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Mooresboro, NC - - Ava Estelene Henderson Spake, 94, of 2749 McCraw Road, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Alfred "Al" Taranto, 82, of Shelby, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 20, 2025, at Caromont Regional Hospital in Gastonia.

Cherryville - Mr. Charles David "Mike" Randall, 90, passed away on Monday, October 27, 2025 at his residence.

Deanna Braswell Ledford, 82, passed away on October 24, 2025, at Atrium Health Cleveland Hospital.

Donald Dwight "Don" Stinnette, age 86, of Bessemer City, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Caromont Regional Medical Center.

Blacksburg - Dorothy "Dot" Wyatt Earls,77, of 491 99 Island Road, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2025 at her residence.

Edith Cooper Adkins Heatherly of Hamrick Road, Shelby, NC, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at the age of 94, having just celebrated a birthday the previous Saturday.

Elizabeth Venable, 84, of Union, New Jersey went on to be with her Lord and Savior peacefully on Monday, October 13, 2025, in Shelby, North Carolina, where she enjoyed her later years of life. She was born May 30, 1941, in Chester, South Carolina to the late Jack and Willie Wilmore. She moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1948, where she grew up with her sister, Audrey Morton.

Evelyn went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 15, 2025, at the age of 98.

Grace Cannon Palmer, age 89, of Shelby, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 26, 2025.

Hillard Bickle Wise, Jr, age 94, of W. Church St., Cherryville, NC, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2025, at Atrium Health Lincoln, Lincolnton, NC.

Jamie Rae Baker, 31, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 09, 2025. She was born in Dallas, Texas.

Kings Mountain - Mr. Jerry Michael "Mike" Beattie, 72, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at his residence.

Jimmy Jewell Hill, known to friends and family as Jim, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2025, at Caromont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, NC.

Keith Allen Burns, 59, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, passed away at home on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.

Linda Oxentine Holtsclaw, 81, of Vale passed away on October 25, 2025, at her home.

Mark Tate, age 65, of Ellenboro, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Mrs. Maude Kathryn Gettys Melton, 92, of Casar, North Carolina passed away on October 27, 2025, at Testa Family Hospice House in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

Paul Edward McKinney, 84, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving and devoted family on Friday, October 24, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Rebecca "Becky" Arey Smith, age 87, passed away peacefully at her home in Shelby, NC on October 27, 2025.

Regina Ann Fox Owens, 59, unexpectedly passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2025. She was born in Union County, SC to Tony Ryan Fox, Sr and the late Brenda Wood Fox.

Richard Steven Franklin, lovingly known as Steve, was born on February 5, 1946, in Cleveland County, North Carolina.

Blacksburg - Thomas Boyce Davis Sr., 86, of 614 Old Chester Road, passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2025 at his residence.

Wanda Teresa Clinton, 58, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2025 while at Caromont Regional Medical Center. She was born in Gaston County.

William "Bill" Norman Clark Jr., 85, of Kings Mountain, NC, entered his heavenly home surrounded by his family on October 29, 2025 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC.

William "Billy" Scott Lewis, was born August 15, 1962 in Cumberland, MD, growing up in Mt. Pleasant, MD.

William Doug Clinton, age 66, of Cherryville, passed away October 27, 2025, at his home.