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RECORDS
The Kings Mountain Herald
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Obituaries...
Bill Cochran
KINGS MOUNTAIN —
William C. “Bill” Cochran,
75, of 605 Temple St., died
Friday,
Now. 13,
2009 at
Ric iensg
home.
Born
1 n
Ruther-
fiotr d
County,
NC, he
was the
son of the late William C.
and Mary Effie Haulk
Cochran. An avid golfer and
member of the Cleveland
County Senior Citizens
Golf Association, he had re-
tired after 21 years from
Firestone Industries in Gas-
tonia.
A US Navy veteran dur-
ing the Korean War, he
served on the battleship
USS Murray. He was a lov-
ing husband, father and
grandfather.
Surviving are his wife of
55 years, Martha “Sue”
Foster, Cochran of the
home; sons, William Keith
Cochran and wife Joe Ann
Lawson Cochran of John-
son City, TN, and Robert L.
"Cochran of Columbus, NC;
daughter, Connie J. Dean
and husband Ricky of Oak
Ridge, TN; sisters, Hazel
Biddy of Caroleen and
Marie Crosby of Hinesville,
GA; and five grandchildren.
The graveside service
was conducted Sunday,
Nov. 15 2009 at Mountain
Rest Cemetery with Steve
Wellborn officiating. Visita-
tion was Sunday afternoon,
Nov. 15, 2009 at Harris Fu-
neral Home.
The family weuld like to
‘extend their thanks to Hos-
pice of Cleveland County.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com. i
Harris Funeral Home
was in ‘charge of arrange-
ments.
Fbarrisg
Funeral Home
Jack S. Cole
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Jack Stanford Cole, 52, of
306 Wright Rd. Tr. 2, died
Nov. 16, 2009 at Rutherford
Hospital in Rutherfordton
A native of Rutherford
County, he was the son of
the late Robert Heber Cole,
was a member of Shiloh
Baptist Church in Ruther-
fordton and a self employed
house painter. He was a lov-
ing husband, father, and
grandfather who loved his
family very much.
Surviving are his wife,
Debra Hinson Cole of the
home; his mother, Frances
Huntley Cole of Ruther-
fordton; his sons, Jack Stan-
ford Cole Jr. and Christian
Robert Cole, both of Shal-
lotte, NC; daughters,
Kathryn Frances Cole of
Shallotte, NC and Tina Sell-
ers and husband, James, of
Shelby; brother, Robert
Cole and wife, Claudia of
Rutherfordton; sister, Victo-
ria Cole Chadwick of Shal-
lotte, NC; two grandchil-
dren, Amber and Caleb
Sellers; and nieces, Leslie
Cobb, Sarah Cole, Phyllis
Patterson and Jessica
Stroupe
The graveside service
17 will be conducted Thursday,
Nov. 19, 2009 at Mountain
Rest Cemetery by Rev.
Donald Crawford. Visita-
tion will be Thursday, Nov
19, 2009 from 9:30-10:30
a.m. prior to the service. In-
terment will be in Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to the American Heart As-
sociation, PO Box 2391,
Shelby, NC 28151.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Fbarris
Funeral Home
Frances Platt
Frances “Fran” Chaney
Platt, 70, 165 Crown Court
in Kings Mountain died
Tuesday, November 10,
2009 at Hospice at Wen-
dover. A native of Wood-
burn, IN, she was the
daughter of the late Glen M.
and Helen Poisel Chaney.
She was married to Daniel
B. Platt of Kings Mountain.
Funeral services were
Saturday, Nov. 14 at Ollie
Harris Memorial Chapel
with interment at Mountain
Rest Cemetery.
Dr. Martha Plonk
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Dr. Martha A. Plonk, 90, a
resident of Summit Place of
Kings Mountain, died
Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 at
Summit Place.
Born in Cleveland
County, daughter of the late
Rufus L. and Kathleen
McGill Plonk, she was also
preceded in death by a
brother, William Lawrence
Plonk and a sister, Nancy
Plonk Sutton.
A member of St.
Matthew's Lutheran
Church, she was a former
member of the Kings
. Mountain Woman’s Club
and Delta Kappa Gamma.
She graduated from the
University of North Car-
olina at Greensboro, re-
ceived her Masters degree
from Ohio State University
and her Doctorate from
Michigan State University.
