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Grover- Mr. Alfred Newman Reynolds Jr., 68,of 132 Ben Davis Road, passed
away on Friday, December 25, 2015 at Carolinas Healthcare System Cleveland.

Brenda Parker Edwards, age 61, of Ellenboro, passed away Thursday, December 24, 2015.

Curtis Eugene Lowe, age 49, of Spindale, NC, died Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at his residence.

Donna Haretos went home to the Lord on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby.

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Edith "Edie" Cobb, 88, died Sun., Dec. 27, 2015, at White Oak Manor of Shelby.

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Edith "Edie" Cobb, 88, died Sun., Dec. 27, 2015, at White Oak Manor of Shelby. A native of Gaston County, she was the daughter of the late John Robert and Pearl Huffstetler Gordon.

Faye Buff Swink, 72, of Newton, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015 at
Sherrills Ford Hospice in Sherrills Ford.

Germaine Haynes Parker, age 78 died Wednesday December 30, 2015 at White Oak Manor in Shelby.

Harold Eugene Self, age 78 of Allen St. died Friday, December 25, 2015 at Wendover Hospice.

Harold Otis Lane, 86, of Greenwood, SC, and formerly of Blacksburg, SC, died December 24, 2015, at Self Regional Medical Center, Greenwood, SC.

Mr. Jack Borders Hendrick, age 82 of Shelby, NC, passed away Monday, December 28, 2015 at Carolina Medical Center in Charlotte.

Gaffney -- Jay Cooper, 84, formerly of 2039 Union Highway, passed away Tuesday, December 29th, 2015, at Brookview Health Care Center.

Jean Bankhead began her new life on Sunday morning, December 27, 2015, and now we are three grown men made little boys (even Daddy called her Mama).

Jimmy Ray Gordon, Sr. age 56 of Armstrong Circle died Sunday, December 27, 2015 at his residence.

John Howard Washington, age 56, born on March 15, 1959 departed on December 25, 2015.

Blacksburg -- John William Beattie Jr., 46, of 121 Killian Street, passed away Friday, December 25th, 2015, at his residence.

Joyce Ann LaMountain Gillam, age 68 died Friday December 25, 2015 at her home.

Bessemer City - Mrs. Kathleen Carpenter Burgess of St. Mark's Church Road
passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at her home.

Kenneth Alvin McCraw, 8l, 115 McDaniel Road, Blacksburg, SC, entered Heaven on Thursday, December 24, 2015, at Mary Black Hospital.

Lucy Cooke White, 84, of 208 Wes Cook Rd., Casar, passed away Monday
December 28, 2015 at Hospice at Wendover.

SHELBY-Nelson Craig Hamrick, 58, died Mon., Dec. 28, 2015, at Carolinas Healthcare-Cleveland.

Robert "Bob" Lee Graham III, 94, passed away Tuesday December 22, 2015 at Grace Ridge in Morganton.

Robert Noris Hamrick, 76, of Costner Rd., Shelby passed away Saturday
December 26, 2015 at Shelby Manor.

Thomas Jefferson Stroud, 73, was born on August 15, 1942 in Cleveland County to the late Iverson and Lena Stroud.

Thomas Mack "Jack" Gardner son of the late John Quincey and Maude Wilson Gardner joyously celebrated his 92 birthday by joining loved ones in Heaven.

Moss Lake
There have been two events on the Moss Lake Sunday Winter Trail since I last reported. Nine boats fished the first one, with Buddy and Michael Black getting the win with 11.17.

I think I am finally willing to admit it. When it comes to deer hunting I have turned into a trophy hunter.

Word of Deliverance, Gaffney
Word of Deliverance, 3324 Chesnee Hwy, Gaffney, SC, invites you to join them for their New Year's Eve Celebration, Thursday, December 31, 2015, at 9:00pm.

Relay for Life, 2016 Meetings
2016 Meeting Schedule for Relay for Life. All meetings are at 6:00pm.

Cleveland Community College (CCC) has been celebrating 50 years of service throughout 2015.

Our week #16 Shelby Shopper & Info Football Contest winner was Ronda Estep of Polkville.

Mrs. Santa Claus visited the Neal Senior Center on Tuesday December 22 and brought goodies for all the staff and volunteers.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American job tenure is 4.6 years. Not so for Larry Thomas, who has worked in his current position as Gardner-Webb's police captain for nearly 40 years.

Cleveland Community College (CCC) has been celebrating 50 years of service throughout 2015. Founded on July 1, 1965, as the Cleveland Unit of Gaston College, CCC began offering classes in the fall of 1965 in two rented buildings on North Morgan Street. At the time, the college had only a handful of full-time employees and fewer than 40 students.