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Kimberly Herndon Hawk, 64, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on May 26, 2025 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC.

Peggy Jean Harris Barnes, age 77 of Mooresboro, NC, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2025 at her home.

Janet Faye Canipe Lowery, age 70, of Rutherfordton, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2025 at her home while under Hospice Care.

Brenda Jean Philemon Goode, age 77, of 301 Harrill Road, Forest City, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Atrium Health-Cleveland, in Shelby.

Patti Ann Michaels, age 68, of Forest City, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Wendover Hospice in Shelby.

Lee Adams McIntyre, Jr., 83, of Gastonia, NC passed away on May 17, 2025 at home, surrounded by his loving family.

Sewell Murphy Greene, 83, of E. Stagecoach Trail, Fallston passed away on May 28, 2025 at Wendover Hospice House.

LEON, IA: It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Paul James Melton, who left this world on May 23, 2025, at the spry age of 40.

SHELBY- Jimmy Dave Lovelace Sr., affectionately known to many as Jimmy, passed away peacefully on May 10, 2025, at the age of 76.

Willy Victor Carmona, 66, of Gastonia, NC, passed away on May 27, 2025.

Robert A. Armstrong, age 51, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mary Helen Bennett, 97, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on May 29, 2025 at Peak Resources in Cherryville, NC.

SHELBY: Daniel William Chapple, born on November 17, 1954, in Oswegoe Co., New York, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2025, in Cleveland County at the age of 70.

Sonia Rosales Diaz, age 94, passed away peacefully on April 23, 2025, in Cleveland County.

Genevieve "Jenny" Horne Childers, 86, went to be with The Lord on April 20, 2025. Jenny,
known affectionately by her family as "Bebe", was born and raised in Shelby, NC to Horace
Lee and Clara Reid Horne.

SHELBY: James Darrell Kendrick III, born on March 8, 1987, in Oakland Co., MI, passed away in Rutherford Co., NC on May 23, 2025, at the age of 38.

Helen Lunell Chapman Canipe, 91, of Casar, NC, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

Thomas Edward Cobb, 69, of West Carolina Street, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at his residence.

David Forrest Greene, affectionately known as David, strutted onto this planet on March 7, 1978, in Conway, SC and decided to take a permanent vacation from cooking for us mere mortals on April 16, 2025, in Wilmington, NC.

Renee Braswell Farmer, age 69, of Vale, NC, passed away on May 21, 2025, with her family at her side.

Mark David Hoverkamp Jr., born June 3, 1983, in New Haven County, Connecticut, decided to take his final joyride into the sunset on May 11, 2025, at the age of 41, in Cleveland County, North Carolina.

Charles "Chocky" Donald Nalley, Jr., 60, of Mooresboro Road, Shelby passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at his residence.

Lillian Poole Toney, age 95, of Ellenboro, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Thomas James Shytle, Jr. of Blacksburg, SC, better known as Jamie, passed away at the age of 71 on May 18, 2025 at Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby, NC, surrounded by his loving family.

Stella Rose-Lee Smith Raines, 54, of Jason Owensby Drive, Gaffney, SC, passed away on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice House.