She was a Lieutenant Com-
mander in the US Naval Re-
serves and served in the
Waves during World War II.
She was professor at the
University of West Vitginia
for three years and retired
after 30 years as a professor
at Oregon State University.
Surviving are her sisters,
Rachel Plonk Gladden and
husband Timothy of Kings
Mountain, and Virginia
Plonk Morris of Signal
Mountain, TN, and a num-
ber of nieces and nephews.
The ‘memorial service
was conducted + Tuesday,
Nov. 17, 2009 at St.
Matthew’s Lutheran
Church. Rev. Bill Jeffcoat
and Rev. Ronnie Church of-
ficiated. Visitation was in
the church fellowship hall
prior to the service.
Interment “was in St.
Luke’s Cemetery in Kings
Mountain.
Memorials may be made
to St. Matthew’s Lutheran
Church, 201 N. Piedmont
Ave., Kings Mountain, NC
28086 or to Hospice of
Cleveland County, 951
Wendover Heights Shelby,
NC 28150 or the St. Luke’s
Cemetery Fund, c/o Fred
Kiser, 2049 County Line
Rd., Kings Mountain, NC
28086.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home
was in charge of arrange-
ments.
Parris
Ffuneral Home
Thelma Pressley
KINGS MOUNTAIN —
Thelma Herndon Pressley,
88, of 1567 Little Hill Rd.,
Newton, formerly of Kings
Mountain, died Nov. 16,
2009 at’ Conover Nursing
and Rehabilitation Center in
Conover.
Born in Cleveland
County to the late Arthur
Lee and Ottie Bell Hamil-
ton Herndon, she was the
wife of the late James
Venoy Pressley; she was
preceded ‘in death by her
sister, Eugenia Herndon.
A life-long member of
Bethlehem Baptist Church,
she was former owner/oper-;
ator of Pressley Green-
houses in Kings Mountain. |
Surviving are her sons,
Jim Pressley and wife!
Aileen of Raleigh, and
Chris Pressley and wife;
Phyllis of Chapel Hill; one
daughter, Faye Swofford
and husband, Dr. Wayne
Swofford of Newton; four
grandchildren, Bill Kitchin’
and wife, Lisa of Chapel
Hill, Lauren Pressley and’
husband John Borwick of
Winston-Salem, Katherine
Pressley of Raleigh and
Cameron Swofford of Hart
ford, Ct; and one great-
grandson; Mark Kitchin of
Chapel Hill.
The funeral service will
be conducted Saturday,
* Nov. 21, 2009 at 2 p.m. at
Ollie Harris Memorial
Chapel by Dr. David
Greene. Visitation will be
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009
from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the
funeral home prior to the
service. Interment will be inf
Bethlehem Baptist Churcly
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made
- to Caldwell Hospice and
Palliative Care, 902 Kirk
wood St. NW, Lenoir, NC
28645.
A guest register is avail”
able at www. HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Parris
Ffuneral Home
Police report...
NOV. 2: A resident of W.
Gold Street reported theft of a 42
inch TV set.
NOV. 3: Ingles 147, 2111
Shelby Rd, reported shoplifting.
NOV. 4: Allen Properties,
308 No. 2 West Gold St, re-
ported that a bedroom window
was damaged.
NOV. 6: Roses, 1314 Shelby
Rd, reported larceny of a TV set.
NOV. 7: Food Lion 2654,
610 E. King St, reported an inci-
dent of identity theft, forgery and
uttering and attempting to obtain
property by false pretense.
NOV. 7: Food Lion 2654,
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610 E. King St, reported an inci-
dent of shoplifting.
NOV. 8: A resident of N.
Roxford Rd reported someone
threw a pumpkin at his vehicle.
Nov. 8: Petro Express 3970,
225 Cleveland Ave, reported
shoplifting,
WRECKS
OCT. 29: Officer ‘B.C.
McGinnis said that a car owned
by Stephanie Ramsey, 522 Bell
Rd, was parked at Ingles and an-
other car struck the 2005 Honda
and left the scene. Damages of
$800 were reported.
NOV. 2: Officer S.M. Skin-
ner said that Conrad Martin, 704
Hillside Dr, was traveling on US
74 Business when a deer ran out
in front of his vehicle doing
$1,000 damage.
