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                                                                                             July 17, 2020  Coats Museum News  
Tonya Wood of Coats was one of the hitters in the 4-2 victory over the Erwin girls’ team. A sad announcement in that same edition was the death of a popular Coats woman, Annie Belle King Jones. The seventy-four year-old woman was survived by her husband, Dallas Jones, and three children-Jimmy Jones, Carol J. Gregory and Debbie J. Johnson. Mrs. Inez Bailey was her sister. She also was survived by eight grandchildren (Daily Record Mar. 14, 1985).
An interesting bit of history to share with you is that Dallas Jones is in the family of Alton Stewart. Alton’s mother was a Jones. Jimmy Jones shared that he had always been told that Orville Wright came to Coats to sign the license of Alton Stewart who is recognized as the first licensed pilot in NC. The Alton Stewart house is on McKinley Street and is marked with a NC historic marker. It took years to have Stewart recognized as the first license pilot in NC so wonder how many years it would take to verify  the fact or not that one of the Wright Brothers came to Coats to sign Stewart’s license. We must not forget that Coats was a booming town in Harnett with leaders, farmers and merchants recognized in the county and state.
Two other popular names in Coats were Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Ennis and Mr. and Mrs. James Parrish who helped celebrate their granddaughter Kalicia Parrish with a surprise birthday party at school (Daily Record Mar. 19, 1985).
Do you recognize any of the following names mentioned in the March 25th edition of the Daily Record? The Mary Stewart Lions Club enjoyed Mr. Herman Green of Dunn tell the history of Dunn which would celebrate its centennial in 1987. First Vice-president Leray Ennis and program chairman Herb Simmons welcomed Mr. Green to the meeting. In Coats, Graham Turlington was honored for his 25 years of service to the Coats Post Office. Coats Postmaster Kelly congratulated Mr. Turlington.
Death announcements continued to dominate the Coats news. Mr. Colin L. Dixon, 75, of Route One, Benson, had died. He was survived by his widow, Mrs. Edna Clifton Dixon; son -Kenneth Dixon; brothers-Carlos and Sherrill; sisters-Mrs. Ruth Benson, Glenna Barbour and Mrs. Naomi Lee. He had one grandson (Daily Record Mar. 26, 1985).
Some may recall that Mrs. Naomi Lee celebrated her 100th birthday this year.
George Phillip Johnson, 83, of Coats, had died and was survived by his wife, Mrs. Ruby Johnson; son- Phil Johnson; daughters-Mrs. Joanne J. Shaw and Mrs. Phyllis Plenderleith and eight grandchildren (Daily Record Mar. 29, 1985).
In Coats, Mrs. Susan Tripp Denton of Coats mourned the death of her mother, Mrs. Pearl Jones Tripp, 76, of Dunn. Another daughter was Mrs. Yvonne Tripp South and a son, Paul Tripp. The same copy of the paper reported the death of Robert Roosevelt Bass, 50, of Coats. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Christine Williams Bass; daughter, Mrs. Josephine Lowery and two brothers and four sisters (Daily Record Apr. 1, 1985).
First Citizens Bank of Coats planned the Open House for April 15th to celebrate the new 100 N McKinley Street location.  Where was the original site? Elsewhere, the NC Jaycees named Beth Stephenson Crumpler, a Coats High School graduate of 1968, “Outstanding Young Educator.”
Some may remember Mrs. Billie Jo Faircloth of Route One, Coats who announced the engagement of her daughter, Anita Kim Faircloth to Timmy E. Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lenard E. Hudson of Route 2, Dunn. The bride was the granddaughter of Mrs. Lubie Morris of Route One, Coats.
While this young couple was planning their marital journey, wonder if they would be able to share 50 years of marriage as did Mr. and Mrs. Astor Johnson of Benson who celebrated their 50th together. The children honored the Johnson couple with a reception. Do recognize the names of the children-Mr. and Mrs. J. Gerald Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Johnson (Daily Record April 2, 1985)?
Thank you goes to H.L. for honoring my dad, Jonah C. Johnson with a Father’s Day memorial. Mom and Dad sent nine children to college on a farm income. All 27 of their grandchildren  graduated from college as well.  All had made Dad proud before he died.  H.L. and I have also remembered Doyle Barbour, Edna Collier, Cary Stewart with museum memorials. Our faithful museum treasurer Robie Butler was honored on his birthday.