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Thursday, March 21, 1985-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 3A
SHARON, S.C. -Mrs. Sara
Blanche Harris, 79, of
Sharon, died Friday at Divine
Savior Hospital in York.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Robert Harris Sr.; six
sons, John William Harris of
Sharon, Robert Harris Jr. of
York, Steve Wade Harris of
Chester, Perry Harris of
York, Jerry Harris of Sharon
rand Leo Harris of Sharon;
four daughters, Mrs. Martha
Woods, Mrs. Margaret
Stewart and Mrs. Grace Gar-
rison, all of Chester, and Mrs.
Joan Hager of Mooresville;
six brothers, Roy Bridges,
Jim Bridges, Ray Bridges,
Hood Bridges and Arnold
Bridges, all of Kings Moun-
tain, and Tom Bridges of Lex-
ington; two sisters, Mary
Bryte Foster of Chester and
Mrs. Bonnie Absher of
Bessemer City; 26 grand-
children and 27 great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services were con-
ducted Sunday at 3 p.m. at
Bullock Creek Presbyterian
Church. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Bullock Creek Presbyterian
Church.
JAMES SHEPHARD
Funeral services for James
Alfred Shephard, 87, of 204
Palmer St., Shelby, who died
Friday at home, were con-
ducted Sunday afternoon at 3
p.m. from Eastside Baptist
Church by Rev. Harold Fite
and Rev. Wilson Padgett, in-
terment following in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Shephard was a native
of Rutherford County and had
retired from J.P. Stevens Co.
He was a member of Eastside
Baptist Church. He was son
of the late Samuel and Loret-
ta Bailey Shephard.
Surviving are his wife,
Estelle Scruggs Shephard;
two sons, James Edward
Shephard of Gastonia and
William Warren Shephard of
the home; two sisters, Mrs.
Monroe Curry of Kings Moun-
tain and Mrs. Joe Allen of
Shelby; and a grandchild.
~~ FANNIE WHITE
Funeral services for Mrs.
Fannie Bell Payne White, 69,
of 208-A West Virginia
Avenue, Bessemer City, who
died Friday in the Kings
Mountain Hospital, were con-
ducted at 3 p.m. Monday
from Sunset Lane Baptist
Church by Rev. Bill Me-
Cauley and Rev. David Har-
din, interment following in
Westview Gardens. :
Mrs. White was a Gaston
County native, daughter of
the late Howard and Ethel
Fuller Payne and widow of
Willis G. White. She was a
retired textile employee and
a member of American
Legion Post 243 Women’s
Auxiliary. :
Survivors include two
daughters, Jean Wiggins and
Jo Causby, both of Bessemer
City;
Whitworth of Belmont;
Eloise Mabry of Kings Moun-
tain and Virginia Bazoon of
Bessemer City; stepmother,
Ida White Payne of Cliffside;
three half brothers, Dick
Payne of Bessemer City,
Howard Payne of Ormond
Beach, Fla. and Bob Moore of
Cliffside; seven grand-
children and one great-
grandchild.
LEONA FITE
Funeral services for Mrs.
Leona Murray Fite, 70, of 702
Katherine Avenue, who died
Sunday in Cabarrus
Memorial Hospital, were con-
ducted Tuesday afternoon at
4 p.m. from Grace United
Methodist Church of which
she was a member.
Rev. Roy Lockridge and
Rev. Larry Puryear of-
. ficiated at the rites and inter-
ment was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Mrs. Fite was a Cleveland
County native, daughter of
the late Harlan R. and Bea
Jones Murray and the widow
of Clyde Blain Fite. She was a
member of Unit 155,
American Legion Auxiliary.
Surviving are her
daughter, Karen Griffin, of
Concord; her brother, Dewey
Murray of Kings Mountain,
and two grandchildren.
three sisters, Lillian:
CASEY SELLERS
Graveside services for
Casey Sellers, infant son of
Eric and Shannon Yarbro
Sellers, were conducted
Wednesday morning at 11
a.m. from Bethlehem Baptist’
Church Cemetery by Rev. Ed
Sessoms. |
The child died Monday in
Cleveland Memorial
Hospital.
In addition to the parents,
survivors include maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ned T. Yarbro, of Kings
Mountain, and paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gene Sellers of Kings Moun-
tain.
JOE BROOKS
Funeral services for Joe
Wess Brooks, 51, of 901 S.
Post Road, Shelby, who died
Friday in Cleveland
Memorial Hospital, were con-
ducted Monday at 3 p.m.
from Shiloh Baptist Church
by Rev. R.E. Devoe, inter-
ment following in Webb
Memorial Lawns.
Mr. Brooks was a
Cleveland County native, son
of the late Wess and Bernice
Degree Brooks. He was a
former employee of Peeler
Farm.
Surviving are his wife,
Lucrecia Thomas Brooks: a
son, Leonard Huskey of
Kings Mountain; two
daughters, Cynthia D. Brooks -
and Shelia A. Brooks of
Shelby; three brothers, Wess
Brooks and Jay Hugh Brooks
of Grover and Bill Brooks of
Shelby; two sisters, Hattie
Dawkins and Christine
Anderson of Shelby; and
three grandchildren.
CORA SCISM
Funeral services for Mrs.
Cora Lee Ford Scism, 84, of
321 N. City Street, who died
Saturday in Kings Mountain
Convalescent Center, were
conducted Monday morning
at 11 a.m. from Master's
Funeral Home Chapel by
Rev. George Leigh, inter-
ment following in Mountain
Rest Cemetery. ;
Mrs. Scism was a native of
Cleveland County, daughter
of the late Charlie and Della
Ford and the wife of the late
Rolandus Scism. She was a
former employee of Freedom
Mill and a member of Moun-
tain View Baptist Church.
