Page 2A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD- Thursday, September 26, 1991
| Obituaries |
RALPH C. ARROWOOD
Ralph C. Arrowood, 73, of 103
Arrowood Drive, died September
19, 1991 at Veterans
Administration Hospital in
Augusta, Ga.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son of the late Fate and
Zanic Nance Arrowood and was
married to Margaret Pressley
Arrowood. He was a retired Kings
Mountain Post Office employee
and a past Chief of the Bethlehem
Volunteer Fire Department and a
member of Bethlehem Baptist
Church and Bethware Progressive
Club. He was a veteran of the U.S.
Army during World War IL
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are his stepmother, Mrs.
Madge Arrowood of Kings
Mountain; one daughter, Mrs.
Pamela Carmichael of Lincolnton,
Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. Nora Camp
of Grover and Mrs. Jay Barnette of
Kings Mountain; one half-sister,
Lana Arrowood of Kings
Mountain; and one grandchild.
The funeral was conducted
Sunday at 3 p.m. at Bethlehem
Baptist Church. Rev. Harold Beam
and Rev. Russell Fitts officiated.
Burial was in Bethlehem Baptist
Church Cemetery.
JAMES T. GRANT
James Thomas "Red" Grant, 56,
of Route 6 Box 170, died
September 20, 1991 at Gaston
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was husband of Lucy Elizabeth
Ellison Grant and son of the late
Jasper James and Josie Margaret
Grant.
A crane operator for Maple Leaf
Steel Crane, he was a member of
Oak Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are two sons, Harvey Dale
Grant of Kings Mountain and
Donald Lewis Grant of the home;
three daughters, Elizabeth Gail
Merique of Sterling Height,
Michigan; Margaret Ruth Dority
and Debra Elaine Blanton of Kings
Mountain; two brothers, John
David Grant of Kings Mountain
and George Edmond Grant of
Shelby; five sisters, Elizabeth
Grant and Lallage Brooks, both of
Shelby, Gladys Wright and Edith
Causby, both of Kings Mountain,
and Peggy Thomas of Jamestown,
Ohio; and nine grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Oak Grove
Baptist Church. Rev. Ron Caulder
and Rev. Jim Harris officiated.
Burial was in Sunset Cemetery in
Shelby.
Memorials may be made to Oak
Grove Baptist Church, 1022 Oak
Grove Rd., Kings Mountain,
28086.
ETHEL M. BURTON
CLEVELAND - Ethel Manning
Burton, 85, of 925 Bear Poplar
Rd., died September 19, 1991 at
home.
A native of Rutherford County,
she was formerly of Gastonia and
retired from Globe Plant,
Burlington Industries, in Mount
Holly. She was a member of
Landmark Baptist Church. She was
widow of Odell H. Burton and
daughter of the late James Andrew
and Laura Carver Manning.
Surviving are two daughters,
Jewel Burns of Cleveland and
Peggy Human of Cramerton; one
sister, Ann Carswell of Morganton;
nine grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Chapel of
Carothers Funeral Home in
Gastonia. Burial was in Gaston
Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to
Hospice of Rowan County, P. P.
Box 603, Salisbury, 28145.
MAE H. CALDWELL
Mrs. Mae Horne Caldwell, 82,
of 211 McGill Court, died
September 23, 1991 at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
A native of York County, S. C.,
she was widow of Millard
Caldwell and daughter of the late
William Baxter and Mary Ellen
Martin Horne. She was a member
of Macedonia Baptist Church and a
retired textile employee.
Surviving are two sons,
DeWayne Caldwell of Kings
Mountain and Carroll Caldwell of
Shelby; one daughter, \Gloria C.
Ware of Kings Moun gsi
brothers, Rev. Blanchar
Kings Mountain and Geo
of Bessemer City; one sis
Horne Vodden of Kings
and four grandchildren.
The funeral was con
Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Mac
Baptist Church. Rev.
Philbeck officiated. Burial w
Mountain Rest Cemctery.
Memorials may be mad
Macedonia Baptist Church, Gr.
Road, Kings Mountain 28086.
BONNIE TERRY HANNAH
Bonnie Terry Hannah, 62,
914 S. Battleground Ave., di%g
September 21, 1991.
A native of Kings Mountain, she
was widow of David Luther
Hannah Sr. and daughter of Anna
Fletcher Terry of Kings Mountain
and the late Charles W. Terry. She
was a retired textile employee.
