Joyce Ollis Lawing, a devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and friend passed away peacefully on Feb. 1, 2021, surrounded in love by her family.
Joyce Lawing was born in Ingalls, NC on Nov. 13, 1936, to the late James Bruce and Zola Elizabeth Ollis. Joyce, one of nine children, was active in Pine Grove Methodist Church in Spruce Pine, graduated from Crossnore High School in 1954 and Appalachian State Teacherâs College in 1958.
Joyce made life-long friends and had many interests in college that included being elected to the Student Government and Appalachianâs Chief Cheerleader. While attending college, she met Harold Lawing, who played on the Appalachian Menâs Varsity Basketball team and was âYosef,â the universityâs mascot. They married in June 1958. Joyce and Harold were active in ASU alumni organizations, and at a reunion Joyce would be hoisted up on the shoulders of fearless collegiate cheerleaders during a home football game, when s
Samaritanâs Purse to close 30-bed field hospital in Lenoir Samaritanâs Purse said they will be closing a temporary emergency COVID-19 field hospital recently opened in Lenoir. (Source: WBTV) By WBTV Web Staff and Sharonne Hayes | February 2, 2021 at 11:37 AM EST - Updated February 16 at 6:10 PM
CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WBTV) - Samaritanâs Purse said they will be closing a temporary emergency COVID-19 field hospital recently opened in Lenoir.
The 30-bed hospital, which was constructed in the parking lot of the Caldwell Memorial Hospital and built in just seven days, opened on Jan. 7. Itâs aim was to provide regional COVID-19 care support for those living in western North Carolina.
Jan 27, 2021
LENOIR, N.C. (AP) Chris Rutledge peels an N-95 mask off her tired face, revealing the silhouette it leaves behind. Her name and a tiny heart are drawn on the face covering in black marker so her patients know who she is.
“I look terrible when it comes off,” she jokes as she takes a break during her ninth straight day of 12-hour shifts inside a temporary field hospital in Lenoir, North Carolina.
Rutledge, a 60-year-old retired nurse from Lisbon, Iowa, is one of dozens of health care workers who have been treating coronavirus patients inside 11 massive white medical tents set up in the parking lot of Caldwell Memorial Hospital.
A look inside a North Carolina coronavirus field hospital
Frontline workers go into harm s way for 12-hour shifts to help any way they can. One Union County nurse continues to volunteer wherever help is needed. Author: Hunter Sáenz (WCNC) Updated: 11:04 AM EST January 26, 2021
LENOIR, N.C. Frontline workers in the Carolinas have been braving a war they didn t expect to still be fighting nearly a year after the first coronavirus case popped up in North Carolina.
Day after day, despite the risks to their health and their family s health, they go into harm s way for 12-hour shifts to help any way they can.
A look inside a North Carolina coronavirus field hospital
Frontline workers go into harm s way for 12-hour shifts to help any way they can. One Union County nurse continues to volunteer wherever help is needed. Author: Hunter Sáenz (WCNC) Updated: 11:04 AM EST January 26, 2021
LENOIR, N.C. Frontline workers in the Carolinas have been braving a war they didn t expect to still be fighting nearly a year after the first coronavirus case popped up in North Carolina.
Day after day, despite the risks to their health and their family s health, they go into harm s way for 12-hour shifts to help any way they can.