NOV. 2: Officer M.J.
Howard said that James Stanley
Zyble II, 416 Rollingbrook
Road, operating a 2007 Ford, had
exited onto the off ramp toward
Oak Grove Road, ran off the
roadway, overcorrected and the
vehicle hit a concrete median and
overturned. The vehicle was
* age. The accident happened on-
damaged $500.
NOV. 2: Officer B.C.
McGinnis said that vehicles op-
erated by Donald Roper of
Grover and Sharon Moore of 122
Parkdale Circle hit on Fulton
Drive at Lee Street and Phifer
Road doing $550 damage.
Moore was transported by
Cleveland County EMS to
Cleveland Regional Medical
‘Center for treatment.
NOV. 2: Ptl. H.W. Carpenter
said that a 1995 Toyota owned
by Terry Gamble of 416 Goforth
Road was parked at the gas
pumps at 102 Goforth Street
when the car was struck by a
gray or silver Ford truck which
left the scene. Damages totaled
$1,000.
NOV. 2: Officer J.D. Buff
said a deer ran out in front of a
1991 Honda operated by
Michael Earl Thompson, 331
Ebenezer Road, doing $500
damage. The accident happened
on the US 74 Bypass.
NOV. 3: Ptl. H.W. Carpenter
cited Quinten Kou Chen, 703 W.
Gold St, with unsafe movement
after his 2003 Hyundai struck a
1989 Jeep operated by John
Grier, 500 Margrace Ave, doing
a total of $5550 damage. The ac-
cident happened at S. Sims and
West Gold streets.
NOV. 3: Ptl. H.-W. Carpenter
said that Linda Camp Bell, of
Grover, was backing her 1995
Honda from a parking space at
110 W. King Street and hit a
2002 Ford operated by Cheryl
Sides, of Winston Salem. Prop-
erty damages totaled $2000.
NOV. 5: Cpl. D.K. Davis said
that Jane Bunton, 114 Hardin Dr,
operating a 1998 Toyota, struck
a 2006 Suzuki operated by Cathy
Hicks, Shelby, doing $925 dam-
Highway 74 Business.
NOV. 5: Kings Mountain Ptl.
Tim Adams, enroute in a city po-
lice car to respond to a call,
swerved the vehicle to miss deer
and hit a power pole about 1:30
a.m. Emergency personnel freed
the officer stuck inside the car
when the door would not open.
Adams sustained bruises. The
accident happened on NC 161.
ARRESTS
NOV. 9: Monterrio Robbins,
18, 407-A Waco Rd, possession
counterfeit Schedule 2 controlled
substance, felony, $2500 bond,
secured.
NOV. 10: Ricky Joe Husky,
27, 606 Gantt St, obstruct and
delay, disorderly conduct, $500
bond, secured.
NOV. 10: a 17-year-old male
was charged with simple posses-
sion, $300 bond, secured.
NOV. 10: A 17-year-old male
was charged with probation vio-
lation, $20,000 bond, secured.
NOV. 13: Antonio Williams,
21,2007 Redwood Cr, carrying
concealed weapon and resisting
officer, $2000 bond, secured.
NOV. 14: Nathaniel Scrog-
gins, 47, 710 Groves St, assault
on female, $500 bond, secured.
NOV. 14: Travis Howard
Greene, 33, Shelby, DWI, driv-
ing while license revoked, speed-
ing, $1,000 bond, written
promise.
NOV. 15: Jason Kyle Barker,
33, 108 Mountain Side Dr., vio-
lation pretrial.
CITATIONS
NOV. 8: Latonia Brown, 28,
Raeford, NC, speeding.
NOV. 9:; Jason Lohrman, 19,
106 Hillock Ln, careless driving.
NOV. 9: Jeffrey Currence,
25, 110-2 Wave Rd, stop sign vi-
olation.
NOV. 9: Kristen Robinson,
28, Matthews, speeding.
NOV. 10: Andrea. Hall, 20,
1000 First St, failing to notify
DMV of address change.
NOV. 10: Stacey Brooks, 46,
Jackson, TN, railroad crossing
ordinance violation.
NOV. 10: Edmund Williams,
33, Gastonia, expired sticker, ex-
pired tag.
NOV. 10: Shayvonne Mad-
dox, 30, Shelby, no insurance no
operator’s license.
