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May 25, 2000 OBITUARIES JAMES R. CARROLL JR. SHELBY - The funeral service . for James R. Carroll Jr., 17, and a memorial service for his fa- ther, James R. “Jim” Carroll Sr., was conducted by the Rev. Parris McCurry and Dr. J.B. Flowe at 3 p.m. Saturday at Clay-Barnette Chapel. The Carrolls, of 243 Dakar Drive, drowned on Saturday, May 13 at Moss Lake. James R. Carroll Jr. was a na- tive of Palatka, FL. He was a sophomore at Burns High School and worked at Taco Bell, Shelby. He was a member of River of Life Church. He is survived by his mother, Gail Blount Carroll of the home; sister, Jamie Rebecca Carroll of the home; grandparents, John A. and Ruth Blount of Palatka, FL and James Leroy and Carol Carroll of Gainesville, FL; great- grandparents, Donald E. and Nedra Blount of Palatka, FL; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. nr Burial was in Sunset ; Cemetery. : Clay-Barnette Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. CHUCK OWENS SHELBY- Chuck Owens, 49, 3741 Elliot Cemetery Road; Polkville, died May 23, 2000 at Wake Forest University Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of Ethel Lee Owens of Shelby and the late Gordon Owens. He was al- so preceded in death by his sis- ter Minnie Lee and four broth- ers Ronald Owens, Rick Owens, Yulon Owens, and Wilbur Owens. He was a self employed painter and a member of the Baptist faith. " He is survived by his wife Virgie Mullinax Owens of the home; son David Owens of Polkville; daughters Elisa Morgan of Polkville, Donna Owens of Ellenboro, and daughter Casey Gallington of Morganton; sisters Patricia Morrison of Shelby, Mary Sanders of Grover, and Helen Dickson of Morganton; brothers Lee Owens of Casar, Jeff Owens of Shelby and Wayne Owens of Shelby: ispeeial friend Dean Patterson; also five grandchil- dren and five step grandchil- dren. : The funeral will be conducted Thursday at 3 p.m. at Wallace Grove Baptist Church by the Revs. Fain Morrison and Andy Meade. Burial will be in Wallace Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Wallace Grove Baptist Church, 751 Wallace Grove Church Road, Shelby 28150. Clay Barnette Funeral Home served the family. POLICE From 1A weapon and first degree kid- napping. He was jailed under a $50,000 secured bond. Police are also investigating an armed robbery which oc- curred May 20 at Kentucky Fried Chicken, 409 East King St. According to a report filed by Cpl. M.T. Dellinger, the suspect broke a glass with a rock, en- tered the building and robbed an employee at gunpoint. Two deposit bags containing currency were stolen. _ $5.45 Includes Salad Bar Now Hiring Waitresses & Cooks pect the unexpected from Reg Alexander. McDonald's - Chez McDonald's, that is - com- The Kings Mountain Herald Hostess Micki Padgett, standing back right, welcomes Cindi and Kevin Cooke, left, and Deco, Reggie and Kyra Alexander to a candlelight meal and Chez McDonald's on Highway 161 Thursday afternoon. Reg Alexander planned the event as a birthday celebration for Cindi, Deco and Kyra. Happ cal Reggie Alexander surprises family, friends with unique birthday party at McDonald’s By GARY STEWART Editor of The Herald al plete with valet parking courtesy of friend Steve ~ Padgett, a personal waitress (Micki Padgett), a fancy French menu of fish sandwiches and Big Those closest to him know you can always ex- Macs courtesy of Chez McDonald's owner Bill And, his family and co-workers at Regal Graphics probably knew something was up Sherwood, linen tablecloths and place settings, * candlelight, crystal drinking glasses, fine china, - and for their listening pleasure live music by pi- Thursday afternoon when he told them all to get anist Steve Padgett. : in his van for a trip to a Chamber meeting. After The Class A service not only impressed the all, the Chamber meeting was taking place right = Pirthday girls, but also the other McDonald's next door at First Charter Bank. But, Alexander’s wife, Deco; their daughter, Kyra; and co-worker Cindi “C.K.” Cooke and her husband, Kevin, went along for the ride anyway. What Alexander had planned was not a trip to merriment. customers who also got a big kick out of all the “I wanted to make it surreal,” said Alexander. “I wanted to put something in a very unusual context. I just like to bring a surprise into their a meeting, but a birthday surprise for Deco, Kyra daily life, just to help us enjoy things better. We and C.K. that they'll likely never forget. In