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. Page 2A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD- Thursday, May 7, 1992
Obituaries
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OTIE D. SMITH
Mrs. Otie Dougherty Smith, 46,
of 99 Myers. St, died April 29,
1992 at Carolinas Medical Center
in Charlotte,
A native of High Shoals, she
was wife of Leonard A. Smith Sr.,
who survives. She was daughter of
John and Mary Mathis Dougherty,
both of Gastonia, who survive, and
was a member of First Wesleyan
Church.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband and parents, are one son,
Leonard A. Smith Jr. of Camp
LeJeune; one daughter, Beth Smith
of Kings Mountain; one brother,
Eugene Dougherty of Gastonia;
two sisters, Janice Johnson of
Bessemer City and Mary Jane
Kinsey of Gastonia; and one grand-
child.
The funeral was conducted
Saturday at 2 p.m. at First
Wesleyan Church. ‘Rev. Mark
Bardsley officiated. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to First
Wesleyan Church, 505 N.
Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain,
28086... :
FURMAN P. LOVE
GROVER - Furman Poston
Love, 81, of 202 Cleveland Ave.,
died May 2, 1992 at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
A native of Cherokee County,
SC, he was son of the late James
Rowland and Mary Etta McCarter
Love. He was a retired night
watchman at Minette Mills and
served with: the Civilian
Conservation Corps in the 1930's..
He was a Army veteran of World
War II. He was a member of Oak
Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving are one brother,
Marvin Love of the Antioch
Community; one sister, Mrs.
Eunice Norman of Grover; and a
number of nieces and nephews. *
The funeral was conducted
Monday at 3 p.m at Oak Grove
Baptist Church. Rev. Grady
Gregory and Rev. C. Vernon Craig
officiated. Burial was in Antioch
Baptist Church Cemetery.
BRIANNA WILLIAMS
SHELBY - Brianna Wynna
Williams, of 1320 Concord St., in-
fant daughter of Latonya
McCluney of Shelby and Antonnio
Williams of Kings Mountain, dicd
April 30, 1992 at Carglinas
Medical Center in Charlotte.
Other survivors arc the grand-
parents, Sandra McCluncy and
Jackic Willis, both of Shelby, and
Wyonia Mecks and Howard
McClain, both of Kings Mountain;
and the great-grandmother Maggic
Williams of Kings Mountain.
The graveside service was con-
ducted Saturday at 1 p.m. at Webb
Memorial Lawns.
MRS. J. DOYLE O'SHIELDS
GREENVILLE, SC - Mrs.
Frances McJunkins O'Shields, 71,
of 1314 Farrs Bridge Rd., died
May 3, 1992.
Born in Pickens County
November 19, 1920, she was, wid-
ow of J. Doyle O'Shields and
daughter of the late Dempsey and
Lula Gilliland McJunkins.
She was associated with
Piedmont Plush Mills before her
retirement and was a member of
Corinth Baptist Church in Liberty.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Deborah O. Henry of
Greenville and Mrs. Bonnie O.
Zucchi of Dacusville; one son,
broader field of knowledge but
they know little about the basics of
education,” said Moss, who said
she used to do two things best: dia-
gram sentences and iron clothes.
Now, she says, there isn't a demand
for either job. She thinks students
should diagram sentences more
and learn basic correct grammar.
Moss also thinks that text books
are carelessly written and suggests
North Carolina follow the lead of
her sister state which has banned
books with incorrect grammar and
information from the school cur-
riculum.
She believes in corporal punish-
ment and that parents should be
more supportive of schools. "Kids
lose respect for the teacher when
the teacher is unable to discipline
her classroom," said Moss, who
had little problems with discipline
during a long tenure that started at
Bethware School, then in the coun=
ty system. In 1933 Bethware had
its first graduating class with six
students finishing the 11th grade
under the principalship of Mrs. E.
W. Neal of Kings Mountain. Moss,
who had just graduated at age 20
from Meredith College, recalled
that Ruth Eaker Gamble Mayhew,
\ Lamar and Harold Herndon, and
Wanza Phifer Cranford were in her
senior English class. She taught
five English classes each day in
grades 7-11 and loved it. Her salary
for an "A" certificate in 1933 was
$100 a month. In 1933-34 she was
cut to $70 per month for eight
months. She earned less than
$1,000 her first year in the class-
room. For three years she said her
salary was never more than $100
per month. A coal stove was in the
middle of her first classroom, she
recalled, and the first project was
getting a library started for the
school. Students could not afford to
buy their books and they used to
borrow the teacher's books over
night.
"There was a closeness then that
was very important and lasting,"
she said.
