The Daily Courier, Forest City, NC, Saturday, February 20, 2010
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Obituaries
MAN INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Margie Cline
Margie Ashe Cline, 96, of 271 Holly Forest Dr., Rutherfordton, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2010. Born in Jackson County, she was a daughter of the late Garland Ashe and Margaret Hopper Ashe. She worked most of her life in textiles as a weaver for Cleveland Cloth Mill and was also a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Mooresboro. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Cecil Mills Cline. She is survived by one son, R.B. Cline of Forest City; one daughter, Lynn Smathers of Rutherfordton; three brothers, David Ashe of Wayne, Mich., Clifton Ashe of Polkville, and Don Ashe of Sylva; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Jean Gordon/Daily Courier conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday Keith Timothy Johnson, 54, of Rutherfordton, sustained serious injuries Friday at about 3:15 p.m. when he crashed his moped on Poors Ford Road at Pate Road. Highway Patrolman Randy Patterson at Harrelson Funeral Chapel said eye witnesses said Johnson was riding along and everything appeared to be going fine when he with the Rev. Terry Frazier, ran off the right shoulder of the road and the moped overturned. He did not hit another vehicle. He Zachary Emory and Chaplain appeared to have sustained several broken bones and was having difficulty breathing. He was taken Cecilia Beck officiating. to Rutherford Hospital for a possible transfer to another facility. Assisting at the scene were SDO fire- Interment will follow in the fighters and Rutherford County Rescue. Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:30 until service time at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336, with no operator’s license; Crime Stoppers seek Forest City released on a $180 unsecured Forest City, NC 28043; or n The Forest City Police to Calvary Baptist Youth info on attack Department responded to 59 bond. (RCSD) Fund, 1509 Ferry Road, RUTHERFORDTON — E-911 calls Thursday. Mooresboro, NC 28114. EMS/Rescue Rutherford County Crime n Danielle Williams Stoppers are requesting help reported an incident of a n The Rutherford County Online condolences www.harrelin finding two people who breaking and entering and sonfuneralhome.com. EMS responded to 18 E-911 attacked a 60-year-old man larceny from an outbuilding. calls Thursday. two weeks ago at an auton An employee of the State n The Volunteer Life Mildred Smith mobile clean-up shop off Employees Credit Union, on Saving and Rescue, Hickory Mildred Head Smith, 85, of Whitesides Road. Daniel Road, reported an Nut Gorge EMS and Rutherfordton, died Friday, Bennett was working at a incident of obtaining propRutherford County Rescue Feb. 19, 2010, at Rutherford shop at 438 Whitesides Road erty by false pretenses. responded to four calls Hospital. between 4 and 5 p.m. Friday, Thursday. Arrangements are incomFeb. 5, when two males Arrests came to the door. Bennett Fire Calls n Nathan Monteith, 27, answered the door and was of West Main Street, Forest n Forest City responded to hit several times in the foreCity; arrested on a warrant a motor vehicle accident and head and once on the side of to an industrial fire alarm. his head, and on the shoulder for nonsupport of children; placed under a $1,087 cash n Rutherfordton respondwith a blunt instrument. He bond. (FCPD) ed to a smoke report and to was taken to Spartanburg n Jeffery Michael Burgess, a motor vehicle accident. Regional Medical Center 32, of 122 Tisdale St. Ext.; n SDO responded to a where he stayed six days. charged with unauthorized motor vehicle accident. Anyone with information use of motor vehicle; released about the case is asked to on a $2,000 unsecured bond. call the TIPS line at 828(RCSD) 286-8477. n Kendrick Jerel Lattimore, 22, of 434 Piney Teen charged with Mountain Church Road; with assault inflictcell phone violation charged ing serious injury; placed RUTHERFORDTON under a $1,500 secured Mrs. Lucille Gaskey Crotts, 93, — A 16-year-old from bond. (RCSD) of 5118 Circle Drive, Shelby, South Carolina became died Thursday, February 18, 2010 n Nathaniel Garcia the first person charged by at Cleveland Regional Medical Landrum, 34, of 116 Hill St.; Center. She was born in Cherokee the Rutherfordton Police charged with assault on a County, SC, daughter of the late Department with a newly female; placed under a $500 George Adam and Mary Etta enacted cell phone offense. secured bond. (RCSD) Gaskey. She retired from J. P. Haley Briana Bowman, n Aaron Kelly Tate, 46, of Stevens and was a long-standing 16, of 117 Quail Drive, 1027 Depriest Road; charged member of Bethel Baptist Church Spartanburg, S.C., was with domestic violence in Shelby. charged with four offenses, In addition to her parents, she protective order violation; Mae Davis Scruggs, 86, passed including using a cell phone was preceded in death by her placed under a 48-hour hold. away Thursday, February 18, husband, Charles H. Crotts; five while operating a vehicle (RCSD) 2010 at St. Mary’s Health Center sisters, Mary Dixon, Madge under the age of 18. in Jefferson City, MO. n Dracarus Tremont Singleton, May Bell Walker, Lt. Marc Morgan reported She was preceded in death by McBrayer, 17, of 399 Doggett Laura (Annie) Kendrick, Idell her loving husband of 62 years, that he stopped the vehicle Grove Road; charged with Allen; four brothers, George M. Dan Scruggs; parents, Deck and after it turned in front of his disorderly conduct; placed Gaskey, Willard Gaskey, Robert Mary Davis; brothers, Lake, L.V., vehicle, almost causing a col- under a $1,000 secured L. Gaskey, and Birl (Buck) Virgil and Virlin (John) Davis lision. He noticed that the Gaskey and a son-in-law, Deaver bond. (RCSD) and sisters, Ppeola Davis Martin, L. Allen driver was on a cell phone, n Preston Drake Childers, Velva Davis, Emma Davis and She is survived by her three chilthe RPD report says. Mildred Davis Daniel. 18, of 358 East High Road; dren, Donnis A. Cox and husShe is survived by one daughter, charged with sexual batband, Jim, of Anderson, SC, In addition to the cell Diane Heffner of Jefferson City, tery; placed under a $5,000 Pamela C. Patterson and husMO; one granddaughter, Angie phone offense, Bowman secured bond. (RCSD) band, Del of Shelby, and Arnold Heffner Robyn and husband, Tim was charged with possesn Velia Olivia Mendoza, 28, H. Crotts and wife, Shirley of of Jefferson City, MO; four great sion of marijuana, possesBostic; five grandchildren, of 165 Salem Glen; charged grandchildren, Emily, Riley, sion of drug paraphernalia Nicholas Patterson, Wendy Thrift, Kayla and Davis; a sister-in-law, Cale Crotts, Denise Belk and and no operator’s license. Betty Scruggs Graham and husCharles Allen; one brother, Jack She was placed under a THE DAILY COURIER band, Lloyd of Forest City and Gaskey, and wife, Patsy; three $1,000 secured bond in the many nieces and nephews. sisters-in-law, Betty Gaskey, Ann Published Tuesday through Sunday Mae was a member of Cliffside Rutherford County Jail.
