Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 25

DEATHS FUNERALS Thursday, Mar. 24, 1994 FUNERALS TODAY Name, Residence Time Location Robert McGalliard, Marion 11 a.m. East Marion Pentecostal Holiness Kenneth Eccles, Brevard 6:30 p.m. Moore Roy Clark, Swannanoa 2 p.m. Swannanoa First Baptist Ward Hendersonville 2 p.m.

Balfour Baptist Kelly Hobbick, Hendersonville 10 a.m. Immaculate Conception Catholic Henry Franklin, Waynesville 2 p.m. Wells, Waynesville Wiley Goodson, Houston, Texas 2 p.m. Crawford-Ray Romie Suttles, Morganton 11 a.m. Pleasant Hill Baptist Harold Carswell, Morganton 2 p.m.

Bible Missionary William Clark, Lenoir 1 p.m. Long Ridge Baptist Franklyn Shivers, Asheville 1 p.m. Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Marvin Abernathy, Morganton 11 a.m. Sossoman Fannie Price, Murphy 2 p.m. Fields of Wood Church of God Raymond Ainsley, Seminole, Fla.

2 p.m. Faith Presbyterian Frank Michelis, Morganton 1 p.m. St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Charlie Pierce, Cherokee 2 p.m. Yellow Hill Baptist Eugene Rasnick, Marion 2 p.m.

Kirksey REGIONAL DEATHS Otis Ballew, 65, of Murphy, died Tuesday, March 23; no services planned. Roscoe Allen, 89, of Spruce Pine, died Tuesday, March 22; services 2 p.m. Friday, Grassy Creek Baptist Church. Rev. Grady Norman, 78, of Sylva, died Wednesday, March 23; services 2 p.m.

Friday, Buff Creek Baptist Church. Charles Pierce, 52, of Cherokee, died Tuesday, March 22; services 2 Thursday, Yellow Hill Baptist Church. C.H. "Shorty" Roberts, 65, of Pisgah Forest, died Tuesday, March 22; memorial service 7 p.m. Friday, Moore Funeral Home.

Bertha Standley Brittaln, 80, of Brevard, died Tuesday, March 22; services 1 p.m. Friday, Brevard First Baptist Church. Duane Greenwood Derrick 49, of Richmond, died Saturday, March 19; services 1 p.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church, Rutherfordton, N.C. Ruth McGuire, 66, of Andrews, died Wednesday, March 23; services 2 p.m.

Friday, Andrews First Baptist Church. Ruth McGuire, 66, of Andrews, died Wednesday, March 23; services 2 p.m. Friday, Andrews First Baptist Church. Ethan Russell of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, March 19; services 3 p.m. Friday, Rock Springs Baptist Cemetery.

Peter Hunt, 74, of Valdese, died Tuesday, March 22; services 11 a.m. Friday, Kirksey Funeral Home. Edna Pace, 54, of Horse Shoe, died Tuesday, March 22; services 11:30 a.m. Friday, Shepherd's Church Street Chapel. Stephen 1 Yonce, 50, of Franklin, died Wednesday, March 23.

Arrangements incomplete. Eugene Rasnick, 77, of Marion, died Tuesday, March 22; services 2 p.m. Thursday, Kirksey Funeral Home. Vergie Hughes, 81, of Bakersville, died Wednesday, March 23. Arrangements incomplete.

Fellows program offers graduate scholarships FROM STAFF REPORTS CULLOWHEE Up to $20,000 a year in scholarship assistance is available for students interested in pursuing their master's degrees in educational administration at Western Carolina University, with the deadline for applications fast approaching. WCU is among 11 state institutions participating in the new North Carolina Principal Fellows Program, which extends into the profession of educational administration the concept behind the prestigious N.C. Teaching Fellows Program for prospective teachers. The new program awards $20,000 a year for up to two years in exchange for commitment to practice as a let administrator in the public schools for up to four years. Funded by the N.C.

General Assembly, the Principal Fellows Program is designed to help interested individuals earn master's degrees educational administration in preparation for careers in school administration, including principal and assistant principal positions. For the 1994-95 academic Funded by the N.C. General Assembly, the Principal Fellows Program is designed to help interested individuals earn master's degrees in educational administration. year, the Principal Fellows Commission will award up to 50 scholarship loans of $20,000 to qualified students enrolled full time in two-year master's degree programs in educational administration. Completed applications must be postmarked no later than April 15, 1994.

