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OBITUARIES
BILLY HOYLE
UNION MILLS - Billy Fred
Hoyle, 65, 5010 Hudlow Road,
died May 11, 2000 at Rutherford
Hospital. -
A native of Rutherfordton, he
was the son of the late Belo and
Florence Hoyle. He was a ma-
chine operator with Broyhill
Furniture and was a member of
Sandy Level Baptist Church.
He is survived by his daugh-
ter, Debbie Hoyle of Union
Mills; brothers, Bernie Hoyle of
Shelby and Herman Hoyle and
Robert Hoyle of Bostic; and sis-
ters, Ruby Hutchins and Ruth
Kimbrell of Morganton,
Modene Landis of Forest City
and Lillian Greene of Kings
Mountain.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. Robert Hensley at 11
a.m. Saturday at Sandy Level
Baptist Church. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Crowe Funeral Home,
Rutherfordton, was in charge of
arrangements.
RAY PENDLETON
SHELBY - Ray, C, Pennington,
75, 2116 Joe's Lake Road, died
May 10, 2000 at Cleveland
Regional Medical Center.
A native of Cleveland
QC ounty, he was the son of the
late John Willard and Bessie
Queen Pendleton. He was re-
tired after.37 years with J.P.
Stevens, He also worked with
Doran Mill and Ora Mill.
He was a member of Mulls
Memorial Baptist Church, and
was a lifetime member of
D.A.V. He was a U.S. Navy vet-
eran.
He is survived by his son,
Phillip Bern Pendleton of
Shelby; daughter, Karen
Stidham of Shelby; brother and
sister-in-law, Rev. Max and
Virginia Pendleton of Belmont;
sister, Sarah Buff of Vale; sisters-
in-law, Dot Pendleton of
Winston-Salem and Edna
“Pete” Richards of Morganton;
grandson, Greg Stidham;
granddaughters, Leslie Heffner
and husband, Keith, and
Melissa Cook; great-grand-
daughters, Tia Heffner and
Whitney Heffner; step grand-
children, Clay Spivey and
Amber Spivey; step great-
grandson, Dalton Bennett. He
was preceded in death by his
brother, Gene “Red” Pendleton.
The funeral was conducted
by the Revs. Ervin Price and
Max Pendleton at 3 p.,m.
Saturday at Clay-Barnette
Chapel. Burial was in Cleveland
Memorial Park.
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DIANE S. BALL
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Diane
Salyers Ball, 52, 1811 Martin
Road, died May 9, 2000 at
Cleveland Regional Medical
Center, Shelby.
A native of Redjacket, W. Va.,
she was the daughter of the late
Joe and Bertha Price Salyers.
She was employed by Subway
in Cherryville.
She is survived by her hus-
band, William Frankie Ball of
Cherryville; sons, Frankie Ball
and wife, Ashlie, of Kings
Mountain and Shane Ball and
fiancee of Bessemer City;
daughters, Machelle Jones and
husband, Roy, of Thorpe, W. Va.
and Jessica Ball of Cherryville;
and grandchildren, Roy Jones
III, Alexa Jones, Trista Jones,
‘Nicholas Jones, Dylan Ball and
Stacey Ball.
A graveside service was con-
ducted by the Rev. Roy Clark at
2 p.m. Friday at Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
GENEVA GILLIAM
GROVER - Geneva Jackson
Gilliam, 79, 113 Andrew Drive,
died May 11, 2000 at Carolinas
Medical Center, Charlotte.
A native of Cherokee County,
SC, she was the daughter of the
late Worth and Frances Philbeck
Jackson. She was wife of the
late Alfred Gilliam. She was al-
so preceded in death by her
son, Charles Gilliam; grandson,
Richard Gilliam; and three
brothers, Leroy Jackson,
William Jackson, and Floyd
Jackson,
She was a member of Grover
Church of God and was retired
from Minette Mills.
