July 2, 2021 Coats Museum News
The date on the Daily Record displayed August 26, 1987. The news was that Darrell Smith, assistant vice president of First Citizens Bank, and Robie Butler, of WCKB and campaign chairman, made plans for the event to announce the campaign goal of the first Harnett County United Way.
Question-does Harnett County continue to support the United Way group? I do know that Leonard and June Brown of Route One Coats were pleased with the announcement of their son’s upcoming marriage to Marsha Carroll Thomas of Spring Lake. Leonard Ralph Brown’s grandparents were Ralph and Ila Baker, also of Coats.
Wanda Pollard continued to find notes to write about the folks in Coats. She shared that Foy Pope was back in school at Boone, NC. after spending the summer home with her parents-Gail and Hilda Pope. Foy was a member of the marching band and the National Honor Society at Appalachian State University.
Billy G. and Peggie Pope were home from an enjoyable trip to the Amish Country in Pennsylvania. Peggie’s brother Ralph and his wife Lorena and three sons-Mark, Carey and Stewart-accompanied them. Don’t you bet that was a fun trip?
Joe and Eloise Lee were also home from their trip to Magic Kingdom and all in between in Florida. Accompanying them on the trip was their daughter Debbie Wagner and her two daughters –Samantha and Casey Wagner.
Sue Penny reported that she was happy and busy babysitting her grandson Cole Penny. She and her husband Ted Penny operated the “Ted’s Frame Shop” and framed almost anything anyone wanted. They are active members of the Methodist Church and have two children Angela Stone and Vance Penny.
Here’s a current note on Ted and Sue. Sue was voted a 2020 CACC Humanitarian of the Year and is a very busy supporter of My Daily Bread food kitchen while Ted stays busy at the Methodist Church and the Coats Senior Center.
Another Penny family was in the news. Florine and Howard Penny enjoyed a special cookout at the home of her brother, Nathan Johnson, of Lillington. The occasion was in honor of Nathan’s birthday and the anniversary of Florine and Howard Penny, Sr. The Penny couple were married on Nathan’s birthday on August 9, 1946.
Mrs. Betty Weaver, plant manager of Superior Lingerie Co. in Coats, was happy to be back at work after having been in the Raleigh Community Hospital.
Anniversary wishes went to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Flowers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Keith Parrish, and Mr. and Mrs. Donahue Stephenson. Birthday wishes were extended to Mrs. Mae Coats who was 90 years old and to Rebecca Parrish, Carlie Stevens, Betsy Weaver, Don Ennis, Kathryn Phillips, Carsie Denning, Jr., Samantha Wagner and Willa Dean Powell (Daily Record Aug. 28, 1987).
Who remembers going to the Bailey’s Crossroads to shop at the Cross Roads interiors which was the CACC Business Focus of the Week. The total interior decorating-design business was owned and operated by Mack and Juanita Hudson. The business was located on Bailey’s Crossroads on Route 1, Benson in an old plantation house dating back to the 1830’s. It was not only an antique itself but was fully stocked with many antiques and kept on the random- width pine flooring laid over 150 years prior.
Question, did they later add custom drapes to the business and have Wynona Ennis as a partner?
I do know that the Daily Record printed that Mrs. Lillie Lee Turlington, age 69, of Route 3, Dunn, NC, had died. She was survived by her husband, Harold Turlington; four sons-Douglas Lee, Brent Lee, Harold Turlington, Jr., and John Suggs. Her four daughters were Edie Rich, Janie Lee, Mrs. Hazel Byrd, and Joan Stone. Amie Truelove and Mrs. Marvin Cates were siblings of Mrs. Turlington (Daily Record Sept. 7, 1987).
Another question-was Harold Turlington a relative of Carl Turlington who lived in the same vicinity of Turlington Crossroads?
Thirty-two people had registered for the Bloodmobile at the Coats Baptist Church. Among them were Angela Stone and Henry Faircloth who both received their one-gallon pins (Daily Record Sept. 8, 1987).
The First Senior Center Day was to feature a wide variety of activities including an antique bandwagon made of rosewood and weighing 9,500 pounds. The bandwagon was a German-made device made circa 1895-1905, and was pulled by a team of horses throughout the country to play at special functions. The James E. Strates Shows purchased it in the early 1920’s for $6,000 and later James H. Parrish of Danville, VA. bought it. The bandwagon had approximately 476 pipes and 1,300 valves. Mr. Parrish, a former Coats resident, was very pleased to bring the bandwagon to Coats on behalf of his father, Jesse B. Parrish.
Did you think “WOW!? Wonder where the bandwagon is today. Who was Jesse B. Parrish and did he have other children in Coats?