For an application or additional information, call 227-7311. Other participating institutions in the Principal Fellows Program are Appalachian State, N.C.. A East Carolina, N.C. State, Fayetteville State and Pembroke State universities, and UNC-Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Greensboro and Wilmington. New Knoxville courthouse site searched for history THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KNOXVILLE, Tenn.

It takes some digging to reach Knoxville's past. "We're going to go down to the 1790s," archaeologist Tad Britt said as a backhoe slowly deepened a hole. "We'll gradually peel back layers and expose the history as it comes up." Britt and a dozen colleagues will be conducting an archaeological dig for 1 the next six weeks on the site of what will become a new federal courthouse. The city-block site, bounded by Gay and Market streets and Church and Cumberland avenues, is one of the original 16 blocks that made up Knoxville and has been occupied continuously since the early 1790s. A tavern stood on one corner of the lot by the early 1790s and the state of Tennessee was born on the other in 1796 during a constitutional convention in Col.

David ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES Jack Lawing Sr. WEAVERVILLE Jack Stowe Lawing Sr. of 57 Central died Wednesday, March 23, at his home. A native of Gaston County, he formerly lived in Mount Holly and Farmington Hills, Mich. He was a member of BPO Elks Asheville Lodge 608 and VFW Post 2269 of Farmington, Mich.

He retired from General Motors in PonJack Lawing tiac, and was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was the son of the late George Cook Lawing Sr. and Hattie Stowe Lawing. SURVIVORS: wife of 53 years, Pauline Brandon Lawing; sons, Jack Stowe Lawing Jr. of Livonia, Michael 1 A.

Lawing of Willimantic, and Steven L. Lawing of Denver, sisters, Dora Richardson of Gastonia and Faye Henson of Stanley; brother, Craig Lawing of Mount Holly; 5 grandchildren. SERVICES: 11 a.m. Friday, West Funeral Home. VISITATION: 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the residence. BURIAL: 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Hillcrest Gardens, Mount Holly. VISITATION: noon to 2 p.m.

Saturday, Carothers Funeral Home. MEMORIALS: Mountain Area Hospice, P.O. Box 16, Asheville 28802. Ruth C. Savage ARDEN Ruth C.

Savage, 83, died Wednesday, March 23, at her home. A native of Colerain, she lived in Miami, for 32 years before moving to in 1992. She was a member of Arden First Baptist Church and was married to Thomas L. Savage who died in 1992. SURVIVORS: son, Wayne Savage of Arden; brothers, Donald and Glover Newsome, both of Ahoskie; 4 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild.

SERVICES: Highland Memorial Gardens in Ahoskie. VISITATION: 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Arden chapel of Morris Funeral Home. A prayer services will be held at 8 p.m. MEMORIALS: Mountain Area Hospice, P.0.

Box 16, Asheville 28802. Charles West Sr. WAYNESVILLE Charles William West 63, of Orange Park, formerly of Haywood County, died Tuesday, March 22, in a Floria hospital. A native of Haywood County, he had lived in Florida for the past 20 years. He was the son of the late Mary D.

Sanford West. He was a Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. SURVIVORS: father and stepmother, Ben and Bertha West of Waynesville; wife, Roxie West; sons, Charles W. West Jr. of Waynesville, Gregory I D.

West of Sylva, and Bobby West of Hazelwood; sister, Mattie Gaddy of Bethel; brothers, Ben "Junior" West and Billy Ernest West, both of Waynesville; 1 grandchild. SERVICES: 4 p.m. Friday, Fincher's Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery with military graveside rites conducted by Waynesville American Legion Post 47 and V.F.W. Post 5202. VISITATION: 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Friday, Wells Funeral Home, Waynesville. At other: times the family will be at the home of Bobby West, 206 N. Pine Hazelwood. James L. Keever CANTON James Lester Keever, 72, of 23 Hillview Drive, died Tuesday, March 22, in a local hospital.

A native of Illinois, he lived in Haywood County most of his life and was the son of the late Thomas Giles Keever and Dollie Banks. He was married to Jean Allen Keever who died in 1984. He was a World War II Navy veteran having served in the Pacific theater. He was a member of VFW and Woodland Baptist Church. He retired from Champion International after 40 years of service.

