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News of those in the Service
Hartman graduates
-Army Pvt. Alexis M.
Hartman has graduated
from basic combat training
at Fort Jackson, Columbia,
S.C.
During the nine weeks of
training, the soldier studied
the Army mission, history,
tradition and core values,
physical fitness, and re-
ceived instruction and prac-
tice in basic combat skills,
military weapons, chemical
warfare and bayonet train-
ing, drill and ceremony,
marching, rifle marksman-
ship, armed and unarmed
combat, map reading, field
tactics, military courtesy,
military justice system;
basic first aid, foot marches,
and field training exercises.
She is the daughter of
Jim Hartman of Buena Vista
Drive, Denver, N.C., and
James Herring of Stoney
Point Road, Kings Moun-
tain, N.C.
The private is a 2008
graduate of Burns High
School, Lawndale, N.C.
Davis returns home
Marine Corps Sgt. Todd
F. Davis, whose wife,
Brooke, is the daughter of
Judy and Quay Howell of
Kings Mountain, along with °
more than 6,000 Marines
and sailors of the Iwo Jima
Expeditionary Strike Group
(ESG), Norfolk, Va., and
embarked 26th Marine Ex-
peditionary Unit (MEU),
Marine Corps Base Camp
Lejeune, are winding down
a deployment from the
Navy’s 5th and 6th Fleet
area of operations in support
of Maritime Security Oper-
ations and the Global War
on Terror.
While deployed, MEU
Police Report
ARRESTS
JULY 8: Joe Allen Young,
22,420 S. Cherokee St., DWI,
driving while license revoked,
no insurance, $20,000 bond,
unsecured. His 1989 Ford was
impounded by police.
JULY 8: Brandon Resean
Ellis, 20, 911 Grace St., first
degree kidnapping, robbery
with dangerous weapon,
$100,000 bond, secured.
JULY 8: Summey Bigger-
staff, 21, Clover, SC, assault
on female, assault with deadly
weapon, no bond.
JULY 8: Debra Darlene
Emory, 53,422 Belvedere Cir-
cle, intoxicated and disruptive,
$256 bond, secured.
JULY 9: Ronnie Lee Mar-
cus, 42, Charlotte, larceny and
possession of stolen goods,
$10,000 bond, secured. |,
JULY 10: Robert Jeromg
Stevenson, 44, Johnson City,
Tn., DWI, no operator's li- /
cense and resist, delay, ‘ob-
struct, $7500 bond, secured.
JULY 10: Harold A. Car
roll, 38, 119 N. Deal St., ag-
sault inflicting serious injury,
$276.
JULY 12: Marvin Morales
22, 35 Chesterfield Co
DWI and no operator's hy
1994 Nissan impounded by
police, $5,000 bond, secured.
CITATIONS
“JULY 3: Deborah
Williams, 54, Lawndale,
2.
JULY 4: Donte Corey, 20,
Geenville, speeding.
JULY 4: Janet McGrew,
54, Atlanta, Ga., speeding.
JULY 4: Rashad Wharton,
20, Greenville, SC, speeding.
JUY 4: Phillip Darby, 18,
Belmont, careless driving.
JULY 4: Marcus Walton,
51, 1032 Oak Grove Rd., no
operator’s license nor en-
dorsed as a motorcycle opera-
tor.
JULY 4: Douglas Cline,
26, Cherryville, speeding.
JULY 4: Ellen Gaffney, 59,
113 Waco Rd., running traffic
signal.
JULY S:Laquichisa
Mason, 18, 209 Waco Rd.,
simple assault, no bond.
JULY 5:Abby Gann
Crosby, 35, 120 Cloninger St.,
second degree trespass, no
bond.
JULY 5: James Eli Swink,
21, 1005 Jackson St., simple
assault, no bond.
JULY 5: Timothy Dade,
47,203 McGill Court, second
degree trespass’ “ond. |
JULY 6: ol
JULY vt Ababd Porfirio,
36, Gastonia, no operator's li-
cense.
JULY 9: Marlin Rogers,
19, Gastonia, revoked license.
JULY 9: Brittany Broome,
21, Grover, expired tag.
JULY 9: Belisario Lopez,
50, Gastonia, no operator's li-
cense.
JULY 10: Jeffrey Austin,
48, Greenwich, NY, speeding.
JULA 11: Migell Lip-
scomb, 38, Gastonia, speed-
ing.’
