Obituaries

Lorraine Mattero Royster, 75, of Shelby passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2026 at her home.

Mr. Louis Calvin Haynes, 89, of Shelby, NC, passed away on April 23, 2026, at Atrium Health Cleveland.

Louis Ray Patterson, 92, passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at Carolina Care Health and Rehab.

Louise Alexander Self, 86, of David's Chapel Church Road, Lawndale, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at Carolina Care Health & Rehabilitation Center in Cherryville.

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

Lydia Lynn Nalley Haynes, 57, passed away on Friday, April 17, 2026, at the Wendover Hospice House in Shelby.

Mr. Mac Arthur Ussery, 71 of Shelby, NC, passed away on April 24, 2026 at White OaK Manor.

Marcella Collins Crawford, 60, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on April 27, 2026 at her home.

Margaret "Maggie" Neal Matthews Cochran, 79, of Lawndale, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2026 at Atrium Health - Cleveland in Shelby.

Margaret "Net" Arwood, age 68, of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, March 20, 2026 at her home.

Margaret Alice Barkley Ellis, age 94, of Shelby, North Carolina, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, April 2, 2026.

Maria Cordell Butler, age 61, of Cherryville, passed away Friday, April 3, 2026, at Carolina Caring Catawba Valley Hospital.

Gaffney - A memorial service for Marion Lee Campbell, 70, resident of 216 Darwin Road, Gaffney, will be held Sunday, May 10th at 2:00
following a Celebration of Life luncheon beginning at noon in the social hall of Sardis United Methodist Church.

Marlene Rankin, age 89, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2026, at Wendover Hospice, surrounded by her loving family.

Martha Jane Scoggins passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 12, 2026.

Martha Sue Lovelace Wells, 73, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 23, 2026 while at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, Forest City, NC.

Marvin Atkin Grigg, Jr., 96, of Denver, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 at his residence.

Marvin Rufus "Pete" Caveny, 95, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at Carolinas Medical Center surrounded by loving family.

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

Mary Ellen Reber loved Jesus with all her heart. She started trusting in His sacrifice for her sins even from the age of 4. She lived in Fort Mill, SC, but at age 71, she graduated into heaven on April 11, 2026.

Mary Jo Kennel, 89, went to be with her Lord and Savior at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby on March 26, 2026.

SHELBY, N.C. - Mary Louise Moore White of Earl, NC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, April 13, 2026.

Melanie Young Holt, born on May 30, 1969, in Marvell, Arkansas, passed away peacefully on April 27, 2026, in Shelby, North Carolina.

Life's journey began for Michael Anthony Addison on March 16, 1978, in Cleveland County, NC.

Michael James Morgan, age 79, of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, March 20, 2026 at Oak Grove Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.