Sherril Harris

Dec 31, 2011

Mr. Harris, 74, of Ellenboro, NC, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. A native of Rutherford County, he was born November 19, 1937 to the late Reverend Lee Baxter "L.B" and Ocie Mary McCraw Harris. Having been raised in a working family he, like the rest of his family had...

Dorothy Beheler

Dec 31, 2011

Dorothy Cornelia Ruppe Beheler went to be with the Lord on December 31, 2011 at the age of 87. Dorothy was of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her husband Phocian Henry Beheler and parents Mary Edna Ruppe and Sidney Jesse Ruppe. Dorothy is survived by four daughters and one son, eight grandchildren and thirteen great...

Lorene Hamrick

Dec 24, 2011

Mrs. Hamrick, 88, born in Lincoln County, NC, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 at White Oak Manor of Kings Mountain, where she lived. Mrs. Hamrick was a retired nurse, former member of First Baptist Church of Shelby, and currently a member of White Harvest Ministries Baptist Church of Shelby. Mrs. Hamrick was preceeded in death by her parents...

Emma Stewart

Dec 18, 2011

Mrs. Stewart, 93, of Shelby passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, NC, she worked at Shelby Mill Company for 20 years, and was a member of Second Baptist Church. Mrs. Stewart was preceded in death by her parents John Manuel Blanton & Mary Sue Lynn Blanton, a brother Albert...

Clara Greenway

Dec 17, 2011

Mrs. Greenway, 96, of Shelby, NC, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2011 at Hospice House in Kings Mountain, NC. A native of Rutledge, Tenn., Clara retired from Ora Mill Company where she was a cloth inspector. She was a member of Dover Baptist Church and was a former Sunday School teacher and served as the church hostess for a...

Willie Mellon

Dec 14, 2011

Mr. Mellon, 86, of Shelby, NC, passed away Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at Hospice at Wendover. Mr. Mellon was a member of Mulls Memorial Baptist Church, and retired from Costner's Amoco as a mechanic. The family would like to express their appreciation and thanks to Dr. Potts, Kat Spangler and the entire Hospice staff at Wendover as well as...

Billy Carter

Dec 14, 2011

Billy Braxton Carter, 83, passed away peacefully at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby, NC on December 14, 2011. A long-time Shelby resident, Billy was born August 23, 1928 in Rockingham, North Carolina, the son of the late John D. and Gerusha Carter. Billy was preceded in death by his five siblings, John A. Carter, Ford Carter, Coley Garriga,...

Diane Ware

Dec 13, 2011

Diane, 68, of Ellenboro, NC, passed away Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at her home. Diane was born in Cleveland County, NC. She worked at Cleveland Gastroenterology and was a member at Beaver Dam Baptist Church where she served on the Bereavement Committee, leader of the Mission Friends on Wednesday nights and served on various other committees. She loved her...

Florence Wright

Dec 8, 2011

Mrs. Wright, 90, of 3802 Barrier Drive, Shelby, NC, passed away Thursday, December 8, 2011, at White Oak Manor of Shelby. A native of Cleveland County, Mrs. Wright retired from the Dover Textile Group, was a member of Eastside Baptist Church and a volunteer at the Senior Center. Mrs. Wright was preceeded in death by her parents Charles D....

James Marler

Nov 24, 2011

Mr. Marler, better known to everyone as "Jamie", 18, of Boiling Springs, NC, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2011 at his home. Born in Fall River, Mass., Jamie was a student at North Shelby School, and a member of Ascension Lutheran Church of Shelby, and a associate member of Resurrection Lutheran Church of Kings Mountain, NC. Jamie is preceeded...