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4 July 24,1997 THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD Obituaries ODELL BENTON KINGS MOUNTAIN - Odell Benton, 72, 270 Bénton Road, died July 16, 1997 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby. ~ A native of Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Charlie G. and Mary Viola Adams Benton. He was also preceded in death by his sister, © Mary Lou Adkins. He was a retired farmer and a . member of Kings Mountain Baptist Church, where he was an active Deacon, chairman of DOT TIGNOR KINGS MOUNTAIN - Dorothy "Dot" Cobb Tignor, 71, 413 Scotland Drive, died July 17, 1997 at Kings Mountain Hospital. : A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Foley P. and Ruth - Bennett Cobb. She was’a home- .maker and a member of Resurrection Lutheran Church. She is survived by her hus- band, Eugene Tignor of Kings Mountain; sons and daughters- in-law, Ronnie and Shirley . the ushers for 17 years,-and _Tignor and Mike and Beverly Sunday School secretary for 39 years. ud ; . He is survived by his wife, Betty Bell Benton of Kings Mountain; son, Gary Benton and daughter-in-law Patricia Cook Benton of Mountain; sister, Alice Wilkes i of Shelby; and grandchildren, Nicholas Dale Benton and Kristen Nicole Benton of Kings Mountain. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. Olin Byrum at 11 a.m. Friday at Kings Mountain Baptist Church. Burial was in Mountain Rest Cemetery:.: Memorials may be made to Kings Mountain Baptist Church, 101 West Mountain Street, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. ‘Harris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. . RONALD SIMMONS SHELBY - Ronald Simmons, + 1997 at his home. A native of Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Thomas and May Simmons. He was re- tired after 37 years as an alloy welder with PPG, was a U.S. Air Force veteran, and was a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church. # Je He is survived by his wife, Martha Piercy Simmons of Shelby; daughter, Linda Simmons Treadway of Shelby; brothers, Thomas "Buddy" Simmons of Metaire, LA and Frank Simons of Comak, NY; sisters, Peggy Sundquist of Benice, FL, Dorothy Hickey of East Northport, NY, and Barbara Scott of Fredericksburg, VA; and grandsons, Jeremy Treadway and Brian Treadway of Shelby. The funeral was conducted by Drs. Bob Shackleford and Paul Sorrells’at 3 p.m. Saturday at Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Burial was in the church ceme- tery. Memorials may be made to Kings. Tignor of Kings Mountain; brother, Donald Cobb of Kings Mountain; sisters, Betty Metz of Hilton Head, SC and Bonnie Horne of Kings Mountain; six grandchildren and five great- grandchildren. The funeral was conducted by the Rev. Paul Abbe at 11 a.m. Saturday at Resurrection Lutheran Church. Burial was in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Memorials fay be made to Resurrection Lutheran Church, 600 Crescent Circle, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. 4 Harris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. CRAWFORD JOHNSON KINGS MOUNTAIN - Howell Crawford Johnson, 72, 103 Myers Street, died July 21, 1997 at Kings Mountain Hospital. ELOY = NOnale SImmons, |. A native of Union Coubtyi 2249 Crosby Drive, died July 17, "SC, he was the son of the late” § Edwin Howell and Fannie. § Crawford Johnson. He was em- + ployed by Burlington Mills for 34 years, and retired from Parkdale Mills where he was a - supervisor. He was a member of Kings Mountain Baptist Church and was a World War II veteran + with service in the U.S. Navy ~ during the Normandy Invasion. He is survived by. his wife, Margaret Allman Johnson of Kings Mountain; daughters, Diane Hurlbut of Raleigh, Sandra Gregory of Bessemer . City, and Debra Santora of Waterford, CT; brothers, Edwin ‘ff Johnson of Bessemer City and Chalmers Johnson of ‘Atlanta, GA; sisters, Eunice Holcomb of Kings Mountain, Ann Sherrill of Gastonia, Corrie Mote of Shelby, and Eleanor Argile of ~ Montgomery, TX; grandchil- dren, Rob and Marc Hurlbut, ‘Andy Gregory, and Jennifer and Joy Gregory; and great-grand- children, Luke and Mason - Hurlbut. The funeral will be conducted Hospice of Cleveland County, ~by-the Rev. Olin Byrum at 11 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby. i Cleveland Funeral Services, Inc. was in charge of arrange- . ments. BENJAMIN BLACK - KINGS MOUNTAIN - Benjamin Richard Black, 84, - Autumn Care Nursing Center, _ Raeford, died July 20, 1997 at Autumn Care. * A native of Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Real and Alice Fulton Black. He was also preceded in death by ‘ his wife, Ruthie Moore Black. He was a retired farmer. He is survived by his sons, Paul Black of Grover and Marcell Black of Rutherfordton; daughters, Carolyn Godinez of Kings Mountain, Louise Lovelace of Grover, Bennie Moore of Blacksburg, SC, Janie Wilson of Blacksburg, SC, Ilene Allen of Grover, Julie Camp of © Raeford, and Edna Cogdell of King Mountain; brother, L.J: ' Black of Kings Mountain; 32 grandchildren, 53 great-grand- ‘children, and seven great-great- grandchildren. ~ A graveside service was con- ducted by the Rev. Don Ingle at . 