The Kings Mountain Herald
June 14, 2001
PARR
STEVE PROCTOR
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Steve
Proctor, 48, 4017 Chestnut
Woods Drive, died June 5, 2001
at his home.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of the
late Burgin Proctor. He was also
preceded in death by his first
wife, Marla Proctor; and broth-
er, Jack Proctor.
He was employed with
Mauney Hosiery.
He is survived by his wife,
Tammy Proctor of Kings
Mountain; sons, Steve Thomas
Proctor Jr. of Kings Mountain
and Donnie William Proctor of
Shelby; stepdaughters, Mindy
Leann Thompson and Megan
Danelle Thompson of Kings
Mountain; mother, Lurene
Elmore Proctor of Kings
Mountain; brother, Richard
Proctor of Kings Mountain; sis-
ters, Pat Smith, Jody Hope
Carol Wells, Connie Willi jams,
Pauline Ruppe, Helen Welch,
and Annie Ruth Conner, all of
Kings Mountain, and Gail
Bollinger of Crouse; and five
grandchildren, Marla Nicole
Proctor, Paul Thomas Lee
Proctor, Houston Alexander
Proctor, Luke Tyler Thompson,
and Kayla Sue Peeler.
The funeral was conducted -
by the Rev. Dennis Wells at 2
p.m. Friday at Ollie Harris .
Memorial Chapel. Burial was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Hospice: of Gaston County; 717
New Hope Road, Gastonia, NC
28054.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
HELEN YATES
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Helen
Parrish Yates, 81, 403 East
Parker Street, died June 6, 2001
at Kings
Mountain
Hospital.
A native of
Cleveland
County, she
was the
daughter of
the late
William
Wallace and
Ada
Hulffstetler
Parrish and wife of the late,
Hugh W. Yates. She was also
preceded in death by her broth-
er, Lawrence Parrish; and sis-
ters, Elizabeth Thrasher, Patty
Jane Parrish and Sarah Parrish
Layton.
She was a member of St.
Matthew's Lutheran Church,
Hospital Auxiliary and
American Legion Auxiliary. She
was retired from the textile in-
dustry.
She is survived by her son,
Eric A. yates and wife Sherry of
Kings Mountain; daughters,
Jane Frye and husband David
of Candler, and Charlene Sellers
of Kings Mountain; sister, Daisy
Parrish Queen of Kings
Mountain; three grandchildren,
Jeffery Todd Sellers and wife
Wendi, Jonathon Yates and
Angeline Yates; and three great-
grandchildren. ..
A graveside service was con-
ducted by Dr. Donald Mitchell
at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
North Carolina Services for the
Blind, attention Vickie Blanton,
130 S. Post Road; Soe, NC
28151.
: i Harris Furierd Home was in
charge of arrangements.
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WILLIAM A. LINDSAY
BESSEMER CITY - William
A. “Bill” Lindsay, 82, 206 W.
Washington Ave., died June 10,
2001 at his home.
A native of Gaston County,
he was the son of the late
William A. and Elta White
Lindsay Sr.
He served in the U.S. Army
during World War II as a fi-
nance officer. He was retired af-
ter 45 years as a bank manager
with First State Bank & Trust
and First Union National Bank
of Bessemer City. He was a
member of the Wake Forest
Demon Deacons Club and was
an avid golfer. He was a mem-
ber of First Baptist Church
where he was treasurer for over
50 years.
He is survived by his sisters,
Abbie Shumate of the home,
Eleanor Ware of Kings
Mountain, and Jann L. Savage
of Bessemer City; nephews,
Dennis and Cathy Rickman of
Durham, Bryan and Tammi
Shumate of Albemarle, David
Savage of Charlotte, and Bill
and Don Ware of Kings
Mountain; nieces, Janice Busby
of Bessemer City and Eleanor
Thomas of Kings Mountain;
and great-nieces, Abbie
Rickman and Bailey Shumate.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. A.A. Bailey at 11
a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist
Church. Burial was in Bessemer
City Memorial Cemetery
Pallbearers were Don,
William and Derek Ware, Gene
and Ross Thomas, and Jack
Rhyne. Honorary pallbearers
were Charlie Burnett, Jesse
Putnam, George Lindsay,
Howard Jones, Roy Rhyne, Bill
Morris, John Peden, Gary
Diggs, Dave Goode, and Harold
Matthews.