She is survived by her sons,
Bobby Gilliam and wife, Gaye,
of Grover, Junior Gilliam of
Wingate, and James Gilliam and
wife, Martha, of Patterson
Springs; daughters, Judy
Walker and husband, Kenny,
and Margaret Black and hus-
band, Elmer, of Kings ]
Mountain; brothers, Robert
Dover of Shelby and Broadus
Jackson of Kings Mountain; sis- , .
ter, Cleo Martin of Kings
Cynthia Woods of Granite Falls,
Roger Gilliam of Shelby,
Mitchell Gilliam of Waxhaw,
Lynn Bowen of Grover, Jamie
York, David Black, and Carol
Ann Bell of Kings Mountain,
Beth Gilliam of Wingate,
Michael Gilliam of Shelby, and
Jeff Gilliam of Grover; and 12
great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
by the Revs. Larry Wells, Mike
Chambers and Joe Heffner at 3
p.m. Saturday at Christian
Freedom Baptist Church, Kings
Mountain. Burial was in
Antioch Baptist Church
Cemetery, Blacksburg, SC
Memorials may be made to
Grover Church of God, 201
North Main Street, Grover, NC
28073.
Harris Funeral Home, Kings
Mountain, was in charge of ar-
rangements.
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JACK JOLLEY
SHELBY- Jack Jolley, 95, 2125
Honey Haven Farm Road, died
May 12, 2000 at Crawley
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of the
late Prier Wilkinson and Mary
Elizabeth Humphries Jolley. He
was the husband of the late
Edna Moore Jolley.
He was a self employed
farmer.
He is survived by his son
William Jolley and wife Rachel
of Boiling Springs; granddaugh-
ter Brenda Roper of Boiling
Springs; great grandsons Justin
and Tyler Roper both of Boiling
Springs.
The funeral was conducted
Sunday at 4 p.m. at Flint Hill
Baptist Church by the Rev.
Keith Dixon. Burial was in Flint
Hill Baptist Church Cemetery.
Memorials may be sent to
Flint Hill Baptist Church, 2207
Flint Hill Church Road, Shelby
28152.
Clay Barnette Funeral Home
served the family.
DANNY AUTON
SHELBY- Danny Ray Auton,
27,713 Live Oak Street, died
May 12, 2000 at his home.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was employed at
PPG as a glass winder.
He is survived by his father
James Lee Auton of the home;
mother Susan Powell Auton of
the home; sister and brother in
law Teresa A. Lawson and
Wayne of Shelby; brother and
sister’ in law Tim Auton and
Kathy of Boiling Springs;
daughter Amber of Chimney
Rock; grandmother Lula
Blanton Auton Andrews of
Shelby.
The graveside service was
conducted Tuesday at 3 p.m. at
Sunset Cemetery by the Revs.
Wayne Lawson and Larry
. Hawkins.
ALAN HODGE/THE HERALD
Kings Mountain electric utilities department lineman Bob Boles (second from left) recently com-
pleted the advanced Lineman Career Development Program course of Stugy. Pictured with Boles
are, left to right; Ray Wilson, Tom Roddy, and Rick Hendricks.
Boles completes course
BY ALAN HODGE
Staff Writer
If it’s got voltage, then Bob
Boles of the Kings Mountain
Electric Utility Department can
handle it.
Taking his job as a five year
veteran of the department a
step above the average, Boles
just recently completed the
Lineman Career Development
Program. Sponsored by
ElectriCities of North Carolina,
" the program takes electric utili-
ties linemen through a four step
series of classes intended to in-
crease their knowledge of the
profession.
“The program uses a variety
of print and video materials for
study,” said Kings Mountain
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Diving is also difficult be-
cause of the cold Ga of
the water; he said. A
“They have to manage their
time,” he noted. “You're push-
ing your luck after 60 minutes
at that depth. That lake’s un-
bearably cold even with a wet
suit on.”
Proctor said high-powered
infrared cameras were used to
find the body of James Roy
Carroll Jr. It was approximately
50 to 75 yards from the spot the
men went under.
“They (rescuers) were comb-
ing through the bottom and
bumped into something,”
Proctor noted. “They knew it
felt different so they stopped
and turned the camera a little
bit and saw that it was an arm.
They knew if they moved it
they’d lose him, so they maneu-
vered it under his arm and lift-
ed him very gently to the sur-
face.”
The man’s body was found at
the spot bloodhounds detected
a scent of body oils, Proctor
said.
Rescuers were confident
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James Roy Carroll Sr.’s body
would be located in the same
area, and over 30 volunteers in
seven boats with bloodhounds
were searching again early
Wednesday morning.
iii According to Det Derek
‘Johnson, k bloodhounds would
‘be used during the early-morn-
ing hours before the silt begins
stirring.
“If they detect a scent, we'll
send the Gaston Emergency
Management team down with
the infrared camera and see if
they can located the body,” he
said. “We'll do this for awhile
because there are no boats on
the water and the silt is already
settled. We might get a good
scene and also a good camera
view.”
