From The Director`s Chair - Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care

From the Director’s Chair:
Happy 30th Birthday to Us!
We are excited to be celebrating our
30th year of service to this community.
Who could have imagined in 1982 that
Caldwell County Hospice would grow
into today’s Caldwell Hospice and
Palliative Care?
From a Sunday school classroom at
First Presbyterian Church, staffed
mostly by volunteers, we have grown
to more than 100 staff members
serving more than 300 patients
wherever they call “home,” including two inpatient facilities in Lenoir and Hudson. Our purpose remains to
provide compassionate, respectful, quality end-of-life
care for patients, their families, and their caregivers. We
have developed programs and services to meet the
needs of patients with chronic conditions, of families
grieving the loss of loved ones, of school children and
staff facing the loss of a classmate, of businesses coping
with employees’ losses, and so on.
the future. As the healthcare needs in our
community change, we
are prepared to meet
those needs: Our cardiac
care and pulmonary care
programs help patients
and their caregivers
manage these conditions
and improve quality of
life; we have initiated a program to address the needs of
patients with advanced dementia. We will continue to
listen, learn, grow, and respond to the needs of our
community.
Thank you for all the kind words and support you’ve
given over the decades. You know we can’t do it without
you! We look forward to our next 30 years of excellence.
—Cathy Swanson
Our Board of Directors, over the years, has recognized
the changing healthcare needs of our community and has
encouraged our efforts to meet those needs.
Our staff, each day, in every situation, asks: “What is
best for the patient?” Our interdisciplinary team—
physicians, nurses, medical social workers, counselors,
certified nursing assistants, chaplains, and volunteers—
is focused on responding to the needs of each patient
and family.
Our community values and appreciates hospice and
palliative care services. Physicians, other healthcare
providers, and our colleagues in long-term-care facilities,
work with us to provide a range of services and continuity of care. Additionally, because businesses, churches,
foundations, and individuals are so generous with their
support, no patient has been nor ever will be denied
services because of inability to pay.
As we look back on our first 30 years, we also look to
Cathy Swanson celebrates with Joella Shore, recipient
of the 2004 Sharon O. Dixon award from The Carolinas
Center for Hospice and End-of-Life Care. Cathy credits
Joella, now retired from nursing, with teaching her “the
hospice way.”
Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care
Board of Directors
Parker Williamson
President
H. Houston Groome, Jr.
Vice-President
Peg Broyhill
Secretary
James C. Harper, Jr.
Treasurer
Robert Belk, MD
Claudia Bujold
Marc Carpenter
Joseph C. Delk, III
Laura Easton
David Gray
Financial information about this organization and a copy of its license are available
from the State Solicitation Licensing Branch at 919.833.4510. The license
is not an endorsement by the State.
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Rob Hinman
Inez Jones
Deborah Murray
Tamra Beach Starnes
Janet Wilson
Janet Winkler
Building on 30 Years of Excellence:
Memories of the Past, Dreams for the Future
A Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Timeline: the 1980s
1981 Catherine “Tyu Tyu” Respess brought “hospice” to First Presbyterian group; formed steering committee
1982 Caldwell County Hospice (one of 22 in NC) in First Presbyterian Church Sunday school room; 36
patients first year
1984 first ACC Luncheon: Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski; Service League Follies fundraiser; began chaplain program
1985 Medicare certification
1986 Kirkwood renovated, offices moved from First Presbyterian Church
1987 fifth anniversary “open house”
1989 Opened NC’s first free-standing inpatient unit; Catherine Respess
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& Exec. Dir. Gibbie Harris left CCH
Contributions
MEMORIALS
Donnice Abernethy
First Baptist Church Hickory,
Hinson Class
Merle B. Bostian
Mary Ann Coffey
Ralph & Jennifer Hinson
Darlene Holcombe
Judd & Janette Lawing
Bill Oelkers
Reba L. Pittman
Donnis Sills
Carl & Eugenia Welch
Brenda L. Zyblewski
Roger M. Adams
Nancy Adams
Jerry Akins
John & Josephine Beall
Jeanne Bush
Vida Allen
Elaine Kent
Nell Rader
Jack Andrews
Clara Andrews
Tellis L. Annas
Iredell Surgical Center
Millie West
Robert C. Appleby
Trudi Appleby
Frances H. Austin
Shults Family
Connell & Erma Brown
Ruth Lail
Bill & Margaret McCulloch
James C. Ray
Emma L. Rushing
Keith Auton
John & Neal Warren
Mary Jo Barnwell
Roy T. Barnwell
Violet S. Bartles
Ernest & Brenda Bartles
Harold Beam
Helen Beam
Ralph M. Beaver
Nina Pritchard
Sherman A. Belcher
Millie West
Katherine Bernhardt
G. Alex Bernhardt
Jane Graham
Frances J. Haase
Anyce McKee
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Miller
Rose Ann Smith
Cynthia I. Blancet
Gwyn & Elizabeth Icenhour
Dennis R. Bolick
Thomasville Furniture
Industries
Violet, Gerald, Brenda, &
Debbie
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Barnes
Ron & Christine Beane
Millie West
Ira Borders
Larry & Mary Cline
Clarence E. Fox
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Nettie R. Bost
Tom & Carol Austin
Rachel Earley
George Boutwell, Jr.
Cleo Justice
Clinard Bowman
Gail Bowman
Davy, Lois, & Amber
Whittington
Margaret Bowman
Gail Bowman
Davy, Lois, & Amber
Whittington
Clarence L. Bradley
Baker Realty of Lenoir, Inc.
Hibriten Supply Co.
William & Maryanne Blake
Leona R. Bryant & Family
Juanita Greene
Jon Huffman
Mary Lou Kincaid
Ray Lee & Mary Wilson
Lana Braswell
Linda Campbell
Frances M. Brehob
Vicky Lail
Debra P. Brent
Broyhill Home Collections
Janet Marsh
Hazel Brown
Roger & Patricia Baldwin
Susie Moffitt, Rebecca Warren,
Barry Warren, Erika Eggers
Ken & Beulah Hayes
James Hayes, Chris Baldwin,
James Bowlin, Aimie Libera
Thomas H. Broyhill, II
Jerry & Amy Church
Mr. & Mrs. Benny Yount
Margaret "Elaine" Bruner
Lenoir Amateur Radio Club
Melvin Freeman
Annie Bryant
Buddy Bryant
Jennifer Bryant
Ronald S. Roseman
David T. Bumgarner
Emelyne Williams
Herbert Bumgarner
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie Setzer
Margaret Bumgarner
Emelyne Williams
Ruby Bumgarner
Eric D. Bumgarner
Kay Bumgarner
Wayne & Sue Smith
R.L. "Rooster" Bush
Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Hedrick
Jefferson & Carol Kirby
Rob & Diane Moore
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie Setzer
Barbara Spainhour
Paul W. Calloway
Wanda G. Calloway
Jim Campbell
Linda Campbell
Myrtle Carlton
Vodray A. Mills
Jean M. Carpenter
John Carpenter
Michael L. Carter
Car Plus Lenoir, LLC
Union Baptist Church
Skip & Davanna Downs
Gwyn & Elizabeth Icenhour
Ed & Linda Livingston
Lawrence & Vangie McGee
Lynne M. Plymale
Blanche Reid
Ms. B.J. Setzer
Vance & Melba Wallace
Margaret S. Chandler
Buffalo Cove Baptist Church
Hugh & Brenda Hindman
Charles E. Church
Elaine Brooks
Linda Campbell
Dwight Church
Jerry & Amy Church
Mary Emma Church
Bobby Fulmer
Anita & Marion Halstead
Cecelia Hartsell
Mr. & Mrs. James M. McCarl
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Miller
Dwane & Patricia Morrison
Mrs. Lloyd B. (Ann N.)
