Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Browns celebrate love Remembering
68 years of marriage
By ELIZABETH STEWART
Staff Writer
Their love is constant after 68 years of marriage, say Norman
and Evelyn Brown, who plan to spend a quiet Valentine's Day
Sunday with family.
‘What is their secret of long wedded life?
"We love the Lord, we work at it (marriage) and there's a lot
of give and take," says Brown, a Baptist minister for over 60 years,
adding, "If T hadn't found the Lord when we got married our life
“ would not have been blessed."
Evelyn Vaughn was 17 and Norman Brown was 21 when they
tied the knot after a three month courtship. They met when Nor-
man was dating Evelyn's friend and Evelyn was dating her
preacher's son. Norman had an eye for Evelyn and asked her out.
It was love at first sight, he said.
Mrs. Brown said they were riding around one Sunday after-
noon and stopped at Morgan Memorial Baptist Church, now New
Cherry Dale Baptist in Greenville, SC, and asked Rev. J. L. Flow-
ers if he would officiate their May 25,1941 nuptials. Evelyn
laughed, "We couldn't ask my preacher to marry us because I
broke up with his son." That church, in addition to the many
: churches the couple has pastored, has special memories for them.
Brown graduated from Parker.High School and worked in
textile mills in Greenville, SC, until he was drafted by Uncle Sam
and served in the US Army Infantry during World War II. He
graduated from Furman University on the GI Bill, accepted the
call to the ministry and finished Southeastern Theological Semi-
| nary.
Evelyn Brown graduated from Greenville High School and’
- became a full time homemaker, working side by side with her
; husband as they pastored churches including Bethlehem Baptist
: Church in Kings Mountain from 1957-61. In 1979 the Browns
were appointed by the Baptist Mission Board as missionaries to
! Germany and lived in Osterholz-Scharmbeck six years. Their
evangelistic work included ministering to American military and
founding churches in small villages.
They retired in 1986 and returned to Kings Mountain and are
members of First Baptist Church. Since 1992 they, have resided
© on Southridge Drive.
Norman, 88, and Evelyn, 85, have three children: the late Ray-
LIB STEWART photo
Sgt. Lisa Proctor is commended by Mayor Rick Murphrey for her diligence
and commitment to police work.
Proctor, daughter of
Benny and Rebecca Capps
of Grover, graduated from
Crest High School and took
police training at Isothermal
Community College. She
was hired by former Chief
Warren Goforth as a rookie
cop and one of her first jobs
was working the D.A.R.E.
program in the schools. As
she worked with other for-
mer. chiefs Bob Hayes,
Richard Reynolds, Houston
Corn, and her husband,
DRUGS
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a pill or $1 per milligram.
Pain = killers like - Hy-
drocodone, Morphine and
Percocet are the sought after
prescription drugs. Xanax is
also a popular item.
Kings Mountain pharma-
cists are proactive and work
with police to combat what
has become an increase in |
doctor shopping and abuse
The Kings Mountain Herald
MR. AND MRS. NORMAN BROWN!
mond Michael Brown, who died two years ago; Elaine Brown
of Kings Mountain, formerly of Atlanta, GA. and a retired flight
attendant after 24 years with Eastern Airlines, and April and Jerry
Morris of Kings Mountain.
They are proud grandparents of Neil and Nicole Morris, Amy
and Tim Reed and Chris Morris, all of Kings Mountain, Jeremiah
and Jenny Brown and Jessica and Scott Jenkins, all of Anderson,
SC. The Browns are proud great-grandparents of Jamie McGin-
nis, Sydney and Evelyn Morris, Carter Grace Reed and Chloe
Brown.
"We have seen a lot of changes in the past 68 years," says Mrs.
Brown. Faith and family are priorities.
Their love for each other and their dedication as Christians to
God's calling remain the focus of their lives.
The signing-on of WKMT Radio in
Kings Mountain 56 years ago was another
sign of the community's growth, bulwarked
by the building of the hospital, the opening
of the library, and other needed public fa-
Patrol Sgt., Detective Sgt.
and currently Narcotics Sgt.
She is also over the K-9 and
cilities.
Community Oriented age 80, was called "the voice of Kings
(C.O.P.) program. Mountain" by scores of listeners who tuned
"We all work hard as po- in every day from the station's beginnings.
lice officers but we need and
appreciate the public's help
to keep drugs off our
streets," said Sgt. Proctor.
2
Jonas Bridges, who died Feb. 1, 2010, at
His expertise in broadcasting gained
Jonas a high reputation for professionalism
in the vocation he loved but which hap-
pened by accident back in 1953 when he
In. Loving Memory
of prescription drugs,” she nfejyin Proctor, she was pro-
said. moted through the ranks to !
Always
in my
In Yoons Memory, or
of Kenny Bush
The family would like to express
Love,
our sincere thanks for all the love Mama
and support during our time of loss
May God Bless David Bunch
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‘Ms. Winnie’
. By EMILY WEAVER
Editor
The bells tolled this
week for many special
people who each left
their mark on this world.
One of those was Wynolia
(Winnie) Hart Griggs
Robinson, who passed
away last Wednes-
day, Feb. 3,2010, at
Hospice.
A native of
Bessemer City,
who grew up in
Cherryville, she
was wife' to the
late, Frazier
“Slow” Robin-
son, of the old
Negro Baseball
League. She was
mother to three children,
Carolyn Robinson of Kings
Mountain, and the late Ed-
ward Griggs and Benjamin
Griggs.
But in her 81 years, she
became more than just wife
and mother. She left her
mark on this community.
Known by friends and
family as Ms. Winnie, she
was an avid reader since a
young age. She studied
Child Psychology and Eng-
lish in Penn., and became
an assistant director in her
aunt’s nursery and school.
Jonas Bridges at his desk at Radio Station WKMT
president.
came to Kings Moun-
tain for a week's vaca-
tion to help put WKMT
on the air and stayed to
move up in the com-
‘pany as owner and
His pleasing radio
voice was a big plus for
WKMT which he
signed on the air March
She later
moved to
Cleveland,
, Ohio and
took ad-
vanced
studies in
terior
decorating, which led to her
becoming a display man-
ager over five Lerner de-
partment stores for 10
years. She moved to Los
Angeles, Calif., and worked
for the Federal Employees
Discount Corp. and AC
Winkleman Company for
the next 10 years. ;
Then, Ms. Winnie and
(Mr. Bob) “Slow” Robinson
took over Carolyn and their
son-in-law, Rev. James
Robinson’s Sweep-It-Rite
Industrial Sweeping Main-
See WINNIE, 8A
‘Voice of KM’ now silent
Lib Stewart
Staff Writer
12, 1953. Busy as a "one arm paper hanger"
. See BRIDGES, 8A
To my beloved son,
Desman
Devon
Thompson
“Feb. 16, 1990 - Feb. 14, 2009
You have been gone a year and there hasn't been a
day that you weren't missed and thought of. You
have given me the strength to go on because I know
one day we will be together again. Can't wait to see
your smiling face and hold you in my arms.
Love, Mom, Dad, Devin, Deon, and Ron
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