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OBITURRIES Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, April 18, 1985 GEORGE HORNE Funeral services for George Guy Horne, 80, of 103 Center Street, who died Saturday in the Kings Moun- tain Hospital after extended illness, were conducted Tues- day afternoon at 3 p.m. from the Chapel of Masters Funeral Home. Rev. Buddy Williams will officiate at the rites and in- terment will be in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Mr. Horne was a self- employed piano tuner and salesman and a member of Eastside Baptist Church. He was the son of the late Julius Braxton and Sarah Ann Bostic Horne. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mildred Ware Horne; a son, Ray Horne of Kings Mountain; a brother, Em- mette Horne of Shelby; and three grandchildren. : GEORGE HERNDON George Anderson Herndon, 73, of Asheville, N.C. and native of Kings Mountain, died Sunday, April 14, at home. Services were held at Morris Funeral Home in Asheville with interment at Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery, Arden, N.D. Mr. Herndon, a graduate of Wake Forest College, was well known in financial circles in the Carolinas as for a number of years he was associated with R.S. Dickson Investment Company of Charlotte; later serving as vice-president to both the Bank of Asheville and later to Goodrich Corporation. He had been in declining health for several years. Survivors are daughter, ‘Atlanta Georgia; sons, George Anderson Herndon, Jr. of Greensboro, N.C. and Monty Herndon of Asheville; three grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Hazel H. Fryer of Kings Mountain; brother Marion Elmer Herndon, Jr. of Charlotte. MILDRED CALDWELL Funeral serviges for Mrs. Mildred Elizabeth O’Brien Caldwell, 86, of 101 Cloninger Street, who died Friday in the Kings Mountain Hospital, were conducted Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. from the Chapel of Harris Funeral Home. Rev. Dennis Setzer, Rev. Jesse Bailey and Rev. Jimmy Caldwell officiated at the rites and interment was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Mrs. Caldwell was a native of Gaston County, daughter of the late John Booth and Emma Payseur O’Brien. She was widow of Henry Hunter Caldwell and a retired textile employee. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church of Bessemer City. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.Pauline Har- bin and Miss Anna Caldwell, both of Kings Mountain; her sister, Miss Margie O’Brien of Bessemer City; three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. MARGARET CHANEY Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Ledford Chaney, 62,0f 5821 Idelbrook Drive, Charlotte, who died Thursday in Melbourne, Fla., were con- ducted Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Har- ris Funeral Home. Rev. Robbie Moore of- ficated at the rites and inter- ment was in Gaston Memorial Park. Mrs. Chaney, widow of Marcus Luther Chaney, was a native of York County, S.C., daughter of the late Irvin Ledford and Mrs. Ruth Hin- son Ledford who survives. Surviving, in addition to her mother, are three sons, Michael Chaney of Cocoa Beach, Fla., Barry Chaney of Springs, Texas and Roger Chaney of Mooresville; one daughter, Mrs. Deborah Powell of Rocky Mount; three brothers, Jack Ledford of Charlotte, Edward Ledford of Charleston, S.C. and Jerry Ledford of Rome, Ga., two sisters, Mrs. Inez Worthan of Douglasville, Ga. and Mrs. Betty Henderson of Morgan- ton; and 11 grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Cleveland County Chapter, American Cancer Society, 201 W. Marion St., Shelby, N.C. 28150. W. HAROLD DOVER Funeral services for William Harold Dover, 73, of 109 Water Oak St., who died Wednesday at his home, were conducted Friday morning at 11 o’clock from Harris Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Ed Sessom officiated at the rites and interment was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Mr. Dover was a retired textile employee, son of the late Lawson Harold and Lela Goforth Dover. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Royster Dover; two daughters, Mrs, Pat Herndon and Mrs. Carol Valentine, both of Kings Mountain; one brother, Paul Dover of Kings Mountain; three sisters, Mrs. Frances Thornburg, of Kings Moun- tain, Mrs. Carolyn Reynolds of Taylorsville and Mrs, Mar- tha Sue Albanese of Pro- vidence, R.I. and three grandchildren, Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Socie- ty, 201 W. Marion St., Shelby, N.C. 28150. DEDICATE FLAG POLE - Members of the Grover Rescue last weekend. The squad also placed wood signs at the Grover city limits recognizing its 25 years of service to the area, and Squad stand in front of a new flag and flag pole which were dedicated during the squad’s 25th anniversary celebration Investigation From Page 1-A of Kings Mountain and head of the Cemetery Department, -who has refused interviews from the media since he denied any wrongdoing on : WBTV Channel 3 Wednesday : night and in a news story by i Michael Goforth in The i Shelby Daily Star Wednes- i day. Jenkins had said that he i was unaware of the allega- { tions or even the creation of a i cemetery ‘commission’ and £ denied that he sells : monuments. He said that he collects fees from Bennett : Masters, who owns and ; operates Masters Funeral Home, and others, and those fees are turned over to the ci- : ty as required. He said that i he collects a foundation fee and has done so for years. “None of that money is mine. I work for the city and they pay me,” he was quoted as saying. (Jenkins has refused interviews since his lawyer advised him to make no com- ment, he told The Herald this week.) Jenkins said he has not been contacted by an member of the city ad- ministration nor the in- vestigation committee con- cerning probes into reports of missing funds. Thursday, Commissioner Allen said some ‘‘discrepan- cies’ were uncovered in an audit opened to his commit- . tee a week ago Tuesday and they met on Thursday after- noon, calling in Mayor Moss and several others at City Hall, at 1:30 p.m., and the committee turned the in- vestigation over to the Kings Mountain Police Department and the Detective Division. WBTV reporters and this GARLAND ATKINS Publisher DARRELL AUSTIN General Manager - 931-040. MEMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION The Herald is published by Herald Publishing House, P.O. Box 752, Kings Mountain, North Carolina. 