Oct 8, 2009 | WBT-AM Charlotte
News Story: Elderly Gaston man killed in fire, smoking material blamed
A 79-year-old Gaston County man was killed early Wednesday when his home went up in flames.
One dead in South Gastonia morning house fire
UPDATE at 7 a.m. According to firefighters at the scene Willie Spearman, a man in his 70s, died in the fire.