SURVIVORS: daughter, Nancy Pressley of Canton; sons, Thomas Keever of Black Mountain and Ricky of the home; 3 grandchildren. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Friday, Wells Funeral Home, Canton. BURIAL: Bon-A-Venture Cemetery, Old Clyde Road. VISITATION: 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of Nancy Pressley, 70 Pressley Road, Canton. MEMORIALS: Haywood County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1275, Canton 28716. Leila Rodgers CANTON Leila Owen Rodgers, 90, of 50.

Wellesley Drive, Newport News, formerly of Canton, died Monday, March 21, in a Virginia hospital. Crawford-Ray Funeral Home will announce the arrangements. James Carson BLACK MOUNTAIN James Carson. of Mount Allen Heights, died Tuesday, March 22, in a local solace center. A native of Polk County, he was the son of the late Hawkins and Millie Twitty Carson and was married to the late Mary Martha Briscoe Carson.

He had lived in Black Mountain for more than 50 years. Carson was a member of Mount James Carson Zion A.M.E. Zion James Carson Church where he served as a pastor's steward, Sunday school teacher and chairman of the trustee board. He was a member of Mount Allen Masonic Lodge 708 PHA, Order of the Eastern Star and the Fraternal Order of Police (Auxiliary). He retired from the Asheville V.A.

Medical Center and was a World War II veteran. SURVIVORS: daughters, Mary Carson Brown of Black Mountain, Patricia Jones of Spartanburg, S.C., and Athea Parks of Greensboro; brothers, Leon Carson of Black Mountain and William H. Carson of Columbia, S.C.; 5 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Saturday, Mount Zion A.M.E.

Zion Church, Montreat. BURIAL: Oak Grove Cemetery with graveside rites conducted by Mount Allen Lodge 708 and the Buncombe County Memorial Team. The body will remain at Allen Associates Mortuary until placed in the church one hour before services. VISITATION: at the home of Mary Carson Brown, Mount Allen Heights Road, Black Mountain. A.

Fred Miller A. Fred Miller, 80, of 30 Edgemont Road, died Tuesday, March 22, in a local hospital. Formerly of New York City and Washington, D.C., he moved to Asheville four years ago. SURVIVORS: wife, Olga K. Miller; sister, Ruth Gomez of Valley Stream, N.Y.

SERVICES: in Arlington National Cemetery. MEMORIALS: to a charity of choice. Morris Funeral Home, Merrimon Avenue, was in charge of arrangements. Panel chairwoman says Brevard needs more handicapped-accessible restrooms By Phil Alexander She said downtown merchants pride themselves BREVARD BUREAU BREVARD The chairwoman of the Transylvania County Mayors' Committee for Persons with Disabilities says that downtown Brevard needs public restroom facilities that are accessible to the handicapped. Kathy Merrill told Brevard City Council although there are restrooms in the courthouse, that building is locked on weekends.

Business owners have tried to accommodate people, but by opening their facilities to the public they fall under federal regulations that would require expensive remodeling to allow patrons in wheelchairs to use the toilets. Merrill said other mountain towns such as Sylva and Highlands have installed public restrooms in their downtown districts for the benefit of shoppers. "It's something that a number of people have mentioned would be a good amenity to be in the downtown district," Heart of Brevard Director Karen Hultin said. on service, and having an adequate rest area would be part of that service the city needs to provide. During special Saturday events, the Chamber of Commerce remains open but is ill-equipped to handle the need alone, Director Esther Wesley said.

One Saturday, 300 people lined up to use the toilet at the chamber office, but that toilet is a residential type that is slow to refill. During heavy usage, it has broken down, she said. But Wesley said building a rest area would be costly, and she fears if the restrooms are not designed with safety in mind, it could allow the types of crime that plague some interstate rest areas. Mayor John Peterson said Monday that council should consider the idea later in its planning for the 1994-95 budget. Council will also need to decide on whether to tear down the dilapidated Clemson Theater.

If the old theater at Main and Caldwell streets is demolished, it could provide room for a park and a restroom building, he said. if your child said a stranger was in the yard today, don't holler at him, don't throw him in his room. Listen to them, find out what it is they're trying to tell you and report it." Jones joined the Black Mountain Fire Department about nine months ago, said Assistant Chief Tim Rayburn. He was dropped after failing to finish the necessary training, Rayburn said. A Black Mountain fireman's badge was stolen just after Jones left, Rayburn said.

