August 17, 2018 Coats Museum News
How did student applicants in 2018 know if they had been awarded a scholarship or had been accepted into a college or university? Did they receive a letter as in earlier days or did they receive a text message? Wonder how Alex Castellanos, a senior at Coats High School, was notified that he was the recipient of the coveted Morehead Scholarship at UNC. I do know that the Dunn Rotary Club had honored the young man and among those attending as special guests were Tallie Dupree, Dava Gage, Gayle and H.L. Sorrell, Jr. and Dr. and Mrs. Jose Castellanos (Daily Record Mar. 20, 1972).
Funeral services were held for Joseph Ben Upchurch, 71, of Coats. The retired farmer had died on Thursday. The services were held at the Pleasant Memory Baptist Church with burial in the Lakeside Memorial gardens (Daily Record Mar. 29, 1972). Do you know any of his relatives in Coats?
Mr. and Mrs. John Wolf of Route 3, Dunn, announced the engagement of their daughter, Pamela Renee Wolf, to David Convey Whitehead of Covington, Va. Pam was a junior at Campbell College and Mr. Whitehead was a graduate of N.C. State University (Daily Record Mar. 30, 1972).
Mrs. Irene Smith Moore, 71, of Coats, had died on Wednesday. Services were at the Rose Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. R.O. Byrd and Rev. Howard Beard. Burial was in the Hodges Chapel Cemetery. Surviving her was Mrs. John Allen Smith and a sister, Mrs. Laura Peeden of Sanford.
Question-was this lady a relative of Eva Nichols and Irbin Smith?
This I do know. A happier event was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald House in Coats. Mr. and Mrs. Bill House co-hosted the occasion in honor of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave House, on their 25th wedding anniversary. Blue and white colors prevailed throughout the house and the event was attended by 60 people (Daily Record Mar. 31, 1972).
Another joyful occasion was announced when Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Stephenson shared that their daughter, Angela Faye Stephenson, was engaged to Terry Watson Godwin, Jr. Angela was a graduate of Coats High School and Campbell College. Terry was a graduate of Staunton Military Academy and attended Campbell (Daily Record Mar. 31, 1972).
Shearon Roberts had received a Meredith College Honor Scholarship based on her overall high school record after a personal interview with the faculty selection committee. Shearon was one of twelve recipients. Shearon was the recipient of a Regional Baptist Scholarship. Shearon was president of her Coats High senior class, vice president of the Student Council, a member of the Beta Club, Library Club and Future Homemakers of America (Daily Record Apr. 3, 1972).Does anyone know where Shearon lives today?
I do know that a plant nursery had been added to the Coats High campus last year according to the April 7, 1972 edition of the Daily Record. Over 5,000 plants were growing under the care of the students-Don Turlington, Dennis Ennis, Paul Parker, Lenny Parker, Johnny Denton and Danny Ferguson. Were there other students? Who knows who the horticulture teacher was? Yes, it was Coy Broadwell who was one of the most likeable and hard working men on the Coats faculty. He would later leave the faculty and own and operate the Broadwell Nursery on the Old Stage Road. Some of those students will remember Carolyn and Coy’s little daughter Maria who will a few years later establish her veterinary practice near the nursery and intersection of Highway 210 and Old Stage.
The same edition of the Daily Record printed that some students requested a Black Culture Week. The students presented Principal J.C. Hawley with a list of 19 student concerns.
Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Neighbors of Route 1, Coats, announced the engagement of their daughter, Brookie Neighbors, to Thomas Vernon Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Honeycutt, Sr. The bride-elect was a graduate of Coats High School and was an employee of the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles in Raleigh. Her fiancé was a graduate of Cleveland High School and had received a degree in Biological and Agricultural Engineering in May from N.C. State University (Daily Record, Apr. 10, 1972).
Do you like to share good news? Read this good news. Brookie would later change her career goal and would attend school to receive enough advanced degrees that opened doors to eventually become the principal of the West Johnston High School on Raleigh Road. How proud Coats folks should be of Brookie.
