Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, March 6, 1986
OBITURRIES
FLAY SHAPPARD
Funeral services for Fla
Sheppard, 74, of Elm Road,
Grover, who died Friday in
Kings Mountain Hospital,
were conducted Sunday at 3
p.m. from Bethan Baptist
Church by Rev. James
Sanders, interment following
in the church cemetery.
Mr. Sheppard was a
Cleveland County native,
retired pamiing contractor,
and son of the late Alex and
Maggie Randle Sheppard and
the husband of the late Lillie
Mae Montgomery Sheppard.
Surviving are two stepsons,
Grady Hopper and Lonnie
Hopper of Shelby; one
daughter, Louise Caveny of
Grover; three stepdaughters,
Pauline Gib of Mannheim,
Pa., Betty Truhlar of
Chicago, Ill. and Peggy
Borgia of New York, N.Y.
and one brother, Fred Shep-
rd of Grover; three sisters,
va Patterson and Evilee
Hambright of Kings Moun-
tain and Zip Hardin of
Grover; and three grand-
children.
Memorials may be made to
the Grover Rescue Squad or
to Bethany Baptist Church.
PEARL DOVER
Funeral services for Pearl
Mullinax Dover, 78, of 5300
Parkdale Circle, who died
Friday in Gaston Memorial
Hospital, were conducted
Sunday at 3 p.m. from Kings
Mountain Church of God by
Rev. R.L. Walker, interment
following in Mountain View
Co ngiory at Blacksburg,
Mrs. Dover was a native of
Kings Mountain and a
charter member of Kings
Mountain Church of God. She
was the daughter of the late
John and Fannie Bell Ham
Mullinax and the widow of
Forrest Dover.
Surviving are one
daughter, Emma Jean
Gregory of Bessemer City;
four brothers, Garland
Mullinax of Silver Springs,
Md., Worth Mullinax of
Riverdale, Md., Floyd
Mullinax and Lawrence
Mullinax, both of
Blacksburg, S.C., three
sisters, Anna Bell of
Blacksburg, S.C., Mamie
Condrey of Shelby and
Jeanette Turner of Grover;
eight grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
CORA STEPP
Funeral services for Cora
Irby Stepp, 79, of Charlotte,
who died Wednesday in
Charlotte Presbyterian
Hospital, were conducted
Saturday at 2 p.m. from
Kings Mountain’s Cherokee
Street Baptist Church of
which she was a member.
Rev. George Leigh of-
ficiated at the rites and inter-
ment was in Sharon
Memorial Park in Charlotte.
LOYD’S
Mrs. Stepp was a native of
Buncombe County, retired
textile employee, and
daughter of the late James A.
and Nancy Elizabeth Irby.
Her first husband was the
late James Staggs.
Surviving are her husband,
James McKinley Stepp; two
sons, James Staggs, Jr. of
Waxhaw and William
McKinley Staggs of Shelby; a
daughter, Inez Staggs of
Charlotte; a sister, Eva Wall
of Danville, Va., six grand-
children and two great-
grandchildren.
MARY GRACE MOORE
Funeral services for Mrs.
Mary Grace Berry Moore, 57,
of Long Creek Church Road,
who died Saturday in the
Kings Mountain Hospital,
were conducted Monday at 4
p.m. from Long Creek
Presbyterian Church of
which she was a member.
Rev. Charles Davenport,
assisted by Rev. Mitchell
Pruitt, officiated at the rites
and interment was in church
cemetery.
Mrs. Moore was a Gaston
County native and formerly
served on the board of the
Chestnut Ridge Volunteer
Fire Department. She was
the daughter of the late John
and Viola Wilson Berry.
Surviving are three sons,
Frankie Moore of Kings
Mountain, Gary Moore of
Greer,S.C. and Warren
Moore of Morganton; one
daughter, Cynthia M. Stamey
of Kings Mountain; four
brothers, Isaac Berry of
Bessemer City, David Berry
of Hampstead and John
Berry and Thomas Berry,
both of Kings Mountain, and
four grandchildren.
CHARLES G. SWOFFORD
Charles Glenn Swofford, 69,
of 319 12th Ave., N., St.
Petersburg, Fla., formerly of
Kings Mountain, died Satur-
day.
He was a retired plumber.
He was the son of the late
Robert and Mary Ethel
Green Swofford.
Surviving are his wife, Etta
Barnes Swofford; five
brothers,-Howard Swofford of
Kings Mountain, Roy Swof-
ford of Shelby, Lee Swofford
of Dallas, Texas, Alfred
Swofford of Indianapolis,
Inc., and James Swofford of
Minneapolis, Minn., and one
sister, Alice Arcand of Forest
Lake, Minn.
Services will be held in
John H. Rhodes Chapel in St.
Petersburg and burial will be
in Bay Pines National
Cemetery.
BONNIE CUNNINGHAM
Bonnie Dalton Cunn-
ingham, 86, 612 Flow Street,
Gastonia, died Tuesday in
KM Convalescent Center.
