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Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, August 2, 1984
Lib
Stewart
Jean Neill Wins
Helpful, Caring Person
Friends and relatives of Jean Webb Neill recalled her as active, car-
ing and helpful, one who participated in various organizations at her
church and at her children’s school.
The daughter of Halbert Webb of Kings Mountain and the late
Mary Belle Webb died suddenly July 21 of a massive heart attack. She
had been in apparent good health.
A native of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Neill, 54, of 4565 Woodlark
Lane in Charlotte, graduated from Kings Mountain High School,
where she was a member of the National Honor Society. After atten-
ding Greensboro College, she worked for a modeling agency in
Charlotte through the mid 1960’s. She also worked as a travel agent
for Wide World Travel Agency in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
After leaving the travel agency, her father said she became active in
the Center of Elder Care Services. she was an Elder Care Sitter, help-
ing those people who required assistance with chores and things, accor-
ding to her family. She was a charter member of Providence Methodist
Church, a membership that spanned 25 years. She taught Sunday
School and belonged to the United Methodist Women and was twice
chairman of a circle. She was a former Junior Woman’s Club members
and also promoted the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. her father
recalled his daughter’s participation with school groups in which her
children were ctive over the years, the Girl Scouts and PTA. “The
most important thing I remember about Jean is the friends she had. So
many people loved her,” said Mr. Webb.
Jeannie Christian, a former neighbor who knew Mrs. Neill for 30
years, recalled her as a “sweet and kind person” and C.J. (Butch)
Spivey, daughter of Lib (Mrs. JM.) Rhea of Kings Mountain, another
Charlotte neighbor, said Jean “remembered a lot of happy times.”
A memorial service was held last Tuesday afternoon from Pro-
vidence United Methodist Church. Graveside services were at 11 a.m.
last Tuesday at Oakwood Cemetery in Charlotte.
Survivors also include daughters, Kathy Herran of Charlotte, Libby
Sturgis of Rock Hill, S.C. and Allison Neill of the home; and brother,
Dick Webb, of Richmond, Va., and four grandchildren.
Memorials can be made to Barium Springs Home For Children,
Barium Springs, N.C. 28010.
(From the Aug. 6, 1953 edition of The Kings Mountain Herald)
“Sword of Gideon” begins its third weekend Thursday night at the am-
phitheatre of Kings Mountain National Military Park, with the show
director and casts looking forward to “Hometown Night” which has
been set for Friday.
Members of the Kings Mountain Woman’s Club met Tuesday and
heard presented a new Constitution and By-Laws, including changes
to meet the needs of a re-organized and growing club.
Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Stone announce the engagement of their
daughter, Sarah Betty, to Andrew Thomas DeBruler, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. AT. DeBruler, Sr. Both families are of Kings Mountain. The
wedding will take place Sept. 26.
Miss Betty Kate Jones has completed plans for her wedding to Jack
Ruth, which will take place at 5:30 p.m. August 12th at Main Street
Methodist Church in Greenwood, S.C.
TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
And We Know that all things work together for good to those who
love the Lord. Romans 8:28.
community
CALENDAR
THURSDAY:
12:00-Kings Mountain Rotary Club at Holiday Inn.
6:45 p.m.-Kings Mountain Kiwanis Club at Holiday Inn.
SATURDAY:
6:00-10:30 a.m.-El Bethel United Methodist Church is serving coun-
try breakfast at the church fellowship hall.
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OBITURRIES -
BOB HERNDON
Funeral services for Robert
Eugene (Bob) Herndon, 53, of
502 Lynn St., were conducted
Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. from
the Chapel of Masters Funeral
Home.
Rev. James Hamrick of-
ficiated at the rites, and inter-
ment was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Herndon died at his home Fri-
day of a self-inflicted gunshot
wound to the head.
He was the son of the late
Howard and Essie Hambright
Herndon and was a member of
Pathaway Baptist Church - of
Kings Mountain. He had been in
declining health.
Surviving are his wife, Bertha
Jolley Herndon; two sons, Jackie
Eugene Herndon and Jonathan
Nathan Herndon of Gastonia;
two daughters, Donna Herndon
and Jennifer Herndon of the
home; three brothers, Laudys
Herndon of Shelby and Herndon
and Joe B. Herndon of Kings
Mountain; one sister, Mrs. Mary
McMackin of Kings Mountain;
and two grandchildren.
JIM WRAY
Funeral services for James
Robert Wray, 66, of the Antioch
Community near Grover, were
conducted Monday at 3 p.m.
from Antioch Baptist Church by
Rev. Raymond Crow and Rev.
