Delores “Dollie” Poston Tate, age 84 died Friday December 20, 2013 at Hospice Wendover. Born in Cleveland County she was the daughter of the late Paul Grady and Margaret Lee Hord Poston. Delores was a member of First Baptist Church and worked for the American Red Cross as an accountant. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Sherwood Tate, and five brothers, Curtis Poston, Pinkney Poston, Jack Poston, Everette Poston, and Lee Poston.

Delores is survived by a son, Clif Tate of Orlando Florida; a daughter, Suzanne Kauffman and husband Brian of Boulder Colorado; two sisters, Bonnie Putnam and husband Bill of Shelby, and Dorothy Hutchins of Forest City; two brothers, John Poston and wife Joy of Bessemer City, and Paul Poston of Rock Hill SC; and three grandchildren, Ashton Tate, Sherwood Bronson Tate and Anna Kauffman.

Funeral services will be held on Monday December 23, 2013 at 11:00am in the Webb Chapel of First Baptist Church with Rev. Tony Tench officiating. The family will receive friends an hour before the service from 10:00 until 11:00am, in the Ladies Parlor. Burial will be in Sunset Cemetery. 

In lieu of flowers memorials can be made to: First Baptist Church, 120 N. Lafayette St., Shelby 28150 or American Red Cross, 1333 Fallston Rd, Shelby, NC 28150, or Hospice Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby NC 28150