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Billy Wayne Whisnant, 66, of 3115 Yates Rd., Shelby, passed away Tuesday May 26, 2015 at home.

Margaret Helena Green Smith, 94, of 404 Moriah School Road, Casar, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at her residence.

Eddie Jerry Ruff, Sr., 66, passed away Sunday may 24, 2015 at Kings Mountain Hospice House.

Addie Ruppe, age 83, of Forest City, died Monday, May 25, 2015 at Hospice House of Rutherford County.

Marjorie Ann Smith Hayes of Shelby, N.C., age 82, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, May 24 2015 at Hospice Wendover.

Linda Garris Hammett, age 67, resident of 114 Robinson Road, Kings Mountain, NC went to be with her Lord on May 22, 2015 at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC.

Mrs. Debbie Hilton Sarratt, age 54 of Shelby, NC, passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at her residence.

Cecil Raie Towery, 92, of 6753 Casar Road, Lawndale, passed away Sunday, May
24, 2015 at Carolinas HealthCare System - Cleveland in Shelby.

Margaret Holtzclaw Beam, 91, of U.S. Highway 221 South, Forest City, died on Friday, May 22, 2015 at Carolinas Healthcare System - Cleveland.

Erma Ann Adkins Huskey, age 77, of Forest City, died Saturday, May 23, 2015 at her residence.

Colin Franklin Bumgarner, age 61, of Sorrells Baxter Rd. died Friday, May 22, 2015 at Carolinas Healthcare System in Lincolnton.

Pearl Dixon Kiser, 93, died Saturday, May 23, 2015, at Hospice at Wendover.

Jackie Young Walker, age 63, of Ellenboro, died Friday, May 22, 2015 at Hospice House of Rutherford County.

Lois Baity Guyton, age 96, a resident of White Oak Manor , Kings Mountain, died May 21, 2015 at White Oak Manor.

Robert Eugene Teague, 66, of 544 Goucher Green Bethel Road, passed away Tuesday, May 19th, 2015, at Mary Black Health System - Gaffney.

David Ernest Ogden, 73, of Beason Road, Mooresboro, died on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Pardee Hospital of Hendersonville.

Francis "Frank" Joseph Cook, age 85, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Hospice Wendover.

Norma Devine McSwain, 91, of Fallston-Waco Road, Shelby, passed away
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Hospice at Wendover in Shelby.

Dr. Joseph "Joe" MacDonald Reeves, age 85, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at his home.

Juanita Marie Haffa Ford, age 76 of 330 Pine Ave. died on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.

Mary Lee Walker, age 55 of 415 E. Grover St., Shelby, departed this life on Sunday, May 17, 2015 at Carolina Healthcare System Main, Charlotte, NC

The Walmart FLW Tour event at Lake Eufaula presented by Quaker State promised a dramatic finish Sunday as all of the final top-10 anglers competing on the final day were within striking distance of first place and the title of Lake Eufaula Champion.

On Saturday, May 16th, the windows were removed from the front of the Newgrass Brewing Company as four stainless steel vats were delivered to the Brewery.

The new permanent home of the Foothills Farmers' Market opened with the grandest of celebrations at the new City Pavilion in Uptown Shelby

The excitement was contagious! Students, teachers, family and friends came together for the big event.