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Seable Grant of Forest City, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Lawrence Gerald Walker, 84, of Casar, passed away on Friday, March 5, 2021 at Hospice at Wendover in Shelby.

Betty Ruth Hardin, daughter of the late Thomas F. and Estie Emily Jane Self Moss of Blacksburg, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, March 4, 2021, surrounded by her children.

Rev. Tony Bryan Mote Sr., 64, died Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at Caromont Health in Gastonia.

Luke Alexander Williams, 58, died Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at his home.

Rosa Maria Garcia Delgado, age 80, of North Mountain Street, formerly of New Jersey, passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at her residence.

William E. Franze, 88, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed peacefully on Tuesday, March 02, 2021 while in the care of hospice at Novant Matthews Medical Center.

Mr. Jeremy Ryan "Jer" Polk, 40, passed away on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia.

Mr. Terry Dale "TY" Yount, 77, passed away on Monday, February 8, 2021 at Atrium Health - Lincoln.

James Franklin "Bud" Holt, 80, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at his residence.

Mable Tedder Baxter, 89, passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at her residence.

Michael "Hacksaw" Hugh Howington, age 68, passed away or as he would put it, he went to hang with J.C. (Jesus Christ) on Tuesday March 2, 2021 at from home in the New House community.

Larry Edward Mullinax, 71, of Ellenboro, NC, passed away, Wednesday, March 3, 2021 at his residence.

Paul Venson Rathbone, 74, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on February 28, 2021 at Hospice of the Carolina's Foothills in Forest City, NC.

Victoria Dayanne Harris, 25, of 617 Filter Plant Road, passed away Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021, at Upstate Community Hospice House.

Sue Anne Curtiss Wilson, age 87, of Shelby passed from this life to the next on March 1, 2021.

Beulah W. "Peg" Cannon peacefully transitioned from this life on February 24, 2021 at Wendover Hospice House, Shelby NC.

Michael Howington, age 69, passed away on March 2, 2021 at his residence.

Carolyn Merritt Ross died Monday, March 1, 2021 at Atrium Health-Cleveland in Shelby.

Dorcas Lee Tessner Hunnicutt passed away on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at Cleveland Pines in Shelby, NC.

Sue Brooks Frye, age 86, of Mooresboro, NC, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

SHELBY: Robert "Shorty" Wayne Blanton, 70, died Thursday, February 25, 2021 at his home.

MOORESBORO - Tony Marvin Frye, 64, went to be with his Savior on Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at his home surrounded by his loving wife, his girls, stepson and wife.

It was 2009, and local food banks and pantries were struggling to have enough food to feed the community. It was during this time that two friends from a Sunday School class at First Baptist Church in Shelby had an idea.

SHELBY - Amanda Ann Hudson, 38, passed away on Monday, February 22, 2021 at her home. She is predeceased by her mother, Elizabeth Ledbetter Byers; father, Arthur Emory; step-dad, James Byers.