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JUDY HOWELL
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Judy
McGinnis Howell, 41, 107
Inwood Lane, died February 3,
2001 at Johnson City Memorial
Hospital, Johnson City, TN
A native of Kings Mountain,
she was the daughter of the late
Lewis Edward McGinnis. She’
was a student counselor at
North Elementary School and a
member of Saint Matthew's
Lutheran Church. She was a
member of the American
Hypnosis Society and North
Carolina Counselors
Association. She was an alumni
of Belmont Abbey College and
Gardner Webb University.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Scott Howell of Kings
Mountain; son, Jeff Howell of
the home; mother, Willie Sue
Leonhart McGinnis of Kings
Mountain; brothers, Terry
Marlowe and Kenneth
.++MeGinnisiof Kings Mountain,
Jerry Marlowe of Waco, and
Billy Hedgepeth of Shelby; sis-
ter, Wanda Cooper of Belmont;
and mother-in-law and father-
in-law, Joyce and Ray Howell.
The'fuineral was conducted
by Dr. Ralph Wallace at 3:30
p-m. Tuesday at Saint
Matthew's Lutheran Church.
Burial was in Mountain Rest
Cenetery.
- Memorials may be made to
.CODAP, c/o Cleveland County
Health Department, 315 Grover
Street, Shelby, NC 28150.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
TOMMY BOWEN
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Tommy “Shorty” Bowen, 69,
202 Jim Patterson Road, died
February 2, 2001 at White Oak
Manor.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of the
late Howard and Mary Clary
Bowen. He was married to Eva
Swafford Bowen of Shelby and
the late Agness Fredell Bowen.
He was retired from Bost
Bakery and served in the
National Guard. He was a
Baptist.
He is survived by his son,
Dennis Bowen and wife,
Dianne, of Lattimore; daughter,
Sandra Waldrop and husband,
Rev. David Waldrop, of
Lawndale; stepdaughter, Patsy
Moses Foster of Kings
Mountain; stepson, Boyce
William Moses of California; 15
grandchildren and 12 great-
grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. David Waldrop at 11
a.m. Tuesday at Clay-Barnette
Chapel. Entombment was at
Cleveland Memorial Park.
Memorials may be made to
the Alzheimer Association,
Souther Piedmont Chapter,
2001 Vale Avenue, Charlotte,
NC 28211.
_Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
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MARION C FALLS JR.
GLEN BURNIE, MD - Marion
C. Falls Jr., 77, died February 1,
2001 at Genesis Eldercare,
Severna Park, after a lengthy ill-
ness.
He was a native of Kings
Mountain, and was the hus-
band of the late Laura L.
Gladden Falls, who died
December 26, 2000. He was al-
so preceded in death by his
daughter, Phyliss E. Johnston.
. He was employed as a
Supplies Specialist with
National Security
Administration. He served with
the U.S. Army during World
War II and was a member of
Glen Burnie Baptist Church,
Jeptha Lodge #222 AF. & A.M.
of the Masons, and Square
Club.
He is survived by his son, .
Gary E. Falls of Glen Burnie;
brothers and sisters, Klyde Falls
of Baltimore, MD and Lucille
Bridges, Norma Bridges and
Pratt Falls, all of North
Carolina; and four grandchil-
dren.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. Robert H. Brookman
at 12 p.m. February 5 at
* Kirkley-Ruddick Funeral
Home. Interment was in
Crownsville, MD Veterans
Cemetery.
ROSA LEDFORD
SHELBY - Mrs. Rosa'Owens
Ledford, 81, 1129 Chatfield
Road, died February 4, 2001 at
“Cleveland Regional Medical
Center.
A native of Cleveland
County, she was the daughter
of the late Earl T. and Sarah
Hamm Owens. Her first hus-
band was the late Henry
Abernathy, and her second hus-
band was the late Belve B.
Ledford.
She was also preceded in
death by her daughter, Cherri
Lavery and her husband, Ken.
She was a member of
Bethany Baptist Church in
Grover, and was a retired
Nurse's Aid at Kings Mountain
Convalescent Center.
She is survived by her son,
Robert “Butch” Abernathy and
wife, Kay; daughters, Renee
Byars and husband, Shell, of
Shelby and Barbara Long of
Boiling Springs; grandchildren,
Rev. Douglas Ramsey and wife,
Leslie, of Antioch, Brian
Ramsey and wife, Tandra, of
Kings Mountain, Michael
Lanier of Rutherfordton,
Mickey Lang and wife, Amber,
of Boiling Springs, Joshua
McCaw and wife, Amanda, of
Shelby, Dean Abernathy of
Lincolnton, Michelle Parker and
husband, Kevin, of Cherryville,
and Anne Brethour and hus-
band, Darrell, of Kings
Mountain; great-grandchildren,
Kylee Ramsey, Tori Ramsey,
Shanna Ramsey, Cameron
Ramsey, Haley Lang, Jada Lang,
and Ashely Parker; and nine
step-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. Douglas Ramsey at
2 p.m. Tuesday at Bethany
Baptist Church, Grover. Burial
was in Oak Grove Baptist
Church Cemetery, Kings
Mountain.
