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The Kings Mountain Herald
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Obituaries
Boyce E. Eaker
KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Boyce E. Eaker, 86, of 108
Ware St., died Wednesday,
May 5 ,2010 at Kings Moun-
tain Hospital.
He was born in York
County, SC to the late
Lafayette and Myrtle Cost-
ner Eaker and was also pre-
ceded in death by brothers
Gerald Eaker, Ralph Eaker
and Dick Eaker, and sisters
Helen Warren and Averice
Bridges.
A member of El Bethel
United Methodist Church, he
served in the United States
Marines during World War II
and was retired from FMC
Lithium Corporation, Besse-
mer City.
Surviving are his wife of
62 years, Virgie Huffstetler
Eaker of the home; son,
Mark Eaker and fiance,
Cindy Kirksey of Gastonia;
daughter, Donna Russ and
husband Phillip of Kings
Mountain; brother, Jack
Eaker of Kings Mountain;
. sister, Ruth Gamble May-
‘ hew of Kings Mountain;
: granddaughter, Paige Cooke
and husband Tony of Kings
Mountain and great-grand-
son Hunter Cooke of Kings
Mountain,
The funeral service was
conducted Friday, May 7, at
11 a.m. at El Bethel United
Methodist Church. Rev.
William Mandelstamm offi-
ciated and interment was in
the El Bethel Church ceme-
tery.
The family received
friends from 10-11 a.m. Fri-
day, prior to the funeral serv-
ice, at El Bethel United
Methodist Church Fellow-
ship Hall and other times at
the home of the granddaugh-
ter, Paige Cooke, 141 Merri-
mont Ave., Kings Mountain.
Memorials may be made
to Hospice of Cleveland
County, 951 Wendover"
' Heights Dr., Shelby, 28150
ior El Bethel United
Methodist Church, 122 El
- Bethel Road, Kings Moun-
“tain, NC 28086.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Sisk-Butler
Jfuneral Home
704-629-2255
We offer a complete funeral
service package which
includes: Full Traditional
Service (including family
car), 20 Gauge Steel
Casket, Protective Vault.
$3295.00
www. siskbutler.com
Barris
Funeral Home
Brodee Hosey
KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Brodee Andrew Hosey, age 7
months, of 114 Center St.,
died Thursday, May 6, 2010
at the Levine Children’s
Hospital, Charlotte.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, he was preceded in
death by his brother, Bryce
Daniel Hosey.
Surviving are his parents,
Kristie Town and Brian
Short, both of Kings Moun-
tain; brothers, Brayden
Hosey of Kings Mountain,
Justin Hosey of New York
and Shawn Patrick Town, Jr.
of Cherryville; sister, Bri-
anna Hosey of Hickory; ma-
ternal grandparents, Marsha
and Robert Hegenauer of
Murfreesboro, TN, and pa-
ternal grandparents, Rodney
and Donna Short of Kings
Mountain.
A private family service
was held Friday, May 7, at
New Beginning Church of .
Jesus Christ.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Parris
Jfuneral Home
Louise Owens Lynch
KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Louise Owens Lynch, 76, of
608 Sipes St., died Sunday,
May 9, mw it
2010 at |§
Caroli-
nals
Medical
Center
in Char-
lotte.
She
Ww .a sii
born in
Gaston County, daughter of
the late Fred Marcus and
Martha Crawford Owens
and was also preceded in
death by her husband of 52
years, Dwain W. Lynch.
An active member, of
Boyce Memorial ARP
Church and Relay for Life,
she was retired from Dicey
Fabrics in Shelby.
Surviving are two daugh-
ters, Lynda L. Quarles and
husband, Gordon, of Gasto-
nia and Beverly L. Moffitt
and husband, Steve of
Shelby; five sisters, Helen
0. Ayscue of Kings Moun-
tain, Pat O. Preston of Shal-
ima, FL, MauDava O.
for
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SALE
Yard Sale
Bake Sale ° Biscuit Sale
Saturday - May 15, 2010
7am -12 pm
Rain or Shine
Kings Mountain Baptist Church
101 W. Mountain St., Kings Mountain
Fundraiser for the NFT
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Morton of Gastonia, Joyce
O. Ramsey. of Simpsonville,
SC and Frances O. Herndon
of Lugoff, SC; one brother,
John Owens of Cassatt, SC;
and four grandchildren, Brad
Moffitt of NC State Univer-
sity, Raleigh; Ashley Quarles
of UNC, Chapel Hill;
William Quarles of East Car-
olina University, Greenville,
NC and Bryan Moffitt, a stu-
dent at Kings Mountain
High School.
