Obituaries

Jean Dyer Boone, age 84, of Forest City, passed away Monday, December 29, 2025 at Wendover Hospice in Shelby.

Jeanette Pauline Hartman Martin, 81, of Waco passed away on December 19, 2025 at Carolina Care Health & Rehabilitation Center in Cherryville, NC.

Jeff Lee, age 61, of Forest City, passed away Monday, December 22, 2025 at Atrium Health-Cleveland in Shelby.

Blacksburg -- Joann Ledbetter Peterson, 84, passed away on Monday, December 29, 2025, at The Cherokee Medical Center in Gaffney, SC.

Joe Patrick Locklear, 64, passed away Monday, December 29, 2025 at Atrium Health Cleveland Hospital.

John "Al" Albert Lookadoo, age 88 of Shelby, NC, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.

John Patrick Burns, 61, passed away on Saturday, December 13, 2025 while at Atrium Health Charlotte.

Johnnie Reed "J.B." Caldwell II, 51, of Shelby, NC, passed away on December 27, 2025 at Atrium Health Cleveland.

Kathy Lynn Phillips Harris, 63, of Cleveland Ave, Grover passed away on December 18, 2025 at her home.

LaDonna Brown Dedmond, a beloved daughter, mother, sister, and Mimi, passed away unexpectedly on December 26, 2025, in her hometown of Shelby, North Carolina.

Lester Carl Cook, 95, of Lawndale, passed away on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.

Lisa Michele Swindall Dover, age 60, of Cherryville, passed away December 30, 2025, at Wendover Hospice House, surrounded by her loving family.

Ms. Lola Mae Gentry, 91, transitioned to eternal peace on Friday, December 12, 2025 at Atrium Cleveland in Shelby, North Carolina.

Lorene "Pete" Scoggins, age 79, of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, December 19, 2025 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.

Marie Cole, age 76, of Forest City, passed away Sunday, December 21, 2025 at her home.

Marilyn Dixon Hamrick, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, passed away on Monday, December 29, 2025 at Wendover Hospice House (Via Partners) in Shelby, North Carolina.

Mrs. Mattie Odessa Briscoe Stroud, 69, of Kingstown, NC, was born March 2, 1956 in Cleveland County, NC, to the late Marion and Bessie Mae Briscoe.

SHELBY - Maxine Holland Edmondson, a beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 24, 2025, at the age of 79 at her home in Shelby, North Carolina.

GROVER - Michael Lee Hopper, a spirited and steadfast soul, departed this world on December 24, 2025, at the age of 60.

Nancy Crowe Funderburk, born in Boiling Springs, NC, on January 1, 1942, passed away on December 14, 2025.

Richard Timothy Bridges, 71, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on December 19, 2025 at Randolph Hospital in Asheboro, NC.

Sandra Ann Heafner Edwards, age 76, of Cherryville, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2025, at her residence.

Sandra Diane McLean Plonk, age 76, of Dallas, passed away Saturday, December 20, 2025, at her residence.

SHELBY - Sandra M. Hankins, born on June 18, 1941, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, peacefully passed away at the age of 84 on December 13, 2025, in Shelby, North Carolina.

Shelby Jean Jenkins White, age 88, of Rutherfordton, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2025 at the Fair Haven Home in Forest City.