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Edith Lorene Beam (Foster), 92, a resident of Kings Mountain, NC, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, while under the care of Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation in Cherryville, NC.

Elpidio Ledezma Flores, 65, died Saturday, September 23, 2023 at his home.

David Steven Bell, age 64, peacefully passed away Monday evening, September 25, 2023 at Atrium Health Cleveland.

Mary Wirtz Skinner of Shelby quietly entered the presence of her Savior on September 26, 2023, at the age of 65.

Elizabeth Anne Winter, age 65 of Shelby, passed away Thursday, September 21, 2023, at her home.

Dr William (Bill) Blackstone Stowe, 81, passed away September 22, 2023 at Cleveland Memorial Hospital.

Jewell Strickland Wilson, 86, passed away on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at her home.

Jo Ann Byers Ridings passed away peacefully at Wendover Hospice in Shelby, on Tuesday, September 26, 2023.

It was during the early morning of September 16, 2023 that Ms. Jewelene McGill, aka "Mother," transitioned from earth to glory

Billy Gene Fowler was born December 14, 1950, in Kings Mountain, North Carolina to the late Andrew Fowler and Inez Oates Fowler.

Beulah Mae Powell departed this life on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, at the Sands Point Center for Health Rehabilitation, in Port Washington, New York.

Ralph Wilks Jefferies, 85, of Waco, NC passed away Wednesday September 6, 2023 at 2:25 AM at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC.

Phyllis Jean Brooks, 63 departed this life on Monday, September 4, 2023 at Atrium Health-Cleveland in Shelby.

Johnny Phillip Morris, 48 departed this life on Sunday, September 3, 2023 in Shelby, NC.

Brent Lee Gipson, 20, died Friday, September 22, 2023.

Jerry Lee Bowen, born October 19, 1941 in Patterson Springs, NC, went home to be with the Lord September 24, 2023.

Hudson Beam, Jr., age 81, of Shelby, formerly of Cherryville, passed away peacefully Sunday, September 24, 2023 at his residence.

Ray Mode, age 83, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Jane Alice Erwood Martin, 85, a lifelong resident Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on September 22, 2023 at Peak Resources in Cherryville, NC.

Ms. Marianna Alicia Woods, age 23, of Shelby, NC, passed away Monday September 18, 2023.

Lee Roy Putnam, 86 of Connie Lane, Shelby, passed away on Friday, September 22, 2023 at Hospice at Wendover, Shelby.

Darlene "Dee Dee" Millwood, age 67, of Ellenboro, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Team does well at 2023 Special Olympics North America Softball Championship.

Thirteen Special Olympics North Carolina (SONC) softball athletes and five coaches competed in the 2023 Special Olympics North America (SONA) Softball Championship, winning the bronze medal in their division. The event was held Sept. 14-17, 2023, at Peaks View Park in Lynchburg, Virginia. This was the second year the tournament has been held in Lynchburg.

Roy Hankins passed away on September 21, 2023, at the age of 92.