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BUSY HELPER - Hunter Falls, 8, enjoys helping his gradmother
Betty Wells Falls garden at her home in the White Plains communi- -
ty. A second grader at J. Paul Beam School in Gaffney, SC, he shows
off ripe tomatoes from his tall tomato vines on the Falls sunporch.
Hunter is son of Warren Falls of Kings Mountain and Teresa
Lemaster of Gaffney. Hunter also enjoys planting flowers. He has
two sisters, Katye Falls, 11, and Sarah Beth Lemaster, four months.
BELT
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Jim has written a song and po-
em in tribute to his father-in-law,
Cecil Ramsey, 75, retired trucker.
Although legally blind, Ramsey's
"inner strength” shines, according
to Belt. "Precious Memories," the
favorite song of Ramsey, was in-
corporated in additional words by
Jim who reviews the life of
Ramsey who drove an 18-wheeler
all over the world.
"You tell me of good times past
and explain to me why sometimes
they cannot last," is one of the
poignant verses which pay tribute
to Ramsey as "one of the best
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was irreparable.
An hour before death came the
parents made the heart-wrenching
decision to stop the support system
that was giving her the blood pres-
sure medicine that was largely
keeping her alive.
"Angel thought she was coming
home and we thought so too. We
planned a homecoming in Kings
Mountain but knew we'd have to
take her to Carolinas Medical
Center for outpatient treatment,"
said Strickland.
Betty Mitchell had a new cock-
, a-poodle waiting as a gift to Angel.
The youngster had great plans
for jumping on the trampoline, rid-
ing her bicycle, and returning to
church at East Gold Street
Wesleyan Church and to school in
the future.
"She just never recovered after
the seizures started on December
31," said Strickland. "But she was
a fighter to the end. It's a bitter cup
to drink."
The Strickland home will be
empty without Angel. There are
more than 200 stuffed animals in
her room, new Christmas clothes
hanging in her closet, toys from
friends all over the country, over
20 Barbie dolls, a big doll house,
games, and computers, all once a
part of her young life.
Angela had three grown half-sis-
ters and two grandmothers who
adored her. And she stole the hearts
of people the world over when her
East School teachers and friends
launched a fund drive for $75,000
to help pay what insurance didn't
cover for medical treatments and
for her parents to stay at her bed-
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friends I've ever had."
Son of Joseph Belt and the late
Christine Belt, Jim became good
friends with Captains Sherman and
Mickey Cundiff at the Salvation
Army and found their ministry ex-
traordinary.
Between them, the Belts have 10
children and five grandchildren.
Rock walls and flower beds
mixed with horse wagons and farm
equipment dot the landscape at the
Belt home and are a pleasing back-
drop for Belt's country gospel
songs.
Belt, 49, skydived on his 45th
birthday. Five years ago he started
singing and won't quit. "I sing at
gvery opportunity,” he said. "Life's
3 challenge.”
Strickland said Mrs. Beasley and
got the idea for a big celebrity auc-
tion which raised $31,000.
Celebrities such as Vice President
Quayle, Yoko Ono, and Fred
Rogers of the "Mister Rogers
Neighborhood" show sent auto-
graphed pictures and personal
items to be sold. -
"There were so many good
hearted people that she didn't
know," said Beasley.
“I wish things could have
worked out so Angel could have
thanked them personally,” said her
father. "Kings Mountain people re-
ally rolled up their sleeves and
helped."
Angel's health problems began
almost a year ago when the family
noticed she was pale and lethargic
and didn't want to jump on her fa-
vorite trampoline and ride her bicy-
cle. It was taking her an unusually
long time to walk the block from
her house to the old Central School
where East School students went to
school last year-and Angela was a ff |
student of Dorcas Beasley. After
tests by a pediatrician, she was ad-
mitted to Carolinas Medical Center
where the family got the bad news.
Surgery was scheduled for October
25, 1991 in University of
Minnesota Hospital. For the first
month a family member was with
her 24 hours a day. Except for eight
days when she left the hospital to
be with her family at a motel, the
child remained in the hospital, her
family at her side.
It was Angel's last wish to come
home. The family was confident
Christmas she would. By mid-
January the parents started
wrestling with the question of how
to tell their baby she was dying. So
eager for life, she was too young to
understand.
Obituaries
another East teacher, Mike Smith,
JAMES C. LONG
James Clifford Long, 73, of 609
Floyd St., died April 13, 1992 at
Carolinas Medical Center.
A native of Kings Mountain, he
was husband of Lorena Bowers
Long, who survives, and was son
of the late Cletus Issac and Novella
Mcintyre Long. He was a retired
textile employee. He was a veteran
of the U.S. Army during World II.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are one son, Don Long of
Bessemer City; two grandchildren;
and one great-grandchild.
The funeral was conducted
Wednesday at 3 p.m. at First
Church of the Nazarene. Rev. Scott
Wade officiated. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
LLOYD D. BENNETT
MARION - Lloyd Douglas
Bennett, 72, of Willow Street, died
April 8, 1992.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son of the late Gus and
Lillian Ramsey Bennett. He was
retired from Burlington Industries
and was a U. S. Army veteran.
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Surviving are his wifc, Miriam
Glenn Bennett; two sons, Wylie
Dcan Simmons of Hickory and
Stephen Simmons of Weaverville;
onc daughter, Susan Bennctt of
Marion; onc brother, Jack Bennett
of Kings Mountain; three sisters,
Inez B. Allen and Betty B. Hayes,
both of Kings Mountain, and
Evelyn B. Watkins of Gastonia;
and four grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
Friday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist
Church by Dr. Bob Davis. Burial
was in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the
Diabetes Foundation or to First
Baptist Church of Marion, North
Main Street, Marion, 28752.
CHARLES GIBSON
LUGOFF, SC - Charles Rion
Gibson, 68, of Indiantown, Florida,
died April 12, 1992 at home.
He was the son of the late
Olland and Piccola Mae Rippy
Gibson. He was married to Bessie
Putnam Gibson, who survives. He
was a veteran of the Korean
Conflict and was stationed in
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ANGELA STRICKLAND
Angela Gail Strickland, 12, of
201 Cleveland Ave., died April 8,
1992 in University of Minnesota
Hospital and Clinic, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
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was the daughter of Woodrow
Wilson and Faye Morrow
Strickland of Kings Mountain, who
survive. She was a sixth grade stu-
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School. She was a member of East i
Gold Street Wesleyan Church.
Surviving, in addition to her par- =
ents, arc three sisters, Anita Page
of Bessemer City, Nancy
Strickland of Kings Mountain, and
Kelly Brown of Charlotte; and her
grandmothers, Louise Penner of
Bessemer City and Ruby Neal of
St. Augustine, Florida.
The funeral was conducted
Sunday at 2 p.m. at East Gold
Street Wesleyan Church. Rev. i
Harold Bumby officiated. Burial
was in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
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