She was a native of Macon
County, N.C., daughter of the
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Survivors include five
daughters, Nina Henderson
of Kings Mountain, Margie
Hutchins of Bessemer City,
Margaret Hill and Joyce
Tate, both of Gastonia, and
Betty Eckard of Conover;
three sons, James and Ray
Cunningham, both of
Gastonia, and Melvin Cunn-
ingham of Bessemer City;
three sisters, Ruby Long of
Gastonia, Kitty Keever of
Lincolnton and Maudie
Buchanan of Jacksonville,
N.C.; 28 grandchildren, 41
great-grandchildren and
three great-great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be .
conducted at 2 p.m. Thursda
from Zion Baptist Churc
with Rev. Sam Robbins of-
ficiating. Interment will be in
Greenwood Cemetery in Bel-
mont.
The family was to receive
friends Wednesday night
from 7 until 9 p.m. at Sisk
Butler Funeral Home in
Bessemer City.
MRS. GARLAND E. STILL
Funeral services for Mrs.
Winnie Vera Mauney Still, 83,
widow of Former Mayor
Garland E. Still, were con-
ducted Tuesday morning at
11 o’clock from St. Matthew’s
Lutheran Church of which
she was a member.
Her pastor, Rev. Harwood
T. Smith, officiated at the
rites, and interment was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Mrs. Still, former resident
of Kings Mountain and a
former school teacher in
Kings Mountain and Winston-
Salem, died Sunday at 3 p.m.
at Covenant Village in
Gastonia, where she had
resided for several years. She
died after an illness of
several years.
She was a native of
Cleveland County, daughter
of the late R. Lawrence and
Jennie Grace Redfern
Mauney, pioneer Kings
Mountain citizens and in-
dustrialists. She was a
graduate of Kings Mountain!
High School and Converse
College at Spartanburg, S.C.
and was long active in Col-
onel Frederick Hambright
Chapter, Daughters of - the
American Revolution, and
ie Rings Mountain Woman's
ub.
She is survived by two sons, ;
Garland E. Still, Jr. of
Gastonia and Dr. John
Lawrence Still of Dunedin,
Fla. and one daughter, Miss
Grace Christine Still of Dan-
ville, Va. Also surviving are
six grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the fami-
ly has designated memorials
to Alzheimers Disease
Research Center, Box 2914,
Duke Medical Center,
Durham, N.C. 27710.
JULIA LOWERY
Funeral services for Mrs.
Julia W. Lowery, 73, of 926
Church St., Shelby, mother of
Norman Lowery of Kings
Mountain, were conducted
Friday at 2 p.m. from Land-
mark Baptist Church by Rev.
Allen Davis, Rev. T.W.
Lovelace and Rev. John
Miles, interment following in
‘Sunset Cemetery.
Mrs. Lowery was wife of
Daniel O. Lowery who sur-
vives, in addition to two sons,
Norman Lowery of Kings
Mountain and James Lowery
of Shelby; one sister, Clara
Nalley of Napa, Calif., nine
grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren.
A native of Oak Grove,
Texas, she was retired with
Dicey Mill and was a
Per of Landmark Bap-
tist Church. She was the
daughter of the late James
Woodson and Emma Louise
Hazelwood Ward.
Memorials may be made to
Landmark Baptist Church,
Shelby.
JOHN EDD QUEEN
Funeral services for John
Edd Queen, 75, of 904
. Elizabeth Road, Shelby, who
died Wednesday at Kings
Mountain Convalescent
Center, were conducted Fri-
day at 4 p.m. from Webb
Chapel of First Baptist
Church by Dr. Gene Watter-
son and Rev. Roland Leath,
interment following in
Shelby’s Sunset Cemetery.
Mr. Queen was a Cleveland
County native, son of the late
Will L. and Minnie Jenkins
Queen and a retired safety
and quality control director
at J.P. Stevens and a
member of Shelby First Bap-
tist Church, Shelby Lions
Club and Masonic Lodge 744.
Surviving are his wife, Or-
mi Lee White Queen; one son,
John C. Queen of Monroe and
one daughter, Mrs. Kathy
Blanton of Charlotte; four
sisters, Rochelle Ingle, Mrs.
Emmett Horne, Mrs. James
Hamilton and Mrs. Elizabeth
Hicks, all of Shelby; and
three grandchildren.
Mr. Queen was brother-in-
law of Mrs. Vernon P. (Pat)
Crosby of Kings Mountain.
Memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Socie-
ty.
GRIER F. WRIGHT
Funeral services for Grier
Furman Wright, 85, of Cher-
ryville Road, who died Satur-
day night at 8:15 p.m. in the
Kings Mountain Hospital
after several weeks illness,
were conducted Monday
afternoon at 3 p.m. from
Shady Grove Baptist Church
of which he was a member.
Rev. Dan Silver and Rev.
Richard Plyler officiated.
Mr. Wright was a native of
Cleveland County, son of the
late Pinkney and Margaret
Sellers Wright and a retired
textile employee.
