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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2006
September 4,
1943
September 23,
2006
Steven Roger Knuth, 63 of
Charlotte died Saturday, Sept.
23, 2006 at his residence.
Born Sept. 4, 1943 in Boynton Beach, Fla., he was the
son of the late Orville Charles
and Helen Margurite White
Knuth. He was retired from
UNC Charlotte.
He was preceded in death
by a daughter, Kelly Knuth
Knight and brothers, O.M.,
Warren and Larry Knuth.
He is survived by daughters, Kimberly Knuth Saragoni and husband, Mario of
Mooresville and Kristen Annette Knuth of Lake Worth,
Fla.; grandchildren, Nick, Andrew and Danielle Saragoni,
Alana Dawkins and husband,
Danny, and T.J. Knight; greatgrandchild, Vanessa Kelly
Dawkins; nephews, Gregory
M., Bradley C. and Kurt A.
Knuth and by other family
members and loved ones.
A memorial service was
held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept.
26, at Cavin-Cook Funeral
Home Chapel with the Rev.
Doug Vinez officiating.
Memorials may be made
to The Susan G. Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation,
P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, Texas
75265-0309.
Brandon Hendley
August 28, 1982
September 22, 2006
Radio personality Brandon
Thomas Hendley, known as
“Baby Boy”, passed away Friday, Sept. 22, 2006 as a result
of an accident.
Brandon was born on Aug.
28, 1982 to Thomas George
Hendley and Donna K. Messer Hendley. Brandon graduated from McDowell High
School and attended McDowell Community College. He
was a member of Pleasant
Gardens Baptist Church in
Marion and attended Calvary
Church in Charlotte.
Brandon “Baby Boy”
worked part-time for three
years at WNKS-FM (“Kiss
95.1”) and entertained late
night listeners with his natural talent, style and outgoing
personality. Working his way
up from an intern with Eric
Tyler, he recently achieved his
dream of receiving a contract
for his own show on the
overnight shift.
In addition to his “on-air”
radio broadcast, Brandon was
known as the “Party-Czar” for
Charlotte’s mainstream entertainment industry. DJ Baby
Boy also made celebrity appearances in clubs from Pittsburgh, Pa., Virginia Beach,
Charlotte, Hickory and Lake
Norman.
A service to celebrate the
life of Brandon will be held at
11 a.m. today, Wednesday,
Sept. 27, at the Chapel of Calvary Church, conducted by
Dr. John Munro. A brief visitation will be held by the family
one hour prior to the funeral
on Wednesday beginning at
10 a.m.
Brandon is survived by his
parents, Thomas G. and Donna K. Hendley of Charlotte; his
paternal grandparents, Tommy and Geraldine Hendley,
and maternal grandfather,
Dean Messer; his girlfriend,
Jessi Bumgarner; several
aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins.
He was preceded in death
by his maternal grandmother,
Barbara Pyatt Messer.
Flowers are appreciated
and those who would like
may direct memorial donations to Kinder Mourn in
memory of Brandon Hendley.
Lowe Funeral Home of
Charlotte is serving the family.
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September 21, 2006
Instead, the town obtained a letter of credit from
the developers, which expired five years ago. A surety
bond would have held the
developers (through a surety
company) financially responsible for the needed improvements in the development.
If the Town of Mooresville
takes over the Morrison
Plantation streets before the
developers complete the
needed repairs, the estimated cost would be $1.5 million, or a 4.5-cent increase in
the property tax rate.
The stoplight alone would
cost significantly less than
that, but Commissioner
Chris Carney – whose district
includes Morrison Plantation – said this week that the
town can’t pick and choose
what it wants to take over in
the development. It’s all or
nothing, he said.
“The light is only one
problem,” Carney said. “If it
was just the light, the town
would take the streets over
today.”
Many residents at Thursday’s meeting asked the
town to close down Morrison
Plantation Parkway, barricading at the least its entrance from Brawley School
Road. They said such a measure would prevent throughtraffic along the four-lane
divided Parkway and its intersection with Plantation
Ridge Drive.
During the meeting, Janet
Bush’s daughter, also a Morrison Plantation resident,
pointed to a poster-size picture of her mother that had
been placed on a mantel behind the town officials earlier in the meeting.
“If you turned around and
that was your mother, your
daughter, your sister, would
that road still be open today?” she asked.
Town staff delivered barricades and orange cones to
the Parkway entrance from
Brawley School Road before
Thursday’s meeting in anticipation of a possible blockage by town officials.
Any hope of that happening was squelched this week,
however, when the N.C. Department of Transportation
said it would not permit the
town to revoke the driveway
permits at the Parkway’s intersections with state-controlled roads, including
Brawley School Road.
Carney said DOT officials
initially approved the town’s
plan to barricade at least one
entrance but balked when
town officials pressed for the
authorization in writing.