Smith, Jr.
Odell Church
Millie West
Ronnie D. Church
Jerry & Amy Church
Helen Clay
Flemings Chapel Baptist
Church, Adult Men I
Western Carolina Surveyors,
PA
Barbara Burgin
Steve & Jennifer Greer
Jim & Susan Morgan
James W. Clay, Sr.
Charles & Billie Braswell
Cecil & Mary Hartley
Pauline Cline
New Hopewell Baptist Church
Pete & Mary Jo Loyzelle
Thomas & Judy McLean
Carroll Cloer
Rachel Cloer
Hilda Coffey
Marie Bumgarner
Millie West
Mildred S. Coffey
Jamie Brown
Blanche Reid
Ray Coffey
Davy, Lois, & Amber
Whittington
Aleen Cole
Joanna S. Fuller
Nancy C. Harris
Jeff & Jean Henderson
Joy Collins
Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Hedrick
Rob & Diane Moore
Barbara Spainhour
Virginia S. Thomas
Lucille C. Cook
Glenn & Janette Bumgarner
Howard W. Cooke
Lenoir Fire Dept. No. 1
James Corley
Tony & Marlene Setzer
Barry & Dianne Spicer
Avis Corpening
Mike & Cheryl Bowman
Amy Boyd
William Corpening
Amy Boyd
Billy G. Correll
Millie West
Charlotte Craig
Catawba Valley Assn. of
Realtors, Inc.
Fred Cooke Family
Home Builders Assoc. of
Hickory
MC & KJ Restaurant Corp.
Platinum Property
R & M Restaurant Corp.
Snack Bar
Unitech, LLC
Darrin & Sharon Allen
Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Barbee
Lynda Craig
Tom & Sue Fricke
Johnny & Wanda Heffner
Todd & Tammy Hefner
George & Jean Henson
Bob & Joyce Hilton
Freddie & Donna Hollar
Russell & Sue Johnson
Carl & Gayle McRary
Dennis & Penny Moretz
Marianne P. Reeves
Philip & Linda Rollins
Robert & Wendy Spires
Larry & Yvonne Starnes
Dr. & Mrs. Douglas Trent
William & Elizabeth Van Dyck
Patricia A. Vick
Ernest W. Warren
Amy White
Bill Williams
Mr. & Mrs. John R.
Williams, Jr.
Floyd Wilson
Paralee H. Craig
Baton Water Corp
Bernhardt Furniture Co.
Broyhill Family Foundation,
Inc.
Mountain Grove Baptist
Church, Ron Beane Class
Ron & Christine Beane
Cindy L. Calderon
Travis, Kim, Alex, & Cassie
Craig
Lynda Glover
Wilma C. Pennell
Tony & Marlene Setzer
Ruby D. Crawford
Ward Mikeal
Thelma Crotts
RPM Wood Finishes Group
Linda Campbell
Grace Crump
Blue Ridge Electric
Membership Corp.
Contributions
Mountain Grove Baptist
Church, Ron Beane Class
Ron & Christine Beane
Lee & Nora Chase
Jimmy & Nancy Hemphill
Bradley & Pat McNeill
Katherine Crump
Caldwell Baptist Assn., Inc.
Fellowship Baptist Church
Junior & Anne Bolick
Ken & Terri Bristol
Marlene Butler
Jerry E. & JoAnn Crump
Grace Gentry
Norma M. Hall
Oscar & Anne Smith
Willie "Joe" Curtis
Nancy F. Farmer
Dora Davis
New Beginnings
New Covenant Church in
Christ
Helen Davis
Dr. & Mrs. Marc Schoenfield
Gay N. Dillard
Clyde & Virginia Harmon
Wanda Howell
Fred & Linda Jenkins
Robert & Barbara Melton
Betty Jo Duncan
Concord Baptist Church
First Baptist Church, Rhodhiss
West Jefferson First Baptist
Church
Don & Tammy Bush
Sheila Miller
Emzie Eller
N Wilkesboro Lodge #1781,
Loyal Order of Moose
Averette & Becky Haney
Conley & Betty Jean Johnson
Vaughn & Lyda Walsh
Margaret L. Ferguson
Tim L. Andrews, Maggie
White-Andrews
Buster Ford
Nelson's Chapel Baptist
Church
June T. Ford
Warren Ford
Charles & Billie Braswell
Thomas & Judy McLean
James A. Foster
Grace Baptist Church
Linda Massey & John Bridges
Marc & Tonya Davis
Joe & Carol Famulary
Betty Hood
Hazel Luckey
Michael & Sharon Luckey
Shane & Susan Redmond
Stephen & Cynthia Redmond
Mary F. Smith
Wayne, Bedford, Conley, &
Dale Starnes
Jack Fox
Nancy F. Farmer
Gavin Fritts
Burns Wood Products
Law Offices of Jason E. Taylor
Liberty Diversified
International
New Hope Christian
Community Church
Upton Valley Nursery, Inc.
Marc & Bennie Carpenter
Blenda Cooke
Louise Cox
Sam & Kate Erby
Cathy Gragg
Lynn & Rena Lawing
Bill & Sarah Brown, Troy
& Cristy Pait
Ms. B.J. Setzer
Charles & Melanie Shell
James Edwin "Ed" George
Ann George
Ruby Gragg
Foothills Outdoorsman Assn.
