Bill Shaw fund: Dirty Dozen makes 63rd annual contribution
Our old friends the Dirty Dozen have come through yet again with a gift to the Bill Shaw Salvation Army Christmas Fund, just days ahead of Christmas.
This marks the 63rd year that the Dirty Dozen has made financial contributions to the fund, according to a statement from Lee Warren and Albert McCauley, the group's chairman and vice-chairman.
"The 2022 contribution of $17,183.28 is made in memory of all previous members including our long-time Chairman V.F. Talley and Bill Shaw for whom this fund is named," they said.
The group started the "Dirty Dozen Endowment Fund" through the Cumberland Community Foundation, and it now has more than $45,000 in that fund, the statement said.
The 2022 contribution is made in memory of longtime members Sheriff Earl "Moose" Butler and North Carolina Highway Patrol Maj. Ralph Price.
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The donation is also in memory of J. Lee Warren; Col. H B Smith; Bob Streib; H. B. Farrell; Henry Cotten; Henry Melvin; R. C. Melvin; K. O. Spears; Lambert Williams; Luther Gore; Bobby Breece; Wimpy McCorquedale; M. J. Taylor; J. C. Yarborough; Jim Reaves; Floyd Ammons; C. K. Andrews; Joe Andrews; James Dobbins; Joe Pearce; Victor Kilby; Ottis Jones; Buzz Ward; Dempsey Hall; Vernon Spuill Sr.; David C. Smith; Cecil Fisher; Gene McDonald; Winston Turner; Tom Hobbs; Landis Chavis; Marvin Smith; Abner Hubbard; J. R. Peaden Sr.; Steve McCorquedale; Herman Bishop; Jessie Cannady; Fes Spell; Dewitt Johnson; Sen. Joe Raynor; Fonzie Williamson; Ed Grannis; Bob Muncy; Claude Capps; Tommy Griffin; Ed Melvin; Billy Barrett; Bob Smith; Cuyler Windham; Wade Anders; S. T. Horne Jr.; Jack Knowles; Willis Brown; Dan Raynor; Miles Edge Jr.; David L. Matthews; Butch Raynor; George E. Tatum; Adrian Williams; Cleo Katsoudas; and Clay McDonald.
This year’s contributors include:
S.T. Horne Dirty Dozen Fund, $1,000 in memory of S.T. Horne and Lee Horne and all deceased members of the Dirty Dozen
Talmage S. Baggett Jr., District Court judge, retired, $100
Paul Hinson and Carolyn Justice-Hinson, $100
Jonathan Lund Warren, $200
Luther M. Gore III and Sharon Gore, $250 for Luther M. Gore Jr.
Dawn Matthews Carpenter and Kenneth Ray Carpenter, $101 In memory of dad, David Matthews
Suzanne S. Heflin, $50
Alice and Daniel Devane, $100
Karen and Michael Farrell, $100
Delores D. Knowles, $150
Ray and Sylvia Davis, $100
Ernest Stacy Grooms Jr. and Jeanne B. Grooms, $50
F. Milo and Lorene T. McBryde, $100
Jesse Breeden Blackwell, $100
Zita Y. Barrett, $150 in memory of Billy O. Barrett
Flora S. and Johnnie Evans, $100
Kenneth O. Spears Jr., $100
Sue E. and Vernon L. Spruill Jr., $100
J. Ammons and S. Ammons, $100
James Nasekos Ammons, $50
John McCauley, $400
Elizabeth M. Varnedoe, $600
L. Alexander Monroe Jr. and Laura A. Monroe, $500
Garris N. Yarborough, $500
Gregory Spears, $100
Susan Lynn Talley, $1,000
Marvin W. Smith Jr. and Shirley M. Smith, $1,000
Lee and Melissa Jernigan, $100
Lee Warren, $400
Martha J. Talley, $1,000
Corey R. Breece, $500
Mary Talley, $2,000
Robert Breece, $500
Robert A. Heatwole, $200
Donovan McLaurin, $100
W. Lyndo Tippett, CPA, $250 In memory of Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler and North Carolina Highway Patrol Maj. Ralph Price
Albert Mccauley, $5,932.28
Gen. Dan And Maureen McNeil, $100
Richard Washburn, special contribution
Today's total: $17,183.28
Grand total: $133,340.38
It's not too late to help. Write your tax-deductible check to the Bill Shaw Salvation Army Christmas Fund and mail it to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 110, Fayetteville, NC, 28302, or drop it off between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Salvation Army, 220 E. Russell St., Fayetteville, NC, 28301. You can also donate online at salvationarmysandhills.org.
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