Memorials may be made to
First Baptist Church, P.O. Box
397, Bessemer City, NC 28016 or
Wake Forest University
Scholarship Fund, Office of
University Advancement, P.O.
Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC
27109.
Sisk-Butler Funeral Home
was in charge of arrangements.
ROSALIE P. CAMP
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Rosalie P. Camp, 89, 112 Walker, 1
Street, died June 9, 2001 at
White Oak Manor.
A native of Daytona Beach,
FL, she was the daughter of the
late Clarence and Gertrude
Poppell and wife of the late Ira
Jack Camp Sr. She was also pre-
ceded in death by her son, Ira
Jack “Sonny” Camp Jr., and
grandson Harold “Tony”
Alexander.
She was a member of First
Baptist Church, Grover. She
was retired from Eagle and
Roses dime stores.
She is survived by her son
and daughter-in-law, Norman
and April Camp of Boiling
Springs; daughters and sons-in-
law, Sandra and Doug Houser
of Shelby, June and Willard
Martin and Judy and Jerry
Spencer, all of Port Orange, FL;
daughter-in-law Rosetta Camp
of Jacksonville, FL; 13 grand-
children, 23 great-grandchil-
dren, and three great-great-
grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
by the Rev. Bob Hope at 4 p.m.
Tuesday at Ollie Harris
Memorial Chapel. Burial was in
Grover Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
CORRECTION
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listed as being associated with
Kings Mountain Hospital in the
Relay for Life schedule of
events in last week’s Herald.
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CORINE SUTTLES
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Corine
“Toby” Tessneer Suttles, 71, 221
Carpenter Street, died June 6,
2001 at White Oak Manor.
A native of Cleveland
County, she was the daughter
of the late Lassie Pruitt and wife
of the late Glenn Joseph Suttles.
She was a member of Westover
Baptist Church, and was a
homemaker.
She is survived by her broth-
ers, Charles Pruitt of Lansing,
MI and Harold Pruitt of
Greenville, SC; and sisters,
Ruby Martin of Douglasville,
GA, Patsy Hill of Bangs, TX,
Barbara Hightower of Seneca,
SC and Louise Mealor of Six
Mile, SC.
A private burial was held at
Maple Grove Methodist Church
cemetery in Waynesville.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
CLYDE “BILL” PHILLIPS
BESSEMER CITY - Clyde
“Bill” Phillips, 78, 307 East
Tennessee Avenue, formerly of
Bennett Drive, Kings Mountain,
died June 10, 2001 at Gaston
Memorial Hospital.
A native of Gaston County,
he was the son of the late Roy
and Neva Willis Phillips. He
was preceded in death by two
sisters, Beulah Mitchell and
Betty LeFevers; and three broth-
ers, Lawrence Phillips, Howard
Phillips and Tom Phillips.
He was a member of the
Firestone Men's Club and was a
retired security guard for Belt
Security Company.
He is survived by four broth-
ers, Frank Phillips and wife
Betty and Melvin Helms and
wife Judy, all of Kings
Mountain, and Lewis Phillips
and wife Angie and Jerry
Phillips and wife Pat, all of
Bessemer City; three sisters,
Ruby Helms and Louise Lee
Roddey of Kings Mountain, and
Muriel Norwood of Bessemer
City; nieces and nephews; and
special friend, Ethel Guyton.
A graveside service was con-
ducted by the Revs. James
Barnes and Randy Funderburke
at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Oak View
Baptist Church Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Cleveland College
names honors lists
Cleveland Community
College President L. Steve
Thornburg announces students
who were named to the
President's and Dean's Lists for
the Spring 2001 semester. To be
named to the President's List
students must carry a minimum
of 12 credit hours and receive a
perfect 4.0 Grade Point Average.
