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BESSIE WARE GOFORTH
One of Kings Mountain's old-
est citizens, Bessie Ware
Goforth, died February 13,
1995 at the age of 100.
She died at White Oak Manor
where she had resided for six
years since she broke her hip.
A fulltime homemaker, Mrs.
Goforth had cooked and worked
a garden until age 94. Her
home-baked biscuits and green
apple pie were her specialties.
She enjoyed a quiet family
birthday celebration on Sunday,
October 9, 1994 with birthday
balloons and flowers and talked
so much that she had to rest up
the rest of the week, she told a
Herald reporter who later took
her picture with her grandson,
former Police Chief Warren
Goforth and his father, Charles
Goforth.
Mrs. Goforth reared two sons
and three daughters on a farm in
Patterson Grove
:Community. After 47 years of
‘marriage
to John Dixon
Goforth, she lost her husband to
‘a massive heart attack at age
~of Kings
66.
She was the daughter of the
late Thomas M. and Martha
Lovelace Ware. She was a
member of Patterson Grove
Baptist Church.
Surviving are two sons,
= Howard Goforth of Cherryville;
= two daughters, Louise Ledford
Mountain and
~ Margaret G. Hamrick of
= Lattimore; two brothers, Hunter
= Ware and Ben Ware of Kings
= children; 27 great-grandchil-
= dren; and 14 great-great grand-
= children.
The funeral was conducted
: £ Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Harris
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= Chapel. Rev. Ron Caulder offi-
ciated. Burial was in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
MARGARET H. ANTHONY
GASTONIA - Mrs. Margaret
Hord Anthony, 97, died
Wednesday, February 8, 1995 at
£ Country Time Rest Home,
. Kings Mountain.
A native of Kings Mountain,
she was the daughter of the late
i Dr. Jacob George and Carolyn
Isabelle White Hord, and wife
= of the late Luther Leslie
= Anthony Sr.
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Mrs. Anthony was a 1917
graduate of Erskine College and
taught in Kings Mountain and
Bessemer City elementary
schools. She was a member of
Pisgah A.R.P. Church since
1922 where she served as
President of the Women of the
Church. She was a member and
Past President of the American
Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by a son, Dr.
L.L. Anthony Jr. of Gastonia; a
daughter, Mrs. Isabelle A. Hiatt
of Greensboro; three sisters,
Mrs. Ruth Craft of
Rutherfordton, Mrs. Mary
Frances Cothran of Shelby and
Mrs. Carolyn Harris of Kings
Mountain; a brother, James E.
Hord of Miami Springs, Fla.;
four grandchildren, Mrs. Tricia
Anthony Bond and Mrs. Nancy
Anthony Bryant of Asheville,
Mrs. Martha Anthony
Waggoner of Gastonia, and
Walter "Wally" Hiatt of
Henderson; and six great-grand-
children.
The funeral was conducted by
Dr. Roy Beckham Friday at 10
a.m. at Pisgah A.R.P. Church.
Burial was in the church ceme-
tery.
Memorials may be sent to
B.C.LF. Fund, c/o Pisgah A.R.P.
Church, 3600 South Linwood
Road, Gastonia, NC 28052; or
The Permanent Endowment
Fund, c/o Erskine College, Due
West, SC 29639.
“was a member of the Elks Club
‘Mountain; one sister, Pearl Bell Ao
. of Kings: Mountainy-13 grand-—
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ANNE BLACK MERRITT
Anne Black Merritt, 68, of
Birmingham, Alabama, sister of
Ellen Black Elam of Kings
Mountain, died February 4,
1995 of Lou Gehrig's Disease in
Nashville, Tennessee.
She was the daughter of the
late Annie and Carl Black of
Wingate and widow of David
H. Merritt.
Other survivors are three
sons, Harry E. Merritt of
Birmingham, David H. Merritt
Jr. of Florence, Alabama and
Marc P. Merritt of Akron, Ohio;
two daughters, Mary Ellen
Dougherty of Nashville and
Carol Merritt: Wanninger ‘of
Birmingham; one brother,
Layne Black of Wingate; and
seven grandchildren.
Mrs. Merritt was a former le-
gal secretary and a graduate of
Mars Hill College. She was
Presbyterian.
The funeral was conducted
at Independent Presbyterian
Church in Birmingham.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to ALS Society.
RICHARD BAKER SR.
ROCK HILL, SC - Richard
G. Baker Sr., 74, of 3127
Celanese Rd., died February
13, 1995 at Piedmont Medical
Center.
A native of Kings Mountain,
he was the son of the late Dr.-
Luther P. and Mary Tipton
Polyette Baker. He had retired
from Hoechst Celanese R&D
Department and was a member
of Ebenezer ARP Church. Heyy.
and an Ary: veteran of Worl
War I1.-
Surviving are his wife, Nancy
O. Baker; two sons, Richard
Baker Jr. and Robert M. Baker,
both of Rock Hill; two brothers,
Dr. Robert N. Baker and Dr.
Thomas P. Baker, both of Kings
Mountain; one sister Mary B.
Fulford of Knoxville, Tn. and
three grandchildren.
The funeral will be conducted
Thursday at 2 p.m. at Ebenezer
ARP Church by Dr. Boyce
Wilson and Rev. Jack Basie.
Burial will be in the church
cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Ebenezer ARP Church, 2132
Ebenezer Rd., Rock Hill,
29732 or to a.charity of one's
choice.
ELMER G. ARROWOOD
CHERRYVILLE - Elmer
- Gene Arrowood, 70, Cherry
Oaks Nursing Center, died
February 13,
Oakes.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of the
late Mack and Minnie Mayhew
Arrowood. He was retired from
Dixie Lumber Company in
Cherryville and was a member
of Charity Baptist Church,
Fallston.
