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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.

Mr. Rickey Philbeck, 58, of Shelby, passed away August 22, 2016 in Georgia due to an accident.

John H. Pruett, age 67, of East Main Street, Forest City, died Saturday, August 20, 2016 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County.

Helen Susan Grayson Benfield Propst, 90 of Marion Street, Shelby passed away
on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Brookdale in Shelby.

Helen Susan Grayson Benfield Propst, 90 of Marion Street, Shelby passed away
on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Brookdale in Shelby.

Dakota Jay Diver, age 19, of Rutherfordton, NC passed away on August 23, 2016.

Ciarra Lane Pittman, age 17, resident of Blacksburg, SC ended her earthly journey quietly and peacefully on August 22, 2016 at Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC.

Chris Wease, age 36, of the Chase Community, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at the Carolinas Health System-Cleveland Campus.

SHELBY- Margaret Franklin, 81, passed away Tuesday August 23, 2016 at Hospice of Wendover.

Mr. Fred Atkinson Ruppe, 90 of Cobb Rd., Cliffside passed away Monday, August 22 at his residence surrounded by his family.

Sybile Burgess Arrowood, age 73, of Forest City, died Monday, August 22, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Mary Elizabeth McNichols of Laurel Drive Rutherfordton passed away Saturday August 21, 2016 at her home.

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