The following students were
named to the President's List
Grover
James Benjamin Godbee,
Tijuana Marie Styles, Melanie
D'Ambrosio Turner
Kings Mountain
Pamela Luecken Healy, Roy
Dean Hipps, Nicholas Thomas
Hurdt, Melissa Roseberry
Jackson, Brandee Lynn Johnson,
Carolyn S. Lovelace, Mary
Amelia Mauney, Melody Laura
McGee, Clarence Stephen
Norkett, James Derek Payseur,
Somphet Thammachack, Sherri
Ford Williams.
The following are student
named to the Dean's List for the
Spring 2001 semester. In order
to be named to the Dean's List, a
student must carry a minimum
of 12 credit hours and have
achieved a Grade Point Average
of at least 3.5.
Grover |
Eric C. Dycus, Kimberly Anne
Hardin, Careen Lee Harrell,
Mari Leonard Slaughter
Kings Mountain
Marcia Ann Blanton, Hannah
Joy Champion, Jeremy
Dewayne Dennis, Edward
Survivor
Louise McSwain has been cancer free since 1965
By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
Louise McSwain has seen
cancer treatment advance.
Mcswain, a melanoma sur-
vivor since 1965, said cancer
treatment and awareness has
advanced since then.
“Well I don’t think they knew
too much about it then,”
McSwain said. “ I don’t think
they even had chemotherapy
then.”
McSwain said she did have
chemotherapy after her mastec-
tomy in 1979.
She said the treatment, which
is widely used in a lot of cancer
cases now, was not mentioned
to her at that time.
McSwain said the way to
fight cancer then was solely ear-
ly detection.
“Well I just healed ok. I didn’t
have any kind of follow up
treatment or anything,”
McSwain said.
McSwain said she was
pleased with the heightened
cancer awareness.
“I think that’s good,”
McSwain said. “The sooner you
get it the better it is. Early de-
tection is what saved me I'm
sure.”
McSwain was a participant in
the Joesph R. Smith Relay for
Life last weekend, and she was
a member of the David Baptist
Church team.
LOUISE MCSWAIN
Health program Tuesday at Depot
By BEN LEDBETTER
Staff Writer
Health care is something ev-
erybody needs, but something
not available to all.
That will be the theme of a
speech Dr. Daniel Young,
» Professor Emeritus, University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill will be giving at the Kings
Mountain Senior Center
Tuesday, June 19 at 2 p.m.
The public is invited to at-
tend.
“There is something about
the U.S. that causes us not to
grant that right,” Dr. Young
said on why there is not any
universal health care in the
United States. “We have a lot of
other rights others don’t have.
In the case of health care, we
haven't been willing to do it.”
Young said one of the major
hurdles in the United States is
the insurance companies are
against any universal health
care measures because they
would not be involved with the
measure.
Young disagrees with their
reluctance.
“They think they would be
ran out of business,” Young
said. “If they're willing they
could be in the system.”
Universal health care has
been an issue since the Truman
administration, Young said.
Curis hero isa bill in the
state House of Representatives,
which calls for adding an
amendment to the North
Carolina Constitution which
would ‘make health care a right,
such as pile education.
The bill, spot SC red by
Orange and Chatham County
representative } Verla Insko,
would be on the ballot as a
statewide fefetendum
The i uld be on the bal-
lot by either i ; November's
election or next year’s.
Young said North Carolina
would-be the only. state trying
to enact universal healthcare by
constitutional amendment.
CONCERNS
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comment at The Herald's press
time.
In other business, several
area residents voiced com-
plaints during the Community
Comment portion of the meet-
ing. hi
“At best it 5 impossible; a at
worst it’s discriminatory,” John
D. Jones said about the dis-
trict’s use of standardized test-
ing to determine acceptance in-
to academically gifted and
advanced placement programs.
