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CityViewNC.com | 37 SULLIVAN'S Highland Funeral Service & Crematory • Family Owned and Operated • Funeral and Cremation Services • Cremations Performed On-site • Pre-planning of Funeral Options 910.484.8108 • 610 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC www.sullivanshighland.com My name is James Lancaster and I feel very fortunate to be able to join the team at Sullivan's Highland Funeral Service & Crematory in the roll of Manager. As a lifelong Fayetteville resident, I spent my first 24 years in the funeral industry working here locally before leaving the area in 2018. My wife, Kendra, and our two sons, Jay and Jack, are extremely happy that I am back home serving the community we all know and love. I look forward to helping the Mercers and the entire staff at Sullivan's Highland Funeral Service provide the best, most professional funeral care to all the families we assist. Welcome to the newest member of our team, James Lancaster! "It was an item in the store," Paris says. "We liked the flavors. KFC is cooked under pressure. It's delicious and tender, with 11 herbs and spices. at is the proprietary KFC recipe. We told him we liked it. I arranged to go to Louisville." Paris headed to Kentucky in his black 1956 Chevrolet Impala. He checked into a Louisville motel and later met with the Colonel at his Shelbyville home that included the colonel's office in the back of the home with his secretary, Mrs. Maurine McGuire. "Good morning," Colonel Harland Sanders greeted Paris. "You're from Fayetteville, North Carolina, and you want to be a franchisee. You're mighty young." But the Colonel took a liking to Steve Paris. Anyone would. The Colonel took a liking to Steve Paris. Anyone would. Steve Paris was a hard worker at 23 and is today at age 84. You never see him without a pleasant smile and a warm way. Steve Paris was a hard worker at 23 and is today at age 84. You never see him without a pleasant smile and a warm way. You'll find him working long hours and checking on the Paris & Potter Management Corp. restaurants from Fayetteville to Spring Lake, Hope Mills, Dunn, Clinton and beyond. "I told him I was staying at a motel," Paris says of that meeting with the Colonel. "He called the motel and canceled my reservation. He said, 'You stay with me and my family.' I stayed with him every day for two weeks. We went to Louisville. He taught me about the quality of shortening, the mixing of milk and eggs for dipping chicken. How to do mashed potatoes, and about the gravy. e gravy … that was his pride and joy." Hence, the Hillcrest Drive-In Restaurant was born. W H AT ' S YO U R F LO O R S T Y L E? A Shaw Flooring Gallery 910.485.5865 | 2825 RAEFORD ROAD | WWW.WEBBCARPET.NET CA R PE T | CE R A MI C | H A R D WO O D | L A MI N ATE Since 1965 Webb Carpet Company Celebrating 55 Years Celebrating 55 Years

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