August 8, 2012
The Kings Mountain Herald | www.kmherald.net
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Four ‘Distinguished Women’ to be recognized
Four Cleveland County :
women will be recognized for
distinguished service at the
21st annual Cleveland”
County Distinguished
Women’s Banquet Aug. 30 at
6:30 p.m. at the LeGrand
Center at Cleveland Commu-
nity College in Shelby.
They include:
Annie Mae Genell Ross
Beam, a posthumous award
as a community activist and
first Weed and Seed leader in
Northeast Shelby. She led a
community-based effort to
help high crime neighbor-
hoods.
Dr. Collete Deviney,
school administrator and
community project innovator.
Patti Norman, past direc-
tor of Cleveland County Head
Start and advocate for chil-
dren. :
Stella Neisler Putnam, for-
mer Kings Mountain Board
of Education member and
community and church
leader.
Betsy Wells of Kings
Mountain is chairing the 2012
banquet committee. Tickets
Annie Mae Beam
for the banquet are $35 and «¢ cil on Courthouse Square in
may’ be picked up at the
Cleveland County Arts Coun-
Shelby ‘from 9 am.-5 p.m.
Monday through Friday ,
Dr. Gollete Deviney
Aug. 3-27. No tickets will be
sold at the door.
The Cleveland County
Pictured are cousins in the family of the late Mr. and Mrs. Banks Barber and Jettie Barber Lindsay of Kings Mountain who
met in Lincolnton for lunch recently and greeted cousins from a wide area they had never met, agreeing to have another re-
union soop. From left, front row, Judy Strange Wright of Shelby, Kenny Greene of Myrtle Beach, SC, Elaine Goforth Clack of
Niceville, Fla. and Lyvonne Lindsay Ruth of High Point, both formerly of Kings Mountain, Danny Barber, of Cherryville, Lew Wi
Mullinax, formerly of Kings Mountain, Bill Strange. of Shelby. Back row, from left, Wayne McMurray of Asheville, Donald
Greene, Steve Greene, both of Lexington, and Pat Greene of Mountain Top, Pa
Barber cousins gather for reunion
Forty * Barber cousins
from five states gathered re-
cently at Court Street Grill in
Lincolnton for the first an-
nual reunion.
Lyvonne Lindsay Ruth
of High Point, formerly of
Kings Mountain, said it was
great to see cousins that she
had never had the opportu-
nity to meet. “We had such a
good time,” she said.
Elaine Goforth Clack, of
Niceville, Fla., also formerly
of Kings Mountain, said she
looked forward to another
reunion. as did Lew Mulli-
nax of Kings Mountain and
Shelby residents Bill Strange
and Judy Strange Wright.
Danny Barber of Cher-
ryville had the opportunity to
meet cousins he had never
met as did many of the kin-:
folk who attended the lunch-
eon. :
The relatives attending
were descendants of the late
William Banks and Eliza-
beth Ashby Barber of Cleve-
land County.
The sons of the late Sara
Barber Greene and Bill
Greene recalled memories of of years with the Lexington
their. parents. The late Bill
Greene worked for a number
Dispatch in Lexington, NC.
Lifestyle Deadlines
Deadline for wedding and en-
gagement information is 12 noon
Monday. Items received after
deadline will run if time and
space permit; if not, they will be
held until the following week.
The cost is $20. Wedding and
engagement forms are available
at the receptionist’s desk at The
Herald, 700 East Gold Street.
Only the. information requested
on the form will be published at
the $20 price. Additional infor-
mation will be charged at regular
advertising rates.
Contact the Herald at P.O.
Box 769, Kings Mountain, NC
428086, come to the office, phone
739-7496, fax 739-0611 or Email
emily. kmherald@gmail.com
Patti Norman
. Commission for Women,
which sponsors the events,
/ solicited nominations from
Stella Putnam
the public. Kay Wallace is
2012 chairwoman of the
Commission.
Williamson,
Johnson to wed
Angela Rose Williamson and Chad Johnson
Andy = and Susan
lliamson of Lincolnton
announce the engagementof
their daughter, Angela Rose
Williamson to Chad Johnson
of Kings Mountain.
Angela graduated from
Paul Mitchell the School,
Gastonia.
Chad is the son of Steve
and Debbie Johnson of
Kings Mountain and is at-
tending ~~ UNC-Charlotte,
Math Education Major.
An April 6, 2013 wed-
ding is planned at Grace
Baptist Church, Lincolnton.
Backcountry Militia encampment
The public is-invited-—to
visit Kings Mountain National
" Military Park this weekend as
living history interpreters
present a Backcountry Militia
encampment at the park’s vis-
itor center.
The Backcountry Militia
will be encamped at the park’s
visitor center discussing life
on the Carolina frontier. A va-
riety of demonstrations will be
held throughout the weekend
including weapon demonstra-
tions, cooking and more.
The park is open from 9
am. to 5 p.m. daily, 9 am. to
6 p.m. on weekends from Me-
morial Day to Labor Day. This
event is free and pen to the
public. For more information
on this or other event, call
864-936-7921 or visit
www.nps.gov/kimo.
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