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Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, July 8, 1987 OBITURRIES OSCAR CARPENTER Memorial services for Oscar Carpenter, 78, of Alex- andria,Va. formerly of Kings Mountain, were held Monday afternoon at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Alexandria. Mr. Carpenter died of cancer on July 3. He was graduated from Kings Mountain High School in 1926 and from the Universi- ty of North Carolina and Law School and practiced law for 35 years in Alexandria. Surviving are his wife,two children and one sister, Louise Carpenter. His brother, Admiral Steve Carpenter, died in 1986. BRENDA McDOWELL Brenda Kaye McCree McDowell 35, of 1716 Nor- thwood Drive, died Tuesday morning in the Kings Moun- tain Hospital. A Cleveland County native, she was the daughter of James and Ruth Froneberger McCree and was formerly employed with Winn-Dixie Store. She was a member of Long Branch First Baptist Church in Grover, where she served as church secretary, a member of the missionary circle and former usher. Surviving, in addition to her parents, are her husband, Danny Ray McDowell; a son, Derick Lamont McDowell of Kings Mountain; a daughter, Tonya Lavone McDowell of Kings Mountain;a brother, Jerry McCree of Kings Moun: tain; and two sisters, Evelyn Robertson of Raleigh and Gwendolyn Darby of Grover. Arrangements will be an- nounced by J.W. Gill and Sons Funeral Home. JOHN BLACK,JR. Funeral services for John Black,Jr., 66, of Route 1, Grover, who died Monday, were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. from Clay-Barnette x Hayward To Locate Near KM From Page 1-A local site selection was most influenced by the people of this area, the presence of a work force that was reared in a manufacturing environ- ment. Access to transporta- tion and availability of an ex- isting building were also im- portant factors in their deci- sion to locate here. The firm had looked at sites in Spar- tanburg, S.C. and other areas before deciding on Kings Mountain. Preston Yarbro will be plant manager of the Kings Mountain operation. Among guests recognized by Mayor Moss at the lun- cheon were L. E. Hinnant, chairman of the Cleveland County Board of Commis- sioners; Peggy Anderson and Jim. Epton of the N. C. Com- merce Department; Randy Chambers, president, and Phil Core, executive vice president of Gaston Chamber of Commerce. Also: Donnie Hicks, Ex- ecutive director of the Gaston County Economic Develop- ment Commission; Gaston County Manager Phil Hinley; EDC officials Joe Carpenter and John Rayfield and Jim Babb of Gaston College. Hayward Pool Products, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of the equip- ment for swimming pools which moves, cleans, and directs the flow of water. Ex- amples are filters, pumps, skimmers and valves for spas and jetted bathtubs. The products made at the local plant will be shipped to Canada and all over the coun- try, explained officials who pointed out that the company isn’t in the ‘pool building” business but provide the pro- ducts that make pools en- ~ joyable. Funeral Home by Rev.Den- nis Helms and Rev. Wray Barrett, interment following in Sunset Cemetery. Mr.Black retired in 1982 after 30 years as a painting supervisor at Duke Power Company. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late John and Fannie Odum Black. Surviving are his wife, Katherine Leonhardt Black; a stepson, Steven Charles Ramsey of Kings Mountain; three daughters, Mrs. Kathy Ann Melton and Mrs. Donna Faye Stowe, both of Charleston,S.C., and Mrs. Paula Denise Justice of Grover; four sisters, Mrs. Lura Ervin, Miss Eva Black, Mrs. Kathleen McSwain, Mrs. Dorothy Ervin, all of Shelby; and three grand- children. He was a veteran of World War II. ADDIE BRIDGES Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Tutherow Bridges, 77, of 102 North Gaston Street, who died at 2 p.m. Sunday at Kings Mountain Hospital, were conducted Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Temple Baptist Church, where she was a member. Rev. Eugene Hardin and Rev. Hilliard Tutherow of- ficiated. Burial was in Moun- tain Rest Cemetery. A native of Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Silas and Elizabeth Jackson Tutherow. She was the wife of Golden B. Bridges. Surviving, in addition to her husband, are one son, Joe Bridges; two daughters, Mrs. Jyce Plumbley and Mrs. Mary Frances Plonk, both of Kings Mountain; two brothers, George Tutherow and Winfred Tutherow, both of Cherryville; eight grand- children; and two great- grandchildren. THELMA MOORHEAD Funeral ‘services for’ Mrs. Thelma Moorhead, 82, of 513 Crescent Hill, who died Sun- day at 12:55 at Kings Moun- tain Hospital, were con- ducted Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church, where she was a member. Dr. Joel Jenkins and Dr. Robert Lamb officiated. Burial was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. A native of Anderson, S.C., she was widow of Walter Manley Moorhead and daughter of the late Warren and Maude Massey Watkins. She was a retired Southern Railway station agent, a Gold Star mother and member of Otis D. Green Unit 155, American Legion Auxiliary. She was a former member of Town and Country Garden Club and Thursday Afternoon Book Club. She is survived by niecs and nephews. RICHARD SMITH Funeral services for Jesse Richard Smith, 47, of 106 S. Inman Avenue, Bessemer Ci- ty, who died Saturday at Cleveland Memorial Hospital, were conducted Monday at 11 a.m. at Sisk- Butler Funeral Home in Bessemer City. Burial was in Bessemer City Memorial Cemetery. Mr. Smith was a native of Gaston County and son of the late Isaac Smith. He was an electrical supervisor for the City of Cherryville and a U.S. Army veteran. Surviving are his wife, Joann Downey Smith, who is employed at McGill Clinic in Kings Mountain; one son, Richard Smith of Bessemer City; one daughter, Sonya Kuykendall of Bessemer Ci- ty; his mother, Arizona Knight Wall of Gastonia; and two grandchildren. GUS BARBER Funeral services for Gus Barber, 63, of Route 8, Shelby, ‘who died Tuesday at home, will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. from Poplar Springs Baptist Church by Dr. James B. Richardson, interment following in the church cemetery. Mr. Barber was formerly of Kings Mountain, son of the late Jesse Augustus and Bryte Carpenter Barber. He ws married to Frances Hamrick Barber, who, sur-, vives. He had retired in 1987 after 43 years service at Ora Mill in Shelby. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are one son, Ronald Barber of the home; four sisters, Mrs. Hilda Lail of Boiling Springs, Mrs. Rachel Hunt, Mrs. Freida McSwain, and Mrs. Lynn Lybrand, all of Shelby; and one brother, John Barber of Shelby; three sisters, Mrs. Snookie Mode of North Augusta,S.C., Mrs. Aileen Kale, Mrs. Thelma Palmer, both of Shelby; six grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Poplar Springs Baptist Church of which he was a member. The family will receive friends Wednesday night from 7 until 9 p.m. at Clay- Barnette Funeral Home in Shelby. GARLAND ATKINS Publisher GARY STEWART Managing Editor DARRELL AUSTIN General Manager ELIZABETH STEWART News Editor MEMBER OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS ASSOCIATION The Herald is published by Herald Publishing House, P.O. Box 769, Kings Mountain, North Carolina 28086. Business and editorial offices are located at Canterbury Road-East King Street. Phone 739-7496. Se- cond clas postage paid at Kings. Mountain, N.C. Single copy 25 cents. 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