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Panfilo Jimenez-Pacheco, age 71, of Old Henrietta Road, Forest City, died Friday, July 24, 2015 at his residence.

GAFFNEY, S.C. - Billy Joe Beaver, 78, of Sarratt Creek Road, Gaffney, South Carolina, died on Friday, July 24, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Janice Odessa Hall Richey, 77 of High Drive, widow of Joe A. Richey, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, July 24, 2015 at Park Place Assisted Living.

Mr. J.W. Lail, age 71 of Shelby, NC, passed away Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Carolina Medical Center, Charlotte.

Jessie Lee Church Hayes Goins, a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, age 80 of Shelby, NC, passed away Friday, July 24, 2015 at Wendover Hospice House.

James Lamar "Fletch" Fletcher, age 50, resident of 1005 Ramseur St. Kings Mountain, NC went to be with the Lord on July 25, 2015 at Carolina Healthcare System; Cleveland, Shelby, NC He was born in Cleveland Co. NC.

Blacksburg -- Thomas Alfred Hambright, Jr., 82, formerly of 1617 Antioch Road, passed away Saturday, July 25th, 2015, at Peachtree Centre.

Donald "Don" Lee Scates, age 75, resident of Kings Mountain, NC went to be with the Lord on July 23, 2015 at Carolina Healthcare System: Cleveland, Shelby, NC.

Georgia Hutchins Owens, age 75, of Hollis Road, Ellenboro, died Friday, July 24, 2015 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County.

ELLENBORO - Ellen Hardin Philbeck, 87, of Harmon Road, Ellenboro, died on Thursday, July 23, 2015 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.

CHESNEE, S.C. - Maynard Lindburg "Bub" Vickers, of Battleground Road went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

ELLENBORO - Cheryl Herrin, 52, of Ellenboro, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015 at her residence.

SHELBY- Mr. Robert Nelson Guthrie, Jr, age 57, a native of Cleveland County passed away at Carolinas Healthcare in Charlotte on Thursday, July 16, 2015.

Samuel Kenneth Sain, 73, of 143 Acre Rock Road, Lawndale, passed away on
Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Hospice at Wendover in Shelby.

Blanche Cureton Ponder, age 82, of East High Road, Bostic, NC, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville.

Michael P. Tonelis, age 56, a resident 111 Bent Creek Lane, Nebo, NC, formerly of Kings Mountain, died July 22, 2015 at Mission Hospital in Asheville.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cabaniss Blanton, age 93 of Lattimore, NC, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015 at Wendover Hospice House.

As a youngster, I spent every day outside during the summer.

Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Belwood
Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, 1102 Warlick Road, Belwood, NC, will be holding a "Country Ham Breakfast Buffet", Saturday, July 25, 2015, 7:00-11:00am. Adults, $8; child 6-12, $5; under 6 eats free. Menu: country ham, scrambled eggs, livermush, sausage, bacon, gravy, pancakes, grits, biscuit, toast, coffee, tea, bottled water, fruit bar, and dessert bar. Carry out available, all you can eat. For information, call 704-538-3995.

Open Hearts Bakery, a ministry of St. Matthews Methodist Church, Morganton provides seven types of homemade breads, plus pies, pound cakes and baked goods at the Foothills Farmers' Market in Shelby every Saturday morning.

Greater Shelby Community Theatre
Greater Shelby Community Theatre will present Treasure Island, based on the classic adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.

David Piercy, a grateful and humble man, felt in his heart that he should start a program to help men in recovery from addictions.