Other big news in September of 1987 was that Pope John Paul II was due to arrive in the U.S. for an extensive tour. It was also reported by the Census Bureau that the youth of the 1980’s were waiting longer to marry than did the youth of the 1970’s (Daily Record Sept 10, 1987).
Speaking of marrying, James and Mary Walden of Coats announced the engagement of their daughter, Sharron L. Walden, to Michael Anthony Melvin, son of Mrs. Reva Robinson of Dunn. Miss Walden was a Coats High graduate and was a Chief of Police at Shaw University and she was also employed with First Citizens Bank in Coats (Daily Record Sept. 11, 1987).
The Coats Museum Board of Directors and volunteers met on June 19th in the Research Library at the museum. Board Chairman H.L. Sorrell presided over the group consisting of Ted Penny ( past chairman), Andy Cole ( vice chairman) , Rhonda Stephenson, Brenda Rhiner, Marc Powell, Lynda Butler, Robie Butler (treasurer), Becky Adams (secretary), Hilda Pope, Gayle Sorrell and Misty Gil. Several members were excused due to out of town trips.
The board discussed plans to bring the old Coats town jail cells to the museum grounds, set up the plantation loom in the Cotton Museum, paint the exterior of the Cotton Museum, and update some of the landscaping around the museums.
The Sept. 4 date has been set for an open house featuring Lenny Parker, a retired SBI agent who will share his experiences with 9/11 and deadly hurricanes in his presentation of “Disaster Response from a Difference Perspective.” It will be at 1:00 on that Saturday in the Community Building and Coats Museum. You will want to hear Lenny’s story.
Other museum volunteers are busy also. Marc Powell, Kevin Pope and Andy Cole will replace the “Camp Followers Exhibit” with the “Boy Scouts Exhibit” by August 10th. The Camp Followers is an amazing exhibit of the paintings of local artists Diane Allen, Myrtle Bridges and Sandra Denning along with vintage items and clothing used to follow the men on the battlefield from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War.
Many new exhibit items have come into the museum and the volunteers are encouraging folks from the area to visit the museum on Thursdays from 9-3 or on Sunday from 2-5.
A special lady died this past week and H.L. and I have honored Berlene Langdon Ennis with a donation to the Coats Museum Memorials. She touched our lives and so many others through the family business “Earl’s Grocery” and through the activities of her children -Sondra Smith, Gail Penny and Dale Ennis.
The date on the Daily Record displayed August 26, 1987. The news was that Darrell Smith, assistant vice president of First Citizens Bank, and Robie Butler, of WCKB and campaign chairman, made plans for the event to announce the campaign goal of the first Harnett County United Way.
Question-does Harnett County continue to support the United Way group? I do know that Leonard and June Brown of Route One Coats were pleased with the announcement of their son’s upcoming marriage to Marsha Carroll Thomas of Spring Lake. Leonard Ralph Brown’s grandparents were Ralph and Ila Baker, also of Coats.
Wanda Pollard continued to find notes to write about the folks in Coats. She shared that Foy Pope was back in school at Boone, NC. after spending the summer home with her parents-Gail and Hilda Pope. Foy was a member of the marching band and the National Honor Society at Appalachian State University.
Billy G. and Peggie Pope were home from an enjoyable trip to the Amish Country in Pennsylvania. Peggie’s brother Ralph and his wife Lorena and three sons-Mark, Carey and Stewart-accompanied them. Don’t you bet that was a fun trip?
Joe and Eloise Lee were also home from their trip to Magic Kingdom and all in between in Florida. Accompanying them on the trip was their daughter Debbie Wagner and her two daughters –Samantha and Casey Wagner.
Sue Penny reported that she was happy and busy babysitting her grandson Cole Penny. She and her husband Ted Penny operated the “Ted’s Frame Shop” and framed almost anything anyone wanted. They are active members of the Methodist Church and have two children Angela Stone and Vance Penny.
Here’s a current note on Ted and Sue. Sue was voted a 2020 CACC Humanitarian of the Year and is a very busy supporter of My Daily Bread food kitchen while Ted stays busy at the Methodist Church and the Coats Senior Center.
Another Penny family was in the news. Florine and Howard Penny enjoyed a special cookout at the home of her brother, Nathan Johnson, of Lillington. The occasion was in honor of Nathan’s birthday and the anniversary of Florine and Howard Penny, Sr. The Penny couple were married on Nathan’s birthday on August 9, 1946.
Mrs. Betty Weaver, plant manager of Superior Lingerie Co. in Coats, was happy to be back at work after having been in the Raleigh Community Hospital.
