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Obituaries
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R.S. LENNON
Richard S. Lennon Sr., 85, of
401 Neisler Dr., retired Kings
Mountain banker, died March 9,
1996 at home.
He was married to Alice
McLaurin Lennon and was a native
of Rowland, son of the late Carl H.
and Maude Cromartie Lennon.
A past president of the Kings
Mountain Kiwanis Club, he was a
Mason and a member of First
Presbyterian Church and a past
member of the board of directors
of Kings Mountain Hospital.
He was retired Vice-President
of First Union National Bank of
Kings Mountain. He was a former
member of the board of directors
of Kings Mountain Hospital.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, are one son, Richard S. CENTER
Lennon Jr. of La Plata, MD; one
daughter, Sara Rose Lennon of :
Dallas, TX; and three brothers, M. From Page 1-A
C. Lennon of Anderson, SC, F-€-——-
Lennon of Long Beach, SC and G.
B. Lennon of Park Rapids, MN.
The funeral was conducted
March 11, 1996 at 11 a.m. at First
Presbyterian Church by Rev. Dick
Newsome. Burial was in Rowland
City Cemetery at 4:30 p.m. March
11.
Memorials may be made to
Kings Mountain Hospital, W. King
St., Kings Mountain, 28086 with
funds to be applied toward the pur-
chase of a LIFEPAK 9, a defibrilla-
tor/monitor for use in the emergen-
Cy room.
Carolinas Medical Center.
said.
estimate traffic for the assisted
living facility to be in a range of an
average two to four daily trips per
household unit. He said that num-
ber is significantly less than 10
trips per day commonly used in
this area for single family
dwellings.
"However, anyone who has been
out there at the school rush hour
knows some improvements need to
be made to the road," said Killian.
He said the City of Kings
Mountain Thoroughfare Plan
Committee recommends improving
the road by widening the pavement
width and adding a turning lane
which | will positively impact
school ‘traffic. Killian said direct
ROBERT A. LINK JR.
CHARLOTTE - Robert A.
"Bobby" Link Jr., 74, 3811
Conway Avenue, died March 16,
1996 at Presbyterian Hospital." +=
A native of Abbeville, SC, he
was the son of the late Robert A.
and Annie Bailey Link Sr., and
husband of the late Betty Hardin
Link. He was a chemical salesman
for CIBA Geigy Corp., Charlotte, a
Mason, and a member of Pritchard
Memorial Baptist Church.
He is survived by his sister,
The newly organized Kings
Mountain Business and
Professional Association elected
Kathy Neilly of Hope Chest
Interiors as president at a meeting
Tuesday night at Secret Garden.
SC Linda Allen of Ashley's will
A serve as vice-president; Amy
Smith of Secret Garden will serve
as secretary; and Joe Smith of
Foust Textiles will serve as treasur-
A graveside service was con-
ducted by the Rev. Stan Heiser
Monday at 11 a.m. at Grover
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the = ©L
charity of the donor's choice. The group adopted a mission
statement to bring together busi-
ness and professional people to
promote and support Kings
Mountain.
The 22 people present at the
meeting included a seven-member
delegation from the Shelby Star led
by Publisher Keith Walters who
were on the program to outline
plans for a new publication,
"Between Mountain and Lake," to
be distributed in the King
Mountain area beginning March
31. The magazine will include
recreational news, information on
GEORGE B. ROYSTER
BLACKSBURG, SC - George
B. Royster, 71, 242 Lakeview
Drive, died March 15, 1996 at
Cleveland Regional Medical
A native of Cleveland County,
he was the son of the late John
Bunyan and Annie P. Blalock
Royster Sr. He was a retired textile
worker and a member of First
Baptist Church of Grover and
Absher Flowers VFW Post in
Gastonia. He was a U.S. Army vet-
eran and served in the Korean places to go and things to do in the
Conflict. ~— Moss Lake area, Gastonia and
He is survived by his wife, Charlotte and local stories and pho-
tographs on people who live in the
Moss Lake and surrounding areas.
Karl Moss, Public Works
Superintendent for the City of
Kings Mountain, was also on the
program and briefed the group on
plans for city-wide beautification.
ers, Frank Royster and Grier Lee
Royster, both of Blacksburg, and
John B. "Bill" Royster of Grover;
and a sister, Janelle Carmack of
Hermiston, Oregon.
The funeral was conducted by
the Rev. John Bridges Sunday at 2 : Fol SEE
p.m. at First Baptist Church,
Grover. Burial was in Grover
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to First
Baptist Church Nursery
Renovation, P.O. Box 237, Grover,
NC 28073.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Pauline Dotson
Ernst acknowledges with grateful
appreciation the special care she
received during her extended ill-
ness and each expression of sym-
pathy of her passing.
A special thanks to Kay Squires
and the Home Health team, Rev.
Bob Hope, and friends and neigh-
bors.
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of the’ Hyatt Regency St. John hotel. As the
wrapped around the car's axle, Gass, standing nexttoa .
truck, was caught in the galvanized steel wire cable's
end. It threw him nearly 40 feet down the road.
