Obituaries

Lavonda Sailors Pleasant, age 80, passed away Monday, March 10, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Lucille Henderson Byers Roberson, age 91, of Forest City, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at her home.

Mack Leonard Kale, Jr., 77, passed away on Sunday, March 02, 2025 while at VIA Healthcare Partners - Wendover Hospice in Shelby, NC.

Marsha Gail Lester, 78, of Kings Mountain, passed away February 19, 2025, at Atrium Health Cleveland surrounded by her dear friends.

Meta Amanda Kopruch, age 105, passed to her heavenly home on March, 29, 2025 at White Oak Manor after a period of declining health.

Mike Hollars, age 60, of Ellenboro, died at his residence on Friday, April 4, 2025.

Norman Bailey, age 82, of Boiling Springs, NC, passed away Monday, March 10, 2025 at his home.

Ray Powell McSwain, 93, passed away on Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at Carolina Care Health and Rehabilitation in Cherryville.

Richard Alton Bowman, age 85, of Cherryville, passed away Friday, March 28, 2025, at Peak Resources of Shelby.

Richard Kevin Wilson, age 61 of Shelby, NC, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2025, at Willow Ridge Rehabilitation Center in Rutherfordton, NC.

Samuel David Drawdy, 77, passed away on Monday, March 24, 2025 while at White Oak Manor - Kings Mountain.

Scott Mauney, age 90, of Crown Creek, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2025, at Wendover Hospice House. He was born August 20, 1934, to the late John Ray and Roxanne Yount Mauney.

Sharon Cordell, age 53, of Rutherfordton, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Shawn Sanders, born in Gastonia, he was the husband of Megan Stone Sanders and the son of Mary Walker Maldonado (Clayton Maldonado) and the late Marvin Walter Sanders.

Ted Rollins, age 81, of Forest City, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2025 at Prisma Health Care in Greenville, SC.

Thomas William "Tommy" Beaver, age 78, of Lincolnton, passed away Sunday, April 6, 2025, at his residence.

Timothy Michael McIntosh, known affectionately as Tim to his friends and family, left this world on April 1, 2025, at the age of 49.

Vera Mae Franks Pratt, 88, passed away on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 while at VIA Healthcare Partners Wendover. She was born in Berrien

Mrs. Willie Mae Smith Miller, 86, departed this life on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at Atrium Health in Charlotte, NC, surrounded by her loving family.