Obituaries

Kathy Louise Oliver Frye, 73, of Dallas, NC, passed away on April 2, 2025 at Caromont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, NC.

Kaye Allen Upton, 80, of Shelby, NC, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on March 12.

Kenneth (Ken) Edwin Neff joined his Lord and Savior in Heaven on January 17th, 2025.

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

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.

Marjorie Campbell, age 91, died Wednesday , March 5th, 2025, at Atrium Health.

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.

Perry Eldred Allen, 75, passed away at his home in Shelby, NC surrounded by his loving family.

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.

Roger Lee McGonigal of 104 Tiffany Lane went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 8th, 2025, at his residence.

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.

Sherri Nichols Preston, aged 44, passed away in Gastonia, NC on March 9, 2025.

Sherrill Jenkins passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at the age of 86.

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.