James A. Bradshaw
Nina Pritchard
Millie West
George L. Green
Joseph & Donna Brown
Joe Lawrence
William Greene
Joyce Herman
Herbert "Herb" Greer
Thomas & Novella Davis
Alice B. Gurley
Elaine Brooks
James Haas
Dr. Joseph Inglefield & Staff,
Hickory Allergy & Asthma
Clinic
Lois H. Haas
Keith & Peggy Blinson
Pete & Mary Jo Loyzelle
Emily Mabe
Mildred B. Nichols
Richard & Miriam Sain
Barbara Teague
Merrium Throneburg
Millie West
Murl "Jerry" Haas
Ron & Christine Beane
David & Sylvia Bethune
Keith & Peggy Blinson
Cecil & Gladys Clark
Nell Greene
Tom & Anne Hensley
Jeff & Rita Joines
Carroll & Margaret Kirby
Virginia H. Knouse
Euel Koontz
Charles & Brenda Laney
Pete & Mary Jo Loyzelle
Janice McCall
Veronica M. McDougle
Mildred B. Nichols
Jack & Joanne Price
Don & Nancy Simmons
Suggie Styres
Merrium Throneburg
Alyce Walton
Nolan Haas
Virginia Haas
Randy Haigler
Randall & Barbara Haigler
Donna Joplin
Rene Haigler
Linda Campbell
Mary B. Hampton
RPM Wood Finishes Group
Western Piedmont Officials
Assn.
Becky Barkley
Steve & Joan Boike
Brooke Ford
Marian J. Ford
Gwyn & Elizabeth Icenhour
Barbaree Meaney
Ed & Sandy Pritchard
Shirlee Steelman
Juanita Woodby
Mary Louise Harbison
Caroline Stelljes
Blanche C. Harris
Caldwell Woman's Club
Judy Beal
Hon. & Mrs. Robert Brady
Paul & Carole Bulot
W. Allen Cobb
Dr. Myra A. Dickson
Mr. & Mrs. James C.
Harper, Jr.
Cecelia Hartsell
Mack & Janet Jarvis
Jeff & Rita Joines
Shirley Kincaid
Mr. & Mrs. Hugh B. Lewis
Darrell & Dottie Lloyd
Charles & Melanie Shell
Barry & Dianne Spicer
Steve Strange, State Farm
Insurance
Thomas & Marilyn Winkler
Gerald W. Holland, Sr.
Ruth Lail
John Paul Holsclaw
Mr. & Mrs. Tommy Holsclaw
Joe W. Icenhour
Ruby Icenhour
Gary & Renee Walker
Michael Icenhour
Wells Fargo Community
Support Campaign
Mary Lou Johnson
Caldwell County Farm
Bureau, Inc.
R2S Financial Group, Inc.
Ms. Weyburn Bailey
Betty O. Edmisten
Marvin Johnson
Tony & Marlene Setzer
James Justice
Cleo Justice
Esta Mae Kanupp
Carrie Billings
Leona R. Bryant & Family
Johnny & Carol Kennedy
Dollie S. Keaton
Davenport Friends
Marilyn E. Palmer
Willie Sue Keller
Barbara Teague
William H. Kirby
Charles & Billie Braswell
Dock S. Lackey
Linda Campbell
Opal Lackey
Ms. B.J. Setzer
Ina June Laxton
Tony & Marty Laxton
Johnny W. Laxton
Ruth Baker
Jimmy D. Hall
David & Derae Lyda
Peggy McCall
Jennifer Rubino
Bennie & Joyce Smith
Brenda Terrell
Dolores C. Leftwich
Kathryn Barlowe & Children
Gwyn & Elizabeth Icenhour
Lib & Carol Pearson
Ralph & Jane Prestwood
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie
Setzer
Vernon & Ethel Locklear
Melanie Moore
Eula Looper
CommScope
Ebenezer United Methodist
Church, WSCS
McCreary Modern, Inc.
Talley Reed Children &
Families
Town of Granite Falls
Mike & Cheryl Bowman
Ned & Diane Bumgarner
Keith & Barbara Foster
Judy J. Haigler
Tommy & Phyllis High
Larry & Alice Hill
Wayne & Wanda Johnson
Blanche Kohnle
Jim & Judy Mackie
Jerry & Kay McIntosh
Martha Moore
Alice Pendergrass
Rebecca Pittman
Mr. & Mrs. James Pope
Ralph & Jane Prestwood
Ann Sigmon
Maria Starnes
Dr. & Mrs. Russell J. Tate
Millie West
Daniel "Dan" Martin
FamilyMed Pharmacy
Employees
Gordon & Gradie Mathis
Family
Lower Creek Baptist Church,
Faithful Workers Class
Keith & Robi Baker
Carla Barnett
Greg & Barbara R. Barrett
Ernest & Brenda Bartles
Viola Bentley
Tony & JoLynn Berry
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Blevins
Laure Bowen
Hon. & Mrs Robert Brady
Frances P. Breeden
Greg & Gina Bridgeford
Jeff & Karen Browning
Kenneth & Pat Bryant
Bob & Dora Lee Caudle
Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Choate
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Contributions
Ron & Susan Clark
Ken & Vicky Conrad
George & Helen Crowell
Alvin & Judy Daughtridge
Frank & Sheila Doyle
Jim & Lisa Flutey
Billy & Zelma Foutz
Sarah S. Glenn
Tom & Jenny Gormley
John & Tammy Griffith
Mr. & Mrs. Richard R. Hedrick
Larry & Patsy Hollar
Lillian Leonard
Wayne & Eula Little
Darrell & Dottie Lloyd
Chris & Lisa Logan
William T. Martin
Rex P. McCrary Family
Charles & Lorraine Minton
Randy & Jennifer Palmer
Lewis & Pamela Ramsey
Alex & Rita Rowady
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie Setzer
Terry & Meagan Sides
Rob & Vivian Taylor
Robert & Teresa Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Triplett
Doug & Taunya Turner & Sons
Carl von Doymi
Vaughn & Lyda Walsh
Rod & Barbara Warren
Tim & Wanda Warren
Dorothy K. Watson
Millie West
Ryan Wooten
Linda M. Martin
Helen Beam
Jean McCorkle
Stephen McCorkle
Dorothy McDonald
Carole Isaacs & Mamie Ford
Brenda McDonald
Mag McDonald
Phyllis C. McDonald
Walter McDonald
Ed & Sandy Pritchard
Lowell & Lillie Spears
Billy Bob "Pete" McRary
Claremont Post Office
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Duncan
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Duncan
Keith Harris
Allen & Gail Stewart
Jean Townsend
Millie West
Marsha Melton
William L. Melton
Millie West
Billy Joe Michael
Word in Truth Ministries
Doughton Minton
First Baptist Church, Rhodhiss
Darrell Mitcham
Concord Baptist Church
Hickory Park Furniture
Galleries
Glenn & Janette Bumgarner
Carroll & Margaret Kirby
Doane Moore
Suzanne B. Bell
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Robert Kirkman
Helen Underdown
Harriet Moore
Hon. & Mrs. Robert Brady
Jeanne Bush
Skip & Davanna Downs
Jim & Judy Fudale
Mike & Shirley Koontz
Don & Ann McNeill
Tom & Eloise Parsons
Roger & Dorine Taylor
Mr. & Mrs. Benny Yount
Hazel A. Moore
John & Dean Beamer
R. Hughes Moore
John & Dean Beamer
Pearl Nelson
Linda Campbell
George W. Nichols
James A. Bradshaw
Gene Norris
Happy Valley High School,
Class of 1965
Wanda Howell
Willene Icenhour Family
Bobby Oxford
Mike & Cheryl Bowman
Phyllis D. Page
Ms. B.J. Setzer
Millie West
Faye C. Palmer
Lorraine Collins
Edward T. Cook, Jr.
