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Page 2A-THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Thursday, September 10, 1992 Faust left mark on Kings Mountain By ELIZABETH STEWART of The Herald Staff Dr. Eric Faust's philosophy is that a relationship is not worth two cents unless the person invests the i total "person" into it. The pastor of First Presbyterian i Church feels genuine pain, he says, ‘in saying farewell to his congrega- ! tion of 10 years and the solid rela- : tionships he has builg in the Kings : Mountain community. Local church members and i friends in the community agree that ! Faust has left an indelible mark on ' the community, not only in the : highly successful crisis ministry : but in other programs he helped get i off the ground. i Faust has resigned to accept a i-call to First Presbyterian Church, “Clarksburg, West Virginia. He will preach his last sermon at the local church September 13 and his first sermon to his new congregation on : September 20. Faust, the third generation mem- ‘ber of his family to preach, has : been actively involved in the Kings : Mountain Ministerial Association : and particularly in the far-reaching Obituaries KATHLEEN PLONK ¢ Mrs. Kathleen McGill Plonk, 95, of St. Luke Church Road, died September 3, 1992 at White Oak ‘Manor. A native of Cleveland County, she was widow of Rufus L. Plonk and daughter of the late Isaac A. and Mary Amanda Fulton McGill. She was a retired school teacher and a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. : Surviving are one son, William Lawrence Plonk of Kings ‘Mountain; four daughters, Dr. Martha Plonk, Mrs. Rachel ‘Gladden, both of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Virginia Morris of Signal Mountain, TN and Mrs. Nancy Sutton of LaGrange; three brothers, dsaac A. McGill of Kings ‘Mountain, Raymond McGill of Jacksonville, Florida and Leland McGill of Wallace; one sister, ‘Mildred Rumple of Castle Hayne; seven grandchildren and four wreat-grandchildren. : The funeral was conducted Saturday at 11 a..m at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church. Rev. John Futterer officiated. Burial was fin St. Luke Cemetery. Memorials may be made to St. Matthew! s Lutheran Church, 201 N. Piedmont Ave., Kings Mountain 28086, or to St. Luke Cemetery Fund, c/o W. L. Plonk, 311 S.Luke Church Rd., Kings Mountain, 28088. : MARY L. GREEN ¢ MORGANTON - Mrs. Mary "Mag" Lowdermilk Green, 90, of fRoute 1, died September 7, 1992 at iMcDowell Hospital in Marion. ¢ A native of Burke County, she twas the daughter of the late John iA. and Mary Addie Williams iLowdermilk. She was a member of iMountain View No. 2 Baptist iChurch, where she was a former Sunday School teacher. She was :preceded in death by her husband, tJoe T. Green Sr. and a son, Jack P. iGreen. § Surviving are three sons, Arlis iGreen, Harold Green and Joe T. iGreen Jr., all of Morganton; five idaughters, Mrs. Margie G. Wright ‘of Kings Mountain, Mrs. Jewell iHouk, Mrs. Gale Miller, Mrs. Johnsie Chatham and Mrs. Ozelle Sotelo, all of Morganton; three sis- sters, Mrs. Ella Gibson of Marion, iIMrs. Bessie Mills of Kings ‘Mountain and Mrs. Annie Walker ‘of Hendersonville; 26 grandchil- ‘dren; 28 great-grandchildren and ‘five great-great grandchildren. : The funeral service was con- ducted Wednesday at 3 p.m. at ‘Mountain View No. 2 Baptist ‘Church with the Rev. Burl Sain of- ficiating, Burial was in the church ‘cemetery. MAYBELLE BARNETTE . Ferrie Maybelle Parrish ‘Barnette, 88, of White Oak Manor, -died September 3, 1992 at Kings ‘Mountain Hospital. A native of Cleveland County, :she was a retired textile employee “and daughter of the late Robert Nathan and Panthia Price Parrish. :She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. : Surviving are one brother, Clyde Parrish of Kings Mountain; and :five sisters, Nelline Cable of iBurlington, Cleo Crenshaw of ‘Graham, Orangel McDaniel, :Margie McDaniel and Margaret ‘Dellinger, all of Kings Mountain. : The funeral was conducted ‘Saturday