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Herald/Times
December 23, 1999
Taco Bell, other businesses
to build in Kings Mountain
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
Construction and demolition
projects have kept workers in
the Kings Mountain area busy
over the past few months. In
addition to several new projects
in the planning and building
stages, Kings Mountain has
seen some old structures come
down. Both commercial and
residential construction in and
around town continues to
thrive according to Steve
Killian, planning director for
the City of Kings Mountain.
One of the construction pro-
jects on tap is the new Taco Bell
restaurant on York Road. To be
built by Richardson Turner
Construction Co., the Mexican
eatery will be part of a three
phase five-acre development
and is valued at $220,000.
Another commercial build-
ing project in the works is an
industrial building near Turbo
Conveyor on Canterbury Road.
Owner and businessman Tee
Jay Redmond has ask for rezon-
ing consideration for the pro-
ject.
Highlighting the Kings
Mountain healthcare scene, a
new medical office complex is
slated for construction at the
corner of N. Watterson and W.
Kings Street. Groundbreaking
for the $1.4 million structure is
scheduled for the first of the
new year, with completion this
spring.
Though it’s been a long time
coming, completion of the $3
million Holiday Inn Express at
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a reality. With the roof finished
and stucco applied, the project
is approaching the 51 percent
finished mark and will hopeful-
ly be ready for preliminary in-
spection by the December 31,
1999 tax deadline.
Residential home builders
have also been busy in Kings
Mountain. Henry Whiteside’s
Mountain Manor development
off Linwood Road is entering its
third phase with 41 new homes
planned. Five are already fin-
ished. Crocker Ridge on
Crocker Road is a proposed de-
velopment with 76 homes pro-
jected. Both developments will
be customers for Kings
Mountain utility services.
Contrasting with the number
of new structures going up in
Kings Mountain are the old
ones coming down.
Businessman Mike Heath of
Kings Mountain has overseen
demolition of the old bus sta-
tion and adjacent garage on his
property at the corner of E.
Kings Street and Piedmont
Avenue. Also coming down bit
by bit is the former Carquest
building at E. King and York
Road. Finally, the former Kings
Mountain Motel in front of the
Herald building was used as a
fire training exercise earlier this
fall and is gone.
At a time of year when con-
struction generally tapers off,
crews are still humming along
in Kings Mountain. As city
building codes and inspections
director Holly Galloway put it -
“things aren't slowing down a
bit.”
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charitable organization that helps the elderly and ill maintain
an independent lifestyle through volunteers.
Eaton Angel Tree benefits
Cleveland County elderly
BY ALAN: HODGE. , SER NG
Staff Writer SIGE Efe ay
As stacks of Belg
wrapped Christmas gifts for the
less fortunate were gathered in
the Eaton Corp. Transmission
Division lunchroom last week,
it was obvious that once again
the manufacturer was being a
good corporate citizen in
Cleveland County. Slated for
delivery to LIVE! (Living
Independently through
Volunteers for the Elderly) in
the Cleveland Home Health
Building and to Cleveland
Children’s Homes, the presents
were part of Eaton’s annual
Angel Tree program.
“We have a charitable dona-
tions program at Eaton that’s
managed by the employees,”
said human resources manager
Bo Burch. “This is the seventh
year we've had an Angel Tree.”
Placed in the employee eating
area on December 1, the Angel
Tree was draped with tags
marked with a gift wish from
individuals in need. Employees
drew off the tags and filled the
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gift that’s on the tag. In the past
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bag of coal or some groceries.”
Other gifts that Eaton work-
ers had bought for LIVE! and
the children’s homes included
games, toys, and clothes.
“Eaton Corp. and the help
they give others is a godsend to
the people of Cleveland
County,” said LIVE! executive
director Sara Ray. “They:
brought a hall full of gifts that
are greatly appreciated. They
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ETTA GLADDEN
KINGS MOUNTAIN- Etta
Mae Lockridge Johnson
Gladden, 86, 1000 First Street,
died December 17, 1999 at
home
A native of Gaston County,
she was the daughter of the late
James Sloan and Margaret
Gardner Lockridge and the wife
of the late Earl M. Johnson and
Earl Odell Gladden. She was a
former employee of Carlton
Yarn Mill and Parkdale Mill for
over 40 years. She attended
Sparrow Springs Baptist
Church.
She is survived by her daugh-
ter and son in law Joyce Diane
and Robert Szymkowski of
Kings Mountain; grandchildren
and spouses James and Angie
Carrigan, Jr., and Kim and
Danny Navy all of Kings
Mountain; great grandchildren
Ashley, Amy, Emily, Courtney
and Brittany.
The funeral was conducted
Sunday at 2 pm at Sisk-Butler
Funeral Home Chapel with Dr.
Roy Dean Clark and Rev. Earl
Cook officiating. Burial was in
West View Gardens in Bessemer
City.