Memorials may be made to
the Senior Fund at Bethany
Baptist Church, 723 Cleveland *
Avenue, Grover, NC 28073.
Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
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i LOIS MORETZ
HICKORY - Lois Hall Moretz,
76, of the Bethlehem
Community, died February 2,
2001 at Frye Regional Medical
Center.
A native of Caldwell County,
she was the daughter of the late
Robert M. and Callie White
Hall, and wife of H. Bruce
Moretz.
She was owner and operator
of Lois’s Beauty Shop, and was
a member of Mt. Bethel United
Methodist Church.
In addition to her husband,
she is survived by her daughter
and son-in-law, Wayburn M.
and Gary L. Mills of Wilson;
sons and daughters-in-law,
Alvin B. and Cathey Moretz of
Kings Mountain and Dewitt C.
and Sarah Moretz of Hickory;
brother, Stanley Hall of
Hudson; sisters, Faye Knight of
Hudson and Lucille Crump and
- dabted by the Rev. Calvin
I Morison at'11 a.m. Wednesday
Letha Hall of Lenoir; seven
grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren. She was preced-
ed in death by three brothers
and three sisters.
The funeral was conducted
by the Revs. Jessie Rushing; and
James A. Moretz at 3 p.m. +
Sunday at Mt. Bethel United
Methodist Church. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Pall bearers were Don
Moretz, Ashley Moretz,
. Anthony Moretz, Don Austin,
Tony Crump and Marion Hall.
Memorials may be made to
Mit. Bethel United Methodist
Church, Route 13, Hickory, N C
28601.
Bass-Smith Funeral Home
Pr
was in charge of arrangements. 5
OLA FALLS PRUETTE
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Ola
Falls Pruette, 92, White Oak
Manor, formerly of Grover, died
January 31, 2001 at White Oak
Manor.
A native of York County, SC,
she was the daughter of the late
Thomas Henry and Susan
Carroll Falls. She was the wife
of the late Murray Council
Pruette Sr.
She was a member of Shiloh
Presbyterian Church, Grover,
where she was an Elder. She
was also a member of the DAR
and the United Daughters of
the Confederacy. She was a re-
tired seamstress.
She is survived by her son,
M.C. Pruette Jr. and wife,
Joanne, of Kings Mountain;
daughter, Elaine Anton and
husband, George, of Lake Park;
brothers, Herbert Falls and
George Falls, both of Kings
Creek S.C., and John Falls of
Columbia, SC; sisters, Avalona
Hembree of Taylors, SC, Pansy
Julian of Anderson, SC, Veda
Garrison and Dorthea Martin,
both of Greenville, SC, Frances
Pennington of Gaffney, SC, and
Esther Holiday of Six Miles, SC;
three grandchildren, Sharon J
Chapman and husband, Tim, of
Kings Mountain, Jenifer
McCachren and husband, Steve,
of Shelby, and Andrea
Whitesides and husband, Tim, x iB
of Gastonia; and three great- °° Als
grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. Nancy Mugford at 3
p.m. Friday at Shiloh
Presbyterian Church, Grover.
Burial was in Grover Cemetery. Z N bo Hill/ Sims St:
Memorials may be made to
Shiloh Presbyterian Church, 307
Cleveland Avenue, Grover, NC
28073.
Harris Funeral Home was it. ="
charge of arrangements.
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Cecil 5.
KYLE MARTIN
SHELBY - Kyle Ray Martin,
age 3 months, 415 Mauney
Lane, died February 5, 2001 at
his home. :
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of Jay
and Nancy Martin of the home.
‘He is also survived by his ma-
ternal grandparents, Tommy
and Angie Tate of Shelby; pater-
nal grandparents, Dean and
Bonnie Martin of Kings
Mountain; uncles, Charlie
Mayes of Shelby, Ryan Mayes of
Cherryville, and Chris Martin
and Nathan Martin of Kings
Mountain; and great-grandpar-
ents, Joe and JoAnne Whisnant,
Melvin and Beverly Johnson,
Gene Brown and Bernard and
Roseanne Fitzgerald, all of
Shelby. He was preceded in
death by his great-great-grand-
parents, John and Dovie Mode.
