June 21, 2024 Coats Museum News
July of 1994 was coming to a close when the Daily Record printed that the Coats Methodist Church had welcomed their new minister. He was Rev. Charles Lawton “Chuck” Herrin who came to Coats from Halifax. His wife Betty was the associate director for research and information for the Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission in the N.C. Administrative Office of Courts in Raleigh. They were parents of two children-Chris and Heather. Rev. Herrin had a degree from the University of Alabama and the Duke Divinity School (Daily Record July 29, 1994).
Death had come and taken Lenox E. Strickland, 64, of rural Coats. He had died on Wednesday in N.Y. He was the son of the late Mattie Honeycutt and Matthew Strickland. “Buck” Strickland, Diane Johnson, Shelia Allen and Sharon Beasley were his children (Daily Record July 27, 1994).
Hank Hurd was a well-known man in Coats and he made the Daily Record News after he was reclassified as an assistant school superintendent for the Harnett County Schools. The forty-year-old had been in the school system for the past eighteen years where he served as the school finance officer for sixteen until he was named business administrator in 1992. Hurd had married Martha Stewart and they are parents of Erin and Lindsey Hurd.
Another death made the Coats news. Zelda Pope, 87, had died at the Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, VA. Mrs. Pope was born on October 28, 1906 in Harnett County to the late Benjamin Franklin Byrd and Laura Penny Byrd. She was the wife of David B. Pope. Her services were held at the Rose and Graham Funeral Chapel in Coats and at the Coats City Cemetery and were conducted by the Rev. Howard Beard. Her five daughters were Addie Sheppard, Laura Frances Lassiter, Janice Landen, Glenda Denning, and Diane Denning and they all survived her. Her siblings were Mable Lassiter, Hazel Johnson, Unetta Johnson and Brookie Pope. Hebron Byrd was her brother (Daily Record Aug. 3, 1994).
There were two Ben Byrd’s in Coats at this time. This Ben F. Byrd was said to be the builder of the old Stewart Hotel in Coats in 1908. It was leveled in October of 1999 but the history of it lives on in the Coats Museum Research Library via Dan Stewart’s book “Thank God for a Good Life” and from pictures of the old hotel from the outside and inside. We were gifted a drawing of the hotel by Sylvia Austin, a walking stick by Kent Langdon and a blanket from Lib Guy. It was the original site for the meetings of the Masons and the boarding place for Doctor Roberts and many others over the years. The hotel is known by two names-the Stewart Hotel and the old Coats Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wayne Hinson announced the engagement of their daughter, Angela Hinson, to James Edward Quick (Daily Record Aug. 3, 1994).
Elsewhere, Christie Gregory, daughter of Max Gregory and Carolyn Norris Wagner, had graduated with honors from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte. She had earned as associate degree in political science and a second degree in correctional and juvenile services.
Belle reported that the Coats Chamber of Commerce was planning to sell roasted pork shoulders to raise money. Charlie Stevens was named Tri-Six 4A Conference player of the year. He was son of Doug and Sharon Stevens. Congratulations were extended to Heather Manhart who had won the Americanism Award from the Banner Unit 109 American Legion Auxiliary in Benson (Daily Record Aug. 4, 1994).
The Coats Museum Board of Directors had its quarterly meeting last Saturday in the museum’s Research Library. Chairman Andy Cole presided. Much has been going on at the museum. The sound of cascading water is once again on the square thanks to Kent Hudson who replaced our old fountain. Robie Butler, Lenny Parker, Randy Stephenson and Walter Weeks began repairing the handicap ramp and porch while the lady volunteers did a fine job cleaning the inside of the museum. The Summer newsletter was shared with the board and contained historical information on Daniel Shaw II with a picture of his tombstone at the Coats City Cemetery, before and after pictures of the house of James Thomas Coats who had purchased the land upon which Coats is located from the Daniel Shaw heirs in 1875-76, and a picture of Fulton’s 1822 map of the Raleigh-Fayetteville Stagecoach Road.
