The Kings Mountain Herald
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Ronnie D. Anderson
KINGS MOUNTAIN- '
Ronnie D. Anderson, 53,
213 FE. Parker. 'St.,. died
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at
Kings Mountain Hospital.
A na-
tive of
Kings
Moun-
tain, he
was the
son of [#
the late
J ohnf§
Ervin
a. nd
Rosa Lee Short Anderson
and was also preceded in
death by his brothers, Al-
bert Anderson, Claude An-
derson, Kenneth Anderson
and Johnny Anderson.
He was self-employed, a
loving husband, father and
grandfather. We love you
very much and you will be
greatly missed.
Surviving are his wife,
Betty Roberson Anderson
of the home; daughters,
Theresa A. Owensby and
husband, Richard F., Ash-
ley A. Curry and husband,
Timothy, all of Kings
Mountain, and Nikki A.
Moore and husband, Jason,
of Grover; sister, Judy A.
Morrison “and husband,
Dale, of Shelby; five grand-
children, Trisha Owensby,
Alex Owensby, Noah
Curry, Jordan Moore and
Trevor Moore; niece, Kim-
berly Mitchem; and Danny
Capps, longtime friend of
the family.
The family received
friends’ Saturday from
12:30-1:30 p.m: at Hares
Funeral Home.
The graveside service
was conducted Saturday,
June 5, at 2 p.m. at Moun-
tain Rest Cemetery, inter-
ment following in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com. Harris Funeral
Home of Kings Mountain is
in charge of arrangements.
Harris
Funeral Home
.
Richard H. McGinnis
KINGS MOUNTAIN—
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$3295.00
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‘to the
Richard H. McGinnis, 84,
died Sunday, June 6, 2010 at
his home in Kings Mountain.
He was born in Monroe,
NC to the late Hoyt and
Georgia Howie McGinnis
and was husband to the late
Bertie Lee Houser McGinnis
and was also preceded in
death by one brother and one ,
sister. «
Mr. McGinnis served in
the United States Navy dur-
ing World War II. A former
supervisor for Broward Co.
Transit, Fort Lauderdale,
. Fla, he was very active in the
Patrick Center in Kings
Mountain.
Surviving are his son,
Alan Coggins and wife, Bev-
erly, of Calabash; three
grandchildren, Todd Cog-
gins, Traci Stone and Corey
Coggins; and five great-
grandchildren.
The family will receive
friends Wednesday, June 9,
from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Har-
ris Funeral Home before the
11 am. funeral in Ollie Har-
ris Memorial Chapel. Inter-
ment will be in Sharon
Memorial Park in Charlotte.
Memorials may be made
to the Patrick Senior Center,
Activities Department, 909
E. King St., Kings Moun-
tain, NC 28086.
Barris
Jruneral Home
Virginia Mixon
KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Virginia Mixon, 89, died
Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at.
Alexander Place Nursing
Home, Gastonia.
A native of Cherokee
County, SC, she was born
August
25, 1920
Martin. |
In 1936 §
she mar-
ried the [
Ji aiitied
Willie Paul Mixon of Mo-
niac, GA but they chose to
call Kings Mountain their
home for most of their adult
lives. She was also preceded
in death by brother, John
“Bub” Martin, Jr. and sister;
Vivian McDaniel.
Retired from Reeves
Brothers Osage Plant in
Bessemer City after a long
* career in the textile industry,
she always celebrated her
family and was blessed with
wonderful children and
grandchildren.
‘Surviving are her sons,
Ronnie Mixon and wife,
Judy, of Gastonia, Jonnie
. Gastonia;
Mixon and “Jerry Mixon,
both of Kings Mountain,
Dennis Mixon and wife,
Pepi of Bessemer City, and
Darrell Mixon and compan-
ion, Cynthia Sheets of Los
Fresnos, TX; daughters,
Deborah Smith of Lawndale
and Cheri Crawford and
companion, Todd Fowler of
sisters, Mrs.
