Gaston County Sheriff Cloninger changing courses in dramatic fashion
Gaston County Sheriff Alan Cloninger changed his political party on Wednesday and also announced he would not run for re-election next year.
Cloninger had announced in May he would be seeking a fourth full term as sheriff after first being appointed in 2005.
Cloninger, 64, went to the Gaston County Board of Elections office on Wednesday afternoon and switched his party affiliation from Democrat to unaffiliated, according to county election records. Throughout my life, I have been a conservative Democrat as my father and family have always been, Cloninger wrote in a statement.
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Remembering longtime Gaston Gazette Bible Says writer
The longtime Cleveland County resident submitted Bible verses to
The Star and
The Gazette in his The Bible Says column for nearly three decades.
A stroke in March and other health complications claimed Brittain’s life April 8, according to his son, Tim Brittain. He was 94 years old. The family plans to hold a memorial service to commemorate his life and all he guided by faith.
“He made the profession of faith at just 6 years old but did not realize at the time the commitment he made to God,” said Tim Brittain. “His father was a Methodist preacher. All of the facts were laid out in front of him. It was a matter of him acting on it.”
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