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Frankie Vera Tobias, age 91, resident of Summit Place, Kings Mountain, NC died peacefully March 9, 2015 at Summit Place.

Ronald Steve Davis, 65, of W. Stagecoach Trail, Shelby, passed away Monday,
March 9, 2015 at Carolinas HealthCare System - Cleveland in Shelby.

Mary Julia Pollock Plonk, age 91, resident of Kings Mountain, NC died March 5, 2015 at Kings Mountain Hospice House.

Martha "Lib" Tate, age 87, of Morrow Motor Road, Forest City, died Monday, March 9, 2015 at Oak Grove Health and Rehabilitation Center.

I was reminded last week, how close we are to turkey season. (As if I didn't already know) There in the field, were a flock of birds with one lone gobbler blown up as big as it could get.

A 2012 Shelby High School graduate and Shelby, N.C. native is serving on one of the world's largest warships, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush.

Myra McGinnis, Hospice Cleveland County's CEO, recently celebrated 25 years of service!

Former Gardner-Webb coach Eddie Holbrook helped put the University on the intercollegiate athletics map by building an elite basketball program in the 1960s and 1970s.

2015 RELAY FOR LIFE CLEVELAND COUNTY
2015 Relay For Life Cleveland County, Shelby Meeting Schedule: March 10, 2015, 6:00pm

2015 RELAY FOR LIFE CLEVELAND COUNTY
2015 Relay For Life Cleveland County, Shelby Meeting Schedule: March 10, 2015, 6:00pm

Blacksburg -- Selma Martin Hambright, 86, of 407 Hardin Street, passed away Friday, March 6th, 2015, at her residence.

Hilma Janette Kale Pruett, age 73, of Kent Street went home to be with the Lord March 6, 2015 at Robin Johnson Hospice House.

Virgie White Farris, age 96, a resident of Kings Mountain, NC, went to be with the Lord on March 6, 2015 at Kings Mountain Hospital.

Elizabeth Baker Yelton age 82 died Thursday March 5, 2015 at White Oak Manor in Kings Mountain.

Mrs. Jean McMillan Freeman, age 86 of Shelby, NC, passed away peacefully at her residence surrounded by her family Sunday, March 1, 2015.

Gaffney -- David Alan Birchfield, 57, of 510 Thompson Street, passed away Thursday, March 5th, 2015, at Brookview Nursing Home.

Blacksburg -- Dana Michelle Cobb Sprouse, 45, of 412 Little Hope Rd, passed away Wednesday, March 4th, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

SHELBY - Mr. James David Willis, 50, a native of Shelby, passed away at Hospice at Wendover on Sunday, March 1, 2015.

WINSTON SALEM - Ms. Linda Sue Lane Boone, age 57 and a native of Burnsville, NC, passed away on Monday, January 26, 2015 at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, NC.

Michael "Mike" John Roebuck, 65, died Wednesday, March 4, 2015. Mike was born June 1, 1949 in Shelby, NC.

Bobby Ray Bumgarner, 80, of Lincolnton Hwy., died March 5, 2015 at the Robin Johnson House, Dallas, NC.

SHELBY- Mary Frances Bryce, 93, passed from this life on March 3, 2015, at Kings Mountain Hospice House.

Susan Martin Maner, age 63, resident of Kings Mountain, NC died March 4, 2015 at Carolina Healthcare System, Cleveland, Shelby, NC.

One of the many costumed participants taking the Polar plunge is this group from the County tax office. Their outfits even included their names on the back. L to r: JonErik, Allen, Danielle, Necole, Joshua Cain, and Lisa (front).

Saturday, February 28th was a very special day for the North Carolina Torch Run.