BEULAH STRICKLAND
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Beulah Bullocks Strickland, 90, 204 S.
Oriental Avenue and White Oak Manor, died November 15, 2005
at Kings Mountain Hospital.
A native of Cherokee County, SC, she was file daughter of we
late Thomas and Fatha Pruitt Bullocks.
She is survived by,
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| Clyde Strickland, great-grandson Bj
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Beulah was a member of King Creek
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Johnson and ln Garl, Irene Queen and
| Joysedewlsy all of Kings Mountain; sister Esmer
_Yigon of Gaffney, SC; 11 graridchildren, 21 great
grandchildren a two great-great grandchildren.
The funergiwas conducted by the Revs. Bob Hope and Scott
oo win-StiiElaRd at 2 p.m. Friday at Sisk-Butler Funeral Home Chapel,
Bessemer City. Interment was in Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings
Mountain.
Pallbearers were Jack Propst, Eddie Johnson, Barry Johnson,
Robert Johnson, Ricky Revis and Scott Strickland.
Sisk-Butler Funeral Home, Bessemer City, was in charge of
arrangements.
RONALD BARBER
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Ronald’ “Spunky” Barber, 49, 205
Fairview Street, died November 17, 2005 at Kings Mountain
Hospital.
He was a native of Kings Mountain and a member of Second
Baptist Church.
He is survived by his mother, Bertie Hullender Barber of Kings
Mountain, son Michael Keith Barber of Morganton, and daughter
Stacy Lynn Barber of Kings Mountain.
A graveside service was conducted by Rev. Richard Brown at 2
p-m. Saturday at Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of
Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Dr., Shelby, NC 28150.
Harris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
EVELYN POWELL
NORTH WILKESBORO - Mrs. Evelyn Powell, 79, of Ivy Trace,
Wilkesboro, widow of Jay W. Powell, died Wednesday, November
16, 2005 at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
Funeral services were held Friday, November 18 at 2 p.m. at
Baptist Home Baptist Church with the Rev. Darrell Tate officiating.
Burial was in Mountlawn Memorial Park in North Wilkesboro.
Mrs. Powell was born in Pontiac, MI, January 30, 1926, to Clyde
and Clemmatine Billings Brewer. She was a member of Baptist
Home Baptist Church. Mrs. Powell was well known for making
beautiful Chrismons which she shared with her church, friends
and family members.
Mrs. Powell was preceded in death by a brother, Cecil Brewer.
Mrs. Powell is survived by two sons, Steven Powell and his
wife, Bonnie of Conyers, GA and Jay Powell and his wife, Elaine
gy Absher of McGrady and
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of Apple Valley, CA; two sisters, Peg
Jean Alvis of North Wilkesboro; two
others, Bill Brewer of
Venice, FL and Jack Brewer of Senath, MO; five grandchildren and
six great grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Popust Home Baptist Church
Building Fund, 2362 Sparta Roa
, North Wilkesboro, NC 28659.
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in North Wilkesboro was in
charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be made at www.reinssturdivant.com.
BRENDA MAUNEY
. BOILING SPRINGS - Mrs. Brenda Brown Mauney, 61, 315 N.
Main St., died November 18, 2005 at Hospice of Wendover after
fighting a courageous battle with cancer.
A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late
Claude Sanford and Darcus Russ Brown. She was also preceded in
death by her brother, Franklin Brown, and ste
son David Mauney.
She was a graduate of Lattimore School and was a former
employee of Doran Mill, Baxter Corp., and Snack Time Foods. She
was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church.
The family would like to thank the staff at Hospice of Wendover
for all their love and support.
Mrs. Mauney is survived by her husband of 22 years, Forrest
Mauney; daughters Julie Hopper Tucker and husband Jay of
Madison, NC; stepdaughter Wanda Bridges and ary Larry of
Boiling Springs; stepdaughter-in-law Stephanie Hahn of Mt.
Pleasant; sisters peay] Petty and husband Albert and Eleanor Scism
and husband Gene,
Brown of Shelby;
th of Kings Mountain; sister-in-law Ruth
teas Olivia Tucker, Lindsay Tucker,
Lillie Tucker, Alex Mauney, Mandy Bridges, Justin Brides and
Ashley Bridges; great grandchild Jayden Moore; nieces Kim Eagle,
Shelia Caldwell, and Sandra Petty; nephews Bobby Brown, Robin
Brown, Charles Brown, Jeffery Brown; great nieces Lauren
Caldwell, Brandy Brown, Madeline Brown; great nephews John
William Eagle and Brent Caldwell; and special friends Elizabeth
and Charles Parker.
The funeral was conducted by Dr. Terry Cagle, Rev. Andy Oliver
and Dr. Robert Abrams at 4 p.m. Sunday at Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of
Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150
or The David Mauney Memorial Fun
, c/o Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church, 198 Pleasant Ridge Church Road, Shelby, NC 28152.
Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
CHARLES W. “BILL” KENNEDY
KINGS MOUNTAIN - Charles W. “Bill” Kennedy, 79, 2000
Cleveland Avenue, died November 21, 2005 at Century Care,
Gastonia.
A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Henry
James and Bobbie Lee Long Kennedy. He was also preceded in
death by brothers Jim Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, John Kennedy and
Freno Kennedy and sisters Martha Guthrie and Iva Belk.
He was an active member of Grace United Methodist Church,
Kings Mountain, where he served as church historian. He served
in the United States Navy during World War II. He was a retired
truck driver.