Mabel A. Cook
Bill & George Hondros
Lawrence & Vangie McGee
Carole Palmer
John T. Parlier, Sr.
Keith & Peggy Blinson
Barbara Lovins
Rosa P. Miller
Ms. B.J. Setzer
Constance B. Parsons
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie Setzer
Winfred Parsons
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie Setzer
Wanda Pearson
Mrs. Ann M. Norvell
Francis Pennell
Bill & Willie Frazier
Karen Pennell
Mary Franklin
Gary M. Hartley
Ed & Sandy Pritchard
John & Neal Warren
Millie West
Mike & Robin Wingler
Sharon S. Pennell
Darrell Pennell
Jackie Pennington
Charles & Billie Braswell
Millie West
Edgar L. Phelps
Charles & Diane Phelps
Archie Pilkenton
Dennis & Charlene Abel
Tom & Carol Austin
Richard W. Pipes
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie Setzer
Michael Price
Clark's Chapel Baptist Church
Opal Price
Lee A. Pritchard
Hilda Bumgardner
Millie West
Byron Timothy "Tim" Rice
Vanguard Furniture Co.
Para Lee Richards
Mr. & Mrs. William Ballerini
George & Gloria Bauer
George & Helen Donaldson
Robert & Shirley Freeland
Bill & Pat McKinney
Gene Melton
Thomas E. Melton
Wes & Sandy Moores
Mr. & Mrs. Carroll L. Richards
Daniel & Shirley Richards
Frank C. Richards
Gladys Richards
Nedrea L. Richards
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie Setzer
Helen Walsh
Joyce S. Robertson
Charles & Billie Braswell
Claude W. Ryder, Jr.
Center Grove Baptist Church
Cindy Cox
Betty Jo Schell
Century Furniture, IT Dept.
Valdese IT Group
Bill & Vivian Armfield
Keith & Gayle Barnwell
Roberta Blinson
Bill & Linda Burgin
Elaine Bush
Phyllis Copeland
George Crowell
Don & Paulette Culbreth
Max Doll
Paula P. Eller
Joyce Fare
Bill & Willie Frazier
Steve & Jennifer Greer
David & Dotty Groom
Mr. & Mrs. Houston Groome
Don & Madeleine Haas
Mr. & Mrs. James C.
Harper, Jr.
Jean Hartman
Vernon Henderson
Cleo Justice
Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Miller
Tom & Eloise Parsons
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Pennell
Jane Carswell Roberts
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie Setzer
Charles & Melanie Shell
Barry & Dianne Spicer
Carl & Eugenia Welch
Billie S. West
Dan Wortman
Dermont G. Setzer
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie Setzer
Lessie Severt
Robert & Janet Severt
Shirley South & J.R. South
William Wilson
Bill Sides
Joyce Fare
Goldie Simmons
Blue Ridge Electric
Membership Corp.
Leona R. Bryant & Family
Joe & Susan Geck
Mr. & Mrs. Lemuel F. Queen
James Robbins
Barry & Dianne Spicer
Neil & Joanne Underdown, Jr.
Gerald "Jerry" R. Sims
Marc & Bennie Carpenter
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Cornelison
Joe & Sharon Harrill
Mike & Regina Murphy
Ruth H. Smith
Ms. B.J. Setzer
Larry St. Clair
Patrick & Kay Crouch
Alma Starnes
Nancy F. Farmer
James Gary Starnes
Nancy F. Farmer
Carolyn H. Stewart
Ethan Allen Manufacturing
Corp.
Novella Mitcham Strong
Oliver W. Strong
B.H. Swanson
Millie West
Kathleen Swanson
Ernest & Brenda Bartles
Richard "Bill" Swanson
Ernest & Brenda Bartles
James S. Taylor
Beverly S. Barger
Jane T. Black
Gary & Debbie Solanick
Kathryn Teague
Barbara Teague
Irene Teeters
Lois K. Auton
Alvis, Wanda & Travis Bates
Keith & Peggy Blinson
Gary & Karen Bowman
Charles & Billie Braswell
Steve & Mary Councilman
Paula P. Eller
Nancy Johnson
Sandy R. Leatherwood
Doug & Brenda Marshall
Lawrence & Vangie McGee
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Pennell
Blanche Reid
Martha Thompson
Lenoir Fire Dept. No. 1
Ben & Louise Kincaid
Barbara M. Triplett
Little Rock Baptist Church
Oak Hill School Faculty & Staff
Arlee Andrews
Carrie C. Cozart
Wayne & Eula Little
Lyda Walsh
John & Neal Warren
Jack Triplett
Ms. B.J. Setzer
Contributions
Ray "Jack" J. Underwood
Sarah Underwood
James R. Walsh
Millie West
Zona Weaver
Mr. & Mrs. J.B. Baker
Dixie Whisnant
Charles & Sandy Vanstory
J. Henry Vanstory
Bill & Angela Ward
Garry Whisnant
Fellowship Baptist Church
Elizabeth D. White
Tim L. Andrews, Maggie
White-Andrews
Margie White
Concord Baptist Church
Helen Wesson & Laura Bean
Melvin
Wayne & Wanda Johnson
Ivo & Thelma Yount
William "Bill" White, Jr.
Tim L. Andrews, Maggie
White-Andrews
William White, Sr.
Tim L. Andrews, Maggie
White-Andrews
Hoyle L. Whiteside, Sr.
Barbara Teague
Floyd Lee Williams
Thomas & Marilyn Winkler
Talmage W. Williams
Mike & Cheryl Bowman
Sam & Kate Erby
Evelyn D. Robinson
Virginia S. Williamson
Jack & Nancy Adams
Mr. & Mrs. G. Alex
Bernhardt, Sr.
