Recent Articles

Bobby "Bones" Dean McAlister, age 70 died Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his home.

Wayborn Lee Mitchell, 86, of 3009 Fallston-Waco Rd. in Shelby passed away
Saturday April 22, 2017 at home.

James Bruce Grant, 83, of 10 Hidden Cove Drive in Marion, passed away
Saturday April 22, 2017 at home.

Virginia Dycus Spangler, age 96, died Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Hospice Wendover.

Lona Mae Harris Hawkins, 95, of Mooresboro, passed away Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Testa Hospice House, Kings Mountain.

Lois Gamble Blanton, 80, died April 22, 2017 at Testa Family Hospice House.

Frances Marie Grigg Edwards, age 98, of White Oak Manor, Shelby, NC, died Friday April 21, 2017 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

May is "Older Americans Month," and the Neal Senior Center in Shelby has a "Super Spectacular" event planned to celebrate on Friday, May 5, 2017.
The day will begin at 10 a.m. with an open house and information fair.

Alex Meander and Nancy Fichter join in the potluck meal focused on local foods held on Earth Day, April 22, 2017

Wilma Webber Rippy will be celebrating her 105th birthday on May 6, 2017 with family and friends.

Two local Cleveland County Agents for North Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company

Oak Grove United Methodist Church, Lawndale
Oak Grove United Methodist Church, 418 Oak Grove Clover Hill Ch. Rd., Lawndale, NC, will hold their 2nd Annual all you can eat Pork BBQ & Chicken with all the trimmings and dessert on Saturday, April 29, 2017,

Relay for Life
The Relay for Life events:
American Cancer Society Lincolnton, NC is holding its annual fundraising evening of events and celebration of survivors on Friday, May 5, 2017.

In my area flea markets are more popular than the mall.

Kosa
The retirees fished Lake Wylie last week with J R Garland and Rick Maires bringing in 12.35 and taking the win.

Jacksonville, NC - Charles Arthur Springer, 84, of 1314 McAllister Road, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at his home.

Gaffney -- Sheila Carol Alley Hanvy, 70, formerly of Bonner Lake Road, passed away Wednesday, April 19th, 2017, at Magnolia Manor in Spartanburg, SC.

Bobby Thurman Thomas, 29, died March 29, 2017, at CMC, Charlotte, NC.

Dayton Gunn, age 96, of Rutherfordton, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at the Willow Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Thomas "Bud" McKelvey, 78, of Rutherfordton, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Hospice House.

Mr. Gary Wayne Daniel, 74 of Shelby, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia.

Linda Elizabeth Carpenter Triplett, age 72, died Tuesday, April 18, 2017 at her home.