Anniversary wishes went to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pollard, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Flowers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Keith Parrish, and Mr. and Mrs. Donahue Stephenson. Birthday wishes were extended to Mrs. Mae Coats who was 90 years old and to Rebecca Parrish, Carlie Stevens, Betsy Weaver, Don Ennis, Kathryn Phillips, Carsie Denning, Jr., Samantha Wagner and Willa Dean Powell (Daily Record Aug. 28, 1987).
Who remembers going to the Bailey’s Crossroads to shop at the Cross Roads interiors which was the CACC Business Focus of the Week. The total interior decorating-design business was owned and operated by Mack and Juanita Hudson. The business was located on Bailey’s Crossroads on Route 1, Benson in an old plantation house dating back to the 1830’s. It was not only an antique itself but was fully stocked with many antiques and kept on the random- width pine flooring laid over 150 years prior.
Question, did they later add custom drapes to the business and have Wynona Ennis as a partner?
I do know that the Daily Record printed that Mrs. Lillie Lee Turlington, age 69, of Route 3, Dunn, NC, had died. She was survived by her husband, Harold Turlington; four sons-Douglas Lee, Brent Lee, Harold Turlington, Jr., and John Suggs. Her four daughters were Edie Rich, Janie Lee, Mrs. Hazel Byrd, and Joan Stone. Amie Truelove and Mrs. Marvin Cates were siblings of Mrs. Turlington (Daily Record Sept. 7, 1987).
Another question-was Harold Turlington a relative of Carl Turlington who lived in the same vicinity of Turlington Crossroads?
Thirty-two people had registered for the Bloodmobile at the Coats Baptist Church. Among them were Angela Stone and Henry Faircloth who both received their one-gallon pins (Daily Record Sept. 8, 1987).
The First Senior Center Day was to feature a wide variety of activities including an antique bandwagon made of rosewood and weighing 9,500 pounds. The bandwagon was a German-made device made circa 1895-1905, and was pulled by a team of horses throughout the country to play at special functions. The James E. Strates Shows purchased it in the early 1920’s for $6,000 and later James H. Parrish of Danville, VA. bought it. The bandwagon had approximately 476 pipes and 1,300 valves. Mr. Parrish, a former Coats resident, was very pleased to bring the bandwagon to Coats on behalf of his father, Jesse B. Parrish.
Did you think “WOW!? Wonder where the bandwagon is today. Who was Jesse B. Parrish and did he have other children in Coats?
Other big news in September of 1987 was that Pope John Paul II was due to arrive in the U.S. for an extensive tour. It was also reported by the Census Bureau that the youth of the 1980’s were waiting longer to marry than did the youth of the 1970’s (Daily Record Sept 10, 1987).
Speaking of marrying, James and Mary Walden of Coats announced the engagement of their daughter, Sharron L. Walden, to Michael Anthony Melvin, son of Mrs. Reva Robinson of Dunn. Miss Walden was a Coats High graduate and was a Chief of Police at Shaw University and she was also employed with First Citizens Bank in Coats (Daily Record Sept. 11, 1987).
The Coats Museum Board of Directors and volunteers met on June 19th in the Research Library at the museum. Board Chairman H.L. Sorrell presided over the group consisting of Ted Penny ( past chairman), Andy Cole ( vice chairman) , Rhonda Stephenson, Brenda Rhiner, Marc Powell, Lynda Butler, Robie Butler (treasurer), Becky Adams (secretary), Hilda Pope, Gayle Sorrell and Misty Gil. Several members were excused due to out of town trips.
The board discussed plans to bring the old Coats town jail cells to the museum grounds, set up the plantation loom in the Cotton Museum, paint the exterior of the Cotton Museum, and update some of the landscaping around the museums.
The Sept. 4 date has been set for an open house featuring Lenny Parker, a retired SBI agent who will share his experiences with 9/11 and deadly hurricanes in his presentation of “Disaster Response from a Difference Perspective.” It will be at 1:00 on that Saturday in the Community Building and Coats Museum. You will want to hear Lenny’s story.
Other museum volunteers are busy also. Marc Powell, Kevin Pope and Andy Cole will replace the “Camp Followers Exhibit” with the “Boy Scouts Exhibit” by August 10th. The Camp Followers is an amazing exhibit of the paintings of local artists Diane Allen, Myrtle Bridges and Sandra Denning along with vintage items and clothing used to follow the men on the battlefield from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War.
Many new exhibit items have come into the museum and the volunteers are encouraging folks from the area to visit the museum on Thursdays from 9-3 or on Sunday from 2-5.
A special lady died this past week and H.L. and I have honored Berlene Langdon Ennis with a donation to the Coats Museum Memorials. She touched our lives and so many others through the family business “Earl’s Grocery” and through the activities of her children -Sondra Smith, Gail Penny and Dale Ennis.