Wayne Tuttle, interment follow-
ing in the church cemetery.
Mr. Wray died Saturday in
the Cherokee County Hospital
at Gaffney, S.C.
He was a retired employee of
the Old English Mica Company
in Kings Mountain and a native
of Cherokee County, S.C. He
was a member of Canaan United
Methodist Church. He was the
son of the late Robert Manning
and Eliza Dover Wray.
Surviving are his wife, Eunice
Turner Wray, of the home; a
son, Charles Wray of
Blacksburg, S.C., a daughter,
Joyce Fowler of Blacksburg,
S.C., two brothers, Ervin Wray
and William Wray of Kings
Mountain; two. sisters, Mary
Sistare and Ruth Gann, both of
Kings Mountain, and four
grandchildren. Lio i
Gordon’s Funeral Home of
of arrangements. y #
J.M. CRAWFORD
Funeral services for James
Monroe Crawford, 75, of 305
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Linden St., Grover, who died
Saturday at Meadowbrook
Manor Nursing Home in Shelby
after several month’s illness,
were conducted Monday morn-
ing at 11 a.m. from First Baptist
Church of Grover.
Dr. Bobby Gantt and Dr. Paul
Sorrells officiated at the rites and
interment was in Cleveland
Memorial Park.
Mr. Crawford was a native of
McCormick County, S.C., son of
the late Charlie B. and Fornia
Watts Crawford. He was a
veteran of World War II and a
member of Shelby American
Legion Post 82.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Viola Smith Crawford; one
brother, Y.W. Crawford of
Sarasota, Fla., two sisters, Mrs.
Zora Brooks of Greenwood, S.C.
and Mrs. Nettie Tesseneer of
Grover.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
MRS. WILEY BLANTON
Funeral services for Mrs. Effie
Jay Blanton, 78, of 801 W.
Mountain St., wife of J. Wiley
Blanton, were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2 p.m.
from First Baptist Church of
which she was a member.
Dr. Joel Jenkins and Rev.
Bruce Rayburn officiated at the
rites and interment was in
Sharon Memorial Cemetery in
Charlotte.
Mrs. Blanton died Monday in
the Kings Mountain Hospital
after several month’s illness.
She was a native of Cleveland
County, a retired medical techni-
cian, and daughter of the late
Robert S. and Elizabeth
Williams Thornburg. She was
twice married: to the late Albert
Odell Steele and to J. Wiley
Blanton, who survives.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband, are one son, Robert
Ted Steele of Charlotte; two
daughters, Mrs. Gerald Allen of
Charlotte and Mrs. Charles Dix-
on of Cary; three stepsons, Rev.
Demauth Blanton of Union,
S.C., Harold Blanton of Kings
Mountain and Howard Blanton
of Durham; four brothers, Wray
Thornburg and Fred Thornburg,
both of Kings Mountain, Otha
Thornburg of Rock Hill, S.C.
‘and Theodore Thornburg of
was in charge . + Charlotte; one sister, Mrs. Ethel
of Thomasville, Ga., 15
grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
BRUCE HARRY
Memorial services for Bruce
Andy Harry, 59, of Moore
Haven, Fla., formerly of Grover,
were conducted Saturday at 2
p.m. from Grover’s First Baptist
Church.
Funeral services and burial
was held Tuesday in Moore
Haven, Fla.
Mr. Harry died Thursday at
Edgecombe General Hospital in
Tarboro.
He was a native of Grover,
son of Bessie Howard Harry and
the late Audy Harry.
Surviving, in addition to his
mother, are his wife, Lena
Speller Harry; a son, C. Bruce
Harry of Charlotte; a daughter,
Judy Harry Cook of Charlotte; a
stepson, Don Overton of
Homestead Fla., a stepdaughter,
Barbara Brandon of Tarboro;
four brothers, Donald Harry of
Charlotte, Thomas Harry of
Shelby, Jesse Harry of Sanford,
Fla. and Phillip Harry of
Grover; two sisters, Sarah Harry
McCarter of Grover and An-
nette Harry Woods of Piedmont,
S.C., four grandchildren and
three step-grandchildren.
CECIL C. SMITH
Funeral services for Cecil
Clyde Smith, 55, of 303 Fairfield
Drive, Tallahassee, Fla., former-
ly of Kings Mountain, were con-
ducted Wednesday afternoon at
2 p.m. from First Baptist Church
of Woodville, Fal., interment
following in Oakland Cemetery
in Tallahassee.