“Avgraveside service was con-
+ lat Sunsét' Cemetery.
“'Methorials may be made to
BIDS Foundation, 6065 Roswell
© Réad Suite 876, Atlanta, GA
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' ODIES STINCHCOMB
JSSHELBY - Odies Clarence
0 OL 73, 700 West
‘Warren Street, died February 5,
72004 Ht White Oak Manor.
‘A'native of Griffin, GA, he
“was the'son of the late William
CHOC alvin and ‘Alice Pirkle
Stinchéomb’ He was also pre-
cededin death by his sister,
Inez Blanton.
om me He was. retired as a Research
and Ea opment Mechanic in
Eyes dustry, and was a
mbe Jew Bethel Church
of the Nazarene. He was a U.S.
Navy veteran of World War II,
<1 IXkith sérvice in the Pacific
Theatre.
- He is survived by his wis
Shirley Sisk Stinchcomb of the
home; sons and daughters-in-
law, Kim and Cindi Stinchcomb
of Kings Mountain, Dan and
Marilyn Stinchcomb of Palatka,
FL, and Scott Stinchcomb of
Shelby; brothers, Curtis
Stinchcomb of Griffin, GA, and
Fred Stinchcomb and Jimmy
Stinchcomb of Fallston] sisters,
Willie Mae Hicks of Shelby,
Evelyn Hannon of Kihgs
Mountain, Naomi Wright of
Lawndale, and Shirley Ann
Boggus of Sherill Ford; grand-
children, Kimberly Stinchcomb
and Ashley Stinchcomb of
Kings Mountain, and Michael
Stinchcomb and Melissa Stiner
of Palatka, FL; and great-grand-
" child, Shelby | Marie Stiner of
* Palatka, FL.’
~The funeral’ was conducted
by the Revs. Reed Jones, Robert
“Andress and Don McSwain at 2
© p.h. Wednesday at New Bethel
* Church of the Nazarene. Burial
was in Sunset Cémetery.
Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
was in ps of arrangements.
“RADAR *
~ WATCH
Kings Mountain Police will
The running radar at the follow-
ing locations:
i510 Thurs, Feb. 8 - Phifer Rd.
«+» Fri, Beb.,9.-'Waco Rd. at
~~ Mont, Feb. 12 - North
Piedmont.
Tues., Feb. 13 - Waco Rd. and
..Neba Hill /Sims St.
Wed., Feb: 14 - E. King at
% Canterbury Rd.
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_' CLARENCE DAVISON
* KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Clarence F. Davison, 80, 1718
County Line Road, died
January 28, 20001 at VA
Hospital, Asheville, N.C.
A native of Pascagoula,
Mississippi, he was the son of
the late Dwight Clarence and
Ellen Davison and husband of
the late Cleo Henson Davison.
He was a member of Sunnyside
Baptist Church, Bessemer City.
He was a retired truck driver
and served in the U.S. Army in
Burma.
He is survived by son Dwight.
FE. Davison of Brewerton, New
York; stepsons Kevin Revette
and Kenny Revette of
Brewerton; step daughter Gala
White of Weedsport, New York;
brother Ray Davison of
Brewerton; granddaughter
Melissa Davison of Central
Square, New York.
The memorial service was
Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel -
by Rev. Carroll Brackett.
Harris Funeral Home served
the family. |
Gaston Shock AAU
February 8, 2001
FREEZE
From 1A
for March, which will be the
February billing, are down and
with some warm weather con-
sumption will be down also.
Hopefully, the worst is behind
us.”
‘Some customers found it
hard to understand their high
January bills, not because of the
increased total cost but because
the city’s residential rate is not
printed on the bill. An attempt
to figure the rate based on us-
age and the amount is not an
+ accurate reflection of the actual
rate, Maney said.
According to Jean Wyte,
Director of Billing, the city’s
base residential rate is based on
a “tier” scale, ranging from
$1.52093 for each of the first
five CCFs down to $1.12313 for
each CCF over 500. Variable
costs reflecting the current cost
of natural gas is added to that
figure.
Mayor Rick Murphrey said
3 Ihe ‘plans to review the bill and
conducted Friday at 11 a.m. at fui “try
to make that clearer so ev-
““erybody to understand them.”
@=its “But,” he added, “the main
32 “hug for citizens to understand
is that we did freeze the whole-
‘sale rate and their bills would
‘have been 44% higher if we
© “'"hadn’t done that.” .
team plans tryouts
The Gaston Shock AAU 15
and under and 16 under, AAU
boys basketball teams will hold
tryouts February 17-18 from Si
5:30 p.m. t the Highland School
of Technology gym, 1600 North ~
Morris Street, Gastonia.