He is survived by his sister, Sadie Splawn of Kings Mountain.
The funeral was conducted by the Rev. Danielle Duncan at 2
p.m. Wednesday at Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel. Burial was in
Veterans Gardens of Mountain Rest Cemete
Memorials may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 830
Church Street, Kings Mountain, NC 28086.
Harris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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State budget cuts close
? devslopriiental day care
ANDIE BRYMER
abrymer@kingsmountainherald.com
Shonna Hinton credits
Beginnings Developmental Day
Center for the strides three of
her young children have made
but she fears their progress will
come to a halt when the center
closes Dec. 2 due to state budg-
et cuts.
Two of Hinton’s children are
developmentally delayed and a
third suffers from hydrocephis
with the risk of developmental
delays.
“They look forward to going
to school every morning,”
Hinton said.
When her daughter Kie-ajah,
2, first went to Beginnings she
could only roll. Now she
crawls, pulls up and stands.
“She’s doing a lot more than
I thought she would be able to
do,” Hinton said.
Kievon, 4, used to isolate
himself. Now he’s a lot more
verbal, according to his mom.
Kierra, 3, is also more verbal.
Hinton feels like the program
was helping prepare her chil-
dren for school.
Because Hinton who lives in
Kings Mountain doesn’t have a
car, Beginnings picked her chil-
dren up each morning. Now
they will have to stay at home.
Hinton doesn’t know if the
therapists who served her chil-
dren at Beginnings can make
house calls.
Tammy Jones, formerly of
Kings Mountain and now living
in Shelby, has twins attending
Beginnings. One has Down's:
syndrome.
“They have helped him
tremendously,” she said.
Her two-year-old son is now
sitting up and eating solid food.
Jones feels like with another
. month of Rs Beginnings
he would be wa
After the Dec. 2 eg Jones
will keep the two children at
home. She believes there are no
other local centers equipped to
serve her son.
It’s the low staff to child ratio
which she values and the
arrangements with speech,
physical and other therapists
who spend hours af the center
each week, :
Beginnings serves children
with special needs like cerebral
Paley emotional disorders, fetal
alcohol syndrome, mental retar-
dation and other problems.
They also accept children with-
out problems. According to
rr member Myla Lookabill,
the mix of kids helps both
groups.
Until 18 months ago
Beginnings was funded
through Pathways, the local
public mental health provider.
When mental health was priva-
tized, oversight of Beginnings
was switched from the Division
of Mental Health to the
Division of Public Health.
According to Debbie Crane, a
Department of Health and
Human Services spokesperson,
the Division of P ablic Health
which falls under DHHS funds
therapy but not day care. She
says that ending funding to
Beginnings will make available
more money for therapy for
more children.
Crane says the children can
be placed in conventional day
Grover police seeks
donations for needy
Grover PD is sponsoring
Project Santa to provide food
and toys for needy families.
Donations of new toys and
non-perishable items may be
delivered to Grover Town Hall
during regular business hours.
These are 8:30 a.m. to noon
and 2 to or. am. Monday
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.
Containers for monetary dona-
tions are at local businesses.
All contributions should be
made by Dec. 20.
care and therapists can visit
there.
Barbara Maney gives another
perspective. She is the
Children’s Services Coordinator
for ComServ, the regional
agency which directly oversees
Beginnings. Most of the staff at
Beginnings have worked there
for several years and have ben-
efited from specialized training.
Staff to child ratios are low
allowing for more one-on-one.
The center is set up to work
with outside therapists, some-
thing hi J cares
are not as accustomed to,
according to Maney.
“It’s really a loss to the com-
munity,” Maney said.
Parents are in denial.
“It’s almost like no one is
believing it,” she said.
So far six of the center’s chil-
dren have been placed. These
are rae rontiin making
them eligible for services
through Cleveland County
Schools. One is going to a day
care served by an itinerant
Cleveland County Schools
teacher. The child's grandmoth-
er also works there. Three are
going to a program at Bethware
Elementary. One will attend .
North Shelby School and one
will attend a mainstream day
care also served by a CCS
teacher.
Kids under age 3 are not eli-
gible for CCS services.
However, research indicates
that intervention in the first
three years of life makes the
most difference for overcoming
developmental problems,
Maney said.
In addition to the loss to the
children, eight to 10 staff mem-
bers will be out of jobs.
Representative Tim Moore
says he wants to see Beginnings
stay open.
“I personally think DHHS
should find the funding. The
kids should stay where they
are,” he said.
According to Moore, the
General Assembly has given
DHHS more money, however
how the money is spent is
mostly beyond legislators’ con-
trol.
“We don’t micro manage,”
Moore said.
Because the General
Assembly is not in session,
Moore says no legislation can
be passed to keep the center
open. He has called DHHS
Secretary Carmen Hooker
Odom and Governor Mike
Easley.
“I relayed my thoughts. I
hope they'll do the right thing,”
he said.
Odom can be reached at 919-
733-4534. The governor can be
reached at 1-800-662-7952.
News Briefs
Mauney Memorial Library,
Kings Mountain, will be closed
November 24-26.
Mauney Memorial Library
Board of Trustees will meet
Wednesday, Nov. 30 at 1 p.m.
in the Community Room.
There will be a benefit car’
and truck show Saturday
across from Timms Furniture
on Battleground Ave. for
Wayne Hyder, who needs a
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“Helping frail, disabled and
dying Americans to stay
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Cleveland Home Health Agency
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to care for our patients. Many of
our employees have been with us
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November is National Home Care Month
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