August 29, 2012
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LINCOLNTON - Mr.
Ralph Dalton Cline Sr., 78,
of Labans Lane, Lincol-
nton, passed away on Sun-
day, August 26, 2012 at his
home. :
Fu-
neral
serv-
picie’s
were
held at
I1 am.
ue 0 n
= Tues-
day, August 28, 2012 at
First Baptist Church in Lin-
colnton with Rev. Dr. Stan-
ley Spence and Rev. Ken
Morris officiating. Burial
followed in Gaston Memo-
rial Park in Gastonia. The
family received friends on
Tuesday, prior to the serv-
ice, at First Baptist Church
of Lincolnton.
Mr. Cline was born on
September 28, 1933 son of
the late Ray and Nellie
Uren Cline. He worked for
the U.S. Postal Service for
thirty-five years before re-
tiring.
He wads preceded in
death by his first wife
Odies Faulkner Cline; step-
mother, Elizabeth Huff-
stickler Cline; and one
brother, Ray Carroll Cline.
Mr. Cline also served his
country during the Korean
Ralph Dalton Cline Sr.
War in the Navy.
Survivors include his
wife Franna White Cline of
the home; three'sons, Ralph
D. “Butch” Cline and wife
Sandy of Gastonia, Samuel
Lee Cline and wife Randi
of Kings Mountain, and
David Mason Cline and
wife Michelle of Harris- |
burg; one stepson, Travis
Deaton and wife Susan of
LaPorte City, Iowa; one
stepdaughter, Stephanie
Deaton of Lincolnton; one
brother, Larry Cline and
wife Katherine of Griffin,
Ga.; three sisters, Joyce
Howell and husband Ray,
Dixie Blanton, and Peggy
Wells, all of Kings Moun-
tain; one sister-in-law,
Doris Cline of Flagstaff,
AZ.; ten grandchildren; and
two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be
made to Hospice of Gaston
County, P.O. Box 3984,
Gastonia, NC 28054, First
Baptist Church, 201 Robin
Road, Lincolnton, = NC
28092, or Baptist Chil-
dren's Home, P.O. Box 338,
Thomasville, NC 27361-
0338.
Warlick Funeral Home
of Lincolnton was serving
the Cline family.
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Nina Opal Drumm
* KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Nina Opal Drumm, 76, of
832 Oak Grove Rd., died
Aug. 15, 2012 at Kings
Mountain Hospice House.
The funeral service was
conducted Saturday, Aug.
18, 2012 at 11 a.m. at Oak
Grove Baptist Church, inter-
ment following in the church
cemetery.
Adam Gsellmann
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Adam Gsellmann, 78, of
Kings = Mountain passed
away on August 27, 2012 at
Kings Mountain Hospice
House. He was born in Hun-
gary on August 30, 1933. He
and his family moved to
Germany at the beginning of
World War II. 3
A funeral service will be
conducted by the Rev. Jeff
Erbskorn at Ollie Harris Me-
morial Chapel on Thursday,
August 30, 2012.
Howard O. Smith
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Howard O. Smith, 89, resi-
dent of Lake Wylie, SC and
formerly of Kings Mountain,
died Aug. 15, 2012 at home.
The funeral service was
f
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Fred B. Dixon, 90, resident
of 1826 Shelby Rd., died
| August 26, 2012 at ‘his
home. He was born in Gas-
ton County, son’ of the late
Bunn
a nd
Lena
Ran-
Dixon.
I n
addi-
tion to
his parents, he was also pre-
ceded in death by his wife
Rose Smith Dixon, one
| was retired from Bennett
Brick and Tile and was a
master craftsman, a mem-
ber of Family Worship
Center in Kings Mountain
and former member of the
Bethware * Progressive
Club. He loved deep sea
fishing. He also was an
army veteran of WWII,
who served in the European
Theater and received three
Bronze Service Stars, a
Good Conduct Medal and
the WWII Victory Medal.