"I don't remember what happened to me,"
who took a piece of paper after he regained conscious-
ness and asked that question of his mother, father and
brother, Kevin who flew to St. John's immediately af-
ter they got the call from Gass's employer. Mrs. Gass
flew home with Chad to the Charlotte hospital in a
medic helicopter with a nurse and doctor in atten-
It was the longest ride of her life, she said, and she
prayed every minute of the four hour airlift to
"It was so frightening for all of us but Chad received
wonderful attention from the small hospital on the is-
land and they immediately put him on a prayer chain
and we can't say enough about the fine people he
works with who have been so supportive," JoNell
Gass passed a swallowing test on March 13 at
Charlotte Institute of Rehabilitation and his doctors
told him he could eat soft foods and drink liquids. He
faces possibly another operation in six months on his
neck and orthodontic work on his teeth.
Jack Bryson, Chad's cousin from Cherokee, wit-
nessed the accident. Bryson, the bucket operator, had
dispatched Chad to the truck to get equipment to an-
chor the cable. Chad, Bryson and one other worker
took a ferry to St. John's February 6 and had been
working about two hours when the accident happened.
* Killian said NCDOT engineers
.appeals.to the NCDOT Division v:
KM Business Association
elects first slate of officers
said Gass trips.
Virgin Islands.
A woman driving a Blaze approached the repair crews
where Gass said there was not a flag man. No charges
were made against the driver.
Doctors told him this week he could postpone hunt-
ing and fishing and camping for a while but Gass says
give it a month and he'd be in the mountains at his
4 ii Family s summer home.
* He wants to go trout fishing with his brothers,
Kevin and Rickie
‘Roxanne Lambert of Burlington and other family
members who have been so concerned about him. His
+" great-niece, Bridget Barrett, decorated his bedroom be-
fore his arrival Friday and a number of friends have
called although his mother is trying to limit some of
his visits for a while and is trying to rule out fishing
and is anxious to see his sister,
"Sunny days ahead, smile, God loves you" are typi-
cal signs which brighten his bedroom.
By all descriptions of the near-tragedy, Chad Gass
is a fighter. But he says he has no plans to return to the
"Sure we were making good money and we had a
beautiful resort hotel to live in but I'm just glad to see
Kings Mountain again," said Chad. He said racial un-
rest on the islands had resulted in several injuries and
two murdesr recently.
Gass said the natives resent jobs going to people
from outside the area who need the work.
"But there are some good people there," he said.
When the doctors first talked to us as Chad lay un-
conscious they told us "this boy has a strong will to
live."
Center.
Office for such improvements will
be made as soon as the city adopts.
the thoroughfare plan this summer. =
Adjustment board member
Clavon Kelly said the matter had
been researched "about as deeply
as we've researched anything" and
he called for a vote after about an
hour of discussion.
"It's good you neighbors got to-
gether an talked it over. The com-
pany has shown a willingness to
get along with the neighbors. In
most cases you've got to give a lit-
tle and take a little."
Member Lou Ballew said she
welcomed the new neighbors to
Kings Mountain and said the 66-
bed facility would be a real asset to
the community.
Phase I of the $3 million project
would include a 48-room, 66-bed
facility. Phase II would add two
buildings and 66 more beds.
Moss said that the city is working
with local garden clubs to beautify
the area, including the installation
of a clock at the overhead bridge,
street signs over the stoplights and
the planting of trees.
The next meeting of the group
will be April 16 at 7 p.m. at City
Hall. The public is invited.
William “Bill” Sellers
March 20th 1930 ¢ Sept. 27th, 1992
God saw you were getting tired, and a cure
was not to be. So He put His ams around you
and whispered, “Come with me.”
With tearful eyes we watched you suffer and
watched you fade away, Although we loved you
dearly: We could not make Ya stay. A golden
heart stopped beating, Hard-working hands to
rest, God broke our hearts to prove to us that he
only takes the best!
It's lonely here without you, We miss you [f
more-each day; Life doesn't seem the same,
since you went-away. When days are sad and
lonely, And-everything goes wrong, we seem to
hear you whisper, “Cheer up and carry on,”
Each time we see your picture, You seem to
smile and say, “Don't cry, I'm in God's hands,
we'll meet again someday!”
Happy Birthday
Love, Your Children
April 7, 1996
Sunday
Sponsored by: Westview
Gardens and Chapel
Grove Baptist Church,
Sisk Butler Funeral Home
Held at Westview Gardens (1123 Edgewood Rd., Bessemer City)
629-2571
Everyone Welcome
Rev. James Lowery ¢ Pastor Chapel Grove Baptist Church
We wanted better but we feel
"They called him their miracle boy," said Mrs. Gass,
echoing what a team of doctors and nurses said who
worked for weeks to save his life at Carolinas Medical
Mrs. Gass can't say enough about the fine hospital
staff and the equipment at CMC.
"I was so afraid we would lose Chad before we got
him back to North Carolina," she said.
With a thumbs up sign to visitors, Chad Cis has
high hopes for the future.
it's a compromise we can live
with," said Mercier after the meet-
“ing. The spokesman for concerned
residents in the Southridge neigh-
borhood, he said the neighbors
were not against an assisted living
center but they were worried that
the facility might increase traffic
problems in an already congested
area, questioning problems with
emergency vehicles getting into the
neighborhood and about the need
for buffers between the living cen-
ter and their properties.
The Kings Mountain
Consortium for Progress Inc. head-
ed by former Mayor John Henry
~ Moss took up the project last year.
"We are pleased," said Moss af-
ter the meeting.
The former mayor said that the
facility is much needed in the
Kings Mountain area and that it
would be formally announced
along with, other plans. the
Consortium will unveil for the
area at a press conference March
26 at 11 a.m. at City Hall.
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