"Encounter,” a musical
about one person’s experietKe
in finding God is composed by
Bill Cates, with lyrics by Ed
Seabough. Taped orchestral
accompaniment is used. This
is |x.Tformed by the Youth
Choir of the church,
"Forgive Us Our Chicken
C(K)ps” will be presented by
the Jolley Players, the drama
group of First Baptist. Some
of the weaknesses of the
church of today can be seen
clearly through the characters
of this feature. In a real way,
atteiilion is directed to these
.shortcomings.
Both the choir and player
group meet each week
preparing things of this type
for the local church, and to
share in church services
outside the coinmunitv.
briilhei.s. Lewis Matins of
Bessi-ii.er City and Jeter
Mathis ot Lowell
Funeral serxices wfie held
Wednesdav at 4:l!t! n.ni. at
Sisk East Chapel, conducted
by the Rex W A Costner and
tlte Rev Douglas Silocumb.
Burial xxas in Gaston
Memorial Cemetery.
Sisk Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
.MK.S. SARAH VARBRO
Mrs. Sarah Herndon Yar-
bro, Rt. 2, Kings Mountain,
died Thurs., Jan. 17 at 5 p.m.
at Kings Mountain Hospital
after an illness ot several
months.
A Cleveland County native,
the daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Walter F. Herndon.
She was 76.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 3 p.m. at
Bethlehem Baptist Church,
where she was a member.
Officiating were the Rev.
Russell Fitts and the Rev.
James Graham and burial
was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are her husband,
John Yarbro; four sons, John
F., Ed, George and W. A.
Yarbro of Kings Mountain;
three daughters, Mrs. Kelly
Patterson, Mrs. David Huff-
stetlerand Mrs. GarlandSipes
of Kings Mountain; two
brothers, Frank Herndon of
Kings Mountain and George
Herndon of Rock Hill, S.C.;
two sisters, Mrs. Emmett
Yarbro of King^ Mountain and
Mrs. Horace Dover of Grover;
12 grandchildren and one
great-grandchild.
Harris Funeral Home had
charge of the arrangements.
MRS. NANCY LEE
Mrs. NaiKy Wood Lee, 79,
of Kt. 1, Kings Mountain, died
Monday at Kings Mountain
Convalescent Center.
Funeral services were
scheduled today at 2 p.m. Ivey
Funeral Home Chapel of
Andrews with the Rev. Bun
Denny officiating. Burial is
scheduled in Tomatia
Cemetery in Murphy. Prior to
the services the family
received friends at Harris
Funeral Home, Kings
Mountain.
The widow of Richard Riley
Lee, she is survived by two
sons, Gerald Lee of Kings
Mountain and Ted Lee of
Robbitisville; two daughters,
Mrs. Jack Conley of Andrews
and Mrs. Homer Southard of
Atlanta, Ga.; 13 grand
children and 21 great
grandchildren.
WILLIAM E. CORRELL
GASTONIA - Funeral
services for William Edward
Correll were conducted
Sunday at 3 p.m. at Bethany
Baptist Church in Gastonia by
the Rev. Troy Thomas and the
Rev. Roy Clark. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery,
Kings Mountain.
Correll, 81, of Rt. 1,
Gastonia, died Friday in
Gastonia Nursing Center. A
Lincoln County native, he was
the husband of the late Sally
Rhinehard Correll.
Surviving are one son,
Frank Correll of Gastonia;
five daughters, Mrs. Lexvis
England of Kings Mountain,
Mrs. James Howell of Grover,
Mrs. James Vernon, Mrs.
Dean Hull and Mrs. Johnnie
Hall of Gastonia; two sisters,
Mrs. Lizzie Walker of Cedar
Grove and Mrs. Mae Haynes
of Lincointon; 29 grand
children and 32 great
grandchildren.
Sisk Funeral Home of
Bessemer City had charge of
the arrangements.
CLAYTON HOPE
Funeral services for
Clayton R. Hope were con
ducted Saturday at 4 p.m. at
First Wesleyan Church with
the Rev. Boyd Kistler, the
Rev. Roy Friedell and the
Rev. Frank Shirley of
ficiating. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Hope, 46, of 410 Clinton Dr.,
Kings Mountain, died last
Thursday in Kings Mountain
Hospital. An employe of Alcan
Aluminum, he was the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Lee Hope.
