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January 3, 2013
Margaret Rippy
Davis
Member of Faith Baptist
Church
Margaret Rippy Davis,
88, 210 Morris St., died Sat-
urday, Dec. 29, 2012 at Hos-
pice Wendover of Shelby.
She
was the
daughter
of the
late V.C.
Rippy
2 in od
#1 Geneva,
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Rippy and was preceded in
death by her brother,
William Rippy, and sister,
Mildred Gladden. She was
retired from Kinmont and
was a member of Faith Bap-
tist Church in Kings Moun-
tain.
Surviving are her hus-
band, Nathan Davis of Kings
Mountain; daughters, Dee
Dee Howell and husband
Ken, of Grover; Mona Hin-
son and husband Eddie,
Myra Price and husband
Eddie, all of Kings Moun-
tain; sons, Sonny Parker and
wife Patsy of Crouse, Kenny
Parker and wife Vickie of
Kings Mountain, Roger
Parker and wife Brenda of
Bumpass, Virginia; sisters,
May Hambright of York,
S.C., and Peggy Wingo of
Kings Mountain; 11 grand-
children, 19 great-grandchil-
dren, and 6
great-great-grandchildren.
The graveside service
was conducted Wednesday,
Jan. 2, 2013, at 2 p.m. at
Mountain Rest Cemetery in
Kings Mountain. Rev. Keith
Parker officiated.
Memorials may be made
to Hospice of Cleveland
County, 953 Wendover Rd.,
Shelby, NC 28150. = -
A guest register is avail-
able at www.HarrisFuner-
als.com.
Harris Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Parris
Ffuneral Home
Teddy Lee Bean
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Teddy Lee Bean, 78, resident
of Kings Mountain, died
Wednesday, December 26,
2012 at Brian Center in Gas-
tonia, NC. He was born in
Clio, Michigan and is sur-
vived by his daughter, Kristi
Town of Kings Mountain.
A private funeral service
will be held at a later date.
Reba Tarbush
SHELBY- Mrs. Reba
Tarbush, 76, 3028 Hazel
Drive of Shelby, died Satur-
day, December 29, 2012 at
Carolinas Medical Center.
A funeral service will be
held on Thursday, Jan.3,
2013 at 12 noon at Clay Bar-
nette Funeral Home. of
Shelby. The family will re-
ceive friends one hour prior
to the service at the funeral
home. Interment will be in
Gaston Memorial Park in
Annie Tucker
KINGS MOUNTAIN -—
Annie Campbell Tucker, 80,
Kings Mountain Care, died
Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.
The memorial service
was held Wednesday, Jan. 2,
at Ollie Harris Memorial
Chapel in Kings Mountain.
Solon Charles Moss,
Sr.
US Army MP
KINGS MOUNTAIN —
Solon Charles Moss, Sr., 79,
went to be with the Lord on
Satur-
day,
Dec. 29,
2012 at
Gaston
Memo-
rial Hos-
| pital.
H ec
was the
son of the late Forrest Evans
Moss and Laura Jolly Moss
and was preceded in death
by his wife, Eula Annette
“Ann” Childers Moss, and a
sister, Mildred Whetstine,
and a great-grandchild, Kay-
sen Hammer. Mr. Moss was
an active member of Temple
Baptist Church where he
served as a Deacon since he
was 18, a Sunday school
teacher and superintendent.
He served in the United
States Army Military Police
during the Korean War and
retired from Fiber Industries,
Earl, NC.
Surviving are his son,
Solon Moss, Jr. and wife
Linda of Gaffney, SC;
daughter, Vickie Ann Moss
and fiancé Bob Shull of Gas-
tonia; brothers," Earl Moss
and wife Vee, Kenneth Moss
and wife Gail, Larry Moss
and wife Linda, all of Kings
Mountain; brothers-in-law,
Jim Childers and wife Pat,
Bill Childers and wife
Jeanette; sisters-in-law,
Helen C. McAbee and hus-
band Don, Mary C. Ham-
bright and husband Gary;
five grandchildren, Christo-
pher, Angel, Matthew,
Martena, and Andrew; two
great-grandchildren, Piper
and Cayden; two step-grand-
children, Don and Sherry;
and four step-great-grand-
children, Amber, Julia, An-
drew, and Cory.
The funeral service was
held at Temple Baptist
Church, Wednesday, Jan. 2,
2013. Rev. Scott Carpenter
officiated.
Visitation was held 6 — 8
p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 1, at
Harris Funeral Home in
Kings Mountain.
Interment was at Moun-
tain Rest Cemetery in Kings
Mountain.
Memorials may be made
to Temple Baptist Church,
612 N. Cansler St., Kings
Mountain, NC 28086.
A guest register is avail-
able at www.harrisfuner-
als.com. Harris Funeral
Home was in charge of
arrangements.
Harris
Ffuneral Home
Joyce Gardner
SHELBY - Mrs. Joyce
Gardner, 83, died Saturday,
Dec. 29,:2012 at Cleveland
Regional Medical Center.