Holt 8 said a search of the Jones home turned up a fireman's badge. Staff writers Jason Sandford and Paul Johnson contributed to this report. "My advice for parents is that lina audience. "Even WIVK in Knoxville has a two share (percent of the local radio audience). Why do you have to tune to Knoxville to get (FM) country?" The Kiss-FM signal is one of the most powerful in this area, and can be clearly received throughout Upstate South Carolina, northeast Georgia and east Tennessee.

But the new station will be specifically aimed at Western North Carolina listeners, he said. Page 5D George Harvey, television pioneer, dies at age 90 TAMPA, Fla. George Wilkens Harvey, former television pioneer and seasonal resident of Waynesville, died March 11. He was 90. He was credited with establishing WFLA-TV in Tampa, where he served on the board of directors of Media General, the parent company of the Tampa Tribune and Channel 8.

Born in Chicago, he graduated from the University of Chicago in 1925. His career in broadcasting began at WGNTV. in Chicago in 1948. He moved to Tampa in 1951 where he began working for WFLA radio station. There he worked to get WFLA-TV Channel 8 on the air and later became president and general manager of the station.

His civic involvements included serving as past president of Suncoast Goodwill Industries and as past vicepresident of the Tampa Red Cross. He lived in Walker in the Hills in Waynesville eight months of the year. His interests included growing prize tomatoes, cooking, computers, and sewing. SURVIVORS: wife of 58 years, Elizabeth Drake Harvey; son, John Harvey of Tampa, 2 grandchildren. SERVICES: were March 15, Hyde Park Presbyterian Church.

MEMORIALS: to a favorite charity. Curry Son Funeral Home, Tampa, was in charge of arrangements. Haskell Pruett STILLWATER, Ohio Haskell Pruett, 96, died March 5 at Westhaven Nursing Home. A native of Mingus, Texas, he was the son of the late Ozie D. and Minerva I.

Small Pruett and was married to Agnes Murray Pruett who died in 1984. He attended Oklahoma State University, the University of Oklahoma and George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tenn. As an educator he served as county superintendent in the Oklahoma State Department of Education and in the U.S. Office of Education. Pruett served on the faculty of OSU from 1935 until his retirement in 1962.

He founded the department of photography at OSU and was named a Distinguished Alumnus. He recorded the social history of the school for 39 years through photography. He was involved in several educational and civic organizations and was a charter member, deacon and Sunday school teacher at University Baptist Church. SURVIVORS: daughter, Mildred Lee of Stillwater, Ohio; son, Dresslar M. Pruett of Perrysburg, Ohio; 6 grandchildren; 7 great SERVICES: were March 9 at University Heights Baptist Church.

BURIAL: Cemetery. MEMORIALS: University Heights Baptist Church or The American Heart Association. Strode Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Woodrow D. King CANDLER Woodrow D.

King, 70, of Route 3, died Wednesday, March 23, at his home. Wells Funeral Home, Canton, will announce the arrangements. Williams Funeral fervice 856 Tunnel Rd. Asheville, NC 298-5555 Henley's office. Henley was a territorial War Department agent.

More recently, the block held small office buildings, a parking garage and a parking lot. "It's one of the better ones I've seen as far as potential coming into it," said Patrick H. Garrow, vice president of Garrow Associates, an Atlanta-based archaeology and biology consulting. "We have intact features going back all the way to the 1790s 80 we'll get a look at the entire span of Knoxville's history on this one block." The full-scale excavation follows a brief test excavation last summer by Garrow Associates that indicated the site to be a potentially rich one. The study is required before construction can begin on the new federal building.

It attempts to develop a picture of what life on the block was like before construction destroys that past. Charge Continued from page 1B Jones' mother had no comment. The possibility of someone preying on their children has taken its toll on the parents of the Black Mountain child Jones is accused of attempting to kidnap. "It's had an impact on all of us," said the boy's mother. "We're all scared, even mom and dad.

It's something you hear about and think will never happen to you. It's really different when it happens to you. Nobody can know what's been like since Saturday until they walk in my shoes. Radio Continued from page 18 he said. He hopes the new country FM station will keep some of KissFM's listeners, and he's hoping to snare some listeners now tuned to out-of-town stations including WESC-FM, Greenville, which has a substantial Western North Caro- it's a.

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