Survivors include three
daughters, Ruby Huffstetler
of Lincolnton, Ila Sims and
Mae Bennett, both of Kings
Mountain; two brothers, Esel
Ford of Wadesboro and
Harvey Ford of Kings Moun-
tain; sister, Lela Whetstine of
Kings Mountain; 13 grand-
children and 10 great-
grandchildren.
AUDREY CLARK
Funeral services for Mrs.
Audry Streupe Clark, 63, of
1907 Flint Lane, Gastonia,
who died Friday in the Kings
Mountain Hospital, were con-
ducted at 4 p.m. Sunday from
Ward Funeral Home by Rev.
Harry Hand and Dr. Joel
Jenkins, interment following
in Long Creek Cemetery.
She was the widow of Oscar
Clark.
Surviving are a daughter,
Martha Dulin of Kings Moun-
tain; two sons, Roger Clark
of Tyler, Texas and Bobby
Clark of Hong Kong, China:
sister, Essie Wyont of Con-
cord; five grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
~ Miles H. Rhyne
Miles Hoffman Rhyne of
' Raleigh, a leader in the North
Carolina banking community
for 40 years, a former state
senator and former member
of the state Utilities Commis- -
sion, died Wednesday.
‘Rhyne of 1002 Blenheim
Road was 78.
He served in the state
Senate, representing Gaston
County in the 1961 session,
and helped to write the
state’s first small loan
legislation. He served on the
utilities commission from
1970 to 1972.
From 1967 to 1969, Rhyne
was senior vice president and
Raleigh city executive of
Branch Banking and Trust
Co. From 1972 to 1980, he was
associated with First Citizens
National Bank.
Rhyne began his banking
career as a bookkeeper and
teller for First National Bank
of Gastonia from 1928 to 1934.
From 1934 to 1960, he worked
for the National Bank of Com-
merce in Gastonia, rising.
from assistant cashier to
bank president. =~
From 1960 to 1962, he was
executive vice president of
First Union National Bank in
Charlotte. :
From 1962 to 1965, he was
president and chief executive
officer of Lincoln Bank of
Van Nuys, Calif., and from
1965 to 1967 was president of
Greenfield State Bank,
Bakersfield, Calif.
Rhyne was the founder and
. first president of the Gaston
County YWCA and past presi-
dent of the Gastonia
Chamber of Commerce and
the Gaston County Merchants
Association.
Funeral was at 4 p.m.
Thursday at Brown-Wynne
Funeral Home on St. Mary's
Street with committal ser-
vices at 1 p.m. Friday at
Lutheran Chapel Church in
Gastonia.
Surviving are his wife.
Mrs. Rubye D. Rhyne:
daughters, Mrs. Patricia
Rhyne Thomas of Chapel Hill
and ‘Mrs. June Rhyne (Mrs.
Will) Herndon of Kings
Mountain; brother, Claude
Rhyne of Americus, Ga.:
sister, Mrs. Harry Cherry of
Lakeland, Fla. seven grand-
children; two great-
grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers.
memorial contributions may
be made to the Miles H.
Rhyne Memorial Fund in
care of Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church, 2723 Clark Ave.
Raleigh, N.C. 27607.
JIMMY ARTHURS
Funeral services for Jim-
my Lee Arthurs, 50, of 627
Vernon St., Cherryville, who
died Wednesday in Charlotte
Memorial Hospital, were con-
ducted Friday at 4 p.m. from
Temple Baptist Church by
Rev. Jesse Johnson and Rev.
Franklin Monroe, interment
following in Kings
Mountain’s Mountain Rest
Cemetery. ; :
Mr. Arthurs was the owner
of Arthurs Insurance Agen-
cies, Inc. of Kings Mountain.
He was the son of the late
Hope and Nancy Greene Ar-
thurs.
Surviving are his wife,
Peggy Cooke Arthurs; four
sons, Dan, Steve and Donnie
Arthurs of Cherryville and
Doug Arthurs of Gastonia; a
daughter, Tracy Hoyle, of
Cherryville; five stepsons,
Steve Childers of Grand
Rapids, Mich.,, Wynn and
Bruce Childers of Kings
Mountain; Wyman Childers
of Hardinburg, Ind. and
Rodney Childers of Lin-
colnton; stepdaughters,
Wynona Phillips of Kings
Mountain and Marion Camp-
bell of Cloverville, S.C., three
brothers, Floyd Arthurs of
Winston-Salem, Andy Ar-
thurs of Wilmington, and
Mike Arthurs of Atlanta, Ga.,
four sisters, Jean Champion
of Gastonia, Joann Uren of
Raleigh, Betty Greene of
West Palm Beach, Fla. and
Nancy Fox of Morehead*City
and 17 grandchildren.
EATHER BRANCH
Funeral services for
Eather Moore Branch, 90, of
Route 1, Grover, who died
Wednesday in Shelby Con-
valescent Home, were con-
ducted Friday morning at 11
o'clock from Lutz Austell
‘Chapel by Dr. Bobby Ridge,
interment following in Ross
Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Mrs. Branch was a
Cleveland County native,
daughter of the late Charlie
and Lettie Dawson Moore
and wife of the late Colin
Branch.
Surviving are two
daughters, Maude Clark of
Grover and Ruth Queen of
Shelby ; a brother, Broughton
Moore of Shelby; four sisters,
Birdie Kinsey of Shelby,
Novela Kinsey of
Greensboro, Vergie Bridges
of Charleston, S.C. and Mary
Sue Detter of Dallas; five
grandchildren, 16 great-
grandchildren and three
great great-grandchildren.
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