The family received
friends Tuesday, May 11,
from 6-8 p.m. at Harris Fu-
neral Home. Interment will
be Wednesday, May 12, at 3
p.m. at Bessemer City Me-
morial Cemetery in Besse-
mer City.
The memorial service
will be conducted Wednes-
day, May 12. at 4 p.m. at
Boyce Memorial ARP
Church. Dr. Doug Petersen,
pastor, will officiate the serv-
ice.
Memorials may be made
to Bonclarken Conference
Center, 500 Pine Dr., Flat
Rock, NC 28731 or to Relay
for Life ¢/o Boyce Memorial
ARP Church, PO Box 1145,
Kings Mountain, NC 28086.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Barris
Ffuneral Home
Lucille M. McSwain
KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Mrs. Lucille G. Manning
McSwain, 85, died Tuesday,
May 4, 2010 at the Kate B.
Reynolds Hospice and Pal-
liative Care Center of Win-
ston-Salem.
She was born June 3,
1924 in Cherokee County,
SC, the
daughter
of Marie
Man -
ning and |
Verley
Surratt.
After the
death of
thier
mother,
Lucille and her two brothers,
Franklin Louis Manning and
William H. Manning, were
cared for by their maternal
grandfather, Giles Manning
and maternal aunt, Hattie
Roberts and her husband,
Fulton.
Lucille joined Concord
Baptist Church at an early
age, moved her membership
to Ebenezer Baptist Church
of Waco and upon moving to
Kings Mountain joined
Mount Zion Baptist Church.
She served as a member of
the Senior Choir, Golden
Hearts, kitchen committee
and Usher Board. She was
also a member of the Eastern
Star Society.
Lucille married Wilbert
McSwain April 16,1943, in
Gaffney, SC. She required
all of her children to ab-
solutely do three things dur-
ing their formative years: go
to church, go to school and
start working at an early age.
Mrs. McSwain is sur-
vived by her brother,
Franklin L. Manning; sis-
ters-in-law, Sarah Manning
and Jennie Ruth Phillips; her
children, Lawrence C. Mc-
Swain and wife Vivian,
Marie Jamerson and hus-
band Robert, William A.
McSwain, and wife Queen,
Francis Leach (Donald-de-
ceased), Ernestine Luckey
and husband Perry, Fulton L.
McSwain (Yvonne-de-
ceased), Linda McSwain-
Randall ~~ and husband
Carnell, Janie Hardman and
husband Lonnie, Robin Sims
and hsuband Mason; 16
grandchildren, 15 great-
grandchildren and a host of
other relatives and friends.
The family visitation was
from 12:30 to 1 p.m. and
Homegoing celebration was
at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at
Mount Zion Baptist Church,
Kings Mountain, with Rev.
Dr. Clinton Feemster offici-
ating. Interment was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers the
family has requested memo-
rials to Kate B. Reynolds
Hospice and Palliative Care
Center, 101 Hospice Lane,
Winston-Salem, NC 27103.
Clark H. Brown & Sons
Funeral Home (www.clarks-
brownandsons.com) was in
‘charge of arrangements.
Clark H. Brown
& Sons Funeral Home
David A. Turner
GROVER = - David
Arnold Turner, 57, of 206
Watterson Rd., died May 5,
2010 at Upstate Carolina
Medical Center in Gaffney,
SC.
The graveside service
was conducted Friday, May
7.2010 at -3:30/ p.m. at
Clingman’s Memorial Park,
interment following in
Clingman’s Memorial Park,
Blacksburg, SC.
Relay for Life
Post-Relay Bank Night
will be Thursday, May 13, at
the fire department station
one (City Hall) from 4:30-7
p.m. for all teams who still
have funds to turn in.
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Police log...
ARRESTS
MAY 3: Charles Michael
Horton, 39, 1205 Wales Rd.,.
driving while license revoked
and speeding, $500 bond, se-
cured. ’
MAY 3: Tommy Lee
Christopher Sears, 20, 1205
Wales Rd., simple possession
and possession drug parapher-
nalia, $500 bond, secured.
MAY 3: Richard Calvin
Flowers, 51, 221B Morris St.,
domestic violence, assault on
female.
MAY 5: Amber Rochelle
Mertz, 23, Cherryville, no in-
surance and fictitious tag, $500
bond, secured.
MAY 6: Derek Steven
Hughes, 26, Lincolnton, dam-
age to property, $500 bond, se-
cured.
