December 24, 2021 Coats Museum News
In 1989, Modern Maturity was by far the nation’s best-read magazine with 20,314,462 circulations. Congress bailed out the failed savings and loan institutions at the cost of $50,000,000. The amount of non-industrial trash- trash from homes and businesses – had grown from 78 million tons in 1960 to almost 160 million tons in 1989. The Berlin Wall was opened and allowed thousands of East Germans to stream into West Berlin (Dickson, Paul, From Elvis to E-Mail. Massachusetts: Front Street. 1999. pp. 303-310).
The January 1, 1989 edition of the Daily Record reported that Osbert West, 76, of Coats had died. He was survived by his wife, Sarah Ellie Norris West; sons-Billy Ray and Floyd Wayne West and one daughter, Mrs. Lannie Ruth Pleasant. His siblings were Felton West, Mrs. Myrtle Tart, and Mrs. Omie Moore. Seven grandchildren also survived him. Interesting to note is that his late brother, Elton West’s wife-Lula Stewart West- had her obituary notice in last week’s column.
Approximately 124 people enjoyed the New Year’s festivities at the new Coats Senior Citizens Building. Many of those joined the group at Pope’s Barn for the early breakfast and gospel sing. Belle in her notes also shared that Carlie Sears had expressed his appreciation for all the remembrances during his recent stay in the hospital. Belle also wrote that Banks Pollard was home from his stay at Wake Med.
It was reported that Louise Jackson was enjoying her visits from the choir and members at Grove Presbyterian Church in Dunn. It was also noted that Rebecca Turlington was feeling better after her stay at Duke for several weeks. Mrs. Mae Coats had been moved from Raleigh Community to Britthaven Nursing Center. She was surely missed in the Coats community. An interesting fact about Mrs. Mae is that she had rolled pastry until the time of her illness. (Do you remember my writing earlier that she had graded tobacco in her house in Coats, also?)
Carson Gregory was doing well enough that the doctor allowed him to drive his pickup. Now that is enough to make a man get well in a hurry.
Who remembers the first pickup truck that your parents or you had? I well remember that my dad had a light blue Ford pickup and I refused to learn to drive it because I was afraid he would want me drive it to basketball practice or to town. Knowing my dad as I do, I can’t believe that he let me get by with not learning to drive it. I will admit that was not the time when everyone wanted a pickup truck to impress their friends.
Forest and Janet Fleming were still working on their new house. Don and Debbie Ennis Turlington had just moved into their new house in time for Christmas. That had to be exciting. Possibly J.B. Cummings, Rosa Rambeau, Mary Jo Mann, Mary P. Dennis, Bartley Cook and his wife Frances were excited to get so many get well wishes.
Marriage congratulations were sent to Mary Sandra Weaver, daughter of Mrs. Mary Walston of Erwin, and Linwood Ray Jernigan, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Jernigan (Daily Record Jan. 10, 1989).
The love bug had bitten several young couples. Mr. and Mrs. Hughie Stewart, Jr., of Route One, Coats, announced the engagement of their daughter, Tracie Carol Stewart, to Jamie David Ferrell of Buies Creek. The Red Hill Pentecostal FWB Church was the site of the wedding of Lisa Michelle Byrd and Ricky Lynn Ennis, both of Route 1, Coats. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter Byrd of Lillington and Mr. and Mrs. John Bruce Ennis of Route I, Coats (Daily Record Jan. 10, 1989).
The CACC had a new secretary to keep the part time office hours for the chamber. Dana Holmes kept the office open from the hours of 10.AM to 1PM-Monday- Friday. Randy Rambeau was the incoming chamber president and C.J. Johnson was the vice president. Don’t you bet Ann Jones was excited to take a break from that time consuming and sometimes unpleasant position?
Also in the news from the “Notes” was that Mrs. Peggy Brown had assumed her duties as the director of the Coats Senior Citizens Center on January 3, 1989. Do you wonder if the seniors realized immediately what a gem they had in Peggy or that Peggy would call her husband that big, tough Campbell coach, “Teddy Bear”?
The notes also shared that Mrs. Effie Turlington had taken homemade vegetable soup to Belle Williams while she was recuperating from the flu. It was also written that Russell Morvant had just come back to Coats from his visit to see his children in NY.
Dawn and Carsie Denning, Jr., had honored their son Garyen Denning on his ninth birthday at the Pizza Inn in Dunn. Diane Denning had prepared a “Wolfpack” cake for the party boy. Amy Parrish had only one week at home before returning to UNC Chapel Hill while Foy Pope had just returned to Appalachian State University (Daily Record Jan. 12, 1989).
Kelly Stone was crowned the homecoming queen at the Cape Fear Christian Academy (Daily Record Jan. 16, 1989).
The CACC recognized the multi-company enterprise of Jeffreys Beer and Wine Co., Jeffreys Cabinet Co., and Jeffreys Seed Co. located on Hwy 117 in Goldsboro as the Business Focus of the Week. The company, which dated back to 1890, was a member of the CACC (Daily Record Jan. 19, 1989).
