: late Charles W. and Lucy Ewing
: Wilson. He was also preceded
. in death by his wife Virginia
Burch “Jenny” Wilson. He was
: retired from Mauney Hosiery
Mills in Kings Mountain. He
was a member and former
- Deacon, Trustee and Sunday
- School Superintendent of
Macedonia Baptist Church.
He is survived by his sons
and daughters in law Steve and
Sondra Wilson and Ronnie and
Stephanie Wilson all of Kings
Mountain; daughters and sons
in law Patti and Jackie Barnette
and Susan and Mike Blanton all
of Kings Mountain; sister in law
Mildred B. Southers; grandchil-
dren Jennifer Blanton, Crystal
Wilson, Ashley Wilson, Megan
Dixon, Brandon Dixon, Jessica
Barnette, Wendy Barnette,
Ronnie Wilson, Jr., Zachary
Wilson, and Garrett Wilson.
The funeral was conducted
Wednesday at 11 a.m. at
Macedonia Baptist Church by
the Revs. David Philbeck and
Bruce Davis. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Rocky Brown,
Houston Corn, Glenn Hicks,
Greg Martin, Mike Nicholson,
Tim Spicer.
Memorials may be made to
Macedonia Baptist Church, 1101
S. Battleground Avenue, Kings
Mountain 28086.
Harris Funeral Home served
the family.
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Wilma Ann Moss of
Morganton, and June Coleman
of Kings Mountain; half-sister
Lynn Donaldson of Shelby; also
six nephews and two nieces.
_The funeral was conducted
Friday at Ollie Harris Memorial
Chapel at 4 p.m. by the Revs.
Darrell Alexander and Timmy
Whitaker. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home served
the family.
ILA MAE ROBBINS
BELMONT - Ila Mae Tate
Robbins, 72, 38 W. Pecan Street,
died March 9, 2000 at Gaston
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland
County, she was the daughter
of the late Herman Clifton and
Minnie Odell Chaney Tate, and
wife of the late William H.
Robbins. She was also preceded
in death by her sister, Jeanelle
~ Cook, and her brothers Howard
Tate and Herman Clifton Tate Jr.
She was a member of Ranlo
Baptist Church, and the Golden
Chorus of Gaston County. She
was a homemaker.
She is survived by her daugh-
ter, Jeanette R. Paoli of
Columbus, GA; brothers, Bill
Tate and wife, Ann, and Dean
Tate and wife, Sandra, of
Gastonia; sisters, Diane Peeler
and husband, Jerry, of
Lincolnton, and Yvonne Butler
and husband, Clayton, of
Dallas; brother-in-law, Jennings
Cook of Cherryville; sister-in-
law, Mary Tate Outz of
Gastonia; and one grandson,
Antonio Paoli of Columbus,
GA.
The funeral was conducted
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JIM THOMPSON
KINGS MOUNTAIN - James
Lawson “Jim” Thompson Sr.,
64, 914 Blalock Drive, died
Sunday, March 12, 2000 at
Gaston Memorial Hospital.
A native of York County, SC,
he was the son of the late Lester
Lawson and Pacey Watts
Thompson. He was a member
of First Wesleyan Church, and
lifetime member of VFW Post
9811 and American Legion Otis
D. Green Post 155. He was re-
tired and served in the United
States Army during the Korean
War.
He is survived by his wife,
Evelene Oliver Thompson of
Kings Mountain; sons, Jimbo
Thompson of Kings Mountain
and Don Henderson and wife,
Sheila, of Kings Mountain;
- daughters, Sandra Randle and
“ husband, Hoyle, of Kings
Mountain, Jackie Roberts of
Kings Mountain and Lynn
Thompson of Shelby; brother,
Olin Dewitt Thompson of
Clover, SC; sister, Mell
Thompson Ott of Clover, SC;
and seven grandchildren, Leebo
Henderson, Josh Randle, Tyler
Randle, David Wease, Bradley
Wease, LeeAnn Thompson, and
Lori Thompson.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. Don Williams at 2
p.m. Tuesday at First Wesleyan
Church. Burial was in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
First Wesleyan Church, 505
North Piedmont Avenue, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086.
Harris Funeral Home was in
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grandchildren, Thea Moore of
Tampa, FL and Ted Lastinger of
Bessemer City; great-grandchil-
dren, Heather Moore, Brittany
Moore, Tiffany Moore,
Samantha Lastinger, and Baily
Lastinger.
A graveside service was held
Sunday at 4:30 p.m. at
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home was in
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DENNIS N. FARRIS
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Dennis
N. Farris, 53, 625 Oak Grove
Road, died March 11, 2000 at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of the
late Darwin and Lyall Ruth
Williams Farris. He was also
preceded in death by his son,
Jeffrey Scott Farris. He was an
employee of Patrick Yarns.
He is survived by his wife,
Brenda K. McMullen; daugh-
ters, Karen Farris Beaver and
husband, Rick, of Shelby;
Tammy Truett and husband,
Jeff, of Kings Mountain, and
Christie White of Kings
Mountain; sisters, Janet Parker
of Kings Mountain, Phyllis
Brasier of Gaffney, SC, and
Jacquline Hubbard of Bessemer
City.
