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Jack D. Camp, 84, died Thursday, December 27, 2018, at Hospice at Wendover.

Eileen Hanley, age 90, died Thursday, December 27, 2018 at Peak Resources in Cherryville.

Shelby - Jimmy Albert Ledford, 70, went to be with the Lord December 26, 2018. He was the son of the late Melvin Ledford and Darcus Horne Ledford.

Delores Marlene Ledford, age 82, died Wednesday, December 26, 20218 at White Oak in Shelby.

Mr. Ronald Eugene Baker age 68 passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center in Rutherfordton, NC.

Gary Lon Allran, age 88 passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at Atrium Health Lincoln.

Beverly Kay Woody, 63, of Shelby, NC, passed away on December 22, 2018 at Atrium Health - Cleveland in Shelby, NC.

Sandra Kay Whaley, 72, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on December 20, 2018 at Peak Resources in Shelby, NC.

Virginia Goodman Wright, 78, of Concord Rd., Vale, passed away Tuesday
December 25, 2018 at home.

Donald Cameron Lockwood, Jr., age 78, of Requa Rd passed away Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at Caromont Regional.

Blacksburg -- Mrs. Evelene Batchelor, 78, of 128 Batchelor Drive, passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at Peachtree Centre.

Mrs. Ruby Frances Blanton Parris, age 84 of Blacksburg, SC, passed away Monday, December 24, 2018 at Mary Black Health System in Gaffney, SC.

Smyrna -- Mr. Gene Powell Moss, 81, of 4921 Canaan Church Road, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2018 at his home.

Albert Esley Cabaniss died at his home in Mebane, NC on Sunday, December 23, 2018, after a battle with cancer.

Lou Alice Hamrick Whisnant, age 98, passed away peacefully at her home Sunday, December 23, 2018.

Billy Gene Benton, age 66, died Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Testa Hospice House.

Robert Samuel Gibbs, 77, of Rehobeth Church Road, Shelby, passed away
Saturday December 23, 2018 at home.

Spartanburg -- Mr. Donald Charles Moss, 67, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

SHELBY: Sharon Grant Humphries, 63, died Friday, December 21, 2018 at Atrium Health-Shelby.

Jeffrey Lee Whisnant, 51, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on December 21, 2018 at Testa Hospice House in Kings Mountain, NC.

Bob Conner, 72, died Thursday, December 20, 2018 at Wellington House in Gastonia.

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