Surviving, in addition to her
mother, arc four sons, Clayton
Hannah and Jeff Hannah, both of
Kings Mountain, Bill Hannah of
Charleston, S.C. and David
Hannah of Carolina Beach; one
daughter, Bonnie Annalee Hannah
of Kings Mountain; one brother,
Charles Amos Terry of Kings
Mountain; one sister, Gladys
Strange of Kings Mountain; eight
grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
Monday at 11 a.m. at Harris
Chapel. Rev. Eugene Land officiat-
ed. Burial was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
BUD BARNETTE
STATESVILLE - Grover
Cleveland "Bud" Barnette, 67, of
354 N. Kelly St., died at 3:30 p.m.
September 22, 1991 at Iredell
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Bessemer City, he
was son of Pearl Styers Barnette of
Statesville and the late Coy
Thomas Barnette and was married
to Katie Lee Bingham Barnette
April 24, 1941. He was Baptist and
a retired box machine operator for
Gilson Brothers & Stimpson
Hosiery. He served in the Pacific
Theater in the U. S. Navy during
World War II. He attended Kings
Mountain and Chester, S.C.
schools.
Surviving, in addition to his wife
and mother, are three sons, Grover
Kenneth Barnette of Belmont,
Thomas Glenn Barnette of
Statesville and Richard William
Barnette of Kings Mountain; four
daughters, Mrs. Jeanne Louise
Britt of Ray City, Ga., Pearl Leona
Barnette and Marion Lee Hepler of
Statesville and Deborah Ann Bryan
of Richland; and two brothers,
Thomas Warren Barnette and
Eugene A. Barnette; 12 grandchil-
dren and two great-grandchildren.
Onc sister, Pearl Leona Barnette,
preceded him in death.
The funcral was conducted
Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Nicholson
Funcral Home Chapel in
Statesville. Burial was in Kings
Mountain's Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Mcmorials may be made to
Hospice of Iredell County, P. O.
Box 822, Statesville, N. C. 28677.
DAVID W. DARR
SHELBY - David William Darr,
62, of 210 Hillside Drive, dicd
September 19, 1991 at Cleveland
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Winston-Salem he
was the son of the late Edward
Austin and Ruth Ely Darr and was
married to Mary Jane Noblitt Darr,
who survives. He was district su-
pervisor for the North Carolina
Department of Labor, OSHA
Division, and was a member of
First Baptist Church.
A 1948 graduate of Woodbury
Forrest School, he graduated Phi
Beta Kappa from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill in
1952. He was a member of Shelby
Masonic Lodge 744, a Shriner, a
member of the American Society
of Safety Engineers, where he re-
ceived the 1989 Safety
Professional of the Year award
from the Tar Heel Chapter. He was
chairman of Forsyth County
Commissioners from 1968-72 and
was Captain in the U. S. Marine
Corps during the Korean Conflict.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are five sons, Dale Darr of
Clearwater, Fla., David Darr Jr. of
San Clemente, Calif., Richard Darr
of Gainesville, Fla., Robert Darr of
Charlotte, Drew Darr of Winston-
Salem and Ed Darr of Sparta; four
step-sons, Bill Noblitt and David
Noblitt, both of Shelby, Bob
Noblitt of Houston, Texas and John
Noblitt of Pleasanton, Calif.; one
brother, Ed Darr of Sparta; three
sisters, Mrs. Debbie Sarti of
Winston-Salem, Mrs. Molly
Messner of Chambersburg, Pa.,
and Mrs. Cissy Roth of Elkin; two
grandchildren, Jacqueline Darr and
Dale Darr Jr., of Clearwater,
Fla.,and three step-grandchildren,
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The graveside service was con-
ducted September 21 at 11 a.m. at
Sunsct Cemetery by Rev. Glenn
Davenport.
Memorials may be made to
Cleveland Memorial Library, P. O.
Box 1120 Shelby, 28151.
DONALD P. WILSON JR.
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -
Donald P. Wilson Sr., 61, of 612
West Woodlawn ‘Ave.,: died
September 18, 1991.
A native of Kings Mountain, he
had made North Augusta his home
for the past 40 years. He attended
North Augusta Presbyterian
Church and was a member of
Acacia Masonic Lodge. Retired
from E. I. Dupont at Savannah
River Plant, he was an Army veter-
an of the Korean Conflict.
Survivors include his wife, Mary
Jane Wilson; one son, Donald P.
Wilson Jr. of North Augusta; one
daughter, Mary Anne Williams of
North Augusta; two sisters, Phyllis
Alexander of Charlotte and Sarah
Faye Britton of Kings Mountain;
and one granddaughter.
The funeral was conducted
Saturday at 10 a.m. at Stephen D.
Posey Funeral Home by Rev. Dan
E. Wren. Interment, with Masonic
rites, was in Grover Cemetery at 2
p.m.
Memorials may be made to
North Augusta Presbyterian
Church, P. O. Box 7560, North
Augusta, S.C. 29841.
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