Police Notes
Sheriff’s Reports
n The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office responded to 130 E-911 calls Thursday. n Ibera Allen Cole reported the larceny of a motor vehicle.
Rutherfordton
n The Rutherfordton Police Department responded to 25 E-911 calls Thursday.
Spindale
n The Spindale Police Department responded to 33 E-911 Thursday.
Lake Lure
n The Lake Lure Police Department responded to nine E-911 calls Thursday.
Lucille Gaskey Crotts
Mae Davis Scruggs
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Baptist Church all her adult life and upon relocating to Missouri she joined First Baptist Church of Jefferson City. She retired from Cone Corporation with almost 50 years of service. Mae and Dan were avid motorcyclists and enjoyed riding all over North Carolina. They also enjoyed vacations on cruise ships. Funeral services will be at Cliffside Baptist Church at 1 o’clock on Saturday February 29th with Rev. Joel Cantrell and Rev. Larry Fleming officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Burial will be in Cliffside Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Children’s Programs, Cliffside Baptist Church, PO Box 336, Cliffside, NC 28024. McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home is service the family. An online guest registered is available at: www.mckinneylandrethfuneralhome.com
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Crotts, and Mary Mayse; one brother-in-law, Thad Crotts and wife, Dee; fourteen great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; two step- grandchildren, Scott Golden and Jason Thompson; and many nieces and nephews, including special nephew, Royce Dixon. Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church, 606 S. Dekalb St., Shelby, NC 28150. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home in Shelby. The funeral will be at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home Chapel. Paid obit.
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Lucille Crotts Lucille Gaskey Crotts, 93, of 5118 Circle Dr., Shelby, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Born in Cherokee County, S.C., she was a daughter of the late George Adam and Mary Etta Gaskey. She retired from J.P. Stevens and was a longstanding member of Bethel Baptist Church in Shelby. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles H. Crotts. She is survived by three children, Donnis A. Cox of Anderson, S.C., Pamela C. Patterson of Shelby, and Arnold H. Crotts of Bostic; one brother, Jack Gaskey; five grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren; one greatgreat-grandchild; two step grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home Chapel, Shelby. Burial will follow in Cleveland Memorial Park. Drs. Tim Sims and J.M. Ezell will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church, 606 S. Dekalb St., Shelby, NC 28150. Online condolences www.claybarnette.com.
Margie Ashe Cline Margie Ashe Cline, age 96, of 271 Holly Forest Drive, Rutherfordton, died Friday, February 19, 2010. Margie was born on May 2, 1913 in Jackson County, NC to the late Garland Ashe and Margaret Hopper Ashe. She worked most of her life in textiles as a weaver for Cleveland Cloth Mill. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Mooresboro and enjoyed gardening and flowers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Cecil Mills Cline; a daughter, Frances Spake; a grandson, Mike Spake and three brothers, Harlie Ashe, Grover Ashe and Hayes Ashe. She is survived by one son, R.B. Cline and his wife, Judy, of Forest City; one daughter, Lynn Smathers and her husband, Eric, of Rutherfordton; three brothers, David Ashe of Wayne, MI, Clifton Ashe of Polkville, NC and Don Ashe of Sylva, NC; seven grandchildren, Lisa Price, Robin Steinbrecher, Robert Cline, Zach Emory, Aaron Emory, Sadie Emory and Lane Smathers; 11 great grandchildren, Mellony Harris, Jill Ohmstead, Brandon Terry, Leigh Meece, Jessica Pye, John Humphries, Robbie Cline, Matthew Price, Clint Spake, Emilee Lineberry, Laylah Price and seven great-great grandchildren, Luke Harris, Keleh Meece, Bryn Harris, Judson Ohmstead, Landry Ohmstead, Aiden Meece and Matt Pye. She is also survived by her beloved cat “Boy” and by several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 21, 2010 at the Harrelson Funeral Chapel with Reverend Terry Frazier, Zachary Emory and Chaplain Cecilia Beck officiating. Interment will follow at Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:30 until service time at the funeral home. Memorial donations are suggested to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043 or to the Calvary Baptist Youth Fund, 1509 Ferry Road, Mooresboro, NC 28114. Harrelson Funeral Home is serving the family. An online guest registry and live webcast of the funeral service are available at: www.harrelsonfuneralhome.com Paid obit.