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"CCPP is a local charity that has produced and given away more than one million pounds of potatoes during the past eleven years," says CCPP co-founder Doug Sharp. "However, several of our founding group are showing signs of wear and tear (we do not wish to think of this as age)."

Charlene Sellers, 78, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on January 13, 2022 at Testa Hospice House in Kings Mountain, NC.

William Jerry Craig, 78, of Vale, passed away on Friday, January 14, 2022.

Rev. Robert H. Bradley, age 77, of the Hicks Grove Community, entered into the presence of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at his residence.

Keiko Nishiyama, 69, passed away peacefully on January 13, 2022.

James "Jimmy" A. Littlejohn, 80, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away suddenly on January 15, 2022 at his home.

Selma Walker Brooks, age 95 of Shelby, died Monday, January 17, 2022 at her home surrounded by her children.

Melissa Diane Edmondson, age 43 of Shelby, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 13, 2022.

Blacksburg -- Barry Franklin Childers, 66, of 313 Crescent Circle, passed away Saturday, January 15th, 2022, at Mary Black Health System - Spartanburg.

Gene Pritchard, 72, of Shelby passed away on Sunday, Jan. 16 at home following a bout with cancer.

SHELBY-Randy "Butch" Atkins, 62, died Saturday, January 15, 2022, at Hospice at Wendover.

Barbara Dixon Dayberry, 83, of Lawndale, passed away on Monday, January 17, 2022 at her home.

SHELBY: John Thomas Bowling, or Tommy as his friends referred to him, was born on July 1st. 1939 in Shelby, North Carolina to parents Hiram W. Bowling and Frances Putnam Bowling.

Benjamin "Ben" Almerine Humphries, Sr., known as a Cliffside, NC icon, passed away on January 18th, 2022.

SHELBY - David Charlton Lumsden, 66, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Hospice of Carolina Foothills.

Samuel "Sam" Haston Scott, 73, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on January 18, 2022 at Atrium Cleveland in Shelby, NC.

Jessi Seawright Ogburn, 83, of Shelby, NC, died on January 13, 2022 surrounded by family.

Ashley Dawn Wray, 43, passed away January 14, 2022 at Grace Hospital in Morganton.

Linda Grayson Noggle, age 77, passed away January 15, 2022 at her home in Charlotte, NC.

Juanita Dover Whitworth, 84, was born in Kings Mountain, NC.

Joyce Peace Parker, 94, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family January 15, 2022.

Barbara Brooks Gantt, 66, passed away January 16, 2022.

John Carroll Bridges, known to many as Papa, JCB and Daddy, died on January 16, 2022 after a long, heart wrenching battle with the hell that is Alzheimer's disease.