JULY 11: Shalea Goldson,
32, Springfield, MA, speed-
ing.
JULY 12: Kenneth Ander-
son, 28, 1004 N. Cansler St.,
speeding.
JULY 12: Randy Kelley,
29, Gastonia, expired tag.
INCIDENTS
JUNE 30: Dollar General,
235 S. Cherokee St., report
shoplifting. ;
JULY 1: Plonk Tire, 227 S.
Cherokee St., reported that a
customer charged tires on an-
other person’s account without
permission
JULY 1: A resident of
Charles St. reported his car
was damaged by a gate clos-
ing on it.
JULY 6: A resident of Sec-
ond Street reported theft of
currency from a vehicle.
JULY 7: A resident of
Grace Street reported a break-
in and theft of an assortment of
tools.
JULY 8: A resident of LIn-
wood Road reported a break-
in and larceny of a blower and
weedeater.
WRECKS
JUNE 29: Pil. Bryan
McGinnis cited Johnny Calvin
Guiton Jr. with running a red
light after the 1989 Ford he
was driving struck a 1998
Ford operated by Deann Bur-
ton, 102 Roxford Road. The
accident happened at King
Street and Phifer Road. Dam-
ages were estimated at $3,000.
JULY 1: Cpl. Mark Butler
said that a 2006 Toyota oper-
ated by Barbara Myers Cozart
of Gastonia rear-ended a 1997
Ford operate by Michael
Glenn, 137 Colony Drive. The
accident happened on US 74
Business with ' damage of
$650.
JULY 2: Pil. G. L. McKin-
ney cited a 17-year-old- driver
with failure to reduce speed
and driving while license re-
voked after the 1996 Ford she
was operating rear-ended a
1995 Pontiac operated by
Marie Orr Brittany, 612
Charles St., Apt. 51, Brittany
was stopped on Gold Street for
a cement truck to back into a
construction site when the ac-
cident occurred.
JULY 2: Ptl. T. D. Adams
1 Clyde Johnny Hall of
ly with expired tag after
>cident at East King Street
York Road involving a
8 VW operated by Melissa
Brooks of Bessemer City.
Damages totaled $5500.
The Kings Mountain Herald
Marines completed unit-
wide sustainment training at
Camp Buehring, Kuwait,
maintaining their stance as
the force in readiness for the
Central
Byars Graduates
Navy Seaman Michael
B. Byars, son of Teresa Y.
Byars of Kings Mountain,
and Edward K. Byars of
Blacksburg, SC, recently
completed U.S. Navy basic
training at Recruit Training
Command, Great Lakes, Il.
with honors.
During the eight-week
program, Byars completed
a variety of training which
included classroom study
and practical instruction on
naval customs, first aid,
firefighting, water safety
and survival, and shipboard
and aircraft safety. An em-
phasis was also placed on
physical fitness.
The capstone event of
boot camp is “Battle Sta-
tions”. This exercise gives
recruits the skills and confi-
dence they need to succeed
in the fleet.
Byars is a 2007 graduate
of Kings Mountain High
School.
Wilson
completes training
BESSEMER CITY -
Navy Seaman Recruit
William N. Wilson, III, son
of Peggy P. and William N.
Wilson of Bessemer City,
recently completed U.S.
Navy basic training at Re-
cruit Training Command,
Great Lakes, Ill.
During "the eight-week
program, Wilson completed
a variety of training which
included classroom study
and practical instruction on
naval customs, first aid,
firefighting, water safety
and survival, and shipboard
and aircraft safety. An em-
phasis was also placed on
physical fitness.
Wilson is a 2008 gradu-
ate of Bessemer City High
School of Bessemer City.
Little receives medals
BESSEMER CITY -
Navy Petty Officer 1st
Class Garry Little, son of
Marlena A. Phelps of Lin-
colnton, and Gary L. Little
of Bessemer City, was re-
cently ‘awarded the Navy
Obituaries
BERTIE C.
HAMM
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Bertie Caveny Hamm, 90,
resident of White Oak
Manor, died July 8, 2009 at .
White Oak Manor. ;
The funeral service was
conducted Saturday, July 11,
2009 at Eastside Baptist
Church of which she was a
member. Rev. Dan Wallace
officiated and interment was
in Antioch Baptist Church
Cemetery.
