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OBITUARIES
Jeff Bell
Loved telling stories
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Jeff Bell, 62, a resident of
Kings Mountain, went to be
with the Lord on Friday,
January 10, 2014, at Kings
Mountain Hospital.
He was a native of
Cleve-
land
County,
tl son. of
il the late
William
Curtis
and Car-
olyn
Upchurch Bell. In addition
to his parents, he was pre-
ceded in death by his father-
in-law, Harold Allen.
He was a former truck
driver for Kings Mountain
Mica Mine for 28 years and
then retired from Martin-
Marietta in Charlotte after
13 years of service. Mr. Bell
was a member of Oak Grove
Baptist in Kings Mountain
and a member of the
Fairview Masonic Lodge .
#339. He loved the Carolina
Panthers, loved working in
the yard, enjoyed telling sto-
ries and laughing, four-
wheeling and his popcorn.
Jeff loved spending time
with his family especially
his grandchildren. He was a
loving husband, father,
grandfather, uncle and
friend.
Survivors include his
wife of 40 years Gail Bell,
Kings Mountain; daughter
Amy Bell and husband
Mike, Kings Mountain;
brother Scott Bell and wife
Bridgette, Kings Mountain;
sisters Roxanne Bell Wright
and husband Larry, Kings
Mountain, and Beverly Bell
Marnell and husband Gene,
Augusta, Georgia; grand-
children Cameron Bell and
Avery Bell; nephews and
niece Chris Powell, Ashley
Camp, Chris Crawford,
Chandler Bell; special
friend: “Brownie.”
Funeral service was at
Oak Grove Baptist Church,
Kings Mountain, on Mon-
day, January 13, 2014, at 2
p.m., with Rev. Mike Cham-
bers officiating.
Visitation was from 6 to
9 p.m. on Sunday, January
12, at Harris Funeral Home,
Kings Mountain.
Interment is at Oak
Grove Baptist Church
Cemetery, Kings Mountain,
with Masonic rites.
A guest registry is avail-
able at www.harrisfunerals.
com.
"Arrangements by Harris
Funeral Home, Kings
Mountain.
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Phyllis Ann Wilson
Loving mother
& grandmother
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Phyllis Ann Wilson, 61, 219
N. Carpenter Street, went
home to be with the Lord on
Thursday, January 9, 2014,
at her residence.
Born in Gastonia, N.C.,
she was the daughter of the
late George Arthur Wilson
and Louise Stacy Wilson.
“Mrs. Wilson was a retired
convenience store clerk and
member of One Accord In-
dependent Church in Gasto-
nia.
Surviving are a son,
Larry Holcombe, Jr. and fi-
ance Kristie Short, of Kings
Mountain; a daughter Donna
Starnes and husband Zeb, of
Smyrna, S.C.; a brother
Steve Wilson and wife
Melissa, of Dallas, N.C.;
two sisters, Pam Adair, and
Renee Brooks and husband
Marvin, all of Gastonia,
N.C.; six grandchildren,
Clint ~ Starnes, Crystal
Starnes, Jeremy Holcombe,
Aaron Holcombe, Joseph
Lamacchia and Alison
Lamacchia.
No services are sched-
uled at this time. The family
will be at their respective
homes.
An online guest register
is available at www.blakely-
funeralhome.com.
Blakely Funeral Home &
Crematory, Gaffney, SC is in
charge of arrangements.
Blakely
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BENEFITS: Ul extension still up in the air
From page 4A
extension that was paid for,
he then reportedly moved
to block them from offering
amendments, accusing
them of “continually deni-
grating our economy, our
president and frankly, | be-
lieve; our country.”
Needless to say, Repub-
licans who had earlier
helped advance the bill
were angry none of them
had been consulted about
its legislational changes. It
was even reported that
many who had been on
board with the plan origi-
nally were signaling they
were “pulling their sup-
port.”
According to Fox News’
Senate source, the “re-
worked legislation reduces
the 47 weeks to a maxi-
mum of 31 weeks, based
on a sliding scale that dates
to the expired program.”
This would, they report,
“save about $8 billion.”
Additionally, Fox News
reported, “The first tier of
additional benefits would
be six weeks, and be gener-
_ ally available to all who
have used up their state's
eligibility.
“An additional six
weeks would be available
in states where unemploy-
ment is six percent or
higher; an additional nine
weeks in states with a job-
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more weeks in states where
unemployment is nine per-
cent or more.”
NC House Republican
Dist. 110 Rep. Kelly Hast-
ings said his office was
keeping up with what was
playing out at'the federal
level, because it will affect
some of his constituents.
“We are following many
of the issues at the federal
level and monitoring the
situation,” he reiterated. “In
the meantime, at the state
level, we are enhancing
economic security by mov-
ing away from confiscatory
and puriitive income taxes.
“We're also continuing to
cut red tape to help the pri-
vate sector create and
maintain jobs. Unfortu-
nately, | think ObamaCare
is going to destroy jobs,
hurt our economy and
cause more people to file
for unemployment. ;
“I did not, and do not,
support the individual man-
date or other bad provi-
sions of ObamaCare.”
White House facts
and figures
While all this is still
playing out at the federal
level, the web site, white-
house.gov, continues to
drive home the importance
of extending emergency Ul
benefits, utilizing a set of
facts, such as:
11 million people were
kept out of poverty since
2008 (600,000 of them
children in 2012 alone);
1.3 million (already
noted) people have had
their Ul benefits taken
away at year’s end because,
in their estimation, “Repub-
licans in Congress failed to
act’;
3.6 million additional
_ are not extended. (The
are waiting and watching
people will have their Ul
benefits taken away by the
end of this year if Congress
fails to act; and
240,000 jobs will be
lost in 2014 if Ul benefits
Obama Administration’s ra-
tionale with this is that
when people can’t pay
their bills or buy the basics
they need to survive, local
businesses “take a hit”.
