Obituaries

Michael Donovan "Boo" Paysour, 54, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on August 12, 2026.

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved matriarch Mary Louise Ivey Faile.

It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our beloved father, grandfather, father-in-law, uncle and significant other, Uriel Santiago-Caban age 67, on Sunday, August 9, 2026 while at his home.

The Lord called Genia Marie Tessneer Doster home on Tuesday, July 21, 2026.

It is with great sadness but also expectant joy in the Lord's promise of eternal life that we announce the passing of our beautiful wife and loving mother, Cynthia Annette Poe.

David Harold Ledford, 59, passed away on August 13, 2026 at his residence in Grover, North Carolina.

George Steve Brackett, 72, of Brackett Hill Road, Casar passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2026 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby.

Phyllis Blanton Norman, affectionately known to those who loved her as "Punkin," of Rutherford County, North Carolina passed away on August 12, 2026, at the age of 57.

Rebecca Gayle Camp, 78, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away peacefully on August 13, 2026, at White Oak Manor.

Blacksburg - Gary Richards, 76, of 202 Charleston Street, passed away Tuesday, August 11th, 2026 at his residence.

Coy Leroy Self, 86 of David's Chapel Church Road, Lawndale passed away on Monday, August 10,2026 at Terra Bella in Shelby.

KINGS MOUNTAIN- Robert "Gordon" Brown grew up in North Wilkesboro, NC.

SHELBY- Bea Sowers, born on March 12, 1952, in Cleveland County, left this world peacefully on July 30, 2026, with her beloved husband by her side. She was 74 years old.

SHELBY- Stephen Davis Linnens, fondly known as Steve, of Shelby, NC, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on August 8, 2026, at the age of 69.

SHELBY- James Andrew Williams, affectionately known to all as Jimmy, passed away peacefully at his home on August 11, 2026, at the age of 69.

Wayne D. Mitchem, age 75, of Forest City, passed away Monday, August 10, 2026 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Howard Louie Patterson, age 88, of Rutherfordton, passed away Monday, August 10, 2026 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.

Sarah Stephens Stanley, of Smyrna, Georgia, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2026.

Naomi Faye Hampton Childers, 75, passed away Thursday, August 6th, 2026 at Valley Falls Terrace in Spartanburg.

Tommy Quay Peeler, age 84, of Vale, passed away Monday, August 10, 2026, at CaroMont Regional Medical Center.

Robert Lee Murray, born on May 13, 1944, in Rutherford County, North Carolina, passed away on July 31, 2026, at Atrium Health Hospital in Shelby, North Carolina.

Gary Walter Ritchie, 78, of Shelby, North Carolina, passed away surrounded by the love of his family. He was born in Valdese, North Carolina, on August 9, 1947.

Doris Hoyle Lowery, 88, of Shelby N.C., passed away peacefully on August 7, 2026. A native of Cleveland County, she was born on November 3, 1937, to the late Jack David and Flavie Brittain Hoyle of Lawndale, N.C.

Martha Jane Spake Shields, 97, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 6, 2026, at Hospice Wendover in Shelby.

McKenzie Shayne Gibson Coleman, 28, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on July 5, 2026.