August 9, 2001
ALLISON HARDIN
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Allison Hardin, 23, 208 Waco
Road, died August 4, 2001 at
UNC University Hospital,
Chapel Hill.
A native of
Cleveland
County, she
was the
daughter of
the late Gene
E. Hardin.
She was also
preceded in
death by her
paternal
grandparents,
Walter Raleigh and Donnie
Bivens Hardin.
She was a member of Grace
Fellowship, Kings MOuntain,
and was former assistant man-
ager of Carmike Theater,
Shelby.
She is survived by her fiance,
John Harbinson of Kings
Mountain; mother, Gloria Tate
Hardin of Kings Mountain; ma-
ternal grandparents, Oliver and
Helen Robbs Tate of Kings
Mountain; sister, Adri ane H.
Smith and husband Leonard of
Kings Mountain; nephews,
Zachary Smith and Austin
Smith; uncles, Jim Tate and
Brad. Tate of Kings Mountain;
and aunt, Lynn Yates of ry
Mountain.
A memorial service was con-
ducted by the Revs. Janice
Combs and Robert Quinn at 11
a.m. Tuesday at Central United
Methodist Church. A graveside
service was conducted at 10:15
a.m. at Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
WILLA SHIELDS
SHELBY - Willa Hazel
Heldreth Shields, 96, 2214 Holly
Lane, died Monday at
Cleveland Pines Nursing
Center.
The funeral will be held
Friday at 11 a.m. at the
Cleveland Funeral Services
Chapel. Visitation is Thursday
from 6-8 p.m. at Cleveland
Funeral Services.
Burial will be in Cleveland
Memorial Park.
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JD RHEA SR.
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Joe
Dixon “JD” Rhea Sr., 71, 622
Meadowbrook Road, died
August 4, 2001 at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
A native of Kings Mountain,
he was the son of the late Grady
A. and Dora Dixon Rhea. He
was also preceded in death by
brothers, Bobbie W. Rhea and
James E. “Zip” Rhea.
He was a member of First
Presbyterian Church. He was a
member of Oiis D. Greene Post
155 American Legion, and he
was a retired supervisor with
Lithium Corporation, Bessemer
City, where he was a member of
the Quarter Century Club. He
served in the U.S. Air Force as a
Staff Sergeant during the
Korean War.
He is survived by his wife,
Martha Sue Chaney Rhea of
Kings Mountain; son, Joe Dixon
Rhea Jr. and wife Sarah M. of
Kings Mountain; daughters,
Roxanne Rhea Mauney and
husband Eddie of Kings
Mountain, and Debra Rhea
Walker of Boiling Springs;
brothers, Jack Rhea of Kings
Mountain, Clyde Rhea of
Grover, and Bill Rhea of
Atlanta, GA; sisters, Wilma
Hinson and Hazel Folding of
Douglas, GA, Doris Hamrick of
Kings Mountain, and Linda
Sanders of Chester, SC; and five
grandchildren, Chad Walker,
Heather Walker, Ryan Mauney,
Sarah Jane Mauney, and Trent
Rhea.
The funeral was conducted
by Dr. Donald Mitchell at 2 p.m.
Tuesday at First Presbyterian
Church. Burial was in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Hospice of Cleveland County,
951 Wendover Heights Road,
Shelby, NC 28150 or the
' American Red Cross Building
Fund, Patton Avenue, Shelby,
NC 28150.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
JANETTE WARE
NORTH WILKESBORO -
Mrs. Janette Ware, 93, widow of
Lemuel L. Ware of Kings
Mountain, died August 3, 2001
at Britthaven of Wilkesboto. *
She was a native of Cleveland
County and daughter of the late
William Longstreet and
Cornelia Frances Waterson
Goforth. She was a member of
Central United Methodist
Church, Kings Mountain.
She is survived by her sons,
Dr. L. Dwight Ware and wife
Kelly, and Joe V. Ware and wife
Betty, both of North Wilkesboro;
five grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was con-
ducted by the Rev. Frank
McKenzie Sunday at Miller
Funeral Chapel in North
Wilkesboro. A graveside service
was conducted by the Rev.
Janice Combs on Monday at
Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings
Mountain.
Memorials may be made to
First United Methodist Church
Building Fund, Sixth and E
Street, North Wilkesboro, NC
28659 or to Central United
Methodist Church Building
Fund, P.O. Box 37, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086.
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HAROLD BARNES SR.
GASTONIA - Harold Eugene
Barnes Sr., 72, 106 Tibor Drive,
Kings Mountain, died August 5,
2001 at Gaston Memorial
Hospital.
A native of Gaston County,
he was the son of the late Paul
Franklin and Patty Neil Barnes.
He was preceded in death by a
brother, Frank Barnes.
He was retired as owner arid
operator of York Road Machine
Shop, Kings MOuntain, and as
a manufacturer and salesman
with Textile Sales and Repair.