+ HELEN
NORMAN
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Helen Frye Norman, 82, of
120 Stedman Rd., Dallas,
died July 9, 2009 at Court-
land Terrace ip Gastonia.
tive of
Gaston
County,
she was
thie
daughter
of the
wera late Her-
bert Frye and Essie Mae
Huffman Frye. She was pre-
ceded in death by her hus-
band of 50 years Dean Webb
Norman and brothers, Har-
vey and Jim Frye, and sister
Lucille McAllister.
She was a life-long mem-
ber of Hardin Baptist
Church in Dallas. a home-
maker and retired textile em-
ployee.
Surviving are her sons,
Larry Norman and wife
Lorene of Mount Holly, and
Brent Norma and wife
Davina of Dallas; daugh-
ters, Starr Withers and hus-
band Jeff of Lincolnton and
Nan Nicholson and husband,
Mike, of Kings Mountain;
sisters, Nancy McClure of
Dallas, Doris Bagwell of
Bessemer City and Betty
McAllister of Dallas; 10
grandchildren and six great-
grandchildren.
The funeral service was
conducted Saturday, July
11,2009 at 4 p.m. at Hardin
Baptist. Church. Rev. Fain
Farmer and Rev. Austin
Rammell officiated and in-
terment was in the church
cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to Hardin Baptist Church,
Senior Love Group, Hardin
Road, Dallas, NC.
A guest register is avail-
able at www. HarrisFuner-
als.com.
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ROBERT
GREEN
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Robert David “Roadie”
Green, 44, of 2014 Shelby
Road, died July 10, 2009 at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
A native of Cleveland
County, he was the son of
the late Charlie E. Dixon Sr.
and Jane Gosey Dixon. He
was employed with Baldor
Electric in Kings Mountain.
He was a Shriner, Mason,
Scottish Rites, and member
of Fairview Lodge
AF&AM. Special thanks to
all those who loved and
cared for David.
Surviving are his father,
Robert Y. Green of Kings
Mountain; his brother and
sister-in-law, Chuck and
Tiffany Dixon of
Mooresville; his sisters,
Robin Mintz of Mooresville
ad Amy Dixon of Charlotte;
and niece, Lila Jane Dixon
of Mooresville.
The funeral service was
conducted Monday, July 13,
2009 at 3 p.m. at the Student
Center of First Baptist
Church in Kings Mountain.
Dr. Chip Sloan officiated
and Interment with Masonic
rites was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to Crohn’s and Colis Foun-
dation, National Processing
Center, Att. Honor and Me-
morial Gifts, PO Box 1245,
Albert Lea, MN. 56007-
9976 and The Shriners Hos-
pital, 950 West Faris Rd.,
Greenville, SC 29605.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Parris
Funeral Home
NELL
HARMON
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Nell Camp Harmon, 85, of
410 Bethlehem Rd., died
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at
‘White Oak Manor.
The funeral was con-
ducted Sunday, July 12,
2009 at 4 p.m. at Bethlehem
Baptist Church.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009
and Marine Corps Achieve-
ment Medal and the Mili-
tary Outstanding Volunteer
Service Medal while serv-
ing as the administrative de-
partment leading petty
officer assigned to the
Naval Ice Center, Washing-
ton, D.C.
Little led and managed
his department during a pe-
riod of reorganization, up-
dating and processing more
than 60 memorandums of
agreement, 50 command in-
structions, 300 awards and
600 leave chits. Addition-
ally, the department devel-
oped 20 standard operating
procedures, two joint quali-
fication requirements and
restructured the command’s
correspondence control.
The Military Outstand-
ing Volunteer Service
Medal is awarded to service
members who perform vol-
unteer service to the com-
munity of a’ significant
nature producing tangible
results for a sustained time
period , of three or more
years.
Little is a 1991 graduate
of Lincolnton High School
of Lincolnton and joined the
Navy in December 1992.
Mahaffey
completes training
Navy Seaman Daniel D.
Mahaffey, a 2001 graduate
of Bessemer City High
School, Bessemer City, N.
C., recently completed U.S.
Navy basic training at Re-
cruit Training Command,
‘Great Lakes, Ill.
During the eight-week
program, Mahaffey com-
pleted a variety of training
which included classroom
study and practical instruc-
tion on naval customs, first
aid, firefighting, water
safety and survival, and
shipboard and aircraft
safety. An emphasis was
also placed on physical fit-
ness, lr
The capstone event of
boot camp is “Battle Sta-
tions”. This exercise gives
recruits the skills and confi-
dence they need to succeed
in the fleet. “Battle Sta-
tions” is designed to galva-
nize the basic warrior
attributes of sacrifice, dedi-
cation, teamwork and en-
durance in each recruit
through the practical appli-
cation of basic Navy skills
and the core values of
Honor, Courage and Com-
mitment. Its distinctly
“Navy” flavor was de-
signed to take into account
what it means to be a Sailor.