Johnson said as boat move-
ment increases, during the day,
the silt begins stirring and it’s
almost impossible to get a good
camera view of the bottom of
the lake. 5
“ Any boat movement or
dragging exercise stirs up the
bottom and makes it so you
can’t see much of anything,” he
said. “But if the dog doesn’t get
a hit, or if we can’t pick up any-
thing with the camera, we'll just
resume the dragging exercise.”
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electric director Nick
Hendricks. “At the end of each
step, the candidate must pass a
written exam.”
The program can take be-
tween four and six years to
complete. Total classroom and
on the job hours for the course
can be as many as 8,000. There
are 15 books to study in each of
the four levels of proficiency.
The course covers everything
from electric substations, to line
work.
“We are especially proud of
Bob and everything he has
done,” Hendricks said. “He is
an outstanding asset to the elec-
tric department in Kings
Mountain.”
Boles is currently a Class A
Lineman. He lives in Kings
Mountain.
“I want to take everything I
learned in the course and apply
it as best I can to my job,” Boles
said. “My extra training will
benefit me as well as the people
of the community.”
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with what the law requires that
a merged system be funded at
the highest per pupil rate of the
existing systems).
“If they got that plan to the
state board and the funding is-
sue was not correct, then they
would have to come back, re-do
the funding issue and go back
to the state board again if the
board insisted that all parts'of
the plan be correct,” Hawkins,
said.
Hawkins Tuesday night
urged commissioners to stop
the plan because of the tax bur-
den it will place on the people.
Although commissioners con-
tinue to say they will not in-
crease the base tax rate of 62.7
cents per $100 property valua-
tion, the recent revaluation of
property taxes resulted in an
average increase of 18 percent.
“Ever since the primary elec-
tion I've had calls from people
all over the county - most of
them senior citizens - who are
very much concerned with the
tax they're going to be hit
with,” Hawkins said.
Hawkins contends that the
plan the three school boards
adopted recently would accom-
plish all the goals of merger,
with no additional tax burden.
“The school boards’ plan
could save Shelby nine cents on
. their supplemental tax, could
* save Kings Mountain six cents
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on their supplemental tax, and
Cleveland County would only
have an increase of three cents
on their supplemental tax,” he
said. “And the tax rate could al-
so be adjusted down based on
the new property valuation,
and there would be no burden
on the citizens.”
But, once again, Hawkins’ re-
marks fell on deaf ears and the
commissioners voted 4-1 to
amend its merger plan.
Hawkins says he’s confident
Kings Mouritain will eventually
win its merger fight, but he said
the key will be delaying State
School Board until December.
That's when the the new class
of county commissioners will
take office, and he expects at
least a “3-2 majority” board that
opposes merger.
“If we win and this drags out
until the new commissioners
are seated, we can vote to re-
scind theissue,” he said.
In the meantime, Hawkins
said the three school boards
could continue to have dialogue
to put a plan in place that
would address the under-uti-
lization of Shelby City Schools.
Getting an injunction
Monday is the key in Kings
Mountain's battle to keep its
own school system, he said.
“If we get the injunction,
even if we go to court and lose
we would still have an appeal,”
Hawkins said. “So our first
hope is to get the injunction and
then go to court and prove that
the merger plan is flawed, that
the Gaston County kids belong
to us, and that we are doing ev-
erything that we can to remain
Kings Mountain District
Schools.
“If we don't go this direction
and it goes to the State Board,
all they're going to do is look at
the plan and not the law part of
it, and if it’s do-able they will
accept the plan and we will be
merged.”
Hawkins said if the merger
plan is passed by the State
Board at its June 1 meeting and
merger takes effect July 1, it
would put the county commis-
sioner-appointed interim school
board in a difficult position.
“They would have only six
weeks to make all the major de-
cisions necessary for the 2000-
2001 school year,” he said. “I
would imagine they could pos-
sibility freeze the three schools
systems where they're at right
now - freeze all the employees
and all the students - and that
would probably be the smartest
move they could make.”
Otherwise, Hawkins said, the
board would have to plan the
school starting date, the entire
year’s calendar, grade struc-
ture, new school construction,
policy matters, and other im-
portant decisions.
“And no redistricting will
have been done,” he added.
“That in itself would be a night-
mare for an interim board.”
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