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Obituaries
_The Kings Mountain Herald
Health
October 9,1997
ROBBIE HARRIS
BLACKSBURG, SC - Robbie
Dean Harris, 25, 130 Martin
Ridge Road, died Sunday,
October 5, 1997 at his residence.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of
Claude Columbus Harris Jr. of
Grover and Emma Maxine
Black Parrish of Bartow,
Florida. He was a loom techni-
cian with Weavetec in
Blacksburg, and attended
Bethel Baptist Church in Shelby.
He is survived by his parents;
wife, Dottie Melissa Harris, and
daughter, Angelica Breann
Harris of the home; brothers,
Samuel and Claude Columbus
Harris III, both of Grover,
Nathan Black of Shelby, David-
Hughes of Augusta, GA, and
Gary "Red" Hughes of Bessemer
City; sister, Courtney Harris of.
Grover; step-sister, Amy Denise
Ledbetter of Hickory; step-
mother, Linda Jeanette Harris of
Grover; step-father, Jimmy
Parrish of Bartow, Florida; pa-
ternal grandmother, Ruth
Harris, and maternal grandfa-
ther, David Fred Black, both of
Cherryville.
The funeral will be conducted
by the Rev. Willie Lanier and
Billy Bowen at 2 p.m. Thursday
at Christian Fellowship Church
in Blacksburg. Burial will be in
Cherryville City Cemetery in
Cherryville.
Gordon Mortuary is in charge
of arrangements.
TERESA YARBRO
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Teresa
Jenkins Yarbro, 40, 118
Whetstine Road, died Sunday,
October 5, 1997 at her home.
She was a native of Gaston
County, and a homemaker.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Donald "Donnie" Yarbro
of the home; son, Ronnie and
daughter-in-law Teresa Yarbro
of Gastonia; parents, Dorcus
"Red" and Jean Smith Jenkins of
Bessemer City; granddaughter,
Megan Yarbro; sisters, Doris
Green of Lincolnton and Vivian
Heffner of Conway, SC; and
dear friends, Cindy Newton,
Carolyn Paysour, Dena Yarbro
and Beverly Anders.
The funereal was conducted
by the Revs. Danny Stephens
and Sam Snyder at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Ollie Harris
Memorial Chapel. Burial was in
Westview Gardens, Bessemer
City.
Our family would like to express our
sincere appreciation for all the acts of
kindness shown to our mother and to
us during her life time and since her
passing.
We as her children never heard her
question why God let her suffer as she
did the last several months of her life,
nor did we hear her speak of evil of
anyone.
God’s Holy presence was with us
in a mighty way at the time of her
passing and still comforts our
hearts in absence.
As her children we have resolved
to be more like her and our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ.
In closing we would like to ask
for God’s richest blessing to rest
upon: :
Dr. Everette Thombs, his staff,
and the staff of the Kings
Mountain Hospital for the
excellent, loving care that each one
gave to our mother. We feel that
they treated her as if she were their
own mother.
We also wish to thank, and to ask
God to bless, the staff at Harris
Funeral Home for their loving
patience. We feel they helped us to
make Mother’s memorial service
one which we feel would have
pleased her, and one that we hoped
honored our Lord.
Ry Sincerely, rr
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the Cleveland County Humane
Society, 1010 W. Sumter St.,
Shelby, NC 28150.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
JOHN SLOAN
CHARLOTTE - John Wilson
Sloan, 75, died Saturday,
October 4, 1997 at his residence.
A native of Mecklenburg
County, he was a graduate of
Berryhill High School. He was a
veteran of the U.S. Army in
World War II, and later became
a member of American Legion
Post 262 and a member at large
of Veterans of Foreign Wars.
After 37 years, he retired as a
salesman for Wilson Sporting
Goods.
