Four to be honored at NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet
The Gaston County NAACP hosts its 21st annual Freedom Fund Banquet at Mount Hebron Baptist Church in Gastonia with Dr Lonnie Randolph Jr as speaker. Four locals receive honors including a Gastonia native and three high school students, amid music by Courtney Derr and a Mount Hebron Dance Group performance. Tickets $25, sales end June 18. call (704) 923-0665 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Freedom Fund
Mount Hebron Baptist Church Family Life Center
Mt. Hebron Church Road
Gastonia
Lonnie Randolph Jr
South Carolina
Courtney Derr
Friendship Baptist Church
Hickory
Mt. Hebron
N.C. Department of Juvenile Justice
Fort Bragg
Spring Lake
Mary
Joseph McManus
Pine Forest
Fayetteville
East Carolina University
Keller Graduate School of Management
Cumberland Psychiatric Hospital
Lutheran Family Services
North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts
North Carolina Division of Youth Services
North Carolina Department of Justice and Delinquency Prevention
North Carolina State Enforcement Officers Association
Visitation and funeral notices for multiple residents
Visitation times are listed for Florence Upchurch in Gastonia at Trinity United Methodist Church and for James Angelo Sr. at McLean Funeral Directors. Leasle Wilson in Hickory. Billa Jo Carpenter in Gastonia. Ruth Glover in Shelby. Joseph Stribble in Hickory Grove. and John Smith in Gastonia. Funeral, graveside, and memorial services include Florence Upchurch in Gastonia at 4 p.m. and Lessie Wilson in Hickory at 3 p.m.. other services are at Wright Funeral Home in York and Stamey Funeral Home in Fallston.
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Florence
Gastonia
Trinity United Methodist Church
James Angelo Sr
McLean
Leasle Wilson
Hickory
Holy Jerusalem
Billa Jo Carpenter
Magnolia
Howell Funeral
Ruth Glover
Shelby
Stamey
Fallston
Joseph Stribble
Hickory Grove
S.C
John Smith
Gaston Memorial Park
Florence Upchurch
Lessie Wilson
Obituaries From Gastonia Area Died In June 2007
Allen Wade Hall 61 of 106 Staton St. Clover SC died June 14 2007 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Joyce Philbeck 74 of Shelby died June 16 2007 at Crawley Memorial Hospital. John Wesley Junior Adams Jr. died June 15 2007 at home in Bessemer City. Ruth Elizabeth Dixon Glover 80 of Fallston died June 15 2007 at Hospice of Wendover. Joseph C. Stribble 66 of Hickory Grove SC died June 13 2007 at residence. Doris N. McGaha of Gastonia died June 16 2007 at Rehabilitation and Health Center. Lawrence Ray Kelly 68 of Gastonia died June 14 2007 at Gaston Hospital. Ruth Bumgarner 90 of Raleigh NC died May 20 2007 at home with family. Burial and service details vary across the notices with churches and funeral homes named. Survivors include wives, children and grandchildren for several entries. Military honors noted for Kelly.