Mr. and Mrs. Garner Rose Ennis of Coats announced the engagement of their daughter, Cavanna Ennis, to D. Allen Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ralph Moore, of rural Four Oaks. The bride-elect was a student at East Carolina University and her fiancé was a graduate of Fayetteville Technical Institute (Daily Record Apr. 10, 1972).
Many of these Coats graduates were my students when I was a very young teacher. I have never forgotten how well I was treated by these students and their parents and, hence, was not surprised when good things happened in their lives.
Harnett County News editor Ted Malone had submitted work to be published in the 62-page University of North Carolina publication North Carolina Folklore. Malone, a former student at UNC, had studied at the school for his master’s degree (Daily Record Apr. 19, 1972).Should we recall that he attended Coats High along with his two brothers-Johnny and Charles?
Jan Ennis of Coats was an employee of the Daily Record (Daily Record Apr. 21, 1972). Was Jan a relative of R. Edison Ennis, 61, who was a retired farmer of the Oakdale area? He had died on Saturday and his services were at the Hodges Chapel Church by Rev. Condary Ellis. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving him were his wife, Mrs. Hattie Barbour Ennis; a daughter, Mrs. W.D. Pleasant of Garner; a son, Benton Ennis of Raleigh; a sister, Mrs. Sherrill Creech of rural Benson near Oakdale and three brothers-O.B. (Chick, Bronnie and Kirkland Ennis. His mother was Maggie Sorrell Ennis.
The April 27th edition of the paper indicated that Alex Castellanos was the recipient of a $1,000 National Merit Scholarship. Elsewhere, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Poole of Coats announced the engagement of their daughter, Sharon LaRue, to Lynwood Roscoe Thornton of Coats.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Fish, Sr. of Coats had announced the engagement of their daughter, Kay Fish, to Larry Calvin Toombs of Petersburg, Virginia. Miss Fish was a graduate of Chowan and had attended East Carolina University and Mr. Toombs had attended Old Dominion University (Daily Record May 1, 1972).
The Coats Cemetery Commission had voted to hire a fulltime caretaker for the cemetery for the summer months. In other business, the Coats Cemetery Commission reviewed detailed plans for care of the cemetery and announced that a new section of the cemetery was staked off for a sale. Present from the commission were Rev. P.R. Phillips, Chairman; Mrs. Fred Fleming, treasurer; Mrs. Haywood Roberts, secretary; Rev. A. H. Beard, Delma Grimes, James Denning, Warren Ennis, Roger Simmons, and Mrs. D.V. Lee (Daily Record May 5, 1972).
The volunteer staff has once again been touched by the death of one of our faithful volunteers at the Coats Museum. Joyce Parrish Turner came on board after her husband died and became such a vital part of our activities at the museum. She joined us at the Daily Record where volunteers spent several years reading and summarizing all the news from the Harnett County News, Dunn Dispatch and the Daily Record relevant to the Grove Coats area which we later published in our Heritage of Coats, NC Centennial book.
Joyce was the granddaughter of Andrew Coats, son of town founder James Thomas Coats, and because of her love of family and town, she was diligent in seeking money for the building of our 2005 Coats Cotton Museum project. As years passed, she came on board to support and raise money for the Kress and Nell Penny Williams Exhibit Hall.
The volunteers who worked with and loved Joyce Parrish Turner are better people because we saw in Joyce an example of a God fearing Christian lady in all she said and did.
Dana Coats Byrd, another descendant of James Thomas Coats, remembered Joyce with a museum memorial donation as did Becky Ennis Adams, Robie and Lynda Butler and the Coats Kiwanis Club to which Joyce was a faithful member for many years. Thank you also goes to Ralph and Lorena Denning for remembering Faye Moran Fish who recently died. The generosity of people with Coats Grove area connections is absolutely amazing and the volunteers sincerely thank you for your support of the Coats Museum. It is what it is because of the strong support of many caring and generous people.
If you are interested in reading what was news in the Coats area in 1949, you can revisit that year by going to the coatsmuseum.com website and read that was the year that Dr. Donald Moore and his family came to Coats to replace Dr. Jones who had doctored alongside Dr. Fred Fleming. Many of you will also recognize many of the names in that Coats Museum News July 18, 2014 column.