Appearing in the January 23, 1989 edition of the Daily Record “Notes” was the news that Louise Coats Jackson had reported that her grandchildren Trey and Gina Howell, along with their parents Pat and Gene Howell , had visited her in Coats.
Gwen Parrish received condolences from Belle in the loss of her brother, Avery Bland Stephens, of Fuquay-Varina. Get- Well wishes were sent to Agnes Parrish, Elsie Godwin, Louise Jackson, Mary Rose Williams, and Bartley Cook.
Does the Coats Baptist Church continue to have the Gleaners Class? I do know in 1989 that Becky Pope and Margaret House hosted 26 members of the Gleaners Class at CBC for breakfast at the Pope country home. Special guests joining the class were Keith Hall, youth minister; Ted Wilbanks, choir director and his wife Kay Wilbanks.
Kent and Debbie Turlington and Keith and Martha Parrish flew to Nashville for the National Tobacco Workers Conference. Elsewhere, the Coats Lions Club welcomed its first woman member, Mrs. Hazelene Baker Strickland, to the club (Daily Record Jan. 23, 1989).
Another young person in the Coats area celebrated a birthday. Kristy Lynn Parrish, daughter of Ronnie and Sue Parrish, celebrated her 9th birthday with guests –Mandy Parrish, Monica Dorman, Jennifer Robinson, Chrissy Wheeler, Lori Barnes and Kristy Williams (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1989).
We have really missed having our Board of Directors and Volunteers meeting s, so it was wonderful to have short visits from two of our very faithful directors-Rhonda Stephenson and Ralph Denning. Ralph shared some Troyville post office documents when his ancestor Joseph Ary Stewart served as post master for Troyville. Our document collection continues to grow thanks to folks like Ralph. A heartfelt thank you goes to both Rhonda and Ralph for their strong support to the Coats Museum.
The Coats Museum Board of Directors and the many volunteers are excited to share a sincere thank you and gratitude to all those who have visited and financially supported the museum during the 2021 calendar year. Despite the decrease in the number of visitors from years prior to 2020 we had 676 visitors to sign in from 20 NC towns. Seven states were represented, and visitors came from as far away as Canada and Central America.
We have new and informative Eagle Scout and Girl Scout Exhibits; the Cotton Museum received a fresh coat of paint; minor repairs were done on the museums and the shrubbery was trimmed – all done by wonderful friends of the museum.
We will be closed after December 20th and reopen on January 6th 2022 so the volunteers can enjoy the holidays with family. The Coats Museum Board of Directors and the museum volunteers extend to all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a new year filled with hope, joy, love and peace.
In 1989, Modern Maturity was by far the nation’s best-read magazine with 20,314,462 circulations. Congress bailed out the failed savings and loan institutions at the cost of $50,000,000. The amount of non-industrial trash- trash from homes and businesses – had grown from 78 million tons in 1960 to almost 160 million tons in 1989. The Berlin Wall was opened and allowed thousands of East Germans to stream into West Berlin (Dickson, Paul, From Elvis to E-Mail. Massachusetts: Front Street. 1999. pp. 303-310).
The January 1, 1989 edition of the Daily Record reported that Osbert West, 76, of Coats had died. He was survived by his wife, Sarah Ellie Norris West; sons-Billy Ray and Floyd Wayne West and one daughter, Mrs. Lannie Ruth Pleasant. His siblings were Felton West, Mrs. Myrtle Tart, and Mrs. Omie Moore. Seven grandchildren also survived him. Interesting to note is that his late brother, Elton West’s wife-Lula Stewart West- had her obituary notice in last week’s column.
Approximately 124 people enjoyed the New Year’s festivities at the new Coats Senior Citizens Building. Many of those joined the group at Pope’s Barn for the early breakfast and gospel sing. Belle in her notes also shared that Carlie Sears had expressed his appreciation for all the remembrances during his recent stay in the hospital. Belle also wrote that Banks Pollard was home from his stay at Wake Med.
It was reported that Louise Jackson was enjoying her visits from the choir and members at Grove Presbyterian Church in Dunn. It was also noted that Rebecca Turlington was feeling better after her stay at Duke for several weeks. Mrs. Mae Coats had been moved from Raleigh Community to Britthaven Nursing Center. She was surely missed in the Coats community. An interesting fact about Mrs. Mae is that she had rolled pastry until the time of her illness. (Do you remember my writing earlier that she had graded tobacco in her house in Coats, also?)
Carson Gregory was doing well enough that the doctor allowed him to drive his pickup. Now that is enough to make a man get well in a hurry.
Who remembers the first pickup truck that your parents or you had? I well remember that my dad had a light blue Ford pickup and I refused to learn to drive it because I was afraid he would want me drive it to basketball practice or to town. Knowing my dad as I do, I can’t believe that he let me get by with not learning to drive it. I will admit that was not the time when everyone wanted a pickup truck to impress their friends.
Forest and Janet Fleming were still working on their new house. Don and Debbie Ennis Turlington had just moved into their new house in time for Christmas. That had to be exciting. Possibly J.B. Cummings, Rosa Rambeau, Mary Jo Mann, Mary P. Dennis, Bartley Cook and his wife Frances were excited to get so many get well wishes.