Mr. Dixon did not have any
children of his own but he
knew how to be a special
friend to a little boy named
Avery, who: grew into a
wonderful young man and
was also Mr. Dixon’s care-
giver. Avery had a special
bond with Fred and was
like a son to him. Mr.
Dixon was a loving hus-
| band, who never met a
stranger, and was loved by
many and will be greatly
missed.
Fred Dixon
. Turbyfill and wife Autumn
dall’
brother and two sisters. He -
He is survived by his
sister, Betty; Lou Dixon of
Matthews; step-children,
step grandchildren, nieces
and nephews, caregivers;
and special friends, Avery
of Kings Mountain, Stella
Putnam of Kings Mountain,
Josh Turbyfill of Kings
Mountain, and Wayne
Yarbro and wife JoAnn of
Kings Mountain.
The funeral service will
be conducted by the Rev.
Mark Shuler at 11 a.m.
Thursday, August 30, 2012
at Ollie Harris Memorial
Chapel in Kings Mountain.
Interment will follow the
service at Hollywood
Cemetery in Gastonia.
The family will receive.
visitors 6-8 p.m. Wednes-
day, August 29, 2012 at
Harris Funeral Home,
Kings Mountain.
Memorials may be
made to Family Worship
Center, P.O. Box 462,
Kings Mountain, = NC
28086, Kings Mountain
Crisis Ministry, 208 N.
Cleveland Ave., Kings
Mountain, NC 28086 or to
Life Enrichment Center,
222 Kings Mountain Blvd.,
Kings Mountain, NC
28086.
A'guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com
Harris Funeral Home,
Kings Mountain, is in
charge of arrangements.
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held Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012
at 11 a.m. at Ollie Harris Me-
morial Chapel at Harris Fu-
neral home. Interment was in
Mountain Rest Cemetery.
Evelyn Williams
SHELBY - Evelyn Jones
Williams, 82, 304 Grice St.,
died Aug: 20, 2012 at Wen-
dover Hospice.
| POLICE
ARRESTS
, AUG. 20: Matthew Jun-
ior Hannah, 23, 510-4 N.
Piedmont Ave., order for ar-
rest, cancel, revoked tag,
$1,000 bond, secured.
AUG. 21: Jennifer
Lynell Roseboro, 25, 110
N. Oriental Ave.,obtaining
property by false pretense,
felony, $7500 bond, se-
cured.
AUG. 21: Tasha Yvonne
Fortenberry, 27, Grover,
DWI, $2500 bond, secured.
AUG. 23: Marquette An-
tonio Feaster, 25, 1113 Mec-
Carter Lane, driving while
license revoked, speed
competition, $465.
CITATIONS
AUG. 20: Joyce A.
Houser, 39, Blacksburg,
SC, speeding.
AUG. 20: James
William Smith Jr., 34, 1152
Rollingbrook Court, ex-
pired tag, no current inspec-
tion.
AUG. 20: Mary
Williams, 64, Grover,
speeding.
AUG. 20: Paula Es-
kridge Crawford, 42, 313
Scotland Dr., speeding.
AUG. 21: Cynthia King
Whiteheart, 37, 200 Quincy
St., expired tag.
INCIDENTS
AUG. 7: CVS Pharmacy,
1017 Shelby Rd., reported a .
customer purchased items
with a fraudulent check.
AUG. 17: A resident of
N. Tracy Street reported fi-
nancial transaction fraud.
AUG. 19: Walgreens,
900 Shelby Rd., reported a
customer passed a $100
counterfeit bill.
AUG. 20: A resident of
Garrison Dr. reported theft
of a large flower pot valued
at $175.
AUG. 20: Swoogers,
1016 Shelby Rd., reported a
customer passed a $100
counterfeit bill.
WRECKS
AUG. 17: Officer F. L.
Wittington cited Brian Sell-
ers, 407 Hawthorne Rd.,
with running a red light
after a collision between his
2007 Honda and a 1992
Honda operated by Ben-
jamin Mooney of Shelby.
The accident happened at
Cansler and Mountain
Streets. Property damage
was estimated at $2500.
AUG. 17: Officer G. L.
