Obituaries

Jan 23, 2013

Mrs. Nellie Virginia Morrison, 95, of Boiling Springs, NC passed away January 23, 2013 at Hospice of Cleveland County at Wendover. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late John Burton Willis and Jessie Mae Burleson Willis. Mrs. Morrison enjoyed sewing, singing, playing musical instruments, cooking and babysitting her grandchildren. She was a member of...

Jan 21, 2013

Mr. Gerald "Randy" Randall Sheppard, 69, of Kings Mountain, NC passed away January 21, 2013. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late John Devaney Sheppard and Macie Edith Randall Sheppard. Mr. Sheppard owned and operated Sheppard's Welding for nearly 40 years. He loved fishing, cutting grass, working in his shop and fellowshipping with his...

Jan 16, 2013

Mrs. Patsy Philbeck Gold Cabaniss, 93, of Shelby, passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Hospice of Wendover. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Amzi Cole Philbeck and Minnie Belle Huskey Philbeck. Mrs. Cabaniss had worked as an Avon representative for many years. She loved keeping her grandchildren, collecting assorted rocks, cooking and...

Jan 14, 2013

Miss Ashley Rae Durkee, 25, of Boiling Springs, NC, passed away on January 14, 2013. A native of Highgate, Vermont, she was the daughter of Christopher Durkee and Paula Williams Durkee. Ashley had worked as a cashier at Wilco/Hess. She liked music, good food, and she loved to have fun with her friends.

She was preceded in...

Jan 12, 2013

Mr. Billy David Harris, 57, of Waco, NC, was a native of Cleveland County. He was the son of the late B. J. Harris and was also preceded in death by his father-in-law, Warren Deal; sister, Joyce Putnam; brothers-in-law, Richard Harris, Sr. & Larry Barnes, Sr. and a sister-in-law, Debbie Harris.

Mr. Harris was a member of...

Jan 12, 2013

Mr. Boyce Ray Champion, 74, passed away on January 12, 2013, at his home. He was the son of the late Egar Champion and Lela Wright Champion. Mr. Champion had worked for Electric Motors for several years. He enjoyed working in his shop and driving his car.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Jan 10, 2013

Mr. John Henry "Big John" Lookabill, 86, of Shelby, NC, passed away on January 10, 2013 at his home. Born to the late Frank and Dorothy Lookabill of Boone, North Carolina, on January 25, 1926, he was raised in Watauga County. He served in the U. S. Army during WWII in France and Germany. He was employed by General...

Jan 10, 2013

Mr. Guy Newton Suttle, Jr., 76, of Shelby, NC, passed away on January 10, 2013, at Hospice of Cleveland County. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Guy Newton Suttle & Eugene Wilkins Suttle. Mr. Suttle was a member of Double Springs Baptist Church where he served on the offering committee as well as...

Jan 8, 2013

Mr. James Kenneth Wright, 58, of Shelby, NC, passed away at Cleveland Regional Medical Center on January 8, 2013. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of James Larahughes Wright & the late Naomi Pearline Stinchcomb Wright.

Mr. Wright had worked for Oakwood Mobile Homes for ten years. He was a former member of Shanghai...

Jan 7, 2013

Mrs. Anous Baker Jackson, 93, of Shelby, NC, passed away on January 7, 2013 at Kings Mountain Hospice House. A native of Yancey County, she was the daughter of the late Burdett Sid Baker and Julia Etta Styles Baker, she was retired from Lily Mills where she was a winder operator. She was a member of Lily Memorial Baptist...

Jan 6, 2013

Mrs. Dorothy B. Tesseneer, 80, of Shelby, NC, passed away on January 6, 2013, at Hospice of Cleveland County. A native of Rutherford County, she was a homemaker.

She was the daughter of the late William Dennis Joseph Butler and Nellie Ann Hamrick Butler. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Coleman Tesseneer; three brothers,...

Jan 6, 2013

Mrs. Ellen Morehead Ruppe, 58, of Shelby, NC, went to be with the Lord on January 6, 2013, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Frank Glenn "Pete" Morehead, Sr. and Frances Terry Morehead.

Mrs. Ruppe was employed by Cleveland County School Food Services as Cafeteria Manager...

Jan 1, 2013

Mrs. Florence Griffin Simpson, 72, of Shelby, NC, passed away at Hospice of Cleveland County on January 1, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Gordon Willie Griffin & Bertha Estelle Griffin. A native of Putnam County, GA, she was a homemaker, loved flowers, gardening and making floral arrangements. She was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church....

Jan 1, 2013

Mrs. Polly VanDyke Hord, 77, of Mooresboro, NC, passed away on January 1, 2013 at her home. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Joe T. VanDyke, Sr. & Calva Powell VanDyke. Mrs. Hord worked for Blue Ridge Insurance M & J Finance and also worked in the family business at Bob's Seafood in...

Dec 29, 2012

Mr. Robert Edward "Bob" Yarboro, 55, passed away December 29, 2012 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby. He was born June 5, 1957 in Cleveland County, NC, to Ann Jones Thompson of Shelby and Alvin Edward "Ed" Yarbro, Jr.  of Kings Mountain. Bob graduated from Crest High School in Shelby and attended Appalachian State University in Boone and the...

Dec 29, 2012

Mrs. Brenda Arton, 61, of Shelby, NC, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Hospice House of Rutherford County. A native of York County, SC, she was the daughter of Ernest Fox & Katherine Harris Fox of Bessemer City. Mrs. Arton retired, due to her health, from Ellis Lumber Company where she was office manager.  She was a life...

Dec 28, 2012

Mr. Raymond Romey Horton, 66, of Shelby, passed away at Hospice of Cleveland County on December 28, 2012.  A native of Gaston County, he was the son of the late Romey R. Horton & Lexie Lovelace Horton.  Raymond loved God, his family. and his friends.  He attended Bethware School, worked at Fiber Industries and retired from Eaton Corporation. He was a proud...

Dec 24, 2012

Mr. C. B. Clary, Jr., 67, of Shelby, NC, passed away at Hospice of Cleveland County on December 24, 2012.  A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Clarence Bryant Clary, Sr. and Margaret Ailene Brackett Clary. He retired from Tyconia where he was a maintenance mechanic.  He was a member of Putnam Baptist Church and a...

Dec 23, 2012

Mr. Robert Henry Vaughn, 60, of Wilkesboro, NC, passed away at his residence on Sunday, December 23, 2012.  A native of Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late John Henry Vaughn & Dorothy Christie Vaughn. He was also preceded in death by his uncle, Charles B. Christie. Mr. Vaughn had worked as a computer technician. He attended church...

Dec 22, 2012

Mrs. Patricia Hollar Gold, 76, of Grover, NC, passed away at Cleveland Regional Medical Center on Saturday, December 22, 2012.  A native of Catawba County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Donald Lafayette Hollar & Georgia Ruth Hawn Hollar. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bill Gold. Mrs. Gold had worked as an assembly worker...