The Kings Mountain Herald
June 17, 2004
Bluegrass concert to honor Edmonson
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BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
Staff Writer
A Friday night bluegrass
concert will benefit young
musicians and honor the
memory of Jerry Edmonson.
“I think he’d be tickled.
He loved kids. He loved to
play,” Steve Edmonson said’
about his father.
Flint Hill, South By South,
Praise in Blue, High
Lonesome, Rock Springs
Bluegrass Band, Leonard
McSwain Bluegrass Band
and Harvest will play dur-
ing the 6:30 p.m. concert at
Barnes Auditorium, Kings
Mountain High School.
The choirs of North, East
and West Elementary will
sing. Their instructor
Stephanie Paysour is one of
- the founders of the Jerry
Edmonson Music
Foundation.
“I don't think there is any-
thing he would have loved
more than a child playing
music,” ’ Paysour said. “You
can see that in all his kids.”
Edmonson’s sons Terry,
Steve, Brian and Mark make
+ up Harvest. Steve
Edmonson also plays in
Peace Pipe, a southern rock
band.
Paysour says she sees a lot
of kids who have talent but
Weatherly,
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John Weatherly of Kings
Mountain and Kelly
Hastings of Shelby have
been named Cleveland
County chairmen for
Republican Richard Burr's
U.S. Senate campaign.
Burr has named chairmen
in all 100 North Carolina
counties.
Weatherly has served in
the North Carolina House
of Representatives and on
the Catawba County
Commission. He is former
president of the North
Carolina Forestry
Association.
Weatherly served in
World War II and Korea as a
fighter pilot in the U.S.
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involved in the Rotary
Club, the YMCA, and the
United Way, and is a
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their parents lack money.
The foundation will help
children across Cleveland
County pay for instruments
and private music lessons.
Not having enough
money for music is personal
for Paysour. She was only
able to play in the high
school band because the
director allowed her to bor-
row the school’s alto clar-
inet. Paysour questions
whether she would have
been able to become a music
teacher in the public schools
if it were not for that experi-
ence.
She says the community
has been very supportive of
the foundation. Flint Hill
turned down a paying gig to
play the concert. None of the
bands are making money
from Friday night's concert.
“That's the kind of person
Jerry was. He left that wake
where ever he went,”
Paysour said.
Some of Paysour’s stu-
dents held a bake sale
Friday afternoon in the
Cleveland Music parking
lot. Steve Edmonson man-
ages the store. He describes
owner Shane Adams as very
supportive of the founda-
tion.
Jerry Edmonson died last
ANDIE BRYMER/HERALD
Young musicians left, front Emma Kate Paysour, Sara Beth Paysour, Mary Kathryn
Paysour, Ali Prow, Mandy Lockridge and Macy Coble along with Donna Edmonson helped
with a benefit bake sale for the Jerry Edmonson Music Foundation Friday afternoon at
Cleveland Music.
year from a rare liver dis-
ease. He played music
During his career, he played
with Earl Scruggs and Bill
almost his entire life, start- Monroe.
ing with the piano at age 5. She believes her husband
Edmonson played almost would have been proud to
every instrument except the have a foundation named
fiddle, his wife Donna after him.
Edmonson said. “He loved music. That
was his life and being a
good father,” she said.
There will be a hot dog
supper at 5:30 p.m. Friday at
the school prior to the con-
cert. For more information,
call Steve Edmonson at 704-
730-9051.
Red Cross launches fund raiser
BY ANDIE L. BRYMER
Staff Writer
The Kings Mountain Red
Cross office has 12 heroes
working to generate its
* annual operating budget.
Over the next four weeks,
each person will attempt to
raise $1,000. ‘
Robert Curry, owner of
Curry’s Transmission, will
donate the cost of labor on
service and transmission
work. The Kings Mountain
Fire Department is tentative-
ly planning a poor man’s
supper.
Ronnie Hawkins will
charge $100 for plane rides
over Cleveland County.
Heroes include Jay
Rhodes, Paul Brintley, a
Kings Mountain
Intermediate School fifth
grade class, Scott Neisler,
Mary Adams, Karen Bess,
Ardist Byers, Sam Cooper,
Frank Burns, Rick Moore,
Ronnie Hawkins, Tom Best,
JoAnn Hall, Howard
Elmore, Ron Byers and
Robert Curry.
Steering committee mem-
bers include Mary Ann
Hendricks, Mal Brutko,
Tripp Hord, Ellis Noell,
Doug Satterfield, Melva
Huffstetler, Keith Bradley
and Tim Miller.
Kyle Smith, Joni Smith,
Hubert Toney and Walter
Wade are serving on the
steering committee and
Steve Padgett is chairing the
campaign.
The Red Cross office,
located on Piedmont Avenue
behind Kings Mountain
Baptist Church, opened last
summer. Disaster relief for
the eastern portion of the
county arid health and safe-
ty classes are taught out of
the office.
