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Walter Joseph "Joey" Hanson, age 55, also fondly known as "Bigfoot" and "Tiny", passed away at 11:35 a.m. on Monday, August 29, 2016 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.

SHELBY-Jelma Hamrick Daves, 79, went to be with her Lord, Sun., Aug. 28, 2016, at her home.

George Buren Peeler, Jr., age 70, died Thursday, August 11, 2016 at Lynmoore Assisted Living in Ft. Pierce, Florida.

Paul Allen "Sonny" Davis, Jr., age 76, died Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare Cleveland.

Brantley Michael-Reid Weatherford, infant of 117 Big Hill Road, passed away
August 25, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare System-Cleveland.

Lenoir - Mrs. Patsy Jeanette Shoup Cline, 70 of 1546 Catawba Terrace passed
away Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care.

Mrs. Debra Jo Smith Koontz, 60, of Shelby, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Wendover Hospice House surrounded by her family.

Leroy Sims, 90, of Rutherfordton, died Monday, August 29, 2016 at White Oak Manor.

GROVER-John "J.D." Allen, 91, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, at White Oak Manor in Shelby.

SHELBY-Ellen Poston Simpson, 90, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, at Hospice at Wendover.

SHELBY-Dolly Green Mellon, 78, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2016, at Hospice at Wendover.

Hazel Ruth Nix Smith, age 91, of Candor, NC formerly of Forest City, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Sandy Ridge Memory Care.

Wray Vonievear Glenn, 98, of 204 Cline Street, Lawndale, passed away
Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Hospice at Wendover in Shelby.

RUTHERFORDTON - Marion "Bobby" Lee Swafford, 52, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Willow Ridge Rehabilitation & Living Center.

Joyce Elliott Niedenthal of Shelby, NC, passed away on August 19, 2016, and was born in Bellevue, Kentucky, on December 26, 1926.

James Earl Johnson, 58 of 213 Jesse Mountain Road, Casar passed away August
21, 2016 at his residence.

Annette Michele White Hess 45, of 146 Voyde Brendle Road, Vale passed away
August 25.

Surfside Beach, SC -- Gina Pennington Blanton, 44, formerly of Blacksburg, passed away Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016, at her residence in Surfside Beach, SC.

York -- Coreen Waldrop Carnes, 72, of 13175 W. Highway 55, passed away Wednesday, August 24th, 2016, at her residence.

BLACKSBURG-Mark W. Melton, 50, formerly of Shelby, died Tues., Aug. 23, 2016, at his home.

Robert Wayne Hargett, age 67, husband of Susan Guffey Hargett of Union Mills, died Wednesday August 24 at Hospice House.

Diane Susan Encinias, age 61, of Spindale, NC, passed away on August 23, 2016 at Hospice House of Forest City with her family by her side.

Mr. Wifford "Josh" Hugh Harris 85 of Hickory NC and Cliffside NC passed away Tuesday, August 23 at Burke County Hospice House.

Peggy Joann Hoyle Lovelace age 79, died Wednesday August 24, 2016 at Peak Resources in Cherryville.

John William Stallings, Sr., 86 of Downing Street, Shelby passed away
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center.