Firefighter Injured Fighting Gastonia Apartment Blaze
Fire Engineer Loren Ward collapsed while battling a fire at Ashbrook Village Apartments off South New Hope Road. He was transported to CaroMont Regional Medical Center, then to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte after tests indicated an aneurysm. He underwent aneurysm repair surgery by Sunday evening.
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Gastonia
Loren Ward
Ashbrook Village
South New Hope Road
Gaston
Ment
CaroMont Regional Medical Center
Chris Stowe
Ward
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte
Obituaries list prominent local figures and ages
The obituary column lists Janice Cook 68 of Cramerton Eva Coley 91 of Dallas Jerold McAbee 87 of Gastonia Phyllis Adams 76 of Dallas Lori Swink 50 of Lincolnton Eddie Lingerfelt 74 of Gastonia Joyce Chronister 91 of Helena Fernando Roberts 59 of Shelby Lawrence Webber 89 of Shelby Jack Byers 86 of Cherryville Sara McCleave 80 of Lincolnton Dorothy Swift 71 of Bessemer City Clarence Lowery 46 of Gastonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Cook
Cramerton
Eva Coley
Dallas
Jerold McAbee
Gastonia
Phyllis Adams
Lori Swink
Lincolnton
Eddie Lingerfelt
Joyce Chronister
Helena
Mont
Fernando Roberts
Shelby Lawrence Webber
Shelby Jack Byers
Cherryville
Sara McCleave
Dorothy Swift
Bessemer City
Clarence Lowery
Roadside memorial moves man to persevere after loss
Cornell Thomas visits a roadside memorial at West Garrison Boulevard and South Vance Street in Gastonia where his wife Samantha Thomas and their unborn child died in a crash nearly two years ago. He now runs a halfway house in her honor, drawing motivation from the flowers and cross at the sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Garrison Boulevard
South Vance Street
Gastonia Street
Cornell Thomas
Thomas
Kings Mountain
Samantha Thomas
Gaston teen crowned Miss North Carolina's Outstanding Teen 2017
Marissa Garrison of Mount Holly won the state teen title at Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh, topping 45 contestants and earning a trip to Orlando for Miss America's Outstanding Teen Pageant. She represents Miss Queen City's Outstanding Teen, rising junior at Stuart W. Cramer High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston
Phillip
Barbie Garrison
Mount Holly
Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium
Marissa Garrison
Orlando
Florida
Garrison
Stuart W. Cramer High School
Gaston County
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By Alyssa Pressler
Ajackson
Gastongazette.com
Eho Ene
Rachel
Carolinas Weight Loss Institute
South
New Hope Rd
Lidia Adkins
Cfmp DC
PET
Premmer Gitegat
Cimc
Feapeeeo
Erie Ragen
East Long Avenue
North Broad Street
Robinwood Road
the Gazette
Todd Hagans
Miss Queen City
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