Survivors are his widow,
Mr.s. Billie Joyce Hope; one
son. Clayton R. Hope Jr. of the
home; three daughters. Billie
Gail. Susie and Janet Hope of
die home; one brother. Calvin
Hope of Polkx’ille; and six
sisters. Mrs. Eulala Doby,
Mixs. G. C. Bridges, and Mrs.
Mae Stringfellow of Kings
Mountain, Mrs. Beatrice
Stewart of Richmond. Va..
Mrs. Carrie Lockridge of
Concord and Mrs. Bryte
Henderson nf San Diego, Calil.
Harris Funeral Home had
charge of the arrangemenis.
What Is Our Hope For
Christianity?
Rev. ISewell (J. Biish
l*aslor,
(writre Lniletl
Melhotlinl ainirrh
This thought has been one of great
I'oncern to me almost everyw here ! have
tx-en xxherc I served as minister of a
church. When I look at the community,
tile piHiple living there, die apparent
negligence and unconcern of many of our
citizens of the coniniunities nxmd about,
die hearing of the language that is used
on our streets by many of our people. 1
wonder xxhat is going to become of us.
Almost every day xx e hear disparaging
remarks about our country, our goxer-
imient, our state, our country, our city,
and yes. even ol our eonimunities in
which we live.
But. in spite of the thoughts expressed
above, I hax e a great deal of faith in our
connnunity and the prospects for good
diat it holds inherently in the coniniunity
and city. The reasons that 1 could state
lor believing that things are not as bad as
diey seem are many. However, I will
give only a fexv. For one reason I think
die prospects for Christ ianty arc good in
Kings Mountain, is the great amount of
cixiperation and the feeling of mufual
dependence that our ministers in the city
liave. It is not a community where every
minister is all for himself and nobod;
else. The minisfci's are a fellow.ship
woi'king fogether to help each other and
making decisions for community iti-
tcrestsand life that are worthwhile. They
cixipcrate in all matters that touch more
dian their local congregations.
There is another area of cooperation in
(Xir city. This is xx'ith the people them-
.selves, with the churches and
organizations within our city, where
there is work and acUvity of a larger
concern than the local congregations,
such as cooperation to bring about
community evangelistic services,
cooperation with the ' Christmas
programs that make for a better way of
life for those who are in need in our
coniniunity, and of course. I would not
leave out the upcoming centen.-iial
Celebration. All churches in Kings
Mountain are cooperating to help place a
the xvhole
ri'hgious cmiihasis
ivlcliration.
I believe lliat (leoplc arc becoming
more axx are of our Hex'd to cooperatfjIfS
Ik'I|i one another. In diis matter people
ami churches are helping each other to
gix e greater help to those in need and this
espxvially m our Ministerial association
xxhere xxe are finding a helping hand in
I'lnergency situations xxherc a little help
xvill sxv px'ople through their immediate
iK-eds and iiuiy go a long way to seeing
tlieni llii'ougli their troubles.
There are other rx'asons why there is a
gieatei- prospxvt for our future in Kings
Mountain 1 believe that die energy crisis
IS bringing px-ople together here in a
greater xvay It is a helpful thing in this
xvay This energy crisis brings up a
thought that 1 iH'lieve xxe .should all give a
mind to at tinix's. There is not near as
much ol a shortage in our energy crisis
as there is in our religious crisis. 'There is
indeed a national shuitage in our nation
as xvell as with our local situation for a
more complete trust in God to make a
way and sx'c us through. Yes, the greatest
shortage is not energy but religious. And
here it is only xxe ourselves that can do
.something about this shortage. We must
take the initiative and reduce the crisis
ourselves.
.Scripture: Ruiiians 15:1-6
We who arc strong ought to bear with
the failings of the weak, and not to please
ixii'selves; let x'ach of us pix'ase his neigh-
Ixir for his goxid, fo x'dify him. For Christ
did not please himself: but. as it is
xvi'itten, “The reproaches of those who
reiiroached diec fell on me.” For
whaleverxxas written in former days was
xxritten for (Xir instruction, that by
steadfastness and by die eiK'xxiragement
ol the scri|)turi's we might liave hope.
May the God of steadfastness and en-
xnuragement grant you to live in such
liarniony with one another, in accord
with Christ Jesus, that together you may
with one voice glorify the God and Father
of our LxM'd Jesus Christ.
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