Cecelia Hartsell
Robert & Joanne Howard
Paula R. Kincaid
Mr. & Mrs. James M. McCarl
Allen & Gail Stewart
Rhon Winkler
Roberta Blinson
Dessie S. Woods
Lenoir Fire Dept. No. 1
HONORS
Caldwell Hospice &
Palliative Care, Inc.
Grace Chapel United
Methodist Church, UMW
Caldwell Hospice &
Palliative Care Staff
Roger & Patricia Baldwin
Ms. B.J. Setzer & Vickie
Setzer
Reba Barlow
Elaine Brooks
Dr. Robert Belk
Tim L. Andrews, Maggie
White-Andrews
Nell Greene
Louise Sullivan
Robert & Donna Belk
Peg M. Broyhill
Carroll "Poppy" Coffey
Gail Bowman
Carroll & Wilma Coffey
Clinard Bowman
Chuck Crisp
Roger & Patricia Baldwin
Jerry & Wanda Dula
Debbie Solanick
Edgar, Anita, & Melba Haas
Gary & Debbie Solanick
Cleo Kirby
Donna Joplin
Grace Laxton
Peggy McCall
Ina Martin
Rob & Vivian Taylor
Dottie Metzger
Tim L. Andrews, Maggie
White-Andrews
Elaine Brooks
Mary Lib Todd
Delbert Minner
Mulvale Baptist Church
Jenni S. Patterson
Elaine Brooks
John F. Plymale
Lynne M. Plymale
Dr. Thomas Ray
Elaine Brooks
Peg M. Broyhill
Para Lee Richards
Frank C. Richards
Belvia B. Richardson
Jerry Richardson
Betty P. Setzer
John O. Hawkins
Ms. B.J. Setzer
Rob & Vivian Taylor
Cathy Swanson
Tim L. Andrews, Maggie
White-Andrews
Louise Thompson
Maxine Smith
Mary Lib Todd
Munroe & Becky Cobey
Greg Triplett
Oak Hill School Faculty & Staff
Parker T. Williamson
Peg M. Broyhill
Janet Wilson
Birthday Friends
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Scheil
IN-KIND
Avery Dennison Wellness
Team
Bernhardt Furniture Co.,
Plant 3
Bernhardt Furniture Co.,
Plant 5
Blue Ridge Tissue
Caldwell Co, Register of Deeds
Office
Caldwell County Girl Scouts
Service Unit
Caldwell County School Board
Center Grove Baptist Church,
JOY Club
Central Baptist Church,
GA Group
Confidence Advent Christian
Church
Covenant Fellowship Ministries
Dollar General Customers
& Staff
Dorothy McDonald Family
East Flat Baptist Church,
Primary Class
First Baptist Church, Hudson,
Round Table Group
First Baptist Church, Rhodhiss
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
First Freewill Baptist Church,
Ladies’ Class
First Wesleyan Church
Free Spirit Baptist Church
Friendship Baptist Church,
Auditorium Class
Girl Scout Troop 10141
Gospel Barn
Grace Chapel United
Methodist Church
Granite Falls Elementary
School, Third Grade Class
Hartland Baptist Church, WMU
Health Options Long-Term
Care
Hudson United Methodist
Church, Circle #2
Hudson United Methodist,
WMU
JBA Benefits, Inc.
Lenoir Pentecostal Holiness
Church
Little Rock Baptist Church
MDI Staff
Mitchell's Chapel AME
& Mt. Bethel AME Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Mulvale Baptist Church
Nazareth Advent Christian
Church
NEPTCO, Inc.
North Lenoir Church of God
North Lenoir Church of God,
Senior Citizens’ Group
Pendry's Lenoir Funeral Home
& Crematory
Poovey's Chapel Baptist
Church
Setzer Creek Baptist Church,
WMU
Setzer's Gap Presbyterian
Church
Shelter Home of Caldwell
County
Suncoast Solutions
Union Grove Baptist Church
Wildwood Advent Christian
Church
Yadkin Valley Baptist Church
Alice Barber
Charlotte Barrett
Harvey Bauman
Gail Bowman
Vestel Brittian
Karen Brown
Jim & Helen Chittenden
Sarah Clark
Denise Cloer
Johnna Coffey
Bill & Emily Craig
Harry & Bobbie Curtis
Joyce Fare
Frank Harmon
Justine & Courtney Harris
Judy Kilby
Edith Kirby
Kevin Kiser
Dr. & Mrs. Ramesh Krishnaraj
Mike & Denice Lapointe
Shirley McKinney
Ruby & Trena McRary
Dottie Metzger
Ami Moore
Lynn Nichols
Gwyn Reichard
Frank Richards
Melissa Townsend
Linda Walker
Larry Whitlock, NC Health
Horizons, LLC
IN-KIND
MEMORIALS
Pamela Bailey
Lanny Bailey
Ed Banner
Jim Banner
Marie Beach
Hilton Ex Park
Flora Billings
Rita Craig
Inez Booth
Valmead Elementary School
Margaret "Elaine" Bruner
Barbara Freeman
Idadell Choate
Donna Sigmon
Hilda Coffey
Eric K. Starnes
Charlotte Craig
Fred Craig
Larry Estes
Joyce Estes
Gavin Fritts
Dry Ponds Baptist Church,
Curtis Powell Class
Ruth Haynes
Cecil Haynes
Bill Smith
Robert S. Holder
Dorothy Holder
Shannon Holman
Paul & Debbie Sumlin
Dolores C. Leftwich
Susan Rudisill
Jo Ann Madison
Harold Madison
Ruth S. Marshall
George Grocery Salvage
Daniel "Dan" Martin
EFEC, Vision One
Sallie Pennell
Patricia Phillips
Ernest Phillips
Grace P. Green
Trey Smith
Cecil Haynes
Bill Smith
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Contributions
Billie Starnes
Lois Starnes
Barbara M. Triplett
Joan Triplett
Dorothy M. Whisnant
James & Debbie Messer
IN-KIND
HONORS
Dorothy Byrd
Connie Spencer
Barbara Kern
Xi Gamma Rho Sorority
of Beta Sigma Phi
William "Bill" Whitaker
Darryl, Ronnie, & Tim Hendrix
CONTRIBUTORS
Carolina Orthopaedic
Specialists
CHPC Friends of Sloan Sherrill
Corning Incorporated
Foundation
Estate of Thomas M. "Jack"
Robbins
GE Foundation
George Foundation, Inc.