A celebration of life serv-
ice was held Wednesday,
Jan. 2, 2013 at 3 p.m. at
Clay-Barnette Funeral Home
in Shelby. Interment was in
Shelby's Sunset Cemetery.
Sonny Hoyle
KINGS MOUNTAIN-
Sonny Clay Hoyle, 49, of N.
Piedmont Ave., died Tues-
day, Dec. 25, 2012 at home.
The memorial service
was held at 11 a.m. Saturday,
Dec. 29, at Clay-Barnette
Funeral Home in Kings
Mountain.
Joseph Woodie
_ LINCOLNTON - Joseph
(Joe) Woodie, 70, died Sun-
day, Dec. 30, 2012.
The memorial service
will be held Friday, Jan. 4,
2013 at 6 p.m. at Anthony
Grove Baptist Church in
Cherryville.
The family will receive
friends from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
prior to the service at the
church.
Rev. Mitchell Pruitt
MOUNT HOLLY - Rey.
Mitchell M. Pruitt, 94, of
1552 Kelly Rd., died Friday,
Dec. 28, 2012, at Gaston
Memorial Hospital. The fu-
neral service was held on
Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, at
Alexis Baptist Church.
M.A. Spangler 111
SHELBY- Malry Alfred
Spangler III, 69 of Shelby,
died Tuesday, January 1,
2013 at Peak Resources of
Shelby.
A funeral service will be
held on Thursday, Jan. 3,
2013 at 1 p.m. at Shelby’s
First Baptist Church Webb
Chapel.
The family will receive
friends one hour prior to the
service at First Baptist
Church. Interment will be in
Sunset Cemetery.
Laurence Ryan
KINGS MOUNTAIN —
Laurence S. Ryan, 87, of
Sterling House, Shelby, died
Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012.
Memorial service will be
held Friday, Jan. 4, 2013 at
Ollie Harris Memorial
Chapel from 6:30 — 7:30
Elizabeth Smith
SHELBY— Mrs. Eliza-
beth Hamrick Smith, 90,
1507 South Morgan Street,
Shelby, died Tuesday, Janu-
ary 1, 2013 at Wendover
Hospice in Shelby.
All services are private
and burial is private.
Jerry Nivens
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Jerry D. Nivens, 78, resident
of 1722 County Line Road,
Kings Mountain, NC, died
Monday, December 31, 2012
at Gaston Memorial Hospi-
tal, Gastonia, NC.
The funeral service will
be conducted Thursday, Jan.
3, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Ollie
Harris Memorial Chapel at
Harris Funeral Home.
The family will receive
friends from 12:30-1:30 p.m.
before the service. Interment
will be in Gastonia’s Holly-
wood Cemetery. :
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p.m. and end at 8 at the Life
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tween Teddy and Meekins
Law Office and Cornerstone
Dental Associates. There
will be no sitter service for
this meeting.
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Kathleen Pryor
Devoted Christian
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
On Dec 26, 2012 my mother
Kathleen Kuykendall Pryor
passed through the gates of
heaven
to be
with her
Lord
a nd
Savior
and the
many
loved
ones
that have gone before her.
Mama was born June 2,
1928 in Blairsville , GA .
She was the daughter of the
late Curry G. Kuykendall
and Jessie W Poteete Kuyk-
endall. Mama came to Gas-
ton County in the late 1940s
and lived in the same house
for 42 years. She worked in
textiles until 1974 when she
started at Gaston Memorial
Hospital where she retired in
June of 1991.
Mama was a devoted
Christian and was very ac-
tive in church activities and
helping people in need. I
moved Mama to Kings
Mountain in 1992. She was
a member of Harvest Baptist
Church, Eastside Baptist and
in her final years joined me
at First Baptist Church Kings
Mountain. Mama wants all
of you to know “if I don’t
see you here, I Will see you
in heaven.”
The family received
friends from 6-8 p.m. Satur-
day, Dec. 29, 2012 at Greene
Funeral Service, = West
Chapel, 216 Archie White-
sides Rd., Gastonia, and
other times at the home.
A funeral service was
held Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012
at 2'p.m. at First Baptist
Church, 605 West King St.,
Kings Mountain.
Interment was at St.
Luke’s Lutheran Church
Cemetery, Kings Mountain.
Surviving Kathleen is her
son, Samuel Caryslie Pryor,
Jr. (Junior) and wife Debbie
Pryor; two grandsons, Jack
Kevin Moore and Robert
Samuel Pryor; four great-
grand children.
Sisters, Grace Flowers of
York, SC. Wilma
Froneberger of Dallas, NC;
brother, Tye Kuykendall of
Ballground, GA; sister in-
law, Shirley Carswell of
Hickory; and many nieces
and nephews. A
She was preceded in .
death by her parents and hus-
band, Samuel
Caryslie
Pryor, Sr., an infant son, two
brothers Claude and Duren
Kuykendall, a sister Lovell -
Owenby, and one grandson
Timothy Allen Moore.