In 1933 when the kids when
home in the fall to pick cotton, she
took a trip to the Chicago World's
Fair,
Moss says she won't forget one
experience. Two of her Bethware
students, age 21, were looking for-
ward to casting their first votes in
an election. Mrs. Moss encouraged
them to do so, never revealing that
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Sue Hord and George Moss,
who had courted six years, married
in the summer of 1935. She taught
for a year after that and then retired
for seven years to raise her family.
She came to KMHS in 1952 and
taught until 1978.
Mr. Moss retired from the City
of Kings Mountain after 35 years
as water plant-superintendent. -
Teaching school brings back
pleasant memories for Mrs. Moss.
She recalled that county superin-
tendent Horace Grigg and chair-
man of the school board Wayne
Ware approached her about the
teaching job at Bethware. Supt.
Barnes approached her about the
teaching job at KMHS.
Reared in the Kings Mountain
Baptist Church, she moved her
membership to First Presbyterian
Church after her marriage and is an
active member, a circle leader, and
for 45 years was keeper of the
handmade communion cloth.
After retiring from school, she
thought she wanted "blissful idle-
ness” but has found herself busy.
She is active in the Home Arts
Club, a bridge club, Town and
Country Garden Club, Woman's
Club, Retired School Personnel,
and loves to travel. Favorite trips
are made to see children and
grandchildren. The family includes
three daughters, Susan Grigg of
Raleigh, George Anne Marston of
LaJolla, California, and Sara Nell
Wright of Cary. There are five
grandchildren and three great-
grandchildren.
Fun trips have been to the ball
games and both Sue and George
were avid Mountaineer fans. Mrs.
Moss has attended every Hall of
Fame event in Kings Mountain,
following and applauding the ath-
letic careers of some of her former
students. Watching George Adams
play in San Diego, California with
an ABA team, she rushed up after
the game to get his autograph.
Recently, she accompanied George
Anne to four pro basketball games
in one day. Tar Heel fans, they
rooted long and hard for the na-
tional champion Duke Blue Devils.
"I'm a viewer at sports games
but I love them," says Mrs. Moss.
Moss says she never regrets liv-
ing and working in Kings
Mountain all her life. Her close-
knit family included one brother,
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Mountain dentist. She has broad-
ened her Hord-Moss family to in-
clude her former students and their
families.
"Students like to know that a
teacher taught their parents,” said
Moss, recalling that many new
friends introduce themselves to her
in that manner.
~Moss has seen many changes in
education in Kings Mountain and
applauds them. She pronounces as
successful the wonderful materials
and audiovisuals, the nice class-
rooms, new programs, the school
leadership, and the consolidation of
Bethware, Grover and Kings
Mountain Schools but she says
children are the same.
Teaching is a satisfying experi-
ence Mrs. Moss would not have
missed. By example, she still
teaches every day.
David L. O'Shiclds of Kings
Mountain; one sister, Mrs. Lucille
Bryson of Seneca, SC; onc brother,
J. D. McJunkins of Sencca; six
grandchildren; and =five great="
grandchildren.
The graveside service was con-
ducted Tuesday morning at 11 o'-
clock in Greenville Memorial
Gardens.
DEWEY BOOKOUT JR.
Dewey H. Bookout Jr., 64, of
316 Waco Road, died May 4, 1992
at home.
A native of Cleveland County,
he was son of the late Dewey H.
Bookout Jr. and Nellie Byars
Bookout.
He was a retired employee of
Allison-Ervin Electronic Company.
He was a veteran of the U. S. Navy
and a member of Temple Baptist
Church.
Surviving are two Sisters,
Kathleen Herndon and Billie
Thornburg, both of Kings
Mountain.
The funeral was conducted
Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Harris
Chapel. Rev. Dale Thomburg offi-
ciated. Burial was in Bethlehem
Baptist Church Cemetery.
SUE H. SMITH
Mrs. Margaret Sue Hunnicutt
Smith, 48, of 1408 Merrimont
Ave., died May 1, 1992 at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
A native of Kings Mountain, she
was wife of R. Lane Smith, who
survives, and daughter of Mrs.
Margaret Neisler Hunnicutt of
Kings Mountain and the late
Harold R. Hunnicutt. She was a
homemaker.
A graduate of Stratford Hall,
Danville, Va. and St. Andrews
College in Laurinburg, she was a
member of First Presbyterian
Church, Magnolia Garden Club
and Thursday Afternoon Book
Club.
Surviving, in addition to her
husband and mother, are one step-
son, Richard Lane Smith of
Spartanburg, SC; one daughter,
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The memorial service was held
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Presbyterian Church. Dr. Eric
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Memorials may be made to First
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Kings Mountain, 28086.
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