Marriage congratulations were sent to Mary Sandra Weaver, daughter of Mrs. Mary Walston of Erwin, and Linwood Ray Jernigan, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E.B. Jernigan (Daily Record Jan. 10, 1989).
The love bug had bitten several young couples. Mr. and Mrs. Hughie Stewart, Jr., of Route One, Coats, announced the engagement of their daughter, Tracie Carol Stewart, to Jamie David Ferrell of Buies Creek. The Red Hill Pentecostal FWB Church was the site of the wedding of Lisa Michelle Byrd and Ricky Lynn Ennis, both of Route 1, Coats. The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter Byrd of Lillington and Mr. and Mrs. John Bruce Ennis of Route I, Coats (Daily Record Jan. 10, 1989).
The CACC had a new secretary to keep the part time office hours for the chamber. Dana Holmes kept the office open from the hours of 10.AM to 1PM-Monday- Friday. Randy Rambeau was the incoming chamber president and C.J. Johnson was the vice president. Don’t you bet Ann Jones was excited to take a break from that time consuming and sometimes unpleasant position?
Also in the news from the “Notes” was that Mrs. Peggy Brown had assumed her duties as the director of the Coats Senior Citizens Center on January 3, 1989. Do you wonder if the seniors realized immediately what a gem they had in Peggy or that Peggy would call her husband that big, tough Campbell coach, “Teddy Bear”?
The notes also shared that Mrs. Effie Turlington had taken homemade vegetable soup to Belle Williams while she was recuperating from the flu. It was also written that Russell Morvant had just come back to Coats from his visit to see his children in NY.
Dawn and Carsie Denning, Jr., had honored their son Garyen Denning on his ninth birthday at the Pizza Inn in Dunn. Diane Denning had prepared a “Wolfpack” cake for the party boy. Amy Parrish had only one week at home before returning to UNC Chapel Hill while Foy Pope had just returned to Appalachian State University (Daily Record Jan. 12, 1989).
Kelly Stone was crowned the homecoming queen at the Cape Fear Christian Academy (Daily Record Jan. 16, 1989).
The CACC recognized the multi-company enterprise of Jeffreys Beer and Wine Co., Jeffreys Cabinet Co., and Jeffreys Seed Co. located on Hwy 117 in Goldsboro as the Business Focus of the Week. The company, which dated back to 1890, was a member of the CACC (Daily Record Jan. 19, 1989).
Appearing in the January 23, 1989 edition of the Daily Record “Notes” was the news that Louise Coats Jackson had reported that her grandchildren Trey and Gina Howell, along with their parents Pat and Gene Howell , had visited her in Coats.
Gwen Parrish received condolences from Belle in the loss of her brother, Avery Bland Stephens, of Fuquay-Varina. Get- Well wishes were sent to Agnes Parrish, Elsie Godwin, Louise Jackson, Mary Rose Williams, and Bartley Cook.
Does the Coats Baptist Church continue to have the Gleaners Class? I do know in 1989 that Becky Pope and Margaret House hosted 26 members of the Gleaners Class at CBC for breakfast at the Pope country home. Special guests joining the class were Keith Hall, youth minister; Ted Wilbanks, choir director and his wife Kay Wilbanks.
Kent and Debbie Turlington and Keith and Martha Parrish flew to Nashville for the National Tobacco Workers Conference. Elsewhere, the Coats Lions Club welcomed its first woman member, Mrs. Hazelene Baker Strickland, to the club (Daily Record Jan. 23, 1989).
Another young person in the Coats area celebrated a birthday. Kristy Lynn Parrish, daughter of Ronnie and Sue Parrish, celebrated her 9th birthday with guests –Mandy Parrish, Monica Dorman, Jennifer Robinson, Chrissy Wheeler, Lori Barnes and Kristy Williams (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1989).
We have really missed having our Board of Directors and Volunteers meeting s, so it was wonderful to have short visits from two of our very faithful directors-Rhonda Stephenson and Ralph Denning. Ralph shared some Troyville post office documents when his ancestor Joseph Ary Stewart served as post master for Troyville. Our document collection continues to grow thanks to folks like Ralph. A heartfelt thank you goes to both Rhonda and Ralph for their strong support to the Coats Museum.
The Coats Museum Board of Directors and the many volunteers are excited to share a sincere thank you and gratitude to all those who have visited and financially supported the museum during the 2021 calendar year. Despite the decrease in the number of visitors from years prior to 2020 we had 676 visitors to sign in from 20 NC towns. Seven states were represented, and visitors came from as far away as Canada and Central America.
We have new and informative Eagle Scout and Girl Scout Exhibits; the Cotton Museum received a fresh coat of paint; minor repairs were done on the museums and the shrubbery was trimmed – all done by wonderful friends of the museum.
We will be closed after December 20th and reopen on January 6th 2022 so the volunteers can enjoy the holidays with family. The Coats Museum Board of Directors and the museum volunteers extend to all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a new year filled with hope, joy, love and peace.