Greer-McElveen Funeral Home
KAG—Star Trek
Microsoft Matching Gifts
Program
Social Security Administration
Town of Sawmills
Woodmen of the World,
Lodge #95
Clara Andrews
Bobby L. Austin
Elaine Brown
Edward & Claudia Bujold
Linda Carter
Jacquelyn J. Chester
Thelma Chester
Grace Cloer
Larry & Linda Craig
Viola Hall
Dennice Herman
Charles & Janet Hooks
R. Keith Lee
Dennis & Betty Rose Mackie
Mr. & Mrs. James M. McCarl
Jim & Barbara Mundy
Michael & Susan Nelson
Para Lee Richards
Carolyn Sigmon
Michael & Peggy Smith
Tamra B. Starnes
Karin A. Turner
Nancy Wallace
Emelyne Williams
Norman Williams
Carolyn Woodie
Caroline Woody
RELIGIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS
Buffalo Cove Baptist Church
Cajah's Mtn. Baptist Church
Caldwell Baptist Assn., Inc.
Calvary Baptist Church,
Married Adult Class
Cedar Rock Baptist Church
Center Grove Baptist Church
Clark's Chapel Baptist Church
Clover Baptist Church, Berea
Class
Concord Baptist Church
Dudley Shoals Baptist Church
East Flat Baptist Church
Ebenezer United Methodist
Church
Faith Baptist Church
Fellowship Baptist Church
First Advent Christian Church,
Hattie Steele Circle
First Baptist Church Hickory,
Hinson Class
First Baptist Church, Granite
Falls
First Baptist Church, Rhodhiss
First Baptist Church, Whitnel
Flemings Chapel Baptist
Church, Adult Men II Class
Flemings Chapel Baptist
Church, Adult Men I
Grace Baptist Church
Grace Chapel United
Methodist Church, UMW
Green Mountain Baptist
Church
Hibriten Baptist Church
Little Rock Baptist Church
Livingston Memorial Baptist
Church
Lower Creek Baptist Church,
Faithful Workers Class
Mountain Grove Baptist
Church, Living Word Class
Mountain Grove Baptist
Church, Ron Beane Class
Mulvale Baptist Church
Nazareth Advent Christian
Church
Nelson's Chapel Baptist
Church
New Beginnings
New Covenant Church in
Christ
New Hope Christian
Community Church
New Hopewell Baptist Church
Piney Grove Baptist Church
Refuge Missionary Baptist
Church
Setzer Creek Baptist Church
Temple Hill Baptist Church
Union Baptist Church
Union Grove Baptist Church
West Jefferson First Baptist
Church
Word in Truth Ministries
Yadkin Valley Baptist Church,
Golden Nuggets
Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., gratefully acknowledges memorials and contributions received between 01 January and 31 March
2012. Please notify us if we have omitted a donation from this listing. Contributions received after 31 March 2012 will be listed in our Fall
2012 issue.
Newsletter mailing list policy: CareLines is published four times a year. Each person who contributes during the six months prior to a
mailing will receive the next two issues. Individuals who ask to be placed on our “do not remove” mailing list will receive the newsletter
every quarter.
Harper School’s Suzuki Violin Students:
Afternoon Concert for Stevens PCU Patients
A Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Timeline: the 1990s
1990
1992
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Cathy Swanson named executive director
10th anniv. “progress report”: 793 hospice patients served to date
provided hospice care in nursing homes; John Alicki won national hospice volunteer award
Dr. Belk named Caldwell County Man of the Year
Dr. Belk became full-time medical director
15th anniv.; Mr. Forlines won national hospice volunteer award; Caldwell Hospice Foundation est.
first Accreditation Commission for Health Care; first Good Mourning Children’s Grief Camp
2,300 patients served since inception
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United Way 2010-2011 Contributions
Linda Alston
Martha Clark
James Baker
James Clark
Ronnie Barnes
Nadine Clark
Carl Beane
Paula Coffey
Paula Beaver
Ken Coffey
Jeff Benfield
Betty Cottrell
Dustin Bentley
Sandra Craig
Linda Bentley
Treva Craig
Thomas Berry
Lisa Craig
Elizabeth Billings
David Crane
Sharon Bledsoe
Vickey Crisp
Debra Blevins
Darrell Crowder
Melissa Bolick
Jo Crump
John Bolick
Tammy Deavie
Dennis Bolick
Micheal Delp
Regina Bolick
Brenda Dooley
Cheryl Bowman
Carla Duckworth
Freddie Boyce
Walter Dula
Michael Braswell
Debra Dula
Reba Brewer
Lisa Dula
Barbara Bridges
Charles Dunn
Diamond Brown
Sheila Edwards
Alice Camp
Stanley Edwards
Regina Cannon
Gladys Estes
Avalee Carlton
Sandy Fasold
Frances Carlton
Beverly Fritts
Marcus Carpenter
Beverly Fry
Crystal Carroll
Sandra Gibbs
Darrell Chandler
Don Gibbs
Alan Church
Bobby Greene
Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., appreciates
to its programs and services.
Davey Greer
Geraldine Mast
Terry Royal
Jerry Greer
Helen McCorkie
Keith Smith
William Hamby
Terry McDonald
Sarah Smith
Windy Hammond
Marijorie McKinney
Kimberly Smith
Robert Harper
Patty McKinney
Lesia Spears
Brenda Harrison
Mikeal McKinney
Tony Stoots
Thomas Hawkins
Larry Miller
Janice Stoots
Judy Hendrix
Martha Miller
Roger Stout
Dan Herring
Annette Moore
Donna Summerow
Claude Hicks
Thomas Moretz
Billy Townsend
Steve Hodges
Angela Murphy
Phllis Triplett
Pamela Houck
Eric Nichols
Chris Triplett
Teresa Hoyle
Debra Norris
Kathy Turnmire
Joyce Jackson
Elizabeth Osborne
Debra Walker
Ronnie Jewell
Ann Patterson
Bruce Walker
William Johnson
Dustin Pennell
Kelly Ward
Patricia Johnson
Thomas Pennell
Adam Ward
Victor Kidd
Jeffery Pennington
Ida Ward
Doris Kirby
Nella Perez
Dockie Watson
Gary Lambery
James Perkins
Sandra Webster
Carma Landis
John Pope
Donna Whittington
Linda Lewis
Eric Pope
Stephen Widener
Kenneth Lingerfelt
Charlene Presnell
April Wilcox
Mary Lingle
John Prestwood
Robert Winebarger
Ryan Lingle
Shirley Reid
Jesse Woodruff
Timothy Logan
Tracy Ritch
Linda Woods
Michael Lowe
Sylvia Roark
Jimmy Wright
Phyllis Malcolm
William Roark
Wayne Zajac
Jackie Martin
Roberta Roark
Arlis Mast
Elizabeth Roush
the generosity of these United Way donors for designating their contributions
The Harper School of the Performing Arts’
Suzuki violin students, directed by Rhonda
Lorence, gave a concert in the courtyard at
Kirkwood, recently. Maggie Auton, Freja Carlson,
Zachary Hamby, Paris and Piper Lail, Villary
LaRue, and Kelsey and Kailei Watts entertained
patients, families, CHPC staff, and friends.
A Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Timeline: the 2000s
2002 20th anniv. with chapel addition; Mr. Forlines received John A. Forlines Jr. Distinguished Service Award
2004 Ashewood Grief & Counseling Services opened; Tony Deal won national hospice volunteer award
2005 Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care dedication ceremony; est. Caldwell Partnership for Palliative Care; trained first
volunTEENS
2006 Granite Falls direct-care staff’s “work station” open house
2007 25th anniv.: Catherine (Respess) Barnes & Gibbie Harris participated;Dr. Belk received Robert S. Belk Excellence in
Hospice Care Award for Physicians; hired Dr. Thomas Ray
2008 Jack Robbins estate $2.12 million gift to Caldwell Hospice; purchased and began clearing land for Hudson facility
2009 “Bless This House” at construction site: Caldwell Co. church choirs sang “A Resting Place along Life’s Way,”
written by Danny Hendrix
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Fundraising for Caldwell Hospice:
Dry Ponds Baptist Church BBQ
grown so popular and large that it was moved to Dry
Ponds Baptist Church, which has hosted it ever since.
Katheryn and Archie Seagle have made a true family
operation of the annual barbecue. In-laws, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews have all contributed to the
dinner’s success during the past 20 years. Everyone
has a job: taking money, preparing to-go orders,
standing in the “assembly line” to fill plates with
barbecue, slaw, cowboy beans, pickles, and rolls.
As Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care
celebrates 30 years of service in 2012, one thing
is abundantly clear: The organization enjoys
strong support from people throughout the
county and surrounding area.
That has never been more evident than during
the recent 20th annual Dry Ponds Baptist Church
barbecue fundraiser for Caldwell Hospice.
“Churches in our community have been strong
friends and supporters of Caldwell Hospice since
our beginning in 1982,” Executive Director Cathy
Swanson says. “Dry Ponds Baptist Church is a
clear example of the loyal partnerships we are
fortunate to have with churches and other
organizations.”
What started as a cook-out
at their house to thank
Caldwell Hospice in 1992
has grown into a major
event for both Dry Ponds
Baptist and Caldwell
Hospice. Following the death
of her father that June,
Katheryn Seagle (pictured
at left) and her husband
Archie wanted to thank
Caldwell Hospice, their
family, and their friends for the care and support
shown to them during her father’s final months
of life.
The Seagles—longtime members of
Dry Ponds Baptist
Church in Granite
Falls—planned a
barbecue at their
house as the way
to say “thank you.”
By the third year,
the event had
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“This is something that we feel is important to do,”
Katheryn says. “The people at Caldwell Hospice were
so good to my father and family during his illness that
we wanted to have a special thank-you for them.”
“So many people in
the church have been
cared for by Caldwell
Hospice,” Archie adds
(pictured at right, he
began cooking the
barbecue at 3 o’clock
in the morning). “Each
year’s barbecue is in
memory of everybody
who received hospice
care.”
Many people who attend the annual fundraiser have
hospice stories, and when you ask why they support
Caldwell Hospice, you hear their experiences. One
woman says she isn’t ready to talk—it’s still too soon
after her loss—but she praises the care her loved one
received. People talk about the loving care, the availability, the attention to the whole family. Some people
list many family members who were cared for by
Caldwell Hospice. Everyone who shares a story says
the experience was meaningful and healing.
Between 2001 and 2012, the Seagles, their church
family, and all the people who attend the annual
fundraiser have contributed more than $50,000 to
Caldwell Hospice.
“We are so grateful for the Seagles’ and Dry Ponds’
continuing support,” Swanson
says. “The money they raise
every year through this
barbecue helps make it possible
for us to provide services to
everyone who needs them,
regardless of ability to pay.”
Photos throughout the article show Katheryn
and Archie Seagle and their family serving
BBQ and smiling broadly. Pictured at right:
CHPC physician Dr. Dennice Herman and
husband Steve Herman display armloads of
carry-out BBQ.
Ashewood Grief and Counseling Services:
Grief Camp 2012 in Pictures
Games, storytelling, sand art, memory
stones, pizza for lunch, a balloon-release
to close out the day. Laughter and tears,
memories and healing. That’s just a part of
what 19 children experienced at this year’s
Good Mourning Children’s Grief Camp —
several said they’ll be back next year, too!
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2012 Volunteer Banquet:
Volunteers Receive “Red Carpet” Service
Caldwell Hospice welcomed its volunteers to “Walk the
Red Carpet,” recently. Staff members served dinner to
volunteers and guests, in celebration of their dedicated
service and Caldwell Hospice’s 30th birthday. Board
President Parker Williamson and Roberta Blinson have
served all 30 years!
In addition to the volunteers pictured at right, the
following volunteers were recognized for service to
Caldwell Hospice: Allison Jenson, Tom McRary, and
Board Member Marc Carpenter (20 years); Maecile
Ramsey and Board Member Inez Jones (15 years);
Judy Greene (10 years); Jan Ferguson, James Plunk,
Joyce Roberts, Annie Smith, Cricket Smith, and Board
Member Claudia Bujold (five years).
Pictured above, standing (L to R): Barbara Jones, Caldwell Hospice’s 2011 nominee for the Judith Lund Person award for exceptional
volunteer service; Lillie Osborne (five years of service); Robert Blinson (30 years); Roger Register (15 years); Parker Williamson,
president, Caldwell Hospice board of directors (30 years), and Gary Waters (five years). Seated (L to R): Susan Story (15 years); Mary
Farmer (25 years); Patty Williamson (25 years); Nell Rader (five years), and Karen Barlow (five years).
Telling Our Stories:
Watch Us on Caldwell County Today
Caldwell Hospice enjoys a monthly taping schedule with Caldwell County Government’s public access program,
Caldwell County Today. Public Information Officer LouAnne Kincaid hosts the interview program, and Charlie
Little videotapes and edits the interviews for viewing on Charter Cables Channel 10.
Recently, LouAnne and Charlie carried their equipment to the Robbins Center in Hudson to learn from Medical
Director Dr. Thomas Ray and Palliative Care Nurse Sonya Triplett about Caldwell Hospice’s palliative care
program.
When the public information team
visits Kirkwood in July, Executive
Director Cathy Swanson and
Board President Parker Williamson
reminisce about CHPC’s first 30
years of providing end-of-life care
and education to Caldwell and the
surrounding counties.
We receive good comments about
our CCT interviews from people in
the community. Thank you for
watching!