He is survived by his sister,
Mrs. Vada Falls of Kings
Mountain; two half brothers,
James Wright of Lawndale
and Orville Wright of Shelby;
a half-sister, Mrs. Lorene
Glenn of Shelby.
JAMES TART
Funeral services were held
Feb. 17, 1986 for James Dun-
can Tart, age 56, at Roanoke
Baptist Church, Roanoke
Rapids, N.C.
Mr. Tart was a former
manager of Roses Store in
Kings Mountain.
He is survived by his wife,
Patricia Henderson Tart, a
son, James Andrew Tart, of
Henderson, 'N.C., two
daughters, Marlene T. Lyles
of Ronaoke Rapids and Lisa
Tart of Atlantic Beach, N.C.
He was son-in-law of Mrs.
Lillian Henderson of Kings
Mountain. :
MRS. LEE McDANIEL
Funeral services for Mrs.
Colean Dixon McDaniel, 81,
of Bethlehem Road, widow. of
Lee McDaniel, were con-
ducted Tuesday afternoon at
3 p.m. from Bethlehem Bap-
tist Church of which she was
a member.
Rev. Ed Sessoms assisted
by Rev. Russell Fitts, of-
ficiated at the rites and inter-
ment was in Bethlehem
cemetery.
Mrs. McDaniel died Satur-
day night at 8:50 p.m. in.
Kings Mountain Convales-
cent Center where she was a
resident and after illness of
several months. She was a
retired textile employee and
native of Cleveland County,
daughter of the late Curtis
Sims and Addie Mae Wylie
Dixon.
Surviving are her brother,
H.K. Dixon, of Kings Moun-
tain; two sisters, Mrs. Elzie
Hardin of Grover and Mrs.
Iowan Easley of Wilmington;
two stepsons, Douglas
McDaniel of Kings Mountain
and Dennis McDaniel of
Grover; one stepdaughter,
Mrs. Edith Reynolds of Kings
Mountain.
Mrs. McDaniel was mother
of the late Charles E. Dixon
who died in 1974.
In lieu of flowers the family
has designated memorials to
Bethlehem Baptist Church.
BOBBY SISK
Funeral services for Bobby
Dean Sisk, 47, who died Sun-
day, were conducted Tuesday
at 4 p.m. from Sisk-Butler
Funeral Home in Bessemer
City by Rev. Charles Daven-
rt and Rev. Charles Kinley,
interment following in Long
Creek Presbyterian Church
Cemetery.
Mr. Sisk was a Cleveland
County native, son of the late
Charles and Essie Sisk
Kinley.
He was a supervisor at
Jenkins Metal Corporation.
Surviving are his wife, Pat-
sy Penner Sisk; one son, Jef-
frey Sisk of Gastonia; four
stepsons, James Norman of
Jacksonville, Fla., Melvin
Norman of Atlanta, Ga:, and
Jerry Norman and Kenneth
Norman, both of Bessemer’
City; two daughters, Nancy
Kilpatrick of Yula, Fla. and
Teresa Sylvester of Port St.
Lucie, Fla., three brothers,
Sisk, both of Mount Holly
and Herman Kinley of Bel
mont; seven grandchildren
and four step-grandchildren. ©
Rev. Charles Davenport
and Rev. Charles Kinley of:
ficiated at the rites. :
BILL WIGGINS
Funeral services fo
Walter J. (Bill) Wiggins, 76
of Route 1, Bell Road
Bessemer City, who die
Thursday at his home, wer
conducted Saturday at 3 p.m
from Holland Memorial Bap-
tist Church by Rev. Kenneth
Anthony, interment following
in Bessemer City Memorial
Cemetery.
A native of Richland Coun-
ty, S.C., he was the son of the
late Major and Mary Sue
Foster Wiggins and a retired
driver for Akers Motor Lines
ond a veteran of World War
II.
Surviving are his wife,
Lessie Bell Wiggins; three
daughters, Susan Putnam of
Kings Mountain and Mildred
Croft and Audrey Ballard,
both of Bessemer City; two
brothers, M.L. Wiggins of
Cordova and John W. Wig-
gins of Gulfport, MS., seven
sisters, Della Roper of
Franklin, Theda Elkin,
Virginia Hammond, and
Myrtle Wiggins of Columbia,
S.C., Lona Turbyfill of West
Columbia, S.C., Hazel Gilbert
of Williamsport, Md. and
Bessie Knight of Nashville,
Tenn.; seven grandchildren
and four great-
grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to
the American Cancer Society
or Gaston County Hospice.
United Way
From Page 1-A
Cleveland County, of which
Dean Garver was campaign
chairman, raised $789,613 or
116 percent of its goal and
almost 24 percent more than
was raised last year.
Kings Mountain United
Way was recognized for com-
munities raising less than
$150,000. Cleveland County
United Way was recognized
for communities raising bet-
ween $150,000 and $1 million.
“We are so pleased and want
to thank everyone who helped
make this campaign a suc-
cess,” said Mrs. Strickland.
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