Alexander’s own words, it was “cheap but memorable.” When the van headed down Highway 161 to time.” } A nx And, in a way, they would have been right. The fancy French restaurant turned out to be Everybody had a ball, and are-proba ‘wondering how Reg will top this come another birthday or special occasion. And they know, he will. have a lot of fun at the office and this is just a kind of an attitude thing to shake us up from time The biggest surprise of the night came when, at } : the end of their meal, each person opened a ; i south the group must have thought they were go- Happy Meal box to find a pack of trading cards. - i ing out for a night on the town with a memorable it candlelight dinner:at &fancy French restaurant,“ in"Chatlotte. Jiiperhaps.followedibyralplay or gobd' movie. Hi Inside them were tickets to Beauty and the Beast wes A Vs Valet Steve Padgett (right) welcomes Reg Alexander and wife, . GARY STEWART / THE HERALD Deco, front, Cindi Cooke and her husband Kevin, and Kyra Alexander, back, to Chez ‘McDonald's for a big birthday bash Thursday afternoon. aii? Kathy Neely 7.0 A Jason Falls J 0, ) SNrg Sone 700, LS a / Ebr e ~. 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It was here that he had a close call. “Some of my buddies and I were driving a supply truck back to base when we saw some guys in a meadow beside the road,” said Humphries. “We stopped to look at them and re- alized they were Germans. We only had one little carbine with us, so we got back in the truck and left as fast as we could.” While in Belgium, Humphries also saw his first jet aircraft. The plane was a German ME 262. “Part of our supply base in- cluded a big barn where some of us were standing,” Humphries said. “We heard a rushing sound and a bomb ex- plosion and when we ran out to see what it was, I saw the jet. He came back around and shot at us. Some men hit him with a .50 caliber machine gun and he went down. The pilot was just a teenage boy.” Though this might sound like adventure to some folks, Humphries emphasized that many things he saw during World War II would be better left out of his memories. “We were just there trying to do a job and get back home in one piece,” Humphries says. EdenGardens messmate Beaufort Wright is a retired U.S. Army artillerist who saw action in not one, but two wars. A na- | Kings Mountain May 17-2 Total precip. 17 Max. 1 day 11 (23rd) . ,Yeartodate ~~. ‘2046 Low temp... 58 (22nd) i: "High'témp. "7" 90'(19th) Avg. temp. 75.3 tive of Bessemer City, Wright was drafted in 1952 and was quickly sent to Korea. “I was the chief of a six gun battery of 155 mm field pieces,” Wright says. “It took 12 men to operate each gun. Two men had to carry the shells which weighed 100 pounds each.” After Korea, Wright began a bit of globe hopping when the Army sent him to Germany, back to Korea, back to Germany and then to Viet Nam. He served in that war for six months in 1966 before an ene- my shell put him out of action. “It was a piece of shrapnel from a 105 mm gun that did it,” Wright says. That incident not only cut Wright's tour of duty in Viet Nam short, it also meant the end of his Army life as well.. Today, Wright is 80 percent dis- abled and often uses a wheelchair to get around. Though he anticipated a hearty welcome when he came a home from Viet Nam, Wright A feels the opposite was true. “We were treated like dogs,” A Wright says simply. “Everything was mixed up. It took me four years to get Social Security.” To these and other soldiers, Memorial Day holds many dif- ferent meanings. For some it’s a day to reflect on a time in their lives when the nation called them to duty. For some Memorial Day is a moment in the mind of beaches being stormed, warships under full steam, or vast armadas of air- craft and their crews flying off to battle. For most men and women who have been in the armed 1 forces, and for the many fami- i lies who have lost someone in the service of their country, Memorial Day is a day to reflect i on the sacrifices they made to keep us free. As both Humphries and Beaufort put it. “I think about the friends I | once had in the service, and how so many of them never came home.” Weather Report 3 Year Ago 1.11 1.11 (18th) 16.09 55 (20th) | 88'(23rd) 72.4 ad Gly 5 _ TheHeral Published every Thursday ) Periodicals postage at Kings Mountain, NC 28086 RN RR ERR ER USPS 118-880 by Republic Newspapers, Inc. Postmaster, send address changes to: P. O. 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