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Obituaries
NECODA BELL
Funeral services for
Necoda Bell, 87, of 224 Paris
Drive, who died Sunday in the
Cleveland Memorial
Hospital, were conducted
Thursday at 4 p.m. from
Long Branch Baptist Church
by Rev. R.D. Abbott, inter-
ment following in the church
cemetery.
Mrs. Bell was a native of
Cleveland County, daughter
of the late Pink and Elmar
Byrd Bell.
Surviving are a daughter,
Elsie Mae Bell Hill of
"Charlotte; two brothers, Pink
Bell, Sr. and Wade Bell of
Shelby; a sister, Ella Degree
of Shelby; eight grand-
children. 10 great-
grandchildren and four
great-great grandchildren.
Enloe Mortuary was in
charge of arrangements.
Yard Sale
To Benefit
KM Museum
Kings Mountain Fire
Department is asking for con-
tributions of yard sale items
from the public for a big yard
sale at the KM Fire Museum
on Cleveland Avenue August
8 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Fireman Steve Blanton
said that all donations will be
appreciated and that firemen
will pick up all the donated
items on Tuesday evening
before the yard sale on Sat.,
‘Aug. 8.
Concessions will also be
available at the museum. All
donations are earmarked for
the museum.
Connie
Putnam
Retires
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tain High School, she didn’t
take her first job until her
youngest child was eight and
worked for some time in
Charlotte as a legal secretary
with Transport Clearings.
Daughter of the late W.E.
and Ola Mae Goins, she is a
member of East Side Baptist
Church and resides on York
Road. She has three children,
Donna Butler, Darrell Ed-
ward Putnam and Jeffrey
Scott Putnam, all of Kings
Mountain, and four grand-
children, Amy and Mark
Butler, Matthew Tanner Put-
nam and Joshua Putnam.
Mrs. Putnam was surpris-
ed with a retirement party
Friday afternoon by
STployess of the city at City
Hall and presented a gold
watch. Mayor John Henry
Moss made the presentation
on behalf of employees.
Thursday evening women
employees at City Hall
honored Mrs. Putnam with a
steak dinner at Kelly’s in
Blacksburg and took the oc-
casion to present her with a
hanging basket for her home.
Nicholson
Is Running
For Board
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and Norma Bridges have fil-
ed; and in District IV three
former city police officers,
Retired Chief J.D. Barrett,
Joe King, now with the
Cleveland County Sheriff’s
Department, former Ptl.
Mike Sanders and Jeff
Gregory, all political
newcomers, seek to unseat
Norman King, who has not
announced if he plans to seek
re-election.
Filing continues until noon
Aug. 7th with Elections
Board Chairman Becky
Cook, Meadowbrook Road.
GOSPEL SING
There will be a gospel sing-
ing Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at
Midview Baptist Church.
Featured will be The Joyful
Sounds of Gastonia and The
Widner Family of Lenoir.
GOLDIE WRIGHT
Graveside services for
Mrs. Goldie Smith Wright, 71,
of 117 Heritage Drive, who
died Saturday at home, were
conducted Monday at 11 a.m.
from Mountain Rest
Cemetery by Rev. Eugene
Hardin and ‘Monsignor
William Welleim.
Mrs. Wright was a native of
Cleveland County, daughter
of the late David and Rachel
Ledford Smith. She was a
retired textile employee. She
was a member of Temple
“Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband,
Troy Wright; two daughters,
Linda McDermid of Kings
Mountain and Sandi Wright
of Shelby; four brothers, T.B.
Smith and Guy Smith, both of
Shelby, Hubert Smith and
Clyde Smith, both of
Lawndale; two sisters, Blan-
che Maida of Kings Mountain
and Mae Brady of Lowell.
Memorials may be made to
Temple Baptist Church or to
Christ the King Catholic
Church.
Harris Funerl Home was in
charge of arrangements.
JOE HAMBRIGHT
Funeral services for Joe
Lawrence Hambright, Sr., 62,
of Route 3, Blacksburg, S.C.,
who died Thursday in
Cherokee Memorial Hospital
at Gaffney, S.C., were con-
ducted Saturday at 3 p.m.
from Antioch Baptist Church
of which he was a member.
Rev. Vernon Craig and
Rev. Wayne Tuttle officiated
and interment was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Hambright was a
native of Cherokee County,
- S.C., son of the late Thomas
and Mabel Weir Hambright.
He was employed as plant
auditor for the Magnolia
Finishing Plant. He was a
naval veteran of World War
II.
Surviving are his wife,
Josephine Campbell Ham-
bright; two sons, Joe Ham-
bright, Jr. of Table Rock
State Park, Pickens, S.C. and
Michael Hambright of Gaff-
ney; two brothers, T.A. Ham-
bright, Jr. and S.A. Ham-
bright, Sr., both of
Blacksburg; five sisters,
Mrs. Louise Roberts, Mrs.
Bess Phifer,
elk S tevens
CLEVELAND MALL
both of Kings
Mountain, Mrs. Lucy Kinard
and Mrs. Sue Drye, both of
Charlotte, Mrs. Alieen Can-
trell of Davidson; and four
grandchildren.
Harris Funeral home was
in charge of arrangements.
DAVID BELL
David Bell, 54, of Route 5,
died Sunday in the Cleveland
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cherokee Coun-
ty, S.C., he was the son of the
late Charlie and Pearlie Mae
Bell. He was a veteran and a -
member of Ebenezer Baptist
Church.
Surviving are his wife, Bet-
ty Jean Gardner Bell; three
sons, Freddie L. Bell, David
Wayne Bell and Berkley Bell,
all of Kings Mountain; three
brothers, Lonnell and J.W.
Bell of New Haven, Conn. and
R.A. Bell of Kings Mountain;
a step-brother, David Bell of
Rock Hill, S.C., two sisters,
Martha Harris of New
Haven, Conn. and Annie Mae
Smith of Kings Mountain;
and four grandchildren.
Arrangements will be an-
nounced by J.W. Gill and
Sons Funeral Home.
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Wednesday, July 29, 1987-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 3A
Do You Remember?
Do you remember?
The street lights up town...Gas pumps with the glass to
that held 10 i wl py 2 p
_ Gas delivered to service stations, drained from a takn truck
in 10-gallon cans and poured into a storage tank. All service
stations were full-service. Gas 19 cents a gallon and oil 25
cents a quarter...
Tires five to eight dollars...Batteries 5 to 7 dollars...-
What about when you went to get a chicken for dinner, you
went with the clerk to a coop out back of the store and picked
out a live one. The clerk tied the chicken’s legs together, cut a
hole in a paper bag to poke the chicken’s head through, and
then tied the top of the bag around the chicken’s legs. You kill-
ed and dressed the chicken...
GARLAND ATKINS
Publisher
GARY STEWART
Managing Editor
ELIZABETH STEWART
News Editor
DARRELL AUSTIN
General Manager
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