Rucker deploys
Navy Petty Officer 3rd
Class Casey D. Rucker, a
2004 graduate of Kings
Mountain High School,
Kings Mountain, along with
‘sailors and Marines from
the Bataan Amphibious
Ready Group (BATARG),
Norfolk, Va., and 22nd Ma-
rine Expeditionary Unit
(22nd MEU), Camp Leje-
une, recently deployed as
part of a regularly scheduled
deployment to support Mar-
itime Security Operations,
provide crisis response ca-
pability, and increase theater
security cooperation and
forward Naval presence in
the Fifth and Sixth Fleet
areas of operation.
Prior to deployment, the
BATARG and 22nd MEU
successfully completed Ex-
peditionary Strike Group In-
tegration, a Composite Unit
Training Exercise and a
Certification Exercise.
The BATARG and 22nd
MEU provide the combat-
ant commander a versatile
sea-based force that can be
tailored to a variety of mis-
sions, including quick reac-
tion crisis response options
in maritime, littoral and in-
land environments in sup-
RRL]
« 50 Years Exp.
port of the Navy’s Maritime
Strategy.
The Navy, in coordina-
tion with the Marine Corps,
is returning to the Amphibi-
ous Ready Group (ARG)
and Marine Expeditionary
Unit deployment construct
as the routine, rotational
amphibious force deploy-
ment package. Returning to
the this construct enables
the Navy to more efficiently
meet geographic combatant
commander requirements.
ARGs usually include an
amphibious squadron (PHI-
BRON), an amphibious as-
sault ship (LHA/D),
amphibious transport dock
(LPD), dock landing ship
(LSD), embarked Naval
support elements and an
embarked MEU.
The BATARG is com-
prised of the multi-purpose
amphibious assault ship
USS Bataan (LHD 5), the
“amphibious transport dock
USS Ponce (LPD 15) and
the amphibious dock land-
ing ship USS Fort McHenry
(LSD 42).
The 22nd MEU includes
a Ground Combat Element,
Battalion Landing Team,
3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine
Regiment; Aviation Combat
Element, Marine Medium
Tiltrotor Squadron 263 (re-
inforced); Logistics Combat
Element, Combat Logistics
Battalion 22; and its com-
mand element.
Rucker joined the Navy
in October 2004. For more
information on Bataan,
please visit www. bataan.
navy. mil. :
Gossett named new OG
commander
Gossett
named commander
VANDENBERG AIR
FORCE BASE, Calif. - The
former Chief of Strategic
Operations Division, Joint
Staff, The Pentagon, Wash-
ington, D.C., assumed com-
mand of the 30th
Operations Group on May
29 at 10 am. during a
change of command cere-
mony in front of the base
headquarters building.
Col. Todd Gossett will
replace Col. Andre Lovett,
who will leave to become
the vice wing commander
of the 45th Space Wing at
Patrick Air Force Base, Fla.,
after two years as Vanden-
berg’s 30th OG commander.
Col. Gossett received his
commissioning through the
Reserve Officer Training
Corps after graduating from
the University of North Car-
olina in 1988, and has
served in a variety of space
and missile assignments.
After graduating from
the U.S. Air Force Weapons
School in 1998, he became
a weapons and tactics offi-
cer for the 14th Air Force.
He has served on the Air
Staff as deputy chief of the
action group for the Air and
Space Operations deputy
chief of staff, and on the
Joint Staff as branch chief
of Ballistic Missile Defense
Operations.
Col. Gossett also served
as the commander of the
76th ~~ Space Control
Squadron, Peterson AFB,
Colo.
Col. Gossett has a mas-
ter’s degree in Aviation
Management from Embry
Riddle Aeronautical Uni-
versity; a master’s degree in
Military Operations Arts
and Sciences from Air
Command: and Staff Col-
lege, Maxwell AFB, Ala.;
and a master’s degree in Na-
tional Security Strategic
Studies from the College of
Naval Warfare, Newport,
R.L
Gossett is the son of
Shirley and Mal Brutko of
Kings Mountain.
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