MAY 6: Myron Barnard
Lynn, 41, York, SC, no opera-
tor’s license and giving false in-
formation to officer, $300 bond,
secured.
MAY 6: Craig Landon
Smith, 36, 408 Hawthorne Dr.,
school attendance violation,
criminal summons.
MAY 6: Donald Eugene
Blanton, 23, 1300 Gold St. Ext.,
two counts assault on female,
assault with deadly weapon and
injury to property, $300 bond,
secured and no bond.
MAY 6: Tiffany Earls
Smith, 31, 408 Hawthome Dr.,
school attendance violation,
criminal summons.
MAY 7: Jason Ryan Kubu,
22, 731 Bethlehem Church Rd.,
DWI, $500 bond, unsecured.
CITATIONS )
MAY 3: James Randall Hol-
bert, 19,413 S. Cherokee St., no
insurance, fictitious plate.
MAY 3: Gilbert Lee Hol-
man, 40, Shelby, failure to re-
duce speed. }
MAY 5: Tammy Lee Clark,
34, 1401 Shelby Rd., no opera-
tor’s license, speeding
MAY 5: Justin M. Harrel-
son, 29, 1208 W. Gold St. Ext,
unsafe movement.
MAY 5: Jon Ringham, 59,
Suwanee, GA, speeding.
MAY 5: Tiffany Beach, 40,
Central, SC, speeding.
MAY 5: John K. Bossard,
43, Charlotte, speeding.
MAY 5: Moniker Brown,
31, Gastonia, speeding.
MAY S: Lanya Gaddy,
Charlotte, speeding.
MAY 6: Christopher Brown,
39, 2009 Redwood Circle, no
inspection, expired tag.
MAY 6: David Ray Deal,
44, 2132 Brookforest Dr., stop
sign violation.
MAY 6: Tiffany Batton, 19,
Chesnee, SC, speeding. ¢
MAY 6: Gary Fuller, 51, La
Plata, MD, speeding.
MAY 7: Richard Latta, 23,
914 Sharon Dr., no inspection,
expired tag.
MAY 8: Sarah Mathis Moss,
47, 109 Edel St, expired tag.
INCIDENTS
APRIL 29: A resident of
Oak Grove Rd reported theft of
five saws, a hospital bed, wood
planer and table router.
APRIL 30:A resident of
Dixon Dairy Rd reported theft
of a $100 bill.
MAY 5: Silver Express, 501
E. King St., reported damage to
a front door glass.
MAY 6: 3 Point Market &
Grill, 102 Goforth Rd., reported
$500 damage to a front door;
MAY 6: A resident of N.
Tracy St. reported damage to a
window and theft of a jewelry
box with assorted items and a
BluRay player.
MAY 6: A resident of Morris
St. reported a person tried to get
into his home brandishing a
¢ SU
MAY 6: A resident of Ben-
field Rd. reported that ashes fell
from a truck and damaged his
vehicle.
MAY 6: A resident of
Belvedere Cir. reported theft of
a Wii system and sports game
during a break-in.
MAY 8: A resident of
Grover reported someone dis-
charged a BB gun causing dam-
age to listed property on May
St.
MAY 9: A resident of Morris
St. reported that his front door
was kicked in.
MAY 9 A resident of Groves .
St. reported theft of a number of
sports related items from his ve-
hicle totaling over $1300.
Obituary
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Martha Etta Simpson, of 612
* W. Gold Street, died May 11,
2010 at Kings Mountain
Hospital.
- Martha was born Decem-
ber 9, 1937 in Richmond
County, NC, daughter of the
late Joe Tate and Madge Es-
kridge Melton. She was a
homemaker and a member
of Chestnut Ridge Baptist
Church.
In addition to her parents
she was preceded in death by
two brothers, John Wayne
Melton and Kenneth Melton,
and five sisters, Dorothy
Martin, Betty Thompson,
Sue Hill, Bobbie Berry and
Mary Ruth Berry.
She is survived by her
daughter, Dorothy Sue
Young of Kings Mountain; a
brother Billy Melton and
wife Gwen of Monroe, Con-
necticut,
Funeral services will be
held Thursday, May 13,
2010 at noon at Carpenter’s
Funeral Home, Cherryville
with Rev. Greg Neely offi-
ciating. Burial will follow at
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
The family will receive
friends Wednesday, May 12,
at the funeral home from 6-8
p.m. and at other times at the
home.
Condolences can be
made online at www.carpen-
tersfuneralhome.net
Carpenter’s Funeral
Home, of Cherryville, was in
charge of arrangements.
Carpenters
Funeral Home
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