Curtis Pressley said minority
parental involvement in the
Kings Mountain Schools was
lacking, and wanted to find
ways to increase it.
Charlotte Pettis said in her
oral complaint to the board that
her daughter had received un-
fair treatment on end of grade
testing at Kings Mountain
Middle School.
Pettis said her daughter had
previously been an honor stu-
dent but did not meet the crite-
ria on this past year’s end of
grade testing.
“I'm the only advocate my
daughter has,” Pettis said. “No
one can tell me a test can deter-
mine my child is honors.”
Kings Mountain High School
student Chad Anderson said he
was unfairly denied graduation
this year. be
Anderson, who said he broke
his dominant hand during a
football game, also said he was
denied a student aid when he
asked for one.
School Board Chairperson
Sherra Miller instructed the
complainants to submit a form
to the board requesting a pri-
vate hearing.
In other business:
¢ John Goforth, Curriculum
and Instruction Director said af-
ter the third time on the writing
test, seven students will present
a portfolio of their work to a
panel at a hearing to further de-
~ termine whether they are pro-
moted or retained.
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personnel matters for the up-
coming school year.
Contracts were made or re-
newed for Sharon Kiser, Media,
High School; Kim West, Third
Grade, Grover; Susie Keeter,
kindergarten Grover; Margaret
Smith, Grover; Richard
Hamrick, Math, Middle School;
Charlene Maxey, Fifth’ Grade, ig
Development Coordinatior,
High School; Cindy Estridge,
Science, High School; Marcie
McReady, English, High School,
Charlie Helms, Business,
Middle School, Mark Latham,
PE, High School.
Resignations were approved
for Renne Hendricks, Third
Grade, Grover; Linda Helms,
Fourth Grade, Grover; Phil
Smith, Language Arts, Middle
School; Kelly Clay, Third Grade,
North; Barbara pail
Language Arts, Davidson; Bill
Smothers, PE, High School.
Transfers were approved for
Susan Denton, from Fourth
Grade - West to Sixth Grade -
Middle School; Donald Bell, PE
North /Grover to Grover; Ann
Bailey, Custodian /Bus Driver -
High School to Custodian -
East!"ii%
Retiremfierits'wereapproved
for Charlie Helms, who taught
Business at Kings Mountain
Middle School.
Contracts for professional
services were offered to Kings
Mountain Driving School.
e The board approved the re-
lease of Christian Tyler Triplett,
sixth grade, to Shelby City
Schools.
MERGER
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like is best,” Miller said. “At
this point, it’s all speculation.
We don’t know how those three
judges will interpret the written
briefs.”
A “clerical error” last
Wednesday led to oral argu-
ments being delayed in the
case.
Raleigh attorney Brian Shaw,
one of the lawyers for Kings
Mountain District Schools, said
a three - judge panel consisting
of Ralph A. Walker, J. Douglas
McCullough and Albert S.
Thomas Jr. were scheduled to
hear the case.
181 students from Gaston
County that attend Kings
Mountain schools was still the
basis of the school system's
lawsuit.
“(This is) the only legal battle
that we can fight this on right
now,” Miller said about the is-
sue with the Gaston County
group. “Even though we feel
like merger is detrimental to
our students educationally.”
One of the issues still to be
decided, according to Shaw, is
whether interim board member
Steve Curtis and other members
will be allowed to participate in
oral arguments.
An interim school board for .
the combined school system
.. < was selected soon after the pre-
~. vious Cleveland County Board
of Commissioners attempted to
implement merger.
The interim board members
were named defendants later
but with a new Board of
...Commisoners that oppose
merger, along with a new coun-
ty attorney, has bought that is-
+ sue into question.
Miller said the approximately
“We said they have never
been board members because it
was illegal,” Shaw said about
~ the legality of the interim board .
and the merger.
In February, Shaw said Jack
Cozort, an attorney represent-
ing the Cleveland County
Board of Commissioners, re-
quested they be removed from
the case.
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