The town is still looking at
placing a moratorium on
building in Morrison Plantation, said Carney. He said to
do that, however, the town
“would have to prove eminent threat, which is very
difficult to prove.”
He said Town Attorney
Steve Gambill and outside
attorneys hired by the towncontinue to research the
town’s legal options.
Residents on Thursday
weren’t satisfied with the
town’s response that it had
no control over the development. One resident said in
summary that the residents
are disadvantaged for some
reasons because they live on
a private road, but they’re
disadvantaged for other reasons because the road will
eventually be public.
“They’re stuck in the middle,” Carney said of the residents this week. “We’ve always said that.”
He suggested to the residents last week that they
Edna Frances Rinehardt,
86, of Mooresville, died Thursday, Sept. 21, 2006. Funeral
services were held at 3 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 24 at the CavinCook Funeral Home Chapel in
Mooresville.
Bobby Readling
December 25, 1937
September 23, 2006
Robert “Bobby” Lee Readling, 68, went to his peace
with the Lord on Sept. 23,
2006 at his home, after a long
and courageous battle with
cancer.
Born Dec. 25, 1937, a son of
the late Albert and Margaret
Deaton Readling, Bobby graduated from Mooresville High
School and later served in the
U.S. Army, stationed in Germany. He retired from Duke
Power and worked at Lowe’s
Home Improvement stores
and was skilled in various jobs.
He was preceded in death
by a daughter, Terry McAllister, and brother, Jimmy Readling.
Survivors include his wife,
Sylvia Smith Readling; sons,
Steve Readling and wife, Debbie, of Mt. Mourne, Jeff Readling and wife, Renne, and
Robbie Readling and wife,
Jennifer, all of Mooresville; two
sisters, Nancy Brown and husband, Vance, and Sarah Bivens, all of Mooresville; eight
grandchildren, Chance, Dylan
and Heather Readling, Amber,
Harley and McKenzie Readling, and Holly McAllister; two
stepsons, Larry Smith of Denver and Mark Mielke of Mooresville; and a stepdaughter,
Lisa Smith of Kill Devil Hill.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept.
25 at First Baptist Church with
Dr. James Royston officiating.
Burial followed in Mt. Zion
United Methodist Church Cemetery in Cornelius.
Memorials may go to First
Baptist Church, 150 South
Church St., Mooresville, NC
28115 or Hospice of Lincoln
County, Lincolnton, NC.
Neill Funeral Home is serving the family.
Thelma Grant
October 14, 1914
September 22, 2006
Thelma Kerr Grant, 91, formerly of Mooresville, passed
away on Friday, Sept. 22, 2006,
at Genesis Eldercare, Salisbury.
Born Oct. 14, 1914, in Rowan County, she was a daughter
of the late Edward William and
Dicinda Atwell Kerr. Mrs.
Grant was a graduate of Landis High School. She was a
retired inspector for Cannon
Mills of Kannapolis. Mrs.
Grant was a member of Prospect Presbyterian Church,
Mooresville, where she was
past president of the Women
of the Church, taught Sunday
school for many years, and received the Distinguished Service Award from the Women of
the Church for her many years
of dedicated service.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, Byron Albert
Grant; and six brothers and
sisters.
Mrs. Grant is survived by
her sons, Carroll B. Grant of
Durham, and Galen A. Grant
and wife, Dawn, of Sherrills
Ford; and grandchildren, Megan Grant Gasser and husband, Matt, of Lexington, and
Zachary Grant of Aurora, Colo.
Funeral services were 11
a.m., Monday, Sept. 25, at Prospect Presbyterian Church,
Mooresville, with Rev. Joanne
Hull officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made
to Prospect Presbyterian
Church, 9425 W. NC Hwy 152,
Mooresville, NC 28115.
Cavin-Cook Funeral Home
is serving the family.
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should seek legal counsel.
He said they likely have
more legal options than the
town to force the developers
to make improvements within the development.
One resident asked if the
town and the homeowners
could work together on a
lawsuit against Kale.
At-large Commissioner
Frank Rader suggested to the
residents that they write not
only to Kale, but to his partners, bankers, builders, realtors and attorneys.
After pondering the idea
of withholding homeowners
fees to pursue a lawsuit
against Kale – then blocking
the Parkway with a line of
cars – the homeowners voted
to write Kale a letter, asking
him to close the Parkway.
But in speaking with the
developers earlier this week,
the homeowners decided
that closing the road raises
too many safety concerns
and is “just not a viable option,” Thompson’s letter to
the town reads.
Instead, it states, the
homeowners and developers
agreed that adding temporary speed bumps would
slow traffic through the
intersection until a permanent solution can be implemented.
“We, the interim homeowners association, appreciate (the developers’) commitment to making Morrison
Plantation Parkway safer to
travel as quickly as possible,”
Thompson said Tuesday.
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