How did student applicants in 2018 know if they had been awarded a scholarship or had been accepted into a college or university? Did they receive a letter as in earlier days or did they receive a text message? Wonder how Alex Castellanos, a senior at Coats High School, was notified that he was the recipient of the coveted Morehead Scholarship at UNC. I do know that the Dunn Rotary Club had honored the young man and among those attending as special guests were Tallie Dupree, Dava Gage, Gayle and H.L. Sorrell, Jr. and Dr. and Mrs. Jose Castellanos (Daily Record Mar. 20, 1972).
Funeral services were held for Joseph Ben Upchurch, 71, of Coats. The retired farmer had died on Thursday. The services were held at the Pleasant Memory Baptist Church with burial in the Lakeside Memorial gardens (Daily Record Mar. 29, 1972). Do you know any of his relatives in Coats?
Mr. and Mrs. John Wolf of Route 3, Dunn, announced the engagement of their daughter, Pamela Renee Wolf, to David Convey Whitehead of Covington, Va. Pam was a junior at Campbell College and Mr. Whitehead was a graduate of N.C. State University (Daily Record Mar. 30, 1972).
Mrs. Irene Smith Moore, 71, of Coats, had died on Wednesday. Services were at the Rose Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. R.O. Byrd and Rev. Howard Beard. Burial was in the Hodges Chapel Cemetery. Surviving her was Mrs. John Allen Smith and a sister, Mrs. Laura Peeden of Sanford.
Question-was this lady a relative of Eva Nichols and Irbin Smith?
This I do know. A happier event was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald House in Coats. Mr. and Mrs. Bill House co-hosted the occasion in honor of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave House, on their 25th wedding anniversary. Blue and white colors prevailed throughout the house and the event was attended by 60 people (Daily Record Mar. 31, 1972).
Another joyful occasion was announced when Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Stephenson shared that their daughter, Angela Faye Stephenson, was engaged to Terry Watson Godwin, Jr. Angela was a graduate of Coats High School and Campbell College. Terry was a graduate of Staunton Military Academy and attended Campbell (Daily Record Mar. 31, 1972).
Shearon Roberts had received a Meredith College Honor Scholarship based on her overall high school record after a personal interview with the faculty selection committee. Shearon was one of twelve recipients. Shearon was the recipient of a Regional Baptist Scholarship. Shearon was president of her Coats High senior class, vice president of the Student Council, a member of the Beta Club, Library Club and Future Homemakers of America (Daily Record Apr. 3, 1972).Does anyone know where Shearon lives today?
I do know that a plant nursery had been added to the Coats High campus last year according to the April 7, 1972 edition of the Daily Record. Over 5,000 plants were growing under the care of the students-Don Turlington, Dennis Ennis, Paul Parker, Lenny Parker, Johnny Denton and Danny Ferguson. Were there other students? Who knows who the horticulture teacher was? Yes, it was Coy Broadwell who was one of the most likeable and hard working men on the Coats faculty. He would later leave the faculty and own and operate the Broadwell Nursery on the Old Stage Road. Some of those students will remember Carolyn and Coy’s little daughter Maria who will a few years later establish her veterinary practice near the nursery and intersection of Highway 210 and Old Stage.
The same edition of the Daily Record printed that some students requested a Black Culture Week. The students presented Principal J.C. Hawley with a list of 19 student concerns.
Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Neighbors of Route 1, Coats, announced the engagement of their daughter, Brookie Neighbors, to Thomas Vernon Honeycutt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Honeycutt, Sr. The bride-elect was a graduate of Coats High School and was an employee of the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles in Raleigh. Her fiancé was a graduate of Cleveland High School and had received a degree in Biological and Agricultural Engineering in May from N.C. State University (Daily Record, Apr. 10, 1972).
Do you like to share good news? Read this good news. Brookie would later change her career goal and would attend school to receive enough advanced degrees that opened doors to eventually become the principal of the West Johnston High School on Raleigh Road. How proud Coats folks should be of Brookie.
