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Norma Pennington Sprouse, 82, of 106 North Calles Street, passed away on Saturday, August 17th, 2024, at Peachtree Centre.

Sara Kathleen Johnson Ledford, 75, of Elam Street, Lawndale, joined her beloved husband in heaven on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at Atrium Health - Cleveland, Shelby.

Ralph Allen Cook, 71 of Vale, passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

David Joel Shaffer, Sr., 65, of Beam Street, Fallston, passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at home.

Robert Houser, 85, died Sunday, August 4, 2024 at Hospice at Wendover.

Transportation Administration of Cleveland County, Inc. (TACC) is a non-profit agency that provides general public transportation for Cleveland County residents.TACC started back in April 1988 in an uptown Shelby location before moving to a spot at the corner of Double Shoals road and NC18. It settled in its present location at 952 Airport Road, Shelby in July 1999. TACC's white and blue vans are a familiar sight in and around the county.

Barbara Humphries Lookadoo, age 86 of Shelby, NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 17, 2024.

Thomas Arthur Anthony, Jr., 72, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away peacefully on August 15, 2024 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC.

Ralph Allen Cook, 71 of Vale, passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2024 at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem.

Donnie Ray Black, 56, passed away suddenly on Sunday, August 11, 2024 while at his residence.

Judith Diane Carter Williams, 82, of Bessemer City, NC, went to be with the Lord on August 14, 2024 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC.

Betty Whitener Wellmon, 94, passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at her home surrounded by her family.

Nora Leona Hardy Holshouser, 77, passed away Monday, August 11, 2024 at her home surrounded by her family.

James "Jim" Henry Hollingsworth, 64 of Boiling Springs, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at his residence.

Steven Eugene Gladden, age 51, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2024 while at Hospice of Wendover.

Geraldine McAbee, age 77, of Forest City, peacefully went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Monday, August 12, 2024 at Wendover Hospice in Shelby.

Reba "Paulette" Charles, age 75, of Tryon Courthouse Road, passed away Sunday, August 11, 2024 at her residence.

Shirley JoAnn Barnette Gillespie, 87, of Kings Mountain, passed away on Friday, August 9, 2024, at Caromont Regional Hospital.

Kay Beam Willis, 86, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 at Peak Resources in Cherryville.

Michele Jones Grigg, age 80, entered the blessed rest of everlasting peace through Jesus Christ, our Lord, on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at home in Hudson, NC.

Charles Ronald Shaffer, 85, of Beam Street, Fallston, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2024 at Atrium Health - Cleveland, Shelby.

Meredith Hamrick Pruett, 79, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2024

Haywood Homsley, Jr. entered into eternal life of Sunday, August 4, 2024, at his residence in Shelby, NC.

Juanita L. Lattimore was born August 19, 1957, the youngest of twelve children to Ira and Odessia Leslie.

Paul Shuford, age 97, completed his journey on July 29, 2024 at his home in Shelby, NC.