Obituaries

Kimberly Blackwell Bridges, age 63, passed away Thursday, March 19, 2026 at the Spartanburg Restorative Care Center.

Wanda Cogdell Siegel, age 68, of Forest City, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Smyrna - Joyce Anne Martin Wallace, 84, of Smyrna passed away peacefully at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC.

Jerry "Trey" Thomas Lail, III, 39, of Bailey Baxter Road, Cherryville passed away on March 18, 2026 at Atrium Health - Cleveland in Shelby, NC.

Mary Dale Eaker, 64, of Shelby, passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.

Nancy Lee Hicks Lattimore, 86, of Lawndale passed away on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at the Wendover Hospice House in Shelby.

Argie Ann Pruitt Gillespie, 80, passed away Monday, March 16, 2026 at White Oak Manor in Shelby, NC.

Ella Lee Bowen Mode, 94, of Shelby, North Carolina, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Pamela La-Triece Canipe McSwain, 63, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2026 while at Atrium Healthcare Cleveland.

Jana Lynn Watts Havens, 63, of Lawndale, passed away on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at her home.

Smyrna - Luther Darvin "LD" Alexander, 70, passed away Monday, March 16th, 2026, at Hospice and Community Care in Rock HIll, SC.

Jeanette Eunice Webb Francis, 85, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2026, at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.

Cathy Bradley, age 78, of Forest City, passed away Monday, March 16, 2026 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Pat Hembree, age 74, of Ellenboro, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Ms. Lena Mae Glenn, 89, of Selby, NC, transitioned peacefully on Saturday, March 7, 2026, surrounded by her loved ones.

Ms. Yvonnia Hosch Morgan, aged 77, of Shelby, N. C., passed away on Monday, March 2, 2026, at CaroMont Regional Medical Center, Gastonia, N. C.

Grover "G.H." Walton was born October 7, 1944, in Staunton, VA, to the late Capt. Grover H. Walton and Katherine Gardner Walton.

Bobby Gene Pyron, Sr., 81, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, NC.

Robert "Ivy" Gaines, born at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Ivy's journey began with an eight-month stay in the NICU before he transferred to Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte, NC, for another four months.

Charlotte Ann Severt Stinnett, age 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at Peak Resources in Cherryville, North Carolina.

Jimmy Blanton, 57, of Hoover Road, Lawndale entered into his eternal home on March 13, 2026, at his residence.

Blacksburg - Carolyn Putman Stacy, 83, passed away Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 at Cherokee Medical Center.

Patrick Kenneth Rowe, 63, of Shelby, passed away on Sunday, February 22, 2026.

Tuila Pansy Beaver, 89, of Ellenboro passed away on March 11, 2026 in Concord, NC.

R.B. Cline, age 84, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.