Mr. and Mrs. Garner Rose Ennis of Coats announced the engagement of their daughter, Cavanna Ennis, to D. Allen Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ralph Moore, of rural Four Oaks. The bride-elect was a student at East Carolina University and her fiancé was a graduate of Fayetteville Technical Institute (Daily Record Apr. 10, 1972).
Many of these Coats graduates were my students when I was a very young teacher. I have never forgotten how well I was treated by these students and their parents and, hence, was not surprised when good things happened in their lives.
Harnett County News editor Ted Malone had submitted work to be published in the 62-page University of North Carolina publication North Carolina Folklore. Malone, a former student at UNC, had studied at the school for his master’s degree (Daily Record Apr. 19, 1972).Should we recall that he attended Coats High along with his two brothers-Johnny and Charles?
Jan Ennis of Coats was an employee of the Daily Record (Daily Record Apr. 21, 1972). Was Jan a relative of R. Edison Ennis, 61, who was a retired farmer of the Oakdale area? He had died on Saturday and his services were at the Hodges Chapel Church by Rev. Condary Ellis. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving him were his wife, Mrs. Hattie Barbour Ennis; a daughter, Mrs. W.D. Pleasant of Garner; a son, Benton Ennis of Raleigh; a sister, Mrs. Sherrill Creech of rural Benson near Oakdale and three brothers-O.B. (Chick, Bronnie and Kirkland Ennis. His mother was Maggie Sorrell Ennis.
The April 27th edition of the paper indicated that Alex Castellanos was the recipient of a $1,000 National Merit Scholarship. Elsewhere, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Poole of Coats announced the engagement of their daughter, Sharon LaRue, to Lynwood Roscoe Thornton of Coats.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Fish, Sr. of Coats had announced the engagement of their daughter, Kay Fish, to Larry Calvin Toombs of Petersburg, Virginia. Miss Fish was a graduate of Chowan and had attended East Carolina University and Mr. Toombs had attended Old Dominion University (Daily Record May 1, 1972).
The Coats Cemetery Commission had voted to hire a fulltime caretaker for the cemetery for the summer months. In other business, the Coats Cemetery Commission reviewed detailed plans for care of the cemetery and announced that a new section of the cemetery was staked off for a sale. Present from the commission were Rev. P.R. Phillips, Chairman; Mrs. Fred Fleming, treasurer; Mrs. Haywood Roberts, secretary; Rev. A. H. Beard, Delma Grimes, James Denning, Warren Ennis, Roger Simmons, and Mrs. D.V. Lee (Daily Record May 5, 1972).
The volunteer staff has once again been touched by the death of one of our faithful volunteers at the Coats Museum. Joyce Parrish Turner came on board after her husband died and became such a vital part of our activities at the museum. She joined us at the Daily Record where volunteers spent several years reading and summarizing all the news from the Harnett County News, Dunn Dispatch and the Daily Record relevant to the Grove Coats area which we later published in our Heritage of Coats, NC Centennial book.
Joyce was the granddaughter of Andrew Coats, son of town founder James Thomas Coats, and because of her love of family and town, she was diligent in seeking money for the building of our 2005 Coats Cotton Museum project. As years passed, she came on board to support and raise money for the Kress and Nell Penny Williams Exhibit Hall.
The volunteers who worked with and loved Joyce Parrish Turner are better people because we saw in Joyce an example of a God fearing Christian lady in all she said and did.
Dana Coats Byrd, another descendant of James Thomas Coats, remembered Joyce with a museum memorial donation as did Becky Ennis Adams, Robie and Lynda Butler and the Coats Kiwanis Club to which Joyce was a faithful member for many years. Thank you also goes to Ralph and Lorena Denning for remembering Faye Moran Fish who recently died. The generosity of people with Coats Grove area connections is absolutely amazing and the volunteers sincerely thank you for your support of the Coats Museum. It is what it is because of the strong support of many caring and generous people.
If you are interested in reading what was news in the Coats area in 1949, you can revisit that year by going to the coatsmuseum.com website and read that was the year that Dr. Donald Moore and his family came to Coats to replace Dr. Jones who had doctored alongside Dr. Fred Fleming. Many of you will also recognize many of the names in that Coats Museum News July 18, 2014 column.