He is survived by his wife,
Katherine Hayes Arrowood of
Bessemer City; two sons, David
Arrowood of Bessemer City
and Danny Arrowood of
Grover; a daughter, Kay
Stroupe of Kings Mountain; a
brother, Marvin Arrowood of
Cherryville; two sisters, Ione
Towery of Lincolnton and
Aileen Hayes of Cherryville;
eight grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted by
the Revs. Carl Ray Cook Jr. and
Bobby Herndon Wednesday at
2 p.m. at Charity Baptist
Church. Burial was in Shady
Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery. ¢
Memorials may be made to
the Alzheimer's Association,
Southern Piedmont Chapter,
3420 Shamrock Drive,
Charlotte, NC 28215.
1995 at Cherry
ROBERT LEE BOWEN
GROVER -
Bowen, 55, 1017 Lavender
Road, died February 9, 1995 at
Cleveland Memorial Hospital.
A native of Kings Mountain,
he was the son of Lizzie Ellis
Bowen of Grover and the late
Lee Gordon Bowen. He was a
member of Allen Memorial
Baptist Church.
In addition to his mother, he
is survived by his wife, Linda
Sipe Bowen of Grover; five
sons, Todd Bowen, Richard
Bowen, Randy Bowen and Dale
Bowen, all of Grover, and Jerry
Bowen of Shelby; two daugh-
ters, Christy Speed of Easley,
SC and Linda Allen of Shelby;
five brothers, Bob Bowen,
Kenneth Bowen, David Bowen
and Lawrence Bowen, all of
"Grovem! and Ricky Bowen of also .
helby; five sisters, Ethel
Brénda Ann Whitworth, Janice
Marie Carter, and Becky Dover,
all of Grover; and four grand-
children.
The funeral was conducted by
the Revs. Dale Angel and
Norris Willis Saturday at 3 p.m.
at New Buffalo Baptist Church.
Burial was in Allen Memorial
Baptist Church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
New Buffalo Baptist Church,
Earl Road, Grover, NC 28073.
CELEBRATION
Cleveland Community
College will host a Native
American Cultural Celebration
Monday at 8 p.m. in the college
auditorium. It is free to the pub-
lic and will include musicians,
drummers, and dancers.
Kings Mountain
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Feb. 8-14 Year Ago
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Maximum one day 39 (14) 65 (11)
Year to date 7.63 7.38
Minimum temp. 10 (8) 26 (10)
Maximum temp. 54 (11) 76 (9)
Average temp. 34.9 43.2
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Local doctors are seeing a
heavy load of patients with up-
per respiratory infections this
week but no report in Kings
Mountain of influenza type A
which has hit the Charlotte area.
The Flu Alert Center, a na-
tional flu tracking system, has
placed the Charlotte area on flu
alert status and recommends
that the illness can be prevent-
ed through vaccination and an-
tiviral prophylaxis.
Local doctors say the symp-
toms are fever, overall muscle
and body ache, headache, se-
vere cough and sore throat.
Both Kings Mountain Family
Practice and KMH Medical
Services reported seeing a
heavy load of patients with up-
per respiratory infections and
bronchitis but running no high
fever.
Flu is a highly contagious vi-
ral respiratory illness that
spreads quickly from one per-
son to another and from one
community to the next. The flu
spreads through the air when an
infected person coughs or
sneezes or by direct contact
with those who are already in-
fected.
The Flu Alert Center recom-
mends a prescription antiviral
medication, Flumadine, cleared
Mayor expects
budget report
Mayor Scott Neisler says he
hopes to be able to present his
1994-95 budget proposal for
. consideration by City Council
February 28.
Tuesday the mayor spoke
with representatives of the
Local Government Commission
in Raleigh and the Institute of
Government in Chapel Hill who
said they may be finished with
reviewing his proposals by the
first of next week.
Neisler said he will probably
drive to Raleigh next week for
an appointment with the state
treasurer's office.
The mayor's proposal antici-
pates an eight percent fund bal-
ance and $600,000 in discre-
tionary funds by June 30. He is
¢comniending that resi-
tial water rates ‘and tax rates
ack next year equal
to the increase this year.
"Last year was a year that
could have been avoided if we
had been equipped with good fi-
nancial projections of the year
end," Neisler said, maintaining
that lease purchases paid off
will free up funds.
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for the treatment of influenza
type A in adults and for the pre-
vention of influenza A in chil-
dren. Flumadine can help stop
the flu if those suffering are
treated within the first 48 hours
of flu-like symptoms by reduc-
ing fever, overall muscle and
body aches, headache, cough
and sore throat significantly on
the second day of treatment.
"Surprisingly, many people
still think the only way to treat
flu is to alleviate symptoms
with over-the-counter medica-
tions and simply let it run its
course," said Dr. Arnold Monto,
professor of epidemiology and
international health at the
University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor.
"People need to know that
prescription medications are
available that actually help stop
the influenza virus from repro-
ducing, so the illness will go
away faster."
The Flu Alert Center says
vaccination is the primary
method of prevention and is
modified each year to protect
against the strain most likely to
affect the United States.
Local doctors say preventing
influenza A is especially impor--
tant for people with chronic ill-
nesses such as diabetes, chil-
dren with asthma and everyone
over the age of 65.
in Memory of our Mother
Mrs. Nell Moore
This is for
never end
missed by oh so many
until our days are gone.
Hope to see you in Heaven. .
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ppy Valentine’s Day.
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