28088. Business and editorial offices are located at Canterbury Road-East King Street. Phone 739-7496. Second class postage paid at Kings Mountain, N.C. Single copy 25 cents. Subscription rates: $10.45 yearly in-state. $5.23 six months. $11.50 yearly out of state. $5.80 six months. Student rates for nine months, $7.80. USPS GARY STEWART Managing Editor ELIZABETH STEWART News Editor honored its last retiring charter member, Buren Randle. Is Underway newspaper were in the lobby as the committee came from their conference. Allen said that his commit- tee’s investigation into possi- ble violations of rules govern- Ing cemetery fees indicated that fees were only collected from Bennett Masters and there seemed to be no record of others being paid by monu- ment suppliers. According to the city audit, a private monument company, Wiley Brothers, of York, S.C., had not paid alleged required fees for at least two years. W.R. Wiley, Jr., President of Wiley Brothers, Inc. of York, S.C., said that his company does not employ Jenkins and that Wiley’s father and Jenkins’ redecessor, Sam Suber, oth deceased, reached a ver- bal agreement 40 years ago to waive the fees. In return, the company agreed to provide cement and sand for the tombstone foundations. Various fees have been quoted in the media but not corroborated in the city codes books. The three-members of the cemetery committee have said they want to find out more about how the cemetery fees system works before they confront Ken Jenkins. “It’s confusing’, said Allen. Jenkins remains on the job. Is the City of Kings Moun- tain in the monument busin®ss? Mayor Moss says the city is not in the monu- ment business, rumors to the contrary. The Herald was unable to quoted in contact Bennett Masters, who was out of town until Thursday. Masters has been out-of-town newspapers as saying that he pays fees, others should also. City codes governing the operation of the city cemetery state in Article II, Mountain Rest Cemetery: “Subject to the order of the Board of City Commis- sioners, the cemetery shall be under the direct control and management of the mayor and a superintendent, appointed by the board, who -shall have absolute charge of the cemetery and are authorized to enforce the rules. Section 8:49 states: Foundations for all monuments, headstones, and the like shall be built by the cemetery at the expense of the lot owner, and 15 days notice must be given for the building of any such founda- tion. The cost for same must be paid for in advance. Ex- ceptions to these re- uirements may be made by the mayor, provided the wor is done in accordance with ‘cemetery rules and specifica- tions and is inspected and ac- cepted by the superintendent. The city codes do not give any provision for the selling of monuments at Mountain Rest Cemetery by the city. The late Sam R. Suber was superintendent of Mountain Rest “Cemetery for many years prior to his death. The present superintendent work- | ed for the late Mr. Suber for three months before he became his successor in 1963. W.D. WHITESIDE Funeral services for William Dorse Whiteside, 80, of 904 Boyce Street, who died Saturday in the Kings Moun- tain Hospital, were con- ducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. from Grace United Methodist Church of which he was a member. Rev. Larry Puryear of- ficated at the rites, assisted by Dr. Hoyle Whitesides, and interment was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Mr. Whiteside was a native of Lincoln County and a retired textile employee. He was son of the late John Lawson and Minnie Rebecca Mabry Whiteside and was a veteran of World War II, Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Alma Haynes Whiteside; son, Robert Whiteside of Kings Moun- tain; four brothers, Arnold Whiteside of Lincolnton, Paul Whiteside of Colfax, N.C., Floyd Whiteside of Monroe and Gordon Whiteside of Chicago, Ill; two sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Hoffman of Tuscon, Arizona and Mrs. Blanche Blackwell of Rock Hill, S.C.; one grandchild and one great-grandchild. MRS. ZELMA BLALOCK Funeral services for Mrs. Zelma Etta Logan Blalock, 80, of 707 West Mountain St., who died Thursday in the Kings Mountain Convales- cent Center, were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Harris Funeral Home. Rev. Sam Murphy and Rev. Russell Fitts officiated at the rites and interment was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Mrs. Blalock was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Etta Ann Wells and Ben G. Logan and widow of John Wyatt Blalock. She was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Surviving are her sister, Miss Mable Logan, of Kings Mountain. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank all the churches, pastors, friends, relatives, Ms. Curry, Mr. Gill, Mrs. Corry for all the prayers, words, visits, calls, flowers and food. THE FAMILY OF MS. ELIZABETH McCLAIN ~ JAMERSON To The Editor Dear Editor: April 22 through 28 is National Volunteer Week. It is an ex- . cellent time for us, the Red Cross, to say how much we ap- preciate all that volunteers do to help people in the communi- ty Thanks to our Red Cross volunteers, people can learn about CPR, first aid, swimming, water safety, high blood pressure and other health and safety areas. : When disasters strike on a local or national level, ‘counseling, etc. volunteers are there to help provide emergency assistance and help those affected get back on their feet again. They also provide an important link between those in service and their families in time of serious illness, death, birth of .a, child, Volunteer blood donors and volunteer workers at blood- mobiles provide the “gift of life’ to thousands of hospitalized patients each year. : Red Cross volunteers provide all of these services and so much more. They give of their time, share their talents and provide funding through United Way and personal contribu- tions. Sometimes they may feel their volunteer work goes un- noticed but we know how very special they are to donate their time in the midst of busy daily schedules of work and family. Because they care enough to volunteer, our community is a better place to live and work and grow. . BILL BUCHANAN, CHAPTER CHAIRMAN MARTHA SCRUGGS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR — NOTICE — Help for the hard of hearing! 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