July of 1994 was coming to a close when the Daily Record printed that the Coats Methodist Church had welcomed their new minister. He was Rev. Charles Lawton “Chuck” Herrin who came to Coats from Halifax. His wife Betty was the associate director for research and information for the Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission in the N.C. Administrative Office of Courts in Raleigh. They were parents of two children-Chris and Heather. Rev. Herrin had a degree from the University of Alabama and the Duke Divinity School (Daily Record July 29, 1994).
Death had come and taken Lenox E. Strickland, 64, of rural Coats. He had died on Wednesday in N.Y. He was the son of the late Mattie Honeycutt and Matthew Strickland. “Buck” Strickland, Diane Johnson, Shelia Allen and Sharon Beasley were his children (Daily Record July 27, 1994).
Hank Hurd was a well-known man in Coats and he made the Daily Record News after he was reclassified as an assistant school superintendent for the Harnett County Schools. The forty-year-old had been in the school system for the past eighteen years where he served as the school finance officer for sixteen until he was named business administrator in 1992. Hurd had married Martha Stewart and they are parents of Erin and Lindsey Hurd.
Another death made the Coats news. Zelda Pope, 87, had died at the Roman Eagle Memorial Home in Danville, VA. Mrs. Pope was born on October 28, 1906 in Harnett County to the late Benjamin Franklin Byrd and Laura Penny Byrd. She was the wife of David B. Pope. Her services were held at the Rose and Graham Funeral Chapel in Coats and at the Coats City Cemetery and were conducted by the Rev. Howard Beard. Her five daughters were Addie Sheppard, Laura Frances Lassiter, Janice Landen, Glenda Denning, and Diane Denning and they all survived her. Her siblings were Mable Lassiter, Hazel Johnson, Unetta Johnson and Brookie Pope. Hebron Byrd was her brother (Daily Record Aug. 3, 1994).
There were two Ben Byrd’s in Coats at this time. This Ben F. Byrd was said to be the builder of the old Stewart Hotel in Coats in 1908. It was leveled in October of 1999 but the history of it lives on in the Coats Museum Research Library via Dan Stewart’s book “Thank God for a Good Life” and from pictures of the old hotel from the outside and inside. We were gifted a drawing of the hotel by Sylvia Austin, a walking stick by Kent Langdon and a blanket from Lib Guy. It was the original site for the meetings of the Masons and the boarding place for Doctor Roberts and many others over the years. The hotel is known by two names-the Stewart Hotel and the old Coats Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wayne Hinson announced the engagement of their daughter, Angela Hinson, to James Edward Quick (Daily Record Aug. 3, 1994).
Elsewhere, Christie Gregory, daughter of Max Gregory and Carolyn Norris Wagner, had graduated with honors from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte. She had earned as associate degree in political science and a second degree in correctional and juvenile services.
Belle reported that the Coats Chamber of Commerce was planning to sell roasted pork shoulders to raise money. Charlie Stevens was named Tri-Six 4A Conference player of the year. He was son of Doug and Sharon Stevens. Congratulations were extended to Heather Manhart who had won the Americanism Award from the Banner Unit 109 American Legion Auxiliary in Benson (Daily Record Aug. 4, 1994).
The Coats Museum Board of Directors had its quarterly meeting last Saturday in the museum’s Research Library. Chairman Andy Cole presided. Much has been going on at the museum. The sound of cascading water is once again on the square thanks to Kent Hudson who replaced our old fountain. Robie Butler, Lenny Parker, Randy Stephenson and Walter Weeks began repairing the handicap ramp and porch while the lady volunteers did a fine job cleaning the inside of the museum. The Summer newsletter was shared with the board and contained historical information on Daniel Shaw II with a picture of his tombstone at the Coats City Cemetery, before and after pictures of the house of James Thomas Coats who had purchased the land upon which Coats is located from the Daniel Shaw heirs in 1875-76, and a picture of Fulton’s 1822 map of the Raleigh-Fayetteville Stagecoach Road.