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Allen Hall Clover
S.C
Allen Wade Hall
Staton St
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Gastonia
Gaston County
Wade Anthony
Anton Long Hall
Howell Funeral Home
South Gastonia
Michelle Hall
Tina Hall
Clover
8.C
Mike Hall
Melissa
Judy Davis
Hickory
Kay McManus
Jerry
Katie Destiny Daryle
Timothy
Amanda Star Hall
Howellfuneral
Aol.com
Union Road
Joyce Philbeck
Shelby
Hillcrest Drive
Crawley Memorial Hospital
Cecil M. Burton
Bessemer City
John Wesley “Junior” Adams Jr
Silk-Butler Funeral Home
Ruth Elizabeth Dixon Glover
Fallston Road
Hospice of
Wendover
Cleveland County
Will
Laura Page Dixon
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Stamey Funeral Home
Fallston
Hickory Grove
Joseph C. Stribble
Sawmill Road
Mt. Zion No
A.mle. Zion Church
Wright Funeral Home
York
D.C
Doris N. McGaha
Rehabilitation and Health Center of
Greene
South Chapel
Lawrence Kelly
Lawrence
Ray" Kelly
Marion
Raymond Ray
Pat
Sarah Abernathy Kelly
Christian Freedom Baptist Church
Kings Mountain
Church
American Legion Post
Magnolia
U.S. Army
Patty Walton Kelly
Krystal Kelly
Heather Kelly
Tina Weismaker
Dale Lou Kelly Harrison
Charles Harrison II
Linda Kelly Parham
Don
Michael Ray Goins
Charles Kenneth Kelly
Elizabeth Kelly
Mike Chambers
Raleigh
Ruth Bumgarner
Ruth
Stanley
N.C
Stanley High School
East Gaston High School
Christ’s Lutheran Church
J.S. Bumgarner
Steve Bumgarner
Beverly
Welcome
Jill Heaton
Randy
Raleigh, NC
Sophia Heaton Parrow
Matt
Cass Heaton
Ashley Bumgarner Darr
Dale
Zachary Darr
Concord
Governor urges stiffer punishment for lawmaker Viers
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford and others call for harsher consequences for Rep Thad Viers who pleaded no contest to unlawful communication a misdemeanor. He allegedly threatened a man dating his estranged wife. Harrell said the court decision stands and no censure is likely, with House rules not calling for suspension for this case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8.C
Mark Sanford
Thad Viers
Myrtle Beach
General Assembly
Bobby Harrell
Charleston
Viers
Harrell
Sanford
Las Amigas Honors Gaston County Citizens In banquet
The Gastonia Chapter of Las Amigas Inc recognized outstanding citizens Carol Cecus McManus Saunders Thompson and Honored for her youth work at a banquet at First United Methodist Church in Gastonia. The group supports Sickle Cell Lupus Habitat Homes and Toys for Tots and aid and educate locally and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Amigas
Carol Cecus McManus
Gaston County
Gastonia
Las Amigas, Inc
First United Methodist Church
Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation
Habitat Homes
Lupus Foundation
Salvation Army
Africa
Ms. McGill
Fort Bragg Sergeant Killed by Gunfire in Afghanistan
Fort Bragg master sergeant Arthur L. Lilley 35 of Smithfield Pennsylvania was killed Friday in Shkin Afghanistan while serving with Company B 2nd Battalion 7th Special Forces Group. He joined in 1996 and served in Desert Storm and Iraq. He is survived by wife Christine and two children Mackenzie and Cole. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Bragg
Afghanistan
Pittsburgh
Arthur L. Lilley
Smithfield
Shkin
Department of Defense
Lilley
Pany
7Th Special Forces Group
Nac
Arthur F. Lilley
Iraq
Christine
Mackenzie
Cole
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Mary H. Ampley
She
Ella M. Stroud
Reese W. Stroud
Highland
Belmont Abbey College
Church School
Greeters
Women In Action
Golden Age
Healthcare/Rain Team
Singles In Action
CareMont Healthcare
Riverwood Medical Associates
Reginald
Deshawn
Mattia
Jeffrey
William F. Manning Sr
He Is
the Son
of William and
Sarah Manning
Kings Mountain City
Gardner- Webb University
Pleasant Ridge Ame Zion
David A. Williams
U.S. Postal Service
Pleasant Ridge
Maya N. Hardin
Highland School of Technology
St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church
Hosa National
Medical Forum
Unc-Chapel Hill
Commissioner's School of Excellence
Habitat For Humanity
West Gastonia
Usher Board
Girl Scouts
Youth Missionary
Highland Tech
Gastonia Area
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Brittany R. Williams
Forestview High School
Mount Harmony United Methodist Church
Second Harvest Food Bank
National Honor Society
Advocates For
Animal Club
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Ampley
Manning
Gaston Gazette
Junior Adams
Doris McGaha
U.S
Kelly
Carroll M. Saunders
Saunders
North Carolina
Gaston Literacy Council
Gaston School of the Arts
Johnson C. Smith University
UNC Charlotte
Arts
Gaston County Museum of Art and History
Gaston County Art Guild
Epworth United Methodist Church
Sherman B. Thompson
Thompson
Dallas Correctional Center
Hertford
Elizabeth City University
Gazette
Mental Health Association of North Carolina
Caldwell
Alexander
Jocelyn Pharr
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Charlotte
Martin Luther King
McManus
McGill
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