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​                                                                                 September 18, 1985 Coats Museum News
The July 3, 1985 edition of the Daily Record shared more news from the Coats Grove area. Mary Ellen Johnson, formerly of Coats, and Edward William Lauder, Jr., of New York, were married by Rev. Billy Parker at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church near Mary Ellen’s grandparents, Joe and Mamie Weeks Johnson’s home place.   The bride was the daughter of Herbert L. Johnson and the late Mrs. McClellan Eason Johnson of Coats. The bride’s sister, Mrs. Norma Lee Mathis, and her niece, Megan Lane Mathis, were attendants.
An update on Mary Ellen and Ed is that several years later they returned to the Coats area where they restored an old house into a lovely cottage on the Delma Grimes Road. Both are very active in the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church. Mary Ellen is a past president of the Harnett County Community Fund with the North Carolina Community Foundation. They have been very helpful in sharing old pictures, documents and financial support to the Coats Museum. Ed is not one to sit idly by so he enjoys gardening, working and assisting folks at Lowe’s.
A classmate of Mary Ellen’s also made the news in the same edition. Keith Parrish, of Route 1, Benson was trying his hand at raising 10 acres of evening primrose. Primrose was a new crop in the US that was grown for its pharmaceutical use of oil in its seeds.
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Williams’ daughter also made that same news edition of the Daily Record. Denise Williams was planning to compete in the Miss Fourth of July pageant to be held in Lillington. Denise was sponsored by Currin and Dorman Builders. Most of the column followers recognize that Denise was also an outstanding athlete.
Dr. Linda Robinson presented a new flag to be flown over the Coats Town Hall. She secured a new flag with the help of Sen. John East’s office in Washington, D.C. It had flown over the U.S. Capitol (Daily Record July 5, 1985).
Question—are the members of the US Congress allowed a certain number of flags to be distributed to their home states? 
I do know that Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Norris of Route 1, Coats, announced the birth of a daughter on June 27th. Mrs. Norris was the former Brenda Gay Hudson (Daily Record July 8, 1985).
 Tebo Williams, 78, a retired farmer of Route 1, Coats had died and was survived by his brothers-Allie and Lee Williams. His sisters were Mrs. Esther Stone, Mrs. Dora Denning and Mrs. Eunie (?) Morgan (Daily Record July 13, 1985).
Was Mr. Tebo a relative of J.R., Denise, Barney, Council and the dozens of other Williams’s in the Coats area? I do know that the Williams family was one of the earliest families in the Coats Grove area. Some owned land that bordered the Daniel Shaw property that Shaw’s heirs sold to Preacher Tom Coats in 1875-76 which would later become the town of Coats in 1905.
Another popular name in Coats was Malone. Mr. E.T. Malone was a businessman in the town. The Malone’s had three sons-Ted, Johnny and Charles. Charles was appointed news editor of the Harnett County News. Following his army tour to Vietnam, Charles had worked as a news writer for the Harnett County News, while his brother was the editor of the paper. Mr. Malone was the son of Mrs. Mildred Malone and the late E.T. Malone (Daily Record July 18, 1985).
I bet the Malone boys’ classmates could share some interesting stories about those intelligent fellows. I recall that Johnny died a few years back and was a pharmacist. Charles has visited our museum on several occasions. In fact we had a book signing for his Fire to Light .Charles has also shared many documents for our Research Library.
Death visited the area and took William R. Wood, a retired farmer of Rt. 3, Dunn. He was survived by a son, W. Sherrill Wood; a daughter, Mrs. Shelby Stancil; brothers-and sisters-David and Darius Wood and Mrs. Sarah McLamb and Miss Bessie Wood (Daily Record July 18, 1985).
Wonder if Mr. Sherrill was a descendant of Parley Wood who had a cane mill for which the Cane Mill Road in the Coats area was named?
Another Williams made the news. Miss Lisa Williams was crowned Miss Coats Jr. Order Queen for 1985. Lisa was the daughter of Jerry and Thelma Williams. Other contestants were First Runner-up Denise Williams, daughter of J.R. and Wynona Williams; Second Runner-up, Foy Pope, daughter of Gail and Hilda Pope; Miss Congeniality-Michelle Gregory, daughter of Joe and the late Judy Gregory. Shannon Lucas, daughter of Roger and Janice Lucas; Rhonda Pope, daughter of Sammy and Jo Ann Pope and Angie Champion, daughter of Alfred and Linda Champion were also named in the article of the July 19, 1985 edition of the Daily Record.
Joe Tart continues to be remembered with memorials to the Coats Museum. James and Joanne Allen, Jennette Johnson, Jennifer Johnson, and Glenn Johnson –we truly appreciate your remembering Joe with your memorials to our museum.