Colleen Bennett, Mrs. Mil-
dred Milton and Mrs. Gwen
Smith and husband, Dean,
all of Kings Mountain; 15
grandchildren, 35 great-
grandchildren and 12 great-
great grandchildren.
The family | received
friends Thursday, June 3,
from 7-9 p.m. at Harris Fu-
neral Home.
The graveside service
was conducted Friday, June
4, at 3 p.m. at Mountain Rest
Cemetery by Rev. Dean
Smith, Rev. Jonnie Mixon II
and Michael Mixon, Inter-
ment was in Mountain Rest
Cemetery.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home of
Kings Mountain was in
charge of arrangements.
Harris
Jfuneral Home
Billie Thornburg
KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Billie Bookout Thornburg;
80, of 406 Oak Grove Rd.,
died Sunday, June 6, 2010 at
White Oak Manor in Kings
Mountain.
A native of Cleveland
County, she was daughter of
the late Dewey H. and Nellie
Byarspg Tr —
Bookout |
and was
married |
for: 32}
years to |
the late |
Rie'v
George |
Henry |
Thorn-
burg. She was also preceded
in death by her brother,
Dewey H. Bookout, Jt. and
sister, Hilda Heavner. A
member of Patterson Grove
" Baptist Church, she was a
minister’s wife and a won-
derful seamstress. She loved
gardening, loved to sing and
was crowned Ms. Bethware
in 1946. ;
Surviving are sons, Dar-
tell D. Thornburg of Kings
Mountain and © Mark S.
Thornburg of Grover;
daughter, Vickie T. Hicks
and husband Glenn of Kings
Mountain; sister, Kathleen
Herndon of Kings Mountain;
seven grandchildren, Car-
and was
men Parker and husband
Paul; Andy Lesley, Anna
Fowler and husband Junior;
Sgt. (USMC) Zachery
Thomburg and wife Pam,
Carissa Thornburg, Gwen
Hicks Branch and husband °
Stanley, and Edie Hicks
Bunch and husband Major
Mat Bunch, US Army; and
eight great-grandchildren.
The family will receive
friends Wednesday, June 9,
from 2-3:30 p.m. at Patter-
son Grove ‘Baptist Church
Sanctuary prior to the serv-
ice at Patterson Grove Bap-
tist ‘Church at 4 p.m. Rev.
Tim Hendrick and Rew.
David Philbeck will offici-
ate. Interment will be in
Bethlehem Baptist Church
Cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to Patterson Grove Baptist
Church Building Fund, 301
Oak Grove Road, Kings
Mountain, NC 28086 or
White Oak Manor, Activities
Department, 716 Sipes St.,
Kings Mountain, NC 28086.
A guest register is avail-
able .at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Parris
Jfuneral Home
Ruth Reep White
KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Ruth Reep White, 88, of
Lancaster Dr., died at Hos-
pice at Wendover in Shelby
on Saturday, June 5, 2010.
Born in Lincoln County,
she was the daughter of the
lia ‘the
James
Sidney
Reep
and Lula
White-
side
Rice,
also pre-
ceded in Hs
death by hiss brothers and
one sister. She was a mem-
ber of Kings Mountain Bap-
tist Church, a participant and
volunteer at the Patrick Cen-
ter and the Neisler Life En-
richment Center. She was a
retired nurse, ©
Surviving are her daugh-
ters, Cerese “Tinker” Fea-
gans and husband Tom of
Kings Mountain, Rita Ann
Stratton and husband Bob of
Portland, Oregon; and Sandi
Packard and husband Vic of
Shelby; sister-in-law, Sue
Reep of Iron Station; grand-
children, Vic Packard II,
Paul Alan Packard, Lindsay
Marie Ruhnke, and Nicolas
Burke Stratton; great-grand-
children, Jackson Packard,
Lucas Packard, Gracie
Packard, Joshua Packard, ®
Robert
Katie Packard,
Runhnke and Amy Ruhnke;
and nephews Steve Reep,
Harold Reep, Wayne Reep,
all of Lincolnton, and Scott
Rhyne of San Diego, CA.