Mr. Smith died Monday in the
VA Hospital at Lake City, Fla.
after extended illness.
He was a native of Clayton,
Ga., former owner and operater
of a service station. He had lived
in Tallahassee nine months.
He was a veteran of military
service and a member of Wood-
ville, Fla, First Baptist Church.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Exie Greene of Tallahassee; two
sons, Cecil Clyde Smith, Jr. of
Cherryville and Norman Smith
of Kings Mountain; one
daughter, Cathy Goins of Cher-
ryville; one brother, Buddy
Smith, of Charlotte; two sisters,
Lena Stallings of Woodville, Fla.
and Dot Bell Reeves Reaves of
Woodville, Fla., and four grand-
children.
Culley and Sons Funeral
Home of Tallahassee was in
charge of arrangements.
KM Native Sees
Olympic Torch Pass
George Anne Moss Marston, formerly of Kings Mountain and now
of Lajolla, Calif., couldn’t get tickets for the Olympic Games which are
now underway in nearby Los Angeles, but was able to see the Olympic
torch pass through her town last week.
An avid jogger, Mrs. Marston, daughter of Mrs. Sue Moss of Kings
Mountain and the late George Moss, got up before 5 a.m. one morning
TOM GLADDEN
Funeral services for Howard
Luco (Tom) Gladden, 69, of 621
Meadowbrook Road, former
Kings Mountain policeman,
were conducted Wednesday
afternoon at 3 p.m. from David
Baptist Church, of which he was
a member.
His pastor, Rev. James Parks,
officiated at the rites and inter-
ment was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Mr. Gladden died Monday in
Kings Mountain Hospital after
several month’s illness. He was a
native of Cleveland County, son
of the late William Walter and
Mary Ellen Stroupe Gladden.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Thelma Ware Gladden, of the
home; two daughters, Mrs.
Rachel Short of Charlotte and
Mrs. Linda Roberts of Kings
Mountain; two brothers, Fur-
man Gladden of Kings Moun-
tain and Charles F. Gladden of
Springfield, Va., eight grand-
children and two great-
grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to
David Baptist Church or the
North Carolina Lung Associa-
tion.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
BILLY RAY McGINNIS
Billy Ray McGinnis, 48, of
6845 Supreme Court, Spr-
ingfield, Virginia, died early
Monday morning at the home.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest L. McGinnis of Rt. 3
Kings Mountain.
Carpenter’s Funeral Home is
in charge of local arrangements.
CARD OF THANKS
We would like to thank
everyone for their sympathy,
prayers and concern during our
recent bereavement. May God
‘bless each of you who have been
so thoughtful. !
THE FAMILY OF
MILLIE GLADDEN
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to jog along the beach and hopefully see the Olympic torch pass by.
As it turned out, the torch bearer was about an hour late coming
through Lajolla. After staying on the beach until after 6 a.m. to see the
torch, Mrs. Marston returned home at 7 and called her mother.
“She just had to tell someone,” Mrs. Moss said. “She said it was
amazing the large crowd of people that turned out that early in the
morning to see the torch being carried along the beach.”
Mrs. Marson had hoped to see San Diego Padre first baseman Steve
Garvey carry the torch through San Diego Park a couple days earlier,
but couldn’t get close enough to see because of the large crowds.
Mrs. Marston works as a sales manager for Pulse Electronic Cor-
poration in San Diego.
Although she won't be attending the Olympic Games, she did get to
see the Olympic basketball team play a group of NBA stars in San
Diego recently.
“She and her husband are both graduates of the University of North
Carolina, so it was a big thrill for her to get to see Michael Jordan and
Sam Perkins,” Mrs. Moss said.
Sometimes it seems you can never get things right!
Two weeks ago in the Kings Mountain police report, it was stated
that “Kings Mountain Police charged Chris Short of 701 Landing
Street with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting bodily injury
following an incident on July 10.
Keith Guin of 532 Baker Street reported the assault.
Guin was arrested on July 14.”
The above line should have read Short was arrested on July 14.
Slants
By
Gary Stewart
Then, last week, Guin called to have the above correction made, but
we understood the caller to say the entire account of the assault was
wrong, sO we ran a correction saying that Guin was charged with
assault.
So, let’s clear it up for good.
Guin was assaulted.
Short was charged.
Now, if we’re wrong again, you'll read in next week’s paper that I
was charged with assault.
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