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Source: The Star, Shelby, N.迷你倉C.Sept. 20--Reliable, solid and consistent are the words Dr. Bob Lamb used to describe his friend of 51 years, Dr. Lansford Jolley.Jolley, 86, a community leader in Boiling Springs, historian and a former professor at Gardner-Webb University, died Sept. 16. The family celebrated his life at a funeral service Thursday, and burial was Friday morning."Some people seem to be up and down or struggling, but the natural for Lansford was a smile," said Lamb, former chair of the GWU religion department and founding Dean of the Divinity School."His faith was solid and consistent. It would be interesting what kind of church you could build if you had it full of people like Lansford," he said.While Jolley was a faithful church member, he was also an intregal part of the GWU campus, said Dr. Robert Earle Morgan, former professor of French and mathematics."Lansford Jolley was one of the kindest, most considerate, and caring persons I have ever known," Morgan said in an email. "I cannot even imagine the Gardner-Webb that I have known and loved since 1967 without his having been a vital part of the institution. He is truly one of the legends of Gardner-Webb."'Incredible loss for Gardner-Webb'Jolley had the distinction of being the only Gardner-Webb professor born, reared and retired in Boiling Springs. And in 1997, Gardner-Webb honored him with an honorary doctorate of humanities degree in recognition of his lifetime of service to the university and to the community.Because he was a native to Cleveland County, Jolley knew many details about the founding of GWU and its history. His knowledge will be missed, said Noel T. Manning, the university's chief communications officer."It is an incredible loss for Gardner-Webb," Manning said. "If anybody asked me about the history of Gardner-Webb, I would always go to Lansford. You could ask him anything about the history and he would bring up all these amazing things he knew."His wife, Cothenia, is a former archivist for the university, and together they worked to preserve Gardner-Webb's history, Manning said.'Faithful and wise steward'Jolley shared his knowledge in the book, "Dreaming, Daring, Doing ... The Story of Gardner-Webb University," published in 1997. The book recorded the university's history from the time it received a high school charter in 1905.But you won't find his name listed as the author."If you look in the index of that book, Lansford Jolley's name is listed on one page only, an appendix," Dr. Tracy Jessup said in his remarks for the funeral service that he emailed to The Star. "There on page 155, his name is listed simply among those who received honorary doctorates from Gardner-Webb and alongside other faculty emeriti."Jessup, vice president for Christian life and service and senior minister to the university, also said in his remarks: "... Gardner-Webb University is the outstanding Christian university she is today, due in no small part to the doing of a gentle giant named Lansford Jolley who was born, raised, and retired in the shadow o迷你倉最平 a small Christian college in Boiling Springs. And in all his doing, Lansford Jolley was a faithful and wise steward of Christian higher education at Gardner-Webb University. And for this we say, 'To God be the glory.'"Jolley's love of history and writing led him to produce other books, including a book of his favorite short stories and a novel. His history of the Greater Cleveland County Baptist Association, "Visions of Faith," received the prestigious Ethel W. Twiford Religious History Book Award from the N.C. Society of Historians in 2002.Copies of the history book are still available at the Baptist Association office on Wyke Road in Shelby, said the Rev. Keith Dixon, Associational missionary."The book was a real labor of love for Lansford and told the story of how God has used the Baptist churches of Cleveland County as they have worked together to touch lives and meet needs for the cause of Christ," Dixon said in an email to The Star.'He filled the room with warmth'As much as writing, Jolley enjoyed teaching young people. He retired in 1992 from GWU after 35 years of teaching and 34 years as chairman of the Department of Social Sciences. At GWU, he established the criminal justice program, chaired numerous committees, and served as faculty marshal.Jolley had an intuitive rapport with his students, Lamb said."When he was presiding or leading or relating to students he could make it look so easy and natural," Lamb said.To describe Jolley's relationship with his students, Jessup quoted one of Jolley's former students, Ray Hardee. Hardee, a pastor and former GWU employee, said about him: "Lansford filled the room with warmth that wrapped around like a warm blanket on a cold day. His humility was disarming in places where pride is more common. Every time I think of him, I smile."Dixon said many students remember Jolley for the marriage and family class he taught at GWU."Lansford loved young people and always had a comical story or joke to tell," he said. "I still hear fellow classmates talk about what Lansford taught in his class."Community leaderJolley was a 63-year member and past president of the Boiling Springs Lions Club. He received the Lion of the Year Award in 1976. He also served as board member and fundraiser for Crawley Memorial Hospital, chaired the Board of Elections in the town of Boiling Springs, chaired the planning committee for the 75th anniversary of the town in 1976, and participated for many years in the town's Christmas parade.He served Cleveland County as a member of the board of directors of the Department of Social Services, and also the United Way. He had been a member of the Cleveland County Historical Association and also served his country in the Navy.Jolley is survived by his wife of 63 years, Cothenia Jones Jolley; daughter, Lana Jolley Henkel and husband Russell W. Henkel; and grandsons, Jeremy and Jonathan Henkel, all of Boiling Springs.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Star (Shelby, N.C.) 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