For more information call
Jerry Jordan at 865-8551.
Carolina Energies Inc. . :
acquires oil company *
Carolina Energies Inc., a
Rutherford Electric
Membership Corporation com-
pany, has acquired Dixie Oil
Company, Inc. of Morganton.
The company was formed in
1960 and serves approximately
. 1,000 accounts.
“Carolina Energies is looking
forward to providing the cus-
tomers of Dixie Oil the same
good service they were accus-
“i ‘tomed to receiving from Dixie
Oil and plans to expand on the
products being offered with the
addition of a propane division,”
said Gary Whitener, President
and CEO of Carolinas Energies,
Inc.
Carolinas Energies, Inc. also
recently acquired Williams Oil
Company of Shelby.
Carolina Energies, Inc. is a
wholly-owned, for-profit sub-
sidiary of Rutherford EMC that
offers commercial gasoline,
propane, kerosene and heating.
oil as well as sales, installation’
and service of home heating
systems.
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the job. Pulliam also developed
a similar community near
Spartanburg known as Summit * -
Hills.
Roads to the community will :
be built to city standards, but
will be privately owned. All
‘units will be fire sprinkled.
Heavy landscaping will blend" .".7
the community into the sur-
rounding area as well as offer’
noise abatement,.
Independent living homes
will be constructed of
frame /brick/vinyl siding con-
struction and will have two: ©
bedrooms and baths. Other
amenities will include a 140 ~
square foot Carolina room and
built-in appliances. Apartments
will be available in one and two
bedroom styles.
Phase two of the TRE]
EdenGardens expansion will
begin in mid-2002.
For more information and fi-
nancing options, call Vickie
Husband at 704-739-6772. , ..
Councilman Gene White,
“who'at last week's Council
imeeting asked for a 25 percent
"feduction in gas rates for the
“next three months, said he is
~ appreciative of the savings and
: ‘intends to continue his push for
“lower rates.
~T'm going to ask for a 25 per-
~cénftut in the gas rate to effect
: February, March and April and
I'm asking everyone to come up
“to City’ Hall for the February
meeting and give support to
that, “He said.
* White said he will also push
10S
bis ff the city to set aside $100,000
for no-interest loans for citizens
to insulate their houses to R-30
standards. He said putting 12
1/2 inches of attic insulation in
a 1,200 square foot home would
cost $600.
White is upset that the city is
“giving away” so much money
while soaring gas prices are af-
fecting all taxpayers.
io “Wejust gave up: $630,000 for
,the two lakes,” he said. "We're
anticipating annexing
Dyemasters and that will cost
us a million dollars over 10
years. If we can give money to
all these other things, then we
‘should give the citizens a break.
I'm distressed by these total
utility bills. It seems to me we
have to do something in good
faith other than to reward our
© friends.
“I understand it’s hard to say
ne to your friends,” he added,
sn vput we're supposed to be there
to'look out for the taxpayers
mtoney. One solid thing we can
== #do is to make money available
funder a revolving fund so peo-
“ple can insulate their houses.”
White said higher gas prices
scertainly aren’t anyone's fault,
but he considers the situation a
grisis because folks are receiv-
ing bills that they just aren't
able to pay.
- “I'm not sure if we have a
sufficient feel for what's hap-
* pening here,” he said. “I want
people to stand up and say why
they can’t pay a $528 utility bill
when their monthly social secu-
rity check is only $432. It
“doesn’t take much mathemati-
cal skill to figure that out.
“Ihave bunches of examples
"like that that I've looked at,” he
said. “I would hope fellow
~Couricil members and the may-
or would sit down and go
“through the printouts and just
see what kind of bills are going
out each month. We ought to be
willing to sacrifice and act in
good faith.
* “Iwant a lot of people to
How up at the next Council
‘meeting so the Council and
mayor can get a first-hand feel
. of what the people are going
through.”
Once I had a “Dream” to build a home all’ by. myself with no
help at all just out of worldly tools and materials: With no avail,
the dream failed. I then decided to build “Me” a Heavenly
Home, but not alone. My Heavenly Father as the Contractor, the
Bible as the Blueprint, the Church as the Foundation, and God as
the Inspector .
After many years of preparing and pulling, God Bapsied all
my work saying, “Your work is finished and home completed, a
job well done.” Come go with me, you no longer belong here on
earth, but in your Heavenly Home in Heaven with Me.” As He
took my hand in His nail-scarred hand on February 5, 1998 and
led me home with Thee. I thank You, Lord. .
The moral of our Loved One’s story is he wants us also to
build our home in Heaven as he did.
We love and miss you.
Your Family
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