NOV. 10:Johinsie Renee
413 East King St.
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Adams, 31, 415 Fulton St, ex-
pired sticker and tag.
NOV. 10: Barbara Eldridge,
51, Bessemer City, displaying
suspended dtiver’s license, re-
voked registration.
NOV. 11 Kevin Strudwick,
36, Shelby, improper u-turn.
NOV. 12 Michael Lilly, 20,
813 Third St, expired tag, Seine
sticker.
NOV. 12: Allen Sisk, 19,
Grover, possession of marijuana
and drug paraphernalia, no oper-
ators license, failure to operate
lights, fictitious tag.
NOV. 12: Lequita Curry, 25,
Bessemer City, parking in fire
lane.
NOV. 13 Tabetha Hoskins,
43, 526 Baker St, expired tag,
failure to carry license.
NOV. 13: Christalyn Hunter,
21, Bessemer City, revoked li-
cense.
NOV. 13: Manuel Galvez-
Hernandez, 36, Raleigh, speed-
ing, no operator’s license.
NOV. 13: Christian Garcia,
18, Charlotte, no operator’s li-
cense.
NOV. 13: Rhonda Miller, 46,
511 Baker St, fictitious tag, no
registration.
NOV. = 13: Shane Mec-
Sweeney, 37, 600 Groves Ave,
expired tag, revoked license.
NOV. 14: Lonnie Joe Hize,
26, 1816 Martin Rd, failing to
comply with the limitation on the
driver’s license restriction code,
alcohol level was above .4
NOV. 14: Julio Ayala, 26,
Gastonia, no operator’s license.
NOV. 14: Shi Zhou, 18,
Charlotte, speeding. 4
NOV. 14: Andy Cobb, 33,
Anderson, SC, speeding.
NOV. 14: Jamee Wallis, 20,
Calistoga, CA, speeding.
NOV. 14: Byron Dye, 36,
Simpsonville, SC, speeding.
NOV. 15: Rommy Haskins,
21, 5 25 Baker St, no insurance,
fictitious tag, no registration, pos-
session of marijuana, revoked li-
Lewis Junior Curry
November 19, 1930
January 29, 2009
cense, failure to operate lights.
NOV.16: Estella Evans, 45,
Blacksburg, SC, no operator’s li--
cense, fictitious tag.
NOV. 16: Frantz Louis, 41,
Charlotte, no operator’s license.
NOV. 16: Mario Lopez, 23,
Gastonia, no operator’s license.
NOV. 16: Johnnie Hogue Jz.
714 Bridges Dr, revokéd license.
NOV. 16: Jackson Wright,
19, 204 N. Dilling St, expired
tag, no inspection ticker.
INCIDENTS
NOV. 9: Food Lion 230,
1320 Shelby Rd, reported an in-
cident of credit card fraud total-
ing $600.
NOV. 14: A resident of
Chestnut Street reported theft of
a $100 cell phone.
~ WRECKS
NOV. 2: Officer J. D. Buff
said that a deer ran out in front of
a 1991 Honda operated by
Michael Earl Thompson, 331:
Ebenezer Rd, doing $500 dam-»
age. The accident happened on-
the US 74 Bypass.
NOV. 6: Officer K. L. Hane
rick said that a 2002 Honda op-
erated by Candace Hyde, 1423-
Sparrow Springs Rd, struck a
1997 Mazda operated by Steve’
Brewton, 1803 Alpine Dr; in the’
parking lot of Discount Grocery, .
West Gold St.
NOV. 14: Ptl. M. J. Howard:
reported that a 2000 Honda op--
erated by Billy Roberts, 522,
Cleveland Ave, struck a parked,
car owned by Hazel Parker, 328
Ebenezer Rd doing a total of
$1,000 damage. The accident
happened in the parking lot of
Advance Auto Parts on King
Street.
NOV. 14: Cpl. Mark Butler
reported that a 2004 Chevy oper--
ated by David Mixon of Grover
rear-ended a 1998 Kia operated:
by Norman Lowe of Shelby.
doing $4500 damage. The acci-
dent happened on the US 74 By-
pass. ’
Though you are no
longer present on
this earth, you are
eternally present in
our hearts.
We miss you more
than words can
express.
Loving you Always
Rebecca, The
Children and'
Grandchildren
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