The “bottom line” (according
to the Obama Administration)
The President and his
staff, as well as other influ-
ential Democrats in Wash-
ington, believe that, for
“millions of Americans” Ul
benefits do many things,
such as allowing families to
keep food on the table
while an unemployed mom
or dad sends out resumés
and job searches; makes
sure an unemployed
mother can make her rent
payments while “learning a
new skill to help her find a
new job,” and lastly, pro-
viding that “extra bit of se-
curity” telling those who
have in reality lost their
job, it “doesn’t mean you
lose everything.”
The White House web
site closed their “facts and
figures” article/chart with a
comment by Speaker John
Boehner, who commented
that “Republicans would
‘clearly consider’ extending
this vital lifeline for mil-
lions of Americans,” a
statement which President
Obama, on the web site,
encouraged him and his
Congressional peers to “do
right now.”
In the meantime, thou-
sands of North Carolinians
to see how this will all play
out and how their lives will
be affected.
Letter-Campbell
From page 4A
David Allen, Vice President
and Genealogist, Bobby
Maner, Secretary, Gene Patter-
son, Treasurer, Hobby Outten,
Chaplain, John Higginbotham,
Registrar and Steve Marlowe,
Historian.
The chartering ceremony
was held at the H. Lawrence
Patrick Senior Center in Kings
Mountain with 135 persons in
attendance. Fifty-one (51)
charter members were wel-
comed into the chapter. Also
in attendance were Joseph W.
Dooley, President General,
Vice President General, Randy
D. Moody, Lindsey C. Brock,
Secretary General, J. Michael
Tomme, St., Registrar General
and numerous other SAR offi-
cials from North Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee.
It should be noted that the
Mecklenburg Chapter, the
sponsoring organization, was
well represented at this event.
President Dooley installed the
chapter officers and the chap-
ter president and also pre-
sented the chapter charter.
Proclamations from the Gov-
ernor of North Carolina, Pat
McCrory and the Mayor of
Kings Mountain, Rick Mur-
phrey, were read and presented
to the chapter.
The first regular meeting of
the chapter was held on No-
vember 12, 2013 with 40 peo-
ple in attendance. n= Tom
Phlegar, a member of the
Mecklenburg Chapter, ' pre-
sented an informative program
about the Revolutionary Bat-
tles that were fought within a
100 mile radius of Charlotte.
David Allen and Doyle
Campbell presented a program
to the Kiwanis Club in Kings
Mountain on December 5.
They were dressed in uniforms
and provided
about the SAR.
The charter was left open
until December 31, 2013 and
on that date the Battle of Kings
Mountain Chapter had Sixty-
five (65) charter members.
Doyle Campbell
Kings Mountain, NC
information.
Nell Guin Leonhardt
A homemaker '
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Nell Guin Leonhardt, age
68, a resident of Kings
Mountain, passed away
Tuesday, January 14, 2014,
at Kings Mountain Hospice
House. She was a native of
Cleveland Co., daughter of
the late Issac and Mary Etta
Guin. In addition to her par-
ents, she was also preceded
in death by her brothers,
Daniel Guin and Roger
Guin, and her sister Marie
Morgan. She was a home-
maker and a loving mother.
Survivors include her son
Philip Leonhardt, Kings
Mountain; brothers Ray
Hunter Guin, Bessemer
City, Robert Guin, Kings
Mountain; sister Kathelene
Daves, Bushnell, Fla.
A funeral service will be
held at Calvary Way Holi-
ness Church, Kings Moun-
tain, on Thursday, January
16,2014, at 2 p.m., with the
Rev. Clifton Morgan offici-
ating.
Visitation is from 7 to 9
p.m. on Wednesday, January
15, 2014, at Harris Funeral
Home, Kings Mountain. In-
terment is at Mountain Rest
Cemetery, Kings Mountain.
A guest registry is avail-
able at www.harrisfunerals,
com. Arrangements by Har-
ris Funeral Home, Kings
Mountain, N.C.
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Jacqueline Crartoszewski
SHELBY- Mrs. Jacque-
line Czartoszewski, 67,
* 1334 Kings Circle, passed
away Thursday, January 2,
2014 at Kings Mountain
Hospice House. A native of
Summit County, Ohio, she
was born October 1, 1946,
daughter of the late Fred
Lawrence and Anna Habas
Pamer.
All services and: burial
will be private.
Macie Garren :
GASTONIA — Macie
Kay Richards Garren, 82,
Gastonia, passed away Sun-
day, January 12, 2014, at
Caromont Regional Medical
Center, Gastonia.
Her graveside service
will. be held 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, January 15, at
Westview Gardens, Besse-
mer City, with Pastor Robert
Thompson officiating.
Her family will receive
friends Wednesday from 10
to 11 a.m. at Sisk-Butler Fu-
neral & Cremation Services,
Bessemer City.
Betty Miller
KINGS MOUNTAIN -
Betty Miller, age 75, resi-
dent of Kings Mountain,
passed away Saturday, Jan-
vary 11, 2014, at her home.
A memorial service will
be held at a later date.
Taffy Allen highlighted plans for the 2014 Healthy Kids Day
at the YMCA this April to the Kings Mountain Rotary Club
Jan. 9. Allen is Wellness Director for the Y, and the Rotary
Club helps sponsor the event. Allen is pictured below with
Rotarian Wendy Isbell of the Kings Mountain Herald.
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