Memorials may be made to
Cleveland County Hospice, 951
Wendover Heights Drive,
Shelby 28150.,
Sisk Butler Funeral Home of
Bessemer City served the fami-
ly.
EDWARD WIGGINS
SHELBY- Edward Yates
Wiggins, 80, 708 Walker Drive,
died December 18, 1999 at VA
Medical Center, Asheville.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of the
late Elzie Anzie and Austrillia
Putnam Wiggins. He was also
preceded in death by a sister
Jossie Lee Hamby. He was re-
tired from Bost Bakery and Ora
Mill and a member of the DAV.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of
WWII and served a a tank de-
stroyer crewman, and took part
in the battles of Normandy,
Northern France, Rhineland,
Ardennes, and Central Europe.
He received the Eamet
Campaign Medal with five
Bronze Service Stars, Good
Conduct Medal, and a Purple,
Heart: - Saari
Heds, SEY nm Lets, 1
Allen Wiggins of the home; son
and daughter in law Donna
Green Wiggins of Shelby; sisters
Elvaree Pillois of West Virginia
and Annie Bell Womack of
Morganton; granddaughter and
husband Laura Wiggins and
Shan Ford of Kings Mountain; -
grandson Jacob E. Wiggins of
Shelby; great granddaughter
Savannah Lynn Ford of Kings
Mountain.
The graveside service was
conducted Tuesday at Sandy
Run Baptist Church Cemetery
at 11 am by the Rev. R.W. Davis.
Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
served the family.
GEORGE HALL
SEABOARD, N.C.- George
Perry Hall, 83, Seaboard, N.C.
died December 20, 199 at Pitt
Memorial Hospital in
Greenville, N.C.
A native of West Columbia,
S.C., he was the son of the late
Alfred H. Hall and Hassie C.
Hall. He was a World War II
Navy veteran. He retired from
Gay Implement Co. after 30
years of service and was a
member of Seaboard Baptist
Church where he had served as
a former Sunday School teacher
and Deacon.
He is survived by his wife
Marian Worsham Hall.; daugh-
ters Gail Bass and son in law
Gary Bass of Chester, Va., and
Edith Faye Hall of the home;
son George Perry Hall, Jr. and
daughter in law Karen C. Hall
of Shelby; five grandchildren,
Sheri Bass McHerron, Kevin
Bass, Becky Hall, Lucy Hall,
and Patti Hall. Two great
grandsons Ryan and Logan
- McHerron; brother Harry
Laverne Hall of Colonial
Heights, Va.
The funeral will be conducted
. Thursday at 11 am at Seaboard
Baptist Church by Rev. Bert
Kirk. Burial will be in
Cedarwood Cemetery in
Roanoke Rapids, N.C.
Memorials may be made to
Seaboard Baptist Church
Building Fund, Seaboard, N.C.
27876.
Massey Funeral Homes
served the family.
“"'MOLLIE GOFORTH
KINGS MOUNTAIN- Mollie
Carico Goforth,
87, resident of
White Oak
Manor, died
December 21,
1999 at White
Oak Manor,”
Kings, "=
Mountain.
A native of
Newton, N.C.,
she was the Sa
daughter of the late Samuel
Commodore Carico and the late
Julia Causby Carico. She was a
member of Freewill Baptist
Church in Bessemer City and a
homemaker.
She is survived by son Clyde
Wray and wife Addie of Kings
Mountain; daughters Virginia S.
Tumbleson and husband Bobby
of Kings Mountain and Sybil I
Huffstickler and husband
Charles “Bill” of Bessemer City;
sisters Madeline McPeters and
Edna Wilkie both of
Morganton, N.C; also 10 grand-
children, 18 great grandchildren
and one great great grandchild.
The funeral will be conducted
Thursday at 11 am at Ollie
Harris Memorial Chapel by the
Rev. Doug Allen. Burial will be
in Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home served
the family.
BRYONNA GOBLE'
SHELBY- Bryonna Marie
Austin Goble, infant, died
December 19, 1999 at Cleveland
Regional Medical Center.
A native of Cleveland
County, she was the daughter
of Melissa Austin and Travis
Goble.
In addition to her parents,
she is survived by her paternal
grandparents Robert and
Debbie Goble of Clover, S.C.;
maternal grandparents Larry
and Margaret Austin of Shelby;
maternal great grandparents
Annie Moss, and Dorothy
Austin of Kings Mountain; pa-
ternal great grandparents
Robert and Mossie Goble of
Gastonia, Ervin and Sadie
Simmons of Kings Mountain;
aunts Patricia Jackson and
Myra Austin both of Shelby.
The graveside service was
held Wednesday at2 pma t
Westview Gardens by the Revs.
Gene Ware and Michael White.
Greene Funeral Service han-
dled the arrangements.
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