ANDIE BRYMER / HERALD
Steve Padgett addresses meeting of Red Cross Tuesday.
Cross Connection to repair homes
Carolina Cross
Connection volunteers will
be in Kings Mountain and
surrounding towns this
summer to do free home
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A projected 1,500 volun-
teers will come from both
Carolinas, Georgia, Florida,
New Jersey and Virginia to
aid over 900 families in the
North Carolina mountains
and piedmont.
Since its inception 16
years ago, the organization
repairs and maintenance for
lower income individuals.
High school and college
age students will paint
homes, repair porches and
roofs, cut weeds and other
chores. Last year’s volun-
teers represented the United
Methodist, Presbyterian,
Baptist and United Church
Safety awards to be given
* Local industries will be Bernhardt Furniture
recognized for their strong Company, Cleveland
commitment to safety at the Yutaka, Curtiss Wright
NC Department of Labor Flight Systems, DM&E
Industry Safety Awards Corporation, Duke Power,
Banquet Tuesday, June 22 at Employment Security
6 p.m. at North Lake Commission, Fox
Country Club in Shelby. Distributing Company,
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FUND RAISER FOR
ERIC MAUNEY
Friday, June 18, 2004
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Join Scooby and Friends
for A Train Ride.
Conductor - Rick Walker
$2.00 Per Ride
$5.00 Per Photo w/Character
Donations Greatly Appreciated!
PHIL’S STARTER AND ALTERNATOR
UPTOWN
319 East Main St., Cherryville « 704-435-2228
Control, Oglebay Norton
has helped 8,354 families.
While working on the
projects, volunteers stay at
camps Loy White, McCall,
Patton Springs, Carolwood
and Elk Shoals and Pfeiffer
University campus.
To learn more, call 704-
538-9113 or 704-735-4257.
-Specialty Minerals, and
Rockwell Automation.
Cherie K. Berry, NC
Commissioner of Labor, will
present the awards.
Tickets are $22. Make
reservations by calling the
Chamber at 487-8521.
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GUS HARTSOE JR.
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Gus Hartsoe Jr., 71, 201
Phifer Circle, died June 8,
2004 at Cleveland Pines in
Shelby.
A native
of York
County, SC,
he was the
son of the
late Gus
Buren and
Cora
Gladden
Hartsoe Sr.
He was also
preceded in
death by a
sister, Martha Dobbins.
He was a production
superintendent for SCT
Carlton Yarns in
Cherryville, retiring after 38
years of service. He was a
member of Macedonia
Baptist Church and was a
U.S. Army veteran of the
Korean Conflict.
He was a former profes-
sional baseball player with
the New York Giants farm
system and a former coach
of the Kings Mountain
American Legion baseball
team.
He is survived by his wife
of 51 years, Minnie Sue
Mitchem Hartsoe of Kings
Mountain; sons Daniel
Keith Hartsoe and wife
Leslie of Clover, SC and
Robert Dale Hartsoe of
Shelby; daughters Susan
Dianne Hartsoe and Sandra
Elaine Hartsoe Burris, both
of Kings Mountain; sisters
Sue H. Phillips, Betty H.
Sessoms and Linda H.
Beaver, all of Kings
Mountain, and Jean H.
Smith of Blacksburg, SC; six
grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conduct-
ed by the Revs. David
Philbeck, Richard Stroupe
and Ronnie Wilson at 2 p.m.
Friday at Macedonia Baptist
Church. Interment was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to Debt Retirement,
Macedonia Baptist Church,
1101 S. Battleground
Avenue, Kings Mountain,
NC 28086.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
HARTSOE
LIB VENCLOVAS
DECATUR, GA - Faye
Elizabeth “Lib” Fisher
Venclovas, 75, 1907
Lawrenceville Highway,
died Sunday, June 13, 2004
at DeKalb Medical Center.
Born in York County, SC,
she was the daughter of the
late Joseph David and
Pearlie Mae Tiller Fisher.
She was a member of
Briarlake Baptist Church
and retired after 28 years of
service with the Decatur
Post Office. :
She is survived by her
husband, Stan Venclovas of
Decatur, GA; son Julius
Scism of Sulphur, LA;
brother Guy Fisher of
Winston Salem; sisters Elsie
Dixon of Kings Mountain,
Lois Brown of Gastonia,
and Peggy Fipps of
Brunswick, GA; two grand-
children, Trea and Jade
‘Scism; and several nieces
and nephews.
The funeral will be con-
ducted by the Rev. Eddie
Gray at 11 a.m. Thursday at
Ollie Harris Memorial
Chapel of Harris Funeral
Home in Kings Mountain.
Visitation will be from 10-11
a.m. at the funeral home.
Interment will be in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Harris Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
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