The family received
friends Monday, June 7,
from 7-9 p.m. at Harris Fu-
neral Home.
The funeral service was
. conducted Tuesday, June 8,
at 2 p.m. at Kings Mountain
Baptist Church. Dr. Jeff
Hensley and. Rev. Olin
Byrum officiated. Interment
was in Mountain Rest Ceme-
tery.
Memorials may be made
to Patrick Center, 909 E.
King St., Kings Mountain,
NC 28086 or to Neisler Life
Enrichment Center, 222
Kings Mountain Blvd.,
. Kings Mountain, NC 28086.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Harris
Ffuneral Home
.
Ava Claire Wilson
KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Ava Claire Wilson, age 3
days, of 804 Southridge Dr.,
died May 28, 2010 at Caroli-
nas Medical Center in Char-
lotte.
The infant was the daugh-'
ter of Kevin Michael Wilson
of Gastonia and Jennifer
Kies Nguyen of Kings
Mountain.
The graveside service
will be conducted Thursday,
June 10, at 11 a.m. at Moun-
tain Rest Cemetery. The
family will receive friends
prior to the service from 10-
11 a.m. at Harris Funeral
Home.
Kelley Anne
Adams Winn
AUBURN, ALA-Kelley
Anne Adams Winn, 51, died
Sunday, May 23, 2010 at
The Bethany House in
Auburn.
Born in Greenville, NC,
she was raised in Kings
Mountain and was a gradu-
ate of Gaston Day School
where she was a member of
the National Honor Society
and a decorated member of
the basketball and softball
teams, then attended Auburn
University where she was a
member of Delta Gamma:
Sorority:
An employee of Ware
Jewelers for 18 years, she
was a certified gemologist
and a member of the Ala-
.bama Jewelers Association.
In 1997 she was president of
the AJA. She also received
the 24 Karat Club Bob Fore-
man Memorial Scholarship.
After a brief time in Seneca,
SC, working for Turners
Jewelers, she returned to
Auburn. Kelley loved people
and cherished her two dachs-
hunds, Gremlin and Blue.
Surviving are her sister,
Mary Adams Page of Fort
Myers, FL; a brother,
Charles H. Adams Jr. of
Newton, NC; two aunts,
Mrs. Julian Grigg of Rich-
mond, VA and Mrs. Donald
Shreve of Cody, WY and nu- §
merous cousins. She: was
preceded in death by her
mother, Alice Anne Griffith
Adams and her father,
Charles Hubert Adams, MD.
A celebration of her life
will be scheduled at a later
date. Any correspondence
should be mailed to Mary
Adams Page, 17320 Birch-
wood Lane, Fort Myers, FL
33908. In lieu of flowers
contributions may be made
in Kelley’s memory to Hos-
pice of EAMC, 665 Opelika
Rd., Auburn, AL 36830.
Missions for
Africa benefit
Saturday
Missions for South Africa
will benefit from a yard and
bake sale Saturday, June 12,
beginning at 8 a.m. in the
parking lot of Car Store,
1801 Lincolnton Highway,
Cherryville. The event ‘is
sponsored’ by Anthony
Grove Baptist Church. The
public is invited.
VBS June 21 at
Crowders Mtn.
Baptist
Vacation Bible School
June 21-25 at Crowders
Mountain Baptist Church, 125
Mayberry Lane, will focus en
the theme, “Firefighters,” and
smokehouse training will be
included with appearances by
‘Smokey the Bear and Colby,
the arson dog.
“Snatch them from the
fire” based on Jude 23 will be
the appropriate Bible study
and there will also be crafts
“and music.
The classes, from 6-8: 30
p.m. nightly, will be offered to
children ages 2 up and also for
adults. Family Night will be
held June 21 at 6 p.m. with
commencement and
pizza/icecream supper and
free fire truck rides.
Transportation is available
by calling Ann Huffman at
704-739-5187 or Tim Wilson
at 704-865-0717. The public
is invited.
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