McKinney said that a 2000
Ford operated by Debbie
Rose of Mount Holly
bumped ‘a'1995 Chevrolet
"operated by Eva Messick,
1413 Shelby Road, as Mes-
sick pulled from the park-
ing lot at McDonald's on
Shelby Road. Property
damages were minor.
AUG. 19: Officer P, W.
Alexander said that John
‘Hopkins of Lenoir w as
driving on I-85 at Dixon
School Road, hit a large
black tarp in the highway
and it became entangled in
his rear wheel causing him
to lose control of the vehi-
cle. Hopkins was trans-
ported by Cleveland
County EMS to Cleveland
Regional Medical Center
for evaluation.” Property
damage was estimated at
$1,000.
AUG. 23: Ptl. Christo-
pher Tate said that a parked
1994 Mazda owned by
Lloyd Clayton Bolton, 110
Pepper Dr., was struck by a
hit and run driver in the
parking lot of Buckeye Fire
Equipment. Property dam-
age was minor. ;
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The funeral service was
conducted Thursday, Aug.
23, 2012 at 2 p.m. at First
Wesleyan Church in Shelby,
interment = following ' in
Cleveland Memorial Park.
Spc. James Justice
KINGS MOUNTAIN - -
Spc. James Justice, 21, for-
merly of Kings Mountain,
stationed ih Vicenza, Italy
died August 16, 2012 dur-
ing active duty at Landstuhl
Regional Medical Center,
Landstuhl, Germany.
He was born in Goose
Creek, SC. He was a mem-
ber of New Beginnings
Church of Jesus Christ,
Kings Mountain, where he
preached, played the drums
and
guitar,
and
was on
thee
sign
lan-
guage
= team,
A graduate of Cleveland
Community College, Spc.
Justice served inthe United
States Army and is the re-
cipient of the Bronze Star
Medal (Posthumous), Pur-
ple Heart, two Army
Achievement Medals,
Army Good Conduct
Medal (Posthumous), Na-
tional Defense Service
Medal, Global War on Ter-
rorism Service Medal, Ko-
rean Defense Service
Medal, Army Service Rib-
bon, Overseas Service Rib-
bon; NATO Medal
(Posthumous), Combat In-
fantryman Badge, Para-
chutist Badge, Expert
Qualification Marksman-
ship - Rifle Badge,
Overseas Service Bar.
He is survived by his
wife, Ruby Elizabeth
“Sissy” Justice, Vicenza,
Italy; parents, Randall E.
Justice and wife Melissa
Stoll Justice of Cherryville
and mother, Paula Black of
Columbia, SC; paternal
grandparents, Leo and
and
Vinida Justice of Dallas;
maternal grandparents,
Rick and’ Donna Ramsey
Stowe of Kings Mountain;
daughters, Harley Scronce,
Laura Scronee, and Bre-
onna Scronce of Vicenza,
Italy; brothers, Josh Eugene
Justice of Kings Mountain
(Josh loved James dearly.
“My
brother was a brave sol-
dier who was loved with all
my heart,” he said.); Joseph
Bolton of Gastonia and
Rodger Bolton of Kings
Mountain; sisters, Kayla
Justice of Polkville and
Lisa Bolton of Cherryville.
A funeral service will be
conducted by the Rev.
David Chapman at 3 p.m.
Wednesday, August 29,
2012 at New Beginnings
Church of Jesus Chyist. In-
terment with full military
honors will follow the serv-
ice at Mountain Rest Ceme-
tery in Kings Mountain.
The family = received
friends 4-8 p.m. Tuesday,
August 28, 2012 at New
Beginnings Church of Jesus
Christ on Crocker Road,
Kings Mountain and will
continue to receive visitors
at other times at. the home
of the parents, 3114 Tryon
Courthouse Road, Cher-
ryville, NC. ;
Memorials may be
made to New Beginnings
Church of Jesus Christ,
P.O. Box 1069 Kings
Mountain, NC 28086.
A guest register is avail-
able online at www.Harris-
Funerals.com
Harris Funeral Home of
Kings Mountain is serving
the family.
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