CityView Magazine

10 | November/December 2015 publisher's note "At our hospital, as in life, compassion is our passion." Cross Creek Animal Hospital 2147 Skibo Road Fayetteville, NC 28314 910.868.1164 crosscreekanimalhospital.com Dr. Shannon M. Poole, DVM and Associates CARING FOR YOUR PETS The Christmas Gift That Lasts All Year GIVE 8 ISSUES PER YEAR OF CityView FOR ONLY $24 CALL TODAY 910.423.6500 OR VISIT US AT www.CityViewNC.com A fter doing two stories on the famous Fleishman family I discovered something that I have been a victim of all my life and that is the mis- pronunciation of my last name, Waren. It is like Karen but with a "W." Most people will say Warren because people can't see the name only has one "R." More on that later. I have been saying Fleshman instead of Fleishman all my life, because that is what most people in Fayetteville have been doing for years. I found out that during my research and talking with so many of the family that the correct pronunciation is not Fleshman, but Fleishman with a long "i". Several of the family members have said people have actually argued with them about the pronunciation, when it is their name. Joe Sugar (descendent of Hyman Fleishman, whose mother Mickey was a Fleishman) had a lady in his clothing store years ago. She did not know his connection to the fam- ily and she kept pronouncing the name Fleshman and Joe kept correcting her. She was adamant she was correct because she had been hearing it that way for years. Joe decided to let it go because she was about ready to spend several hundred dollars in his store. He didn't want to win the battle and lose the war. Sam Fleishman, a local doctor featured in part two of the Fleishman series, said he has had many patients do the same thing. However, it is not Fleshman. Now back to Waren. People that know me know it is Karen with a "W." But things have been complicated over the years by a fellow that lives in Fayette- ville named Marshall Warren (with two r's). I found out about him 40 years ago when I borrowed money at Cape Fear Bank to buy a car from my father- in-law, Wilson Yarborough. The banker asked his secretary to deposit the loan into my account. So, I left the bank with the security that I had the funds in place and then I wrote my father-in-law a check for the car. However, the check bounced and that is when I discovered the other Marshall. The secre- tary had deposited the check into the account of Marshall Warren not Mar- shall Waren. Marshall Warren and I met and had a good laugh. Over the years our paths have crossed many times, mostly people sending mail to his address because they thought my last name was spelled Warren not Waren. We would get our clothes mixed up because we both used the same dry cleaners. I have not heard much from the other Marshall until a few years ago when people were calling me asking about my health problems. It turns out that people at Village Baptist were praying for him because of some of his health issues. I explained it was Marshall Warren not Marshall Waren. We also share the same physician. The office staff at the doctors office un- intentionally filed his records in my folder. The mistake was found and no harm done. God has made things interesting by this set of circumstance between me and Marshall Warren. What's in a name?

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