at 11 a.m. at Grace :United Methodist Church. Rev. tPatricia Stone, Rev. Robert Little tand Kev. Harold Beam officiated. § Burial was in Mountain Rest gC erhetery. crisis ministry. He has served in virtually all offices and commit- tees of the Ministerial Association, affirming that one of the strong views of a Christian is that no mat- ter the denomination all people can work together. He has chaired the stewardship committee of the Presbytery of Western North Carolina and wrote two video scripts on stewardship that will be soon circulated in area churches. He serves on special commissions to install ministers and to assist problem churches. He said that an enlargement of the youth program at his local church, the planning and holding of joint officer training programs and pulpit exchanges and joint fall worship services were events he is proudest . He chaired the Call to Prayer for Peace before the Desert Storm conflict which drew 800 people for worship and called it a crowning point of his ministry. The annual Lenten programs were another community-wide erphasis he spearheaded. He is son of Mrs. Milton Faust of Salisbury and the late Dr. Faust, longtime chaplain at VA Hospital in Salisbury who founded the John Calvin Presbyterian Church in Salisbury, and grandson of Jacob Faust, an Evangelical and ° Reformed pastor. He credits his [EIITIRES ER SILK FLOWERS™ family for his strong Christian growth and roots in the church. God began opening doors for Faust as a young man studying to become an electrical engineer at . N.C. State College. During his ju- nior year Faust changed his major and graduated with a degree in ru- ral sociology in 1963. Resisting the call to preach for some time, he realized God was providing a new horizon. He en- rolled at Union Seminary in Richmond, Va. and met his bride- to-be, Linda Miller, then a student at Presbyterian School of Christian Education which was located across the street from seminary. In recent years Faust earned his doc- torate from McCormick Seminary in Chicago, Illinois. "It's hard to be a preacher's kid," said Faust, who said the role was not as difficult for his four chil- dren who may not follow in his footsteps in the pulpit. Andrew and Susan Faust live in Charlotte where Andrew is employed in computer programming. Bethan Faust is a se- nior at Davidson College. James Faust will be a 10th grader this fall and Annalouise will be a 5th grad- er in elementary school. Eric's wife, Linda Faust, has taught Spanish at Bethware School. Their first pastorate was St. Aidan's Presbyterian Church in St. AND CRAFTS 218 South Railroad Avenue * Downtown Kings Mountain ? GL John's, a congregation of 50 mem- bers in Newfoundland, Canada, where they lived 2 1/2 years. Faust helped get the small church exten- sion church off the ground. From Canada the Faust family moved to a two church field and , served Warfordsburg, PA, a con- gregation of 110, and Hancock, Md., a congregation of 50 mem- bers at Mt. Olivet Presbyterian Church. The churches were six miles apart and Eric preached on Sundays at 9 a.m. and at 11 a.m. for 3 1/2 years. The Fausts' two older children were born there. Covenant Presbyterian Church of Concord and its 150 members was home for the Faust family for two years before they moved to Walhalla, SC and served a church of 250 members for eight years be- fore coming to Kings Mountain to serve the 300 member congrega- tion 10 years. Faust recalled that August 10, 1982 was the hottest August in the - history of Kings Mountain when the Faust truck parked at the manse on King Street to unload. A choir was on hand to welcome them. Faust said his new congregation numbers between 500-600 and his first duty there will be to attend a meeting of Presbytery the day be- See Faust, 3-A Sunday is Dr. Eric Faust's last Sunday as minister of First Presbyterian Church. He has accepted a new pastorate in West Virginia. Since 1899 > BIRD FEEDERS WIFE GS Rs WATCH FOR GRAND OPENING ELL
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