He was a long time, active
member of Crowders Creek
ARP Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Jean Elizabeth Barnes; two sons,
Harold “Butch” Barnes and
wife Billie, and Mike Barnes, all
of Gastonia; daughters and
sons-in-law, Susan B. and Doug
Thompson of Cleveland County
and Karen B. and Hilton Purdee
of Durham; sister and brother-
in-law, Marjorie and Clyde Hill
of Gastonia; nine grandchildren
and spouses, Wesley and Kasey
Barnes of Ft. Mill, SC, Chad and
Christine Barnes of Gastonia,
Greg Barnes of Durham,
Elizabeth B. and Robert Faires
of Gastonia, Britton Purdee and
Alison Purdee of Durham,
Jonathan Todd of York, SC,
Jamie Todd of Cleveland
County, Heather and Jason
Wollard of Yukon, Oklahoma;
and four great-grandchildren,
Kenrick and Taylor Barnes and
Kaleigh and Colson Wollard.
The funeral was conduced by
the Rev. James McLurkin at 11
a.m. Tuesday at Crowders
Creek ARP Church. Burial was
in the church cemetery.
Nephews served as pallbear-
ers with the Crowders Creek
ARP Men's Bible Class as hon-
orary pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to
Kings Mountain Rescue Squad,
312 East Parker Street, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086 or to
Crowders Creek ARP Church,
207 Crowders Creek Road,
Gastonia, NC 28052.
McLean Funeral Homes was
in charge of arrangements.
PEARL WARE BELL
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Pearl
~ Ware Bell, 95, 748 Bell Road,
' died Atigust 6, 2001 at her
home.
A native of Cleveland
County, she was the daughter
of the late Thomas and Martha
Lovelace Ware. She was also
preceded in death by her hus-
band, William Lawrence Bell,
and son, Bobby Bell. She was a
homemaker and farmer and a
member of Oak Grove Baptist
Church.
She is survived by her sons
and daughters-in-law, Richard
and Willodene “Dean” Bell, and
Gresham W. “Joe” and Ruth
Bell, both of Kings Mountain;
daughter, Geneva Bell Dedmon
of Kings Mountain; daughter-
in-law, Janis Bell of Kings
Mountain; brother, Hunter
Ware of Kings Mountain;
grandchildren, Phyllis Brackett
and husband Carroll, Glenda
Smith and husband Mike,
Douglas Bell, Donald Bell and
wife Pam Bell, Gary Bell and
wife Jennie, Becky Markham
Date & Time:
Tuesday, August 14, 2001
6:30 pm
The Location:
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205 North Cleveland Avenue
Kings Mountain, North Carolina
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and Garry Bell and wife
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and James “Jimmy” Dedmon
and wife Cindy of Salisbury; 15
great-grandchildren, and five
great-great-grandchildren.
A graveside service was con-
ducted by the Rev. Jim Brackett
at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Oak -
Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Oak Grove Baptist Church sanc-
tuary fund, 1022 Oak Grove
Road, Kings Mountain, NC
28086.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
HOWARD BERRIER SR.
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Howard Gordon Berrier Sr., 80,
114 Parkdale Circle, died
August 6, 2001 at his home.
A native of Davidson County,
he was the son of the late
George and Betty Kindley
Berrier. He wa a retired manag-
er for Fredrickson Motor
Express and was a World War II
veteran of the Navy. He was a
member of Grace United
Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife,
Ora Powell Berrier of the home;
daughter, Barbara Cox and hus-
band Larry, Lynn Berrier, adopt-
ed daughter Nancy Shaw, all of
Greensboro; stepchildren, Julia
A. Ruff, Mendham, NJ, George
Ruff Jr, Edward E. Ruff,
Charles David Ruff, all of Kings
Mountain; brothers, G.A.
Berrier, Norman Berrier and
Grady Berrier, all of Winston-
Salem; sister, Willie Tuttle of
Davidson County; and grand-
children, John Covington of
Tampa, FL, Justin Cox of
Greensboro, and Edward Ruff
Jr., Floyd Ruff and Ashley Ruff,
all of Kings Mountain.
The funeral was conducted
by the Revs. Dale Swafford, Jim
Ed Powell and Jeff Powell at 3
p.m. Wednesday at Grace
United Methodist Church.
Burial was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to
Hospice of Cleveland County,
951 Wendover Heights Drive,
Shelby, NC 28150.
Harris Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements.
Homecoming slated
at Chestnut Ridge
Chestnut Ridge Baptist
Church, Chestnut Ridge Church
Road, Kings Mountain, will
have homecoming Sunday,
August 19. Lunch will be
served following the service.
Fall soccer meeting
set in Gaston County
An organizational meeting
for the 2001 Gaston County Fall
Recreation Youth Soccer League
will be held Thursday, August 9
at 6:30 p.m. in meeting room A
of the Citizen's Resource
Center, formerly known as the
Ag Building, 1303 Dallas-
Cherryville Highway, Dallas.
