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Jamie Rae Baker, 31, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, October 09, 2025. She was born in Dallas, Texas.

Edith Cooper Adkins Heatherly of Hamrick Road, Shelby, NC, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at the age of 94, having just celebrated a birthday the previous Saturday.

Rebecca "Becky" Arey Smith, age 87, passed away peacefully at her home in Shelby, NC on October 27, 2025.

Donald Dwight "Don" Stinnette, age 86, of Bessemer City, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Caromont Regional Medical Center.

William "Bill" Norman Clark Jr., 85, of Kings Mountain, NC, entered his heavenly home surrounded by his family on October 29, 2025 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC.

Richard Steven Franklin, lovingly known as Steve, was born on February 5, 1946, in Cleveland County, North Carolina.

Mark Tate, age 65, of Ellenboro, passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.

Cherryville - Mr. Charles David "Mike" Randall, 90, passed away on Monday, October 27, 2025 at his residence.

Kings Mountain - Mr. Jerry Michael "Mike" Beattie, 72, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2025 at his residence.

Mrs. Maude Kathryn Gettys Melton, 92, of Casar, North Carolina passed away on October 27, 2025, at Testa Family Hospice House in Kings Mountain, North Carolina.

William Doug Clinton, age 66, of Cherryville, passed away October 27, 2025, at his home.

Elizabeth Venable, 84, of Union, New Jersey went on to be with her Lord and Savior peacefully on Monday, October 13, 2025, in Shelby, North Carolina, where she enjoyed her later years of life. She was born May 30, 1941, in Chester, South Carolina to the late Jack and Willie Wilmore. She moved to Baltimore, Maryland in 1948, where she grew up with her sister, Audrey Morton.

Grace Cannon Palmer, age 89, of Shelby, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, October 26, 2025.

Alfred "Al" Taranto, 82, of Shelby, passed away peacefully on Monday, October 20, 2025, at Caromont Regional Hospital in Gastonia.

Blacksburg - Dorothy "Dot" Wyatt Earls,77, of 491 99 Island Road, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2025 at her residence.

Mooresboro, NC - - Ava Estelene Henderson Spake, 94, of 2749 McCraw Road, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 25, 2025 at Spartanburg Medical Center.

Jimmy Jewell Hill, known to friends and family as Jim, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away peacefully on October 25, 2025, at Caromont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, NC.

Linda Oxentine Holtsclaw, 81, of Vale passed away on October 25, 2025, at her home.

Deanna Braswell Ledford, 82, passed away on October 24, 2025, at Atrium Health Cleveland Hospital.

Hillard Bickle Wise, Jr, age 94, of W. Church St., Cherryville, NC, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2025, at Atrium Health Lincoln, Lincolnton, NC.

Evelyn went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on October 15, 2025, at the age of 98.

Willam Stanford "Bill" Nantz, age 83, of Bess Chapel Church Road, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2025, at Atrium Health Lincoln.

Bettina Towery Nejberger, 69, of Lawndale passed away on October 23, 2025 at her residence.

Mrs. Doris Stroud Gidney, 77, of Kingstown, NC, passed away on October 16, 2025, at her residence.

Mr. John Wesley Norris, 84, of Shelby, NC passed away on October 15, 2025 at Hospice Wendover.