Neely’s 10th birthday brings back memories for mom
October 24, 2012
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her school classmates.
way to the hospital.
is 10.
Brooklyn Hope Neely, 10, will always have a story to tell
She was a small miracle delivered in an ambulance on the
shoulder of I-85 near the New Hope Road off-ramp on the
Ronnie Neely wanted to nickname her “I-85” but the mid-
dle name became “Hope” after New Hope Road where Car-
olyn Neely gave birth to her fifth child oh Feb. 12, 2002.
“We almost made it to the hospital,” said Carolyn, who
sent her husband off to work that morning thinking she was
experiencing false labor pains. But around 7:30 a.m. she
knew it was the real thing. So, contractions and all, she got
her four children - 8, 7, 6, and 14 months - ready for school
and day care. Paramedics with Gaston Emergency Medical
Services found Neely at her Alpine Drive home in Kings
Mountain after 8 a.m. with contractions about a minute apart.
They discussed delivering the baby there, but decided they
could make it to Gaston Memorial Hospital. ‘And they al-
most did. Lackey and Witherspoon have six deliveries be-
tween them, although this was the first at the side of the road.
They were amazed Neely was so calm.
Fast forward to 2012. Keyatta is 19, Michael is 17, Joy
. 1s 16, Ronnie III is 11, and the baby Brooklyn Hope Neely
Brooklyn Hope then (at left) and now (at right).
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