He is survived by his wife of
57 years, Kathleen Hayes Sloan
of Charlotte; daughters, Kathy
S. McIlroy of Charlotte and
Donna S. Cox of Anderson, SC;
son, Dr. John W. Sloan Jr. and
his wife, Martha, of Kings
Mountain; five grandchildren,
Paige M. Meadows of
Mooresville, Kristen Cox and
Erin Cox of Anderson, SC, and
Jennifer Sloan and Joy Sloan of
Kings Mountain; three grand-
sons, Stewart Mcllroy of
Charlotte, Dr. James T. Cox of
Anderson, SC, and PFC John W.
Sloan III of Fayetteville; and
three great-grandchildren,
Alexis Mcllroy, Zachary
McIlroy, and Kennedi Sloan
Meadows.
The funeral was conducted
by Dr. John W. Sloan J.r and
Rev. Brian Taule at 3 p.m.
Tuesday, October 7 at Calvary
Baptist Church. Interment was
in Steele Creek Presbyterian
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Hospice at Charlotte, 1420 E.
7th St., Charlotte, NC 28204,
and Calvary Baptist Church,
2200 Ashley Road, Charlotte,
NC 28208.
Hankins and Whittington
Funeral Home was in charge of
arrangements.
JEAN HARMON
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Jean
Wilkinson Harmon, 68, 5047
_ Harmon Road, died October 6,
1997 at Pellcare Nursing Center | ud
that we work together to share
in Hickory.
A native of Lowell, she was
the daughter of the late Bain
and Lenna Walls Wilkinson. She
was a homemaker and a mem-
ber of First Baptist Church,
Lowell.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Preston Harmon of Kings
Mountain; son, Billy Harmon of
Kings Mountain; daughter, Julie
Harmon of Shelby; brothers,
Ted Wilkinson of Gastonia and
Sam Wilkinson of Sanford; and
sisters, Virginia Wilkinson of
Gastonia and Carol Ladd of
Stanley.
The funeral will be conducted
by Dr. Paul Sorrells at 2 p.m.
Thursday at Cleveland Funeral
Services Chapel, Shelby. Burial
will be in Cleveland Memorial "5
Park, Shelby.
Cleveland Funeral Services,
Inc., Shelby, was in charge of ar-
rangements.
Robinson Gym
to be dedicated
Frazier "Slow" Robinson
Gymnasium will be dedicated
Sunday at 5 p.m. by Antioch
Missionary Baptist Church,
1616 Kings Road, in Shelby.
The service will honor
Robinson, who is known as one
of the Black Living Legends of
Negro Baseball. The Kings
Mountain man was catcher for
Leroy "Satchel" Paige All Stars.
After the banquet, visitors
will be given a tour of the new
gymnasium.
Air Force gave Cun ningham
opportunity to become doctor
Dr. Elizabeth Cunningham,
37, the new general surgeon at
Kings Mountain Hospital, likes
her first civilian job and calling
Kings Mountain home.
A former Major in the United
States Air Force, Cunningham
was recruited by Carolina
Surgery of Gastonia and moved
to Kings Mountain September
22 after being in North Carolina
three weeks.
"Although we regret that Dr.
Sam Robinson has retired, we
welcome Dr. Cunningham to
the hospital staff," said KMH
Administrator Hank Neal.
A native of New York,
Cunningham graduated from
the Medical School of
Georgetown University in 1986
and completed her residency at
the University of Tennessee in
Knoxville.
She served four years in the
USAF and earned her medical
degree from a military scholar-
DR. CUNNINGHAM
ship from Health Professi(inal
Scholarship Program
served at Holloman AFI} in
New Mexico all four years. | She
completed her Air Force tr ain-
{and |
ing in San Antonio, Texas and
received her undergraduate de-
gree from The College of Mount
St. Vincent in Riverdale, New
York.
Dr. Cunningham will operate
a surgical clinic and also be on
call at the local hospital, rotat-
ing weekend call duty with six
other members of the staff of
Carolina Surgery including Dr.
