Page 2A-KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Wednesday, August 19, 1987
OBITURRIES
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CLYDE McLEAN
Pioneer TV weathercaster
Clyde McLean died at about
5:40 p.m. Aug. 12th in a
Charlotte hospital after a
lengthy battle against lung
congestion and multiple
diabetic complications. He
was 61 years of age.
McLean had worked at
WGNC in Gastonia, WIS in
Columbia,S.C. and at WBT in
Charlotte, before moving into
WBTYV in 1951 as one of the
first television weather-
casters. Soon after, friends
and fans affectionately dubb-
ed him ‘‘Cloudy’’ McLean, he
remained the Carolinas’ best
known TV weatherman until
his 1981 retirement caused by
health problems.
McLean was also widely
respected for his vers: y
in on-air assig netic. ior
WBT and WBT®. with duties
which at time: ranged from
radio classical music pro-
gram narration to country
music shows on TV, and from
auto racing to election rturns
and public affairs interviews.
McLean is survived by his
wife, Barbara.
OSCAR McNEELY
Funeral services for Oscar
Lee McNeely, 48, of Route 5,
who died Saturday i in Ruther.
fordton, were conducted
Tuesday at 3 p.m. from New
Camp Creek Baptist Church
of which he was a member,
Rev. Herman Pendleton,
Rev.George Leigh, and Rev.
Scott Smith officiated and in-
terment was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. McNeely was a native
of Cleveland County, a
foreman with Champion Con-
| tracting Co.
Surviving are his parents,
Roy and Floice Jolley
McNeely of Shelby; his wife,
Jenene Patterson McNeely:
one son, Rickie Dean McNee-
ly of Shelby: one daughter,
Samantha McNeely of the
home; two brothers, Buren
McNeely of Kansas City, Mo.
and James McNeely of
Shelby ;five sisters, Elsie
Bridges, Myrtle McNeely and
Lorene Beaver, all of Kings
Mountain, Dot Robinson of
Gastonia and Joyce Welch of
Shelby.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
FLOYD T. PAYNE
Funeral services for Floyd
Taylor Payne, 75, of 145 Ark
St., who died Saturday in the
Kings Mountain Hospital,
were conducted Tuesday at 2
p.m. from the Chapel of Har-
ris Funeral Home by Rev.
Jessie Bailey and Rev.
James Sanders, interment
following in Grover
Cemetery.
A native of Cherokee Coun-
ty,N.C., he was a retired tex-
Fire At Margrace Mill
Causes $500,000 Damage
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building’’,said Mrs. Bunch.
Four firemen were over-
come by heat and smoke in-
‘halation but no one was in-
jured. The Bunches credited
firemen with doing a
“miraculous job in saving the
rest of the plant and the
whole neighborhood from a
disaster.”
"The fire alarm went off at
8:16 p.m. Tuesday night and
firemen with the Kings Moun-
tain Fire Department had
already cut through the fence
at the Margrace Mill and cut
off a gas line which could
have engulfed the whole area
before the Bunches were
aware the two-story building
was on fire. A police officer
working traffic at John Gam-
ble Football Stadium, site of
the Dupin Crusade, saw the
flames above the’ treetops
and summoned the local
firemen who called in
firemen from Oak Grove,
Grover, Chestnut Ridge, and
Bethlehem Fire Depart-
ments. City police, aided by
state troopers, sealed off the
Quilters Guild
Meets Thursday
The Foothill Quilters Guild
will meet Thursday night at 7
p.m. in the Cleveland County
Office Building.
Patti Cline from the
Quilters Gallery in Charlotte
will be featured speaker and
will show quick quilted pro-
jects.
Visitors are welcome to
join members at the meeting.
Margrace area but not before
residents at the Crusade left
the stadium and ran home to
see if their houses were on
fire.
Mrs. Bunch said when she
and her husband left their
Grover Road business,
Bunch,Inc., they could see
the fire above the
treetops.‘ ‘We thought the
whole village was on
fire’ she said.
At times the blaze reached
1,000 feet in the sky, accor-
ding to Mrs. Bunch, and she
said that all residents in the
area were
whole place was going up.”’
James Moore, a resident of
Marigold Street, said it was
one of the worst fires he had
ever seen.
Mrs. Bunch said the fire
spread quickly but that lucki-
ly the wind was not blowing.
Bill Ware, a fireman with
the Kings Mountain Fire
Department, who operates
the pumper, didn’t leave the
pumps all night. Fire burned
through the ropes on a
firedoor at one of the
buildings, the door fell and
shut the fire off from an ad-
joining building.
The burned building was
empty, said Mrs. Bunch, but
adjoining buildings, which
were saved, houses equip-
ment, warehousing and a
machine shop. The burned
building used to house a yarn
dye house,slashers, and a
laboratory when the mill
operated as Margrace Mill.
Many former employees of
the old mill live on the
Margrace Village.
tile supervisor and son of the
late Bailey S.and Ethel Flem-
ing Payne.
Surviving are his wife, Ber-
nice Drinnon Payne; two
sons, Gerald Payne of Kings
Mountain and Harold Payne
of Jacksonville,Fla., two
brothers, Bob Payne of
Maryville,Tenn. and J.W.
Payne of Grover; four grand-
children and three great-
grandchildren.
He was a member of
Macedonia Baptist Church.
ROBERT H. LEWIS
Funeral services for
Robert Hunter Lewis, 75, of
Cherryville Highway, who
died in Gaston Memorial
Hospital Saturday, were held
Monday at 2 p.m. from the
Chapel of Sisk-Butler
Funeral Home in Bessemer
City.
Rev. Doug Painter of-
ficiated and interment was in
Westview Gardens.
Mr. Lewis was a native of
Lincoln County, son of the
late C.C. and Florence Hance
Lewis. He was a retired tex-
tile worker.
He was husband of the late
Bonnie Ashe Lewis.
Surviving are two
sons,Robert Lewis of Kings
Mountain and Gary Lewis of
Bessemer City; four
daughters, Betty Martindale
of Cherry Point, Judy Price
of Winston Salem, Joann
Miller of Kings Mountain and
Beth Wentz of Stanley;three
brothers, Everett and
Clarence Lewis of Stanley
- and William Lewis of Dallas;
four sisters, Betty Kiser of
Crouse, Dare. Crain,Connie
Brooks and Lucy Kelso, all of
Gastonia, 11 grandchildren.
CLYDE KENDRICK
Funeral services for Clyde
Lawson Kendrick, 89, of
Route 1, Brookfield Dr.,
Grover; who died Thursday
morning at home, were con-
ducted Saturday at 11 a.m.
from Pleasant Hill Baptist
Church.
Rev. Eddie Grigg and Rev.
Wray Barrett officiated and
interment was in the church
cemetery.
Mr. Kendrick was a native
of Cleveland County, retired
farmer, and son of teh late
Lawson Irvin and Penola
Camp Kendrick. He was a
member of Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Olie
Rippy Kendrick; a daughter,
Elaine Biggers of Grover;
two brothers, J. Y., Kendrick
of Grover and Tom Kendrick
of Shelby; a sister, Lizzie Lee
Dedmon of Shelby; five
grandchildren and one great-
grandchild.
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