Memorials may be made to
Kings Mountain Crisis Ministry,
208 North Cleveland Avenue,
Kings Mountain, NC 28086.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
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Midview Baptist Church,
Kings Mountain, will hold a;
barbecue sale March 31 fro 11
a.m.-6 p.m.
Plates are $5. All proceeds go
to the building fund.
Susan L. White and husband,
Richard, and Hilda L. Kiser and
husband, Danny, all of Kings
Mountain; and grandchildren,
John Lowery, Olivia Lowery
and Russell Kiser.
The funeral was conducted
by the Revs. David Blanton and
Russell Fitts at 5 p.m. Sunday at
Bethlehem Baptist Church.
Burial was in the church ceme-
tery. :
Memorials may be made to
Bethlehem Baptist Church,
Building Fund, 1017 Bethlehem
Road, Kings Mountain, NC
28086.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
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Edward “Ed” Byers, 75, 221
Walker Street, died March 10,
2000 at Century Care, Gastonia.
A native of Rutherford !
County, he was the son of the
late Samuel A. and Mattie
Dellinger Byers. He was also
preceded in death by his sister,
Millie Kiser.
He was retired from Plastic
Products of Bessemer City. He
was a member of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. He was a vet-
eran of World War II with ser-
vice in the United States Army.
He is survived by his wife,
Willie Morris Byers; son, Doye
Edward Byers of Wheeling, W.
Va.; daughter, Brenda Byers
Roberts and husband, Wayne,
of Kings Mountain; sister,
Carolyn Dillinger of Gastonia;
and grandchildren, Kim
Caldwell, Dianne Cash, Amy
Husk, Ethan Byers and Shauna
Byers.
A graveside service was con-
ducted by the Rev. Wayne Reese
at 2 p.m. Monday at Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Gaston County Hospice, 260
East Garrison Blvd., Gastonia,
NC 28054.
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CHARLES WILSON, JR. REBECCA MOSS by the Revs. Jerry Millwood BETTY TOWNSEND NELL LOWERY BILL BELT :
. KINGS MOUNTAIN- Charles KINGS MOUNTAIN- and Larry Arrowood at 2:30 KINGS MOUNTAIN - Betty KINGS MOUNTAIN - Nell _ GROVER - Joseph Wilbert
© W. Wilson, Jr. Rebecca Lee “Becky” Moss, 38, p.m. Sunday at Ollie Harris Wilson Townsend, 79, 116 Randall Lowery, 81, 209 El “Bill” Belt, 82, 158 Blackburn
* 78, 308 Silver 1902 Shelby Road, died March ~~ Memorial Chapel, Kings Ferguson Road, died March 10, Bethel Road, died March 11, _ Drive, died March 10, 2000 at
Street, died 8, 2000 in Kings Mountain. Mountain. Burial was in 2000 at Gaston Memorial 2000 at White Oak Manor. Wendover in Shelby.
: March 12, 2000 A native of Cleveland Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings ~~ Hospital. A native of Cleveland A native of Woodruff, SC, he
. at Kings County, she was the daughter Mountain. © A native of Camden, NJ, she County, she was the widow of was the son of the late William
: Mountain of the late Palmer Glenn and Memorials may be madeto ~~ was the daughter of the late William Hill Lowery. She was a ~~ Riley and Martha Jeanette Reid
: Hospital. Helen Boheler Moss. Ranlo Baptist Church, 1517 Gene and Fredia Dodlin and member of Bethlehem Baptist Belt. He was also preceded in
: Anative of She is survived by her daugh- Spencer Mountain Road, wife of the late Emory Wesley Church, and was a homemaker. death by his first wife, Christine
: Mecklenburg ter Brittany Lynn Brakefield of Gastonia, NC 28054. Townsend. She was a home- She is survived by her son, Rector Belt. -
; County, he was Kings Mountain; brother Glenn Harris Funeral Home was in maker. Seerly Lowery and wife, Faye, He was an installer of textile
: the son of the Moss of Kings Mountain; sisters charge of arrangements. She is survived by her daugh- of Scotland County; daughters, machines, and was a member of
Bethany Baptist Church
He is survived by his wife,
Vergia Collins Belt of the home;
sons, Jim Belt and wife, Brenda,
of Kings Mountain, Bill Belt and
wife, Linda, of Dallas, Rick Belt
and wife, Diane, of Gastonia,
and Steve Belt of Kings
Mountain; daughters, Pam Belt
of Kings Mountain, Faye Brown
of Grover, Kaye Mellon of
Kings Mountain, Jeanette Cook
and husband, Jim, of Casar;
Debbie Earley and husband,
Brent, of Kings Mountain;
brother, Aaron F. “Bud” Belt of
Black Mountain; 32 grandchil-
dren and 48 great-grandchil-
dren.
The funeral was conducted
by the Revs. Doug Ramsey,
Leonard Huffstetler and Elliott
Tessneer at 4 p.m. Monday at
Bethany Baptist Church. Burial
was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery, Kings Mountain.
Memorials may be made to
the Steeple Fund, Bethany
- Baptist Church, 723 Cleveland
“Avenue, Grover, NC 28073 or
Hospice of Cleveland County,
951 Wendover Heights Drive,
Shelby, NC 28150
Harris Funeral Home was in
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