Robert Perkins, Dr. Mark
Moskowitz, Dr. Andrew Light,
Dr. Ray Vasquez and Dr. Sandra
. Schultz.
Connie Williams will serve as
;receptionist/ nurse. The surgical
office is located in the outpa-
‘tient wing of the local hospital.
| + "lI always wanted to be a doc-
| tor and the Air Force gave me
the opportunity to complete
‘my medical schooling on a
scholarship which I am repay-
ing by going out into the com-
munity in the general practice
of surgery," said Cunningham.
Health groups stress prevention
Promising better, more effi-
cient delivery of health care,
and a healthier community, four
local health care providers have
joined hands in an innovative
partnership pledging their ef-
forts and resources toward pre-
vention.
A binding charter agreement
was signed by participants,
forming the Alliance for Health
among the Cleveland County
Health Department, the
Cleveland Center, CLECO and
Cleveland Regional Medical
Center. The agreement is de-
signed to streamline efforts,
eliminate duplication of ser-
vices and to focus objectives to-
ward prevention.
"Each organization shares the
same fundamental goal - im-
proving community health," ex-
plained Denese Stallings, health
director of the Cleveland
County Health Department and
chairman of the newly formed
Alliance. "It.only. makes sense
resources rather than compete
for them. Our community is far
more important than turf."
The Alliance positions
Cleveland County for the fu-
ture, Stallings said, recognizing
future financial challenges for
public and private health care
providers, and to meet the chal-
lenges through a collaborative
planning process.
"This approach is cutting-
edge," said Stallings, who (was
recently named = Njprth
Carolina's Health Directcjr of
the Year. "No other commujinity
we know of is doing thils; in
fact, we have been asked to
share our plans so they can be
used as a model for other |com-
munities with similar (-hal-
lenges." It
She says it's a matter of Jearn-
ing what's best for the coinmu-
nity, then working together to
satisfy those health care reeds.
"In the future, managed|l-care
environment, resources wi ill be-
come increasingly scarce, ¢0 it is
important that we re-ev: aluate
how we spend money. They
Alliance is part of that process
and will help spread the |dollar
over a larger area. In other
words, the community wiill get
more bang for its buck."
Becoming more efficient is
just part of the puzzle, however.
Stallings said it will also be nec-
essary to seek alternative finan-
cial support for prevention, ed-
ucation, health and wellness
services.
' Although the Alliance was
just formalized, its members
have been working together for
more than a year developing a
strategic plan to guide its efforts
and, along the way, recognize
opportunities to serve.
Even in this organizational
year, the Alliance has initiated
eal projects in cooperation
with the private section, includ-
ing the W.LLN. program, which
works with local industry to as-
sess employees’ health and pro-
vide improved techniques;
See Health, 3A
Auxiliary plans tree project
_@ecorative-: angels {ior a
“Christmas tree to pridvide
$1,000 for a medical stiadent
scholarship are being ma de by
members of the IKings
Mountain Hospital Auxili¢ry.,
President Sylvia Hal Iman
said the angels are availat)le for
a $10 donation and will be ar the
name of a person to be honored
or memorialized. Citizens who
want to participate in th¢> pro-
ject should contact a mem per of
the Auxiliary or pick up ¢in ap-
ian form. at the hospital. .
We hope to sell at feast 100
angels [so that we can give our
first scholarship in June," said
Mrs. Hallman.
The tree will be lighted in the
host lobby on December 3.
ony members making
angels are Hallman, Peggy
Baird, Ann Reep, Lou Ballew,
Juanita Steffy, Jessie Collins,
Verna Mae Allran, Edie Lovell
and Jenny Maner.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY PROJECT - Members of the Kings| Mountain Hospital Auxiliary are mak-
ing angels to trim a Christmas tree as a scholarship projec|t. From left, Peggy Baird, Ann Reep,
Lou Ballew, Juanita Steffy, Jessie Collins, Verna Mae Aliran, Edie Lovell and Jenny Maner.
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