The building is located at the
entrance to Dallas Park.
For more information call
Rebecca Braddy at 922-2164.
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KM pool room
robbed Monday
Two Black males robbed
Friendly Billiards, 138 West
Mountain Street, Kings
Mountain, Monday night as it
was getting ready to close.
According to Cpl. R.S. Davis
of the Kings Mountain Police
Department, two men entered
the store and pointed a rifle
with a laser light attached to the
front of it. They made the store
employee, David Myers of
Kings Mountain, and the three
customers in the building at the
time, get down on the floor. The
customers were Michael
McCullough of Dallas, John
Kinley of Bessemer City, and
Brent Williams of Kings
Mountain.
According to Davis, the rob-
bers went around to each indi-
vidual and removed money
from their pockets, and then
took money out of the cash
drawer and left.
Davis said it is believed the
two men went around behind
Griffin Drug and got into a car.
There were no injuries.
Davis said the first suspect is
described as a Black male ap-
proximately 5-10 and wearing a
dark colored shirt and tan
boots.
The second suspect, Davis
said, is described as about 6-1
with a thin build, and wearing a
gray shirt.
Both suspects were wearing
bandannas on their head, Davis
said.
KM man charged
for poker machines
Cleveland County Sheriff's
Office Monday arrested a Kings
Mountain man for felony pos-
session of poker machines.
According to Sgt. Durwin J.
Briscoe, Vernon Wayne Short of
186-1 Gage Road faces one
count each of felony possession
of poker machines, failure to
register poker machines with
the Sheriff's Office, failure to
post stickers on poker ma-
chines, and illegal operation
and possession of video gaming
machine for gambling...
Short was jailed under a
$2,000 secured bond.
According to Briscoe, the
Narcotics Unit executed a
search warrant at the Short resi-
dence and seized five video
poker machines which were lo-
cated in an outbuilding.
According to Briscoe, the ma-
chines were not registered with
the Sheriff's Office and were in
working order. Briscoe said the
Sheriff's Department has had
an ongoing investigation on
Bob Wolfe fires
double eagle three
Bob Wolfe scored a double
eagle on the first hole at Kings
Mountain Country Club
Saturday.
He used a driver to score a
three on the 486-yard, par five
hole. His score for the round
was 29-37--66.
He was playing with Scott
Summitt, Tony Cooke, and
Kenny Walker.
First Wesleyan wins
church league tourney
First Wesleyan Church won
the post-season tournament in
the Kings Mountain Area
Church Softball League.
First Wesleyan, coached by
Toby Deaton, won all six of its
games and defeated Richard
Proctor’s Christian Freedom
team 19-16'in the championship
game.
First Baptist, coached by
Keith Miller, finished third.
Deaton was selected most
valuable player. Love Valley
Baptist won the Christian
Sportsmanship Team award.
Tournament scores included
Bright Light Baptist 17, Love
Valley 7; First Wesleyan 19,
Macedonia /Second Baptist 9;
Christian Freedom 7, Patterson
Grove 3; First Baptist 9, Shady
Grove/Long Branch 3; Kings
Lighthouse 7, Bright Light 0;
Patterson Grove 19, Love Valley
9; First:Wesleyan 22, Christian
Freedom 7; First Baptist 19,
Kings Lighthouse 13; Patterson
Grove 13, Macedonia 3; Bright
Light 14, Shady Grove 7;
Patterson Grove 21, Kings
Lighthouse 15; Christian
Freedom 11; Bright Light 10;
First Wesleyan 13; First Baptist
3; Christian Freedom 8,
Patterson Grove 5; Christian
Freedom 7, First Baptist 6; and
First Wesleyan 19, Christian
Freedom 16.
Fall sports sign-up
at Community Center
21 WQL eh SIRT XB ail
Registration: for fall sports is.
under way through August 17
at the Kings Mountain YMCA.
T-Ball for ages 4-6 is $20 for
members and residents of Kings
Mountain, and $30 for non-
members and non-residents.
Coach pitch for 7-8 years of
age, minor league for ages 9-10,
and youth league for ages 11-12
are $25 for members and resi-
dents, and $35 for non-mem-
bers and non-residents.
For soccer leagues for ages 3-
' +4 and 5-7, the cost is $20 for
Short and the alleged illegal use -
of video poker machines for ap-*
proximately a year and a half. --
members and residents and $30
for non-members and non-resi-
dents.
Kings Mountain Weather Report
(Compiled by Kenneth Kitzmiller)
August 1-7 ~~ Year Ago
Total precipitation 31 A200
Max. one day 31 (4th) .08 (2nd)
Year to date 28.06 7 29.87
Low temp. 68 (2nd)- 68 (4th)
High temp. 91 (7th) 95 (7th)
77. 9 Lig 80.2
Avg. temp.
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