A special thanks to Iris
Smith and Susan Davis who
lovingly cared for mama.
‘Memorials may be sent to
Gideons International, P.O.
Box 1231, Kings Mountain,
NC 28086.
A guest registry is avail-
able at greenefuneral.com.
Arrangements are with
the West Chapel of Greene
Funeral Service and Crema- . °
torium, Gastonia, 704-867-
5521.
West Chapel
Greene Funeral
Home and
Crematorium
= POLICE REPORT
ARRESTS
DEC. 28: Charles Ken-
neth Bridges, 58, 1220 N.
Piedmont Ave., assault
pointing gun, communicat-
ing threats, $5,000 bond, se-
cured.
DEC. 29: Gerald An-
thony Smith, 31, 823 Cleve-
land Ave., order for arrest,
$2500 bond, unsecured.
DEC. 30: David Scott
Noblett, 30, 824 Second St.,
warrant, communicating
threats; criminal summons
injury to personal property;
delay, obstruct, $1,000 bond,
secured.
DEC. 31: Guy Bickley,
47, 403 Hillside Dr., failure
to appear, hit and run, $500
bond, secured.
JAN. 1: Latissua Nichole
Yow, 28, 602 Bridges Dr.,
failure to appear, $500 bond,
secured.
JAN. 1: Flora Shade, 22,
Gastonia, assault, no bond.
JAN. 1: Tavarus Odell
Ross, 24, 5031 Pennington
Place 43, assault, no bond.
CITATIONS
DEC. 27: Maggie Lovett,
21, 303 Fairview St., no seat
belt.
DEC. 27: April Carpen-
ter, 39, Clover, SC, no insur-
ance, expired tag.
DEC. 27: Jason Randall,
37, Cherryville, speeding.
DEC. 27: Earl Saunders,
34, 643-9 Oak Grove Rd., no
inspection, expired tag.
DEC. 27: Todd Silvers,
38, Shelby, no inspection,
expired tag.
. DEC. 27: Latoya Ham-
rick, Shelby, speeding.
DEC. 28: Elizabeth S.
Carpenter, 40, Bessemer
City, unsafe movement.
DEC. 29: William Earl
Rice, 32, 521 Gallup Trail,
unsafe movement.
DEC. 29: Azariah Jamer-
son, 31, 123 Galilee Church
Rd., fictitious tag, failure to
carry driver’s license.
DEC. 30: Felisa Bess, 42,
202 Parrish Dr., expired tag.
DEC. 31: Jonathan Pruitt,
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DEC. 31: Karrington
Rendleman 24, 908 Cleve-
land Ave., revoked license.
JAN. 1: Daniel McAbee, °
24, 105 Fulton Dr., unsafe
movement, no light on tag.
JAN. 1: Thomas Kos, 33,
145 Little County Lane, no °:
operator’s license.
INCIDENTS
DEC. 26: A resident of :
Cansler St. reported ID theft *
by an unknown person who
.accessed phone service and
“had phones shut off.
DEC. 28: Ingles 147, '
Shelby Rd,
shoplifting of iodine.
DEC. 29: A resident of
Grover reported that his car
was damaged while parked
at a restaurant on Shelby
Road.
DEC. 29: Al's Quick
Pick, 908 S. Battleground
Ave., reported that a cus-
tomer passed five $20 bills.
DEC. 30: Rite Aid, 601
E. King St., reported theft of -
40-50 assorted cartons of
cigarettes. Police
said ~
thieves used a wrecking -
reported '
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bar/pry tool to force entry
into the locked business.
JAN. 1: Grandpa’s Store, |
903 Bethlehem Rd., reported
an attempted break-in by
someone taking a chair to =
strike a glass door.
JAN. 1: A resident of Lin-
wood Road reported theft of +
an automobile tag.
JAN. 1: A resident of
Galilee Church Road re-
ported a break-in and dam-
age to windows.
WRECKS
DEC. 26: Officer M. J. «
Howard said Marcus Dicker- -
son of Bessemer City, oper- -
ating a 1994 Chevy, was -
attempting to turn south on -
Linwood Road and struck a =
2010 Chevy operated by
Norman Clark, 508 Rhodes -
Ave., traveling east on Lin-
wood Road. Property dam-
ages were estimated at
$2,000.
DEC. 28: Officer B. M.
Black said that a vehicle op-
erated by Ronald Lytle Jr. of |
Shelby struck a parked 2006 |
doing slight damage.
. Chevrolet at BB&T Bank !
DEC. 31: Officer KL. |
Putnam said that James ;
Owenby Jr. of Lincolnton |
was backing his 2003 Dodge
and struck a 2004 Chevy op-
erated by Burben Lee Burris
Jr. of Lincolnton. The acci-
dent happened on Linwood
Road. Property damages |
were estimated at $1,000.
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