1 p.m. Wednesday at Antioch Baptist Church cemetery, Blacksburg, SC. Harris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. a.m. Thursday - at Kings Mountain Baptist Church. Burial will be in Mountain Rest Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Kings Mountain Baptist Church, 101 West Mountain Street, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. : Harris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. ELIZABETH WHITE SPARTANBURG, Converse Heights, died July, 15, 1997. A native of Bessemer City, : NC, she was the wife of the late Edward Zimmerman White, and daughter of the late Benjamin and Carrie Burke Ormand. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of ‘Spartanburg. SC. Elizabeth Ormand White, 90, of She is survived by three daughters, Sandra W. Stephens of Spartanburg, Barbara W.. Barefield of Lawrenceville, Ga., and Edwina L. Mooneyham of Hiram, Ga.; two sisters, Nell Thompson and Millie Burnhardt of North Carolina; a brother, Dr. B.F. Ormand of dren and 13 great-grandchil- dren. ; A private graveside service was conducted by Dr. Todd B. Jones at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Brevard, NC; nine grandchil- . July 16 in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. © A’memorial service was con- ~ ducted by the Rev. Ansley Babb at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19 at First Presbyterian Church Chapel. 2 LARRY WHISNANT -— SHELBY - Larry A. Whisnant, tl hearing and maps of the areas 64, 1309 Metcalf Road, died July 21, 1997 at his home. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late O.A. and Mable Carpenter Whisnant. He was retired from - PPG and was a member of Hoyle Memorial United Methodist Church. ; He is survived by his wife, Barbara Thompson Whisnant of the home; son, Bill Whisnant of Shelby; son and daughter-in- law, Gary and Trisha Whisnant of Fresno, California; daughter, Linda Parker = of Kings Mountain; brother, Dean G. Whisnant of Shelby; and six grandchildren. He was also pre- ceded in death by a brother, Jim Whisnant. A graveside service will be conducted by the Rev. Richard C. Clough Jr. and Dr. Bob Kerr at 11 a.m. Thursday at . Cleveland Memorial Park. Memorials may be made to . Hoyle Memorial United ' Methodist Church Building " Fund, 1741 Fallston Road, Shelby, NC 28150. Annexation hearing on Council age Public hearing on the city's plans to annex 857 acres in four areas of the city will be con- ducted by City Council Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. - The annexation, if approved, would take in 592 people, 231 dwellings and 20 establish- ments over a 1.34 square mile. __ Notices of the upcoming have been mailed to property owners as well as to Volunteer Fire Departments and Solid - Waste providers affected by the proposed annexation. The text of the map was published in last week's Herald. The annexed areas would in- clude: Area 98-C - Highway 74 Business West, 518.10 acres in- cluding 184 dwellings of 469 people, 18 establishments on 3.71 miles of streets with as- sessed value of $10,684.,258. Area 98-D - the golf course area, 1906.79 acres, dwellings, one establishment with assessed value $467,660. Area 98-E Waco Road - 74 Bypass right-of-way, contiguous annexation of Spectrum, 222.33 acreage, 83 people, 32 dwellings, $678,700 assessed value. Area F- Linwood area, the smallest area of 10.03 acres, 20 lots and 23 homes, $678,700, as- sessed value. | Rolling services such as po- CVS and Revco complete merger CVS Corporation today an- nounced that it has completed its merger with Revco D.S., Inc., following provisional approval from the Federal Trade Commission of an agreement allowing CVS to proceed,with the transaction. : In the merger, each Revco share will be exchanged for 0.8842 CVS shares, resulting in the issuance of approximately 60 million CVS shares to Revco _ shareholders, based on about 67.8 million outstanding Revco _shares, excluding approximate- ly four million Revco stock op- tions. Under the agreement with the Commission, which will now be placed on the public record for comment, CVS will divest 120 Revco stores out of a combined CVS/Revco store base of over 4,000 stores. All but six of the stores to be divested are located in the Richmond and Tidewater regions of Virginia lice, fire and sanitation would be provided those areas July 1, 1998. ; The annexed areas would be impacted by fire protection and are currently served by Bethlehem, Oak Grove and Chestnut Ridge Fire Departments. fia ~The board will also conduet— Page 3A nda public hearings on conditional use zoning requests from Eddie and Joyce Houser, 613 Slater St., and Kings Mountain Metal Inc., York Road, and set August 26 as a public hearing on request of Mike Brown of Brown Meadows subdivision for modi- fication of the city's subdivision ordinance. TTT KINGS MOUNTAIN WEATHER REPORT (Compiled by Kenneth Kitzmiller) July 16-22 Year Ago Total precipitation 2.2 0 Maximum one day 1.60 (16) 0 Year to date 33.62 25.88 Minimum temp. 60 (17) 70 (18) Maximum temp. 95 (19, 21) 95 (20) Average temp. 78.4 82.7 two CLIPPER « 90° Flip-Up. 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