Upcoming Topics:
July...................CHPC’s First 30 Years with
Cathy Swanson and Parker Williamson
August....Grief in Schools with Bereavement
Coordinator Emily Pitts
September.............Fourth Annual American
Gospel Jamboree Preview
October............Minister Appreciation Month
with Chaplain Delbert Minner
November.....National Hospice and Palliative
Care Month
December.............Coping with the Holidays
with Counselor Jessica Hatton and
Bereavement Coordinator Emily Pitts
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If you live in Caldwell
County, but haven’t seen
our program yet, check
www.caldwellcountync.org
or your t.v. listings. Each
month’s interview is
repeated several times.
Board Spotlight on Parker Williamson:
After 30 Years, Parker Remains Passionate
From the moment of its birth in a Lenoir physician’s
living room, when Dr. Jane Carswell and nurse “Tyu Tyu”
Respess shared their dream of better end-of-life care,
Caldwell Hospice has expressed this community’s
genuine concern for its people. The seeds of that idea
found fertile soil among Caldwell County leaders, and
soon our tiny hospice announced its service to the
community.
In the early days, we were a 90% volunteer movement:
volunteer nurses Bobbie Triplett, Joyce White, and Tyu
Tyu, led by part-time nurse Gibbie Harris, working in a
borrowed Sunday school room at First Presbyterian
Church, and supported by scores of community volunteers. Cash gifts paid the telephone bill and part-time
staff salary; gifts of wheel chairs and bed pans sustained
us, and churches put us into their budgets.
We needed the medical community’s support, but doctors
were taught that death is the enemy and didn’t understand a “good death.”
Respected cardiologist
Dr. Robert Belk articulated the hospice
approach in medical
staff meetings to
doctors who referred
their patients to us,
once they saw the
positive impact on
patients and their
families.
As the hospice idea spread, insurance companies began
to take notice. I read a study that compared the cost of
traditional care and hospice care for a patient’s last six
months of life. The hospice savings were phenomenal,
and I encouraged several local employers to have their
insurance carriers include a hospice benefit for their
employees. Once Medicare covered hospice services, our
hospice’s financial stability was ensured.
Julia Forlines, a strong community leader, chose to speak
for us to community groups—even as her thyroid cancer
had metastasized to bone and lungs, so that one of her
lungs had been removed and she was on oxygen. Sitting
in a wheel chair and speaking softly into a microphone,
she explained what it felt like to be terminally ill, how
family and friends could help, what hospice could do.
Movers and shakers in our community were won over.
Margaret Harper believed in hospice care, also. She gave
her beautiful home, Kirkwood, to First Presbyterian
Church, with the request that the church make it available to Caldwell Hospice. The church signed a 99-year
lease with us at the cost of a dollar per year.
The Lenoir Service League sponsored a “Home for
Hospice” campaign, raising more than $150,000 to
renovate Kirkwood and add a six-bed inpatient care
facility. Through additional support from foundations, we
gained matching grants totaling nearly $600,000.
We needed a license from the State of North Carolina to
build and operate an inpatient facility, but the State
recognized only hospitals, mental health facilities, and
nursing homes. John A. Forlines, Jr., Julia’s husband, was
president of the North Carolina Bankers’ Association and
a board member for the American Bankers’ Association.
“You organize the preachers,” he said to me, “and I’ll get
the bankers.” Not only did we get a law passed naming
hospice care, but as the first free-standing inpatient
facility in NC, we helped write the regulations that would
ultimately govern us!
John joined our board and served many years as its
treasurer. When times were tight, he encouraged his
bank to float us a loan. In years of plenty, he was a
formidable investor. Largely by John’s efforts and those
of his fellow Bank of Granite employees, the ACC
Basketball Benefit Luncheon attracted hundreds of
Caldwell County residents to hear notable ACC coaches.
John was also the inspiration for our Caldwell Hospice
Foundation which he believed
would ensure the sustainability of hospice for many
years to come. Finally, during
our $9 million campaign to
build a second hospice
inpatient facility, John—at that
time a hospice patient—made
a major gift to guarantee its
success.
Caldwell Hospice has been blessed with a volunteer
board of risk-takers who believe in what our hospice can
do, work to make the dream come true, and follow our
commitment, as expressed in our Mission Statement, to
share the love of Jesus Christ. Considering that history,
just think what the next 30 years will bring!
Photos, column one:
Parker and Patty
Williamson, Dr. Robert
and Donna Belk; top
right: Parker at 2009’s
Bless This House prayer
service for the Robbins
Center; bottom right:
Caldwell Hospice Board
celebrates Parker’s 1993
Peter Keese Award from
The Carolinas Center for
Hospice and End-of-Life
Care.
A Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care Timeline: the 2010s
2010 Direct-care staff moved into McCreary Family Professional Center offices; Mr. Forlines died in July;
Forlines Patient Care Unit at Robbins Center opened in August; admitted first residential patients; closed
Stevens PCU for renovations; initiated cardiac care program
2011 Kirkwood and Stevens PCU open house in February, following renovations; retirement reception for
Dr. Belk in November; hired Dr. Dennice Herman; initiated new programs: pulmonary care, dementia care,
Caring HEARTS Journey
2012 30th anniversary; hospice nurse Dottie Metzger retired after 28 years of service
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Companions for the Journey
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In This Issue
From the Director’s Chair: Happy
Birthday to Caldwell Hospice ......2
A Photo Journey through the First
30 Years ......................................3
Contributions ...........................4-9
Dry Ponds Baptist Church BBQ
Fundraiser .................................10
Ashewood: Photo Memories from
the 2012 Grief Camp .................11
Watch Caldwell Hospice on
Caldwell County Today ...............12
Board Spotlight: Parker Williamson
on How It All Began for Caldwell
Hospice .....................................13
Wish List 2012
Snacks (individual-size) for
patients’ families
Applesauce
Artificial sweetener (Equal, Sweet
’n’ Low, etc.)
Cans of soup
Storage bags (one-quart and
one-gallon sizes)
Coffee (cans, regular and decaf)
Decaffeinated coffee in singleserve bags
Napkins
Aluminum foil
Plastic wrap
Styrofoam coffee cups (8-oz.)
Solo cups (16-oz. for soft drinks,
tea, etc.)
Paper plates and bowls
Plastic spoons and forks
Lotion (personal size)
Deodorant (personal size)
Toothpaste (travel size)
Mouthwash
Nail clippers
Disposable cameras
Baby wipes or refills (not antibacterial)
Individual boxes of cereal
Triple blade disposable razors
Hair brushes
Boxes of tissue (Kleenex)
Amazon.com gift cards to
purchase children/teen grief
books, music, and resources
Music CDs (instrumental, gospel,
inspirational, meditation, nature
sounds)