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Dessie Christine Watts Towery, 74, passed away on March 21, 2025, at Atrium Health - Cleveland in Shelby.

Ollie Jo Ross, 89, of Kings Mountain, NC, went to be with the Lord on March 20, 2025 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC.

Blacksburg - Mark Davenport, 67, of Fitch Road, passed away Friday, March 21, 2025, at his residence.

Rickey D. Blanton, age 69, of Cliffside, passed away Thursday, March 20, 2025 at his home.

Mrs. Nevater Denise Danso, 57, 413 Antrum Street Shelby, NC, departed this life on Thursday March 13, 2025, peacefully at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

SHELBY: Norma Jean Martin, a beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2025, in Cleveland County, the same place where she was born on October 1, 1946. She was 78 years old.

SHELBY: Nancy Lorene Walker, born on January 3, 1943, in Cleveland County, passed away peacefully on March 9, 2025, in Cherokee County at the age of 82.

SHELBY: On March 10, 2025, the world lost a bit of its sparkle with the passing of Steven "Chase" Burton at the youthful age of 33.

SHELBY: Darryl Wayne Carpenter, born on November 1, 1961, took his final joyride into the sunset on March 10, 2025, at the age of 63.

SHELBY: Rodney Eugene Hamrick, born on November 16, 1977, in Cleveland County, North Carolina, passed away on March 13, 2025, at the age of 47.

Charles "Ray" Trammell, age 75, of Cherryville, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Atrium Health Cleveland.

Carolyn Moore Parsley, 75, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on March 25, 2025 at Carolina Care Health & Rehabilitation in Cherryville, NC.

Jeanette Lee Cook Childers, 88, of Kings Mountain, NC passed away on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at Summit Place in Kings Mountain, NC.

Richard A. Shull, age 79, of Crouse, passed away March 26, 2025, at Caromont Regional in Gastonia. Richard was born March 15, 1946, in Gaston County, to the late Vernon A. and Margaret Bridges Shull.

Walter Travis Mangum, 71, of Shelby, NC passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 4, 2025, following a brave 5-year battle with ALS.

George Michael Southard, beloved son of George and Norma Southard, passed away peacefully at the age of 82 on March 4, 2025.

Mickey Louis Hoyle, 61, of Casar, passed away on March 09, 2025 at Atrium Health - Cleveland.

Dorothy Ann Hamrick Hendrick, 94, left this earth for her heavenly home on March 9, 2025 at her home with her family there for Sunday lunch, just the way she liked it.

Diane Coffey Cole, age 78, of Caroleen, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Atrium Health-Cleveland in Shelby.

Claude T. Greene, age 51, of Rutherfordton, passed away March 7, 2025 at his home.

Reba Lail Poteat, age 86, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Henderson Care.

Reba Lail Poteat, age 86, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2025 at Henderson Care.

James Neal Craig, age 75 of Golden Valley, passed away on Saturday, March 01, 2025.

Justin Tyler Mayes, 31, passed away on February 26, 2025, in Shelby, North Carolina.

Coma "Rock" Lloyd Hudson, 90, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 while at his home.