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Joseph Walter Edwards, 75, of 133 Acre Rock Rd., Lawndale, passed away
Tuesday July 12, 2016 at Peak Resources in Shelby.

Gaffney -- Marie Cash Wray, 79, formerly of Blacksburg, passed away Tuesday, July 12th, 2016.

Charles Thomas "Tommy" Baxter, age 73, died Monday, July 11, 2016 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Ruth Kathleen McSwain Whisnant, 88, 1777 Country Road, Boonville, IN, formerly of Shelby, NC died Monday, July 11, 2016 at ­St. Mary's Hospital in Evansville, IN.

Edgar David "Eddie" Mauney, age 59 resident of Kings Mountain, NC entered his heavenly home on July 11, 2016 at Caromont Health, Gastonia, NC after a courageous battle with cancer.

Blacksburg -- Carl Glenn Bell, 79, of 157 North Cherokee Ford Road Ext., surrounded by his family after a long battle with Alzheimer's, answered God's call on Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at his residence.

Mr. Leonard Douglas Bridges, 72, of Bessemer City, passed away July 11, 2016 at Peak Resources in Gastonia.

Gaffney -- Emma Lavern Brown Lee, 59, of 301 Rita Street, passed away Saturday, July 9th, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Patsy Billingsley Scott, age 68, of Forest City, passed away on Friday, July 8, 2016 at her residence.

HICKORY GROVE - Sandra Kay Childers Tadlock, 61, of Hickory Grove, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2016 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill.

James Verlyn Reep, age 50 passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016.

Rebecca "Becky" Hollowell Hamrick, age 96, died Monday, July 11, 2016, at Brookdale of Shelby.

Dr. Alvin Mills Sherlin, 96, of Shelby, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2016
at his home.

Katherine Lewis Reynolds passed away peacefully on July 10, 2016, with her daughter by her side.

Andrea "Penny" Crawford, age 58, of Kings Mountain, went home to be with her Lord On July 8, 2016.

Deborah Ann Rickman Carroll, age 54 of Romans Rd. passed away on Friday, July 8, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Richard Meredith Jolly, 84, of Oak Ridge, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016
at Kate B Reynolds Hospice Home in Winston-Salem.

Joseph Dudley Hall, Jr., age 77, of Forest City, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 8, 2016 at the Hospice House in Forest City.

SHELBY- Marie Morton Edwards, 80, died Thursday, July 7, 2016, at Carolinas Healthcare System-Cleveland.

Brandon Bivens, 29, passed away July 7, 2016 at Hospice House of Rutherford County.

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Two events, one on Lake Norman, the other on Lake Wylie have been fished since last report.

For one day each year, Kings Mountain's Patriot Park is transformed into Ocean Drive.

According to a report released by the Governor's Highway Safety Association, pedestrian deaths nationally continue to rise at an alarming rate.

A large crowd made it out to the 7th Annual Biker Breakfast