OBITURRIES
LINDA CHAMPION
Funeral services for Linda
Reynolds Champion, 40, of
1013 Brookwood Drive, who
died Friday in Charlotte
Memorial Hospital, were con-
ducted Sunday afternoon at 3
p.m. from Macedonia Baptist
Church.
Rev. Jesse Bailey and Rev.
Robbie Moore officiated at the
rites and interment was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Mrs. Champion was a native
of Cleveland County, daughter
of Warren Reynolds of Kings
Mountain and Ela Joy Pearson
of Kings Mountain. She was a
member of Macedonia Baptist
Church.
Surviving are her husband,
Donald Champion; two sons,
Mark Champion and Jody
Champion of the home; a
brother, Paul Reynolds of Kings
Mountain; . four sisters, Kelly
Patton of Gaffney, S.C., Peggy
Levergood of Charlotte, Regina
Dixon and Shelly Pearson, both
of Kings Mountain.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
BLAKE ROBBINS. SR.
Funeral services for Blake
Robbins, Sr., 62, of Route 5,
who died Thursday in Charlotte
Memorial Hospital, were con-
ducted Sunday afternoon at 3
p.m. from Shiloh AME Zion
Church by the Rev. E.M.
Browning, Rev. J.C. White, Rev.
Buddy Jones and Rev. Enslow
McClain, interment following in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Robbins was a native of
Chester County, S.C., son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Brown Rob-
bins. He was a member of Shiloh
AME Zion Church where he
served as a class leader and
trustee.
Surviving are his wife, Wilmer
Moore Robbins; two sons, Blake
Robbins, Jr. and Sammy Rob-
bins of Kings Mountain; a
daughter, Willie Mae Robbins of
the home; a brother, Frank Rob-
bins of Charlotte; two sisters,
Ailine Hatton. of Gastonia and
Mary Wilson of Rock Hill, S.C.
and five grandchildren.
J.W. Gill and Sons Funeral
Home was iny charge of. ar-
‘rarigements.
- Nebraska;
Mr. Hartsoe was a native of
Kings Mountain and a retired
salesman. He was the son of the
late Edgar and Effie Rosebud
Hartsoe.
Surviving are two sisters,
Lorene Anderson and Nettie
Tate, both of Kings Mountain.
CHARLOTTE MOELLER
Funeral services for Miss
Charlotte Moeller, 84, of Kings
Creek, S.C., formerly of Kings
Mountain, were conducted
Monday from Shuford Hatcher
. Funeral Home Chapel by Rev.
Herbert Bailey and Rev. H.T.
Smith, interment following in
Smyrna ARP Church Cemetery.
Miss Moeller died Friday at
Oakmont Nursing Center in
Greenville, S.C.
She was the daughter of the
late Simon and Lena Meise
Moeller and a retired registered
nurse. She was a member of St.
Matthew’s Lutheran Church of
Kings Mountain.
Surviving are three brothers,
Paul Moeller of Gaffney, Cons-
tant Moeller of Greenville and
Rev. Victor Moeller of
two sisters, Mrs.
Louise Kendall of Washington
and Miss Shophie Moeller of
Virginia.
WILLIAM HARTSOE
Funeral services for William
Richard Hartsoe, 70, who died
Saturday in a Greenville Nursing
Home, were conducted Monday
afternoon at 2 p.m. from the
Chapel of Harris Funeral Home
by Rev. J.C. Goare and Rev.
Dale Thornburg.
Burial was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
MARGARET GRICE
Funeral services for Mrs.
Margaret Virginia Grice, 67, of
520 S. Washington St., Shelby,
sister of ‘Lallage Holtschulte of
Kings Mountain, were con-
ducted Tuesday afternoon from
Webb Chapel of First Baptist
Church by Dr. Gene Watterson
and Dr. Joe Reeves, interment
following in Shelby’s Sunset
Cemetery.
3 Mrs. Grice died Saturday at
home.
Break-Ins Reported
A rash of break-ins and
larceny reports kept police busy
during the weekend.
Marty Blanton, Secretary to
KMPD Chief Jackie Barrett,
said thieves took six weapons
during a break-in at Western
Auto Store and hit several utility
buildings: where large assort-
ments of tools, chain saws and
heaters were taken.
Albion Meservey, of 210 E.
Parker St., reported that $700
worth of tools were taken from
his utility building during a
break-in.
Kenneth Bullard, 804 Groves
St., said thieves took a radio,
trans receiver, set of speakers, a
spotlight and 15 country tapes
valued at $725 from his van
parked at his residence.
Toby Stidham, 610 W.
Church St., Cherryville, reported
theft of his car battery.
Phyllis Chambers, Landmark
Apts., reported that his car tag
was stolen. The number on the
license plate is YYP 632.
Mill Outlet, KM Plaza,
reported that someone took the
keys to the firms’ cash register.
Mearl Valentine, 521 Fall-
ingwood Drive, reported his tool
box valued at $400 was removed
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George Clark, Shelby Road,
reported his chain saw was
stolen valued at $150.
Depot Stop & Go reported
that windows were broken out
of the building and a money bag
taken containing undetermined
amount of cash.
A parked school bus at Cen-
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Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday. December 20, 1984
She was a native of Cleveland
County, daughter of the late
AP. and Texie Smith Warlick
and the widow of James P.
Grice. She was retired from
Montaldo’s of Charlotte, where
she was a buyer. She was a
member of Shelby’s First Baptist
Church.
Surviving are her son, James
P. Grice, Jr. of Wilmington; a
daughter, Cynthia G. Wray of
Shelby; a brother, H.P. Warlick
of Booneville; three sisters, Avis
Gill of Miami, Fla., Adelene Day
of Boonville and Junie Rutledge
of Greensboro; and four grand-
children.
Memorials may be made to
the Hospice of Cleveland Coun-
ty. Checks should be made
payable to the United Way and
marked for Hospice.
LEWIS HAYES
Funeral services for Lewis
Neal Hayes, 57, of 208 N.
Weldon St., Gastonia, who died
Monday at Gaston Memorial
Hospital, were conducted
Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Sisk-
Butler Funeral Home by Rev.
Fred Morrison, interment
following in Bessemer City
Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. Hayes was a Cleveland
County native, son of the late
Kally and Nancy Holscloth
Hayes.
Surviving are his wife,
Margaret Testman Hayes; three
sons, Ricky Hayes of Gastonia
and Roger and Neal Hayes, both
of Kings Mountain; two
daughters, Judy Day of
Bessemer City and Vickie Sears
of Gastonia; three brothers, Paul
Hayes of Dallas, Clyde Hayes of
Bessemer City and Johnny
Hayes of Atlanta, Ga., and 11
grandchildren.
He was a disabled veteran.
MILDRED COX
Mildred Cobb Cox, 76, of 204
South Tracy Street, Kings
Mountain, died Monday at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
A native of Anderson County,
S.C., she was the daughter of the
late John and Virginia Smith
Cobb and the widow of the late
Benjamin Franklin Cox. She was
a member of Kings Mountain
Baptist Church.
She is survived by one son,
Robert Cox of Kings Creek,
S.C.; two daughters, Martha
Poteat of McClain, Va., and
Sarah Shaw of Kings Mountain;
three sisters, Helen Cobb of
Greenville, S.C., Susie Belcher of
Grier, S.C., and Betty Cely of
Easley, S.C.; nine grandchildren;
and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at
Harris Funeral Home Chapel by
the Rev. J.C. Goare. Burial was
in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
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