Obituaries

Nina Jones

Jul 12, 2009

Mrs. Jones, 81, of 512 Webber Street, Shelby, NC passed away Sunday, July 12, 2007 at her home. A native of Bandana, NC she was the daughter of the late Jeter Buchanan & Maude Howell Buchanan. In addition to her parents she was preceeded in death by her husband James Lee Jones & two sisters. She retired from the...

G. Bivins

Jul 8, 2009

Mr. Bivins, 85, of 808 Poplar Springs Church Road, Shelby, NC, passed away Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Alexander Mills, NC, he was the son of the late Willie Belo Bivins & Mattie McCurry Bivins. He retired from Ora Mill Company where he was a twisting supervisor and was a member of...

Gene Sullens

Jun 29, 2009

Mr. Sullens, 84, of 3011 Fieldstone Lane, Shelby, NC, passed away Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Polk County, NC he was the son of the late Wiley Sullens & Lillian Smith Sullens. He was former owner of Sullens Produce & Trucking and had worked at Barry's Tire Store in Forest City for...

Josephine Whitaker

Jun 29, 2009

Mrs. Whitaker, 87, of 934 West Warren Street, Shelby, NC, passed away Monday, June 29, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Caroleen, NC she was the daughter of the late Jesse Lee McAbee & Virgie Elzie Pettit McAbee. Mrs. Whitaker retired from Mastercraft where she worked for 20 years.In addition to her parents she was preceeded...

Mae Mccoy

Jun 26, 2009

Mrs. McCoy, 99, of 830 Skinner Road, Shelby, NC, passed away Friday, June 26, 2009 at her home. A native of Jackson County, Tenn. she was the daughter of the late Phil Cooper & Modine Franks Cooper. She retired from Ora Mill Co. Her favorite things to do were gardening, sewing, cooking for her family and hunting...

Ray Beason

Jun 16, 2009

Mr. Beason, 86, of 316 W. Grover Street, Shelby, NC, passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cliffside, NC, he was the son of the late Grady Lee Beason & Hattie Ramsey Beason. He had worked for the State of North Carolina as a truck driver and as a security guard for...

Mack Kale

Jun 13, 2009

Mr. Kale, 86, of 410 Royster Avenue, Shelby, NC passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Peak Resources of Shelby. A native of Lincoln County, NC, he was the son of the late Marshall Kale & Susie Carpenter Kale. He retired from Shelby M

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Patricia Whitaker

Jun 9, 2009

Mrs. Whitaker, 69, of 3915 Stick Elliott Road, Lawndale, NC passed away Tuesday, May 9, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, she had worked a number of years at Triple D. Publishing Co., and had last worked at Kebo's and was a homemaker. Mrs. Whitaker was a member of Bethel Baptist Church of Shelby,...

Lounette Pittillo

Jun 7, 2009

Mrs. Pittillo, 69, of Shelby, NC passed away Sunday, June 7, 2009 at Hospice at Wendover. Mrs. Pittillo is preceeded in death by her parents Corbet Pid Hastings & Lillie Mae Head Hastings and two husbands Donald Eugene Peterson & Samuel Hoyt Pittilo.

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Wray Barrett

Jun 5, 2009

Rev. Barrett 92, of 420 Long Branch Road, Kings Mountain, NC, passed away Friday, June 5, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Ben Price Barrett & Lillian Harmon Barrett. Rev. Barrett was also preceeded in death by his wife Irene McMurry Barrett.

Rev. Barrett was...

Mike Wyatt

Jun 3, 2009

Mr. Wyatt, 60, of 117 Diploma Drive, Shelby, NC passed away Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital. A native of Cleveland County, NC, Mike was formally employed by PPG and was disabled for a number of years. He was a member of Liberty Baptist Church in Ellenboro, and served in the U. S. Marines. His loved hobby was...

Charlie Shepherd

Jun 2, 2009

Mr. Shepherd, 90, of 1550 Charles Road, Shelby, NC passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. He owned and operated a fence building company.

Mr. Shepherd was preceeded in death by his parents Andy & Nancy Hall Shepherd.

Mr. Shepherd is survived by a niece Sally M. Shepherd of Earl, NC....

Sheila Swafford

May 28, 2009

Mrs. Swafford, 51, of 116 College Farm Road, Shelby, NC passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009 at her home. A native of Staunton, Virginia, she was formerly employed by Netrolina Plastics until 1995 as Office Manager. Mrs. Swafford was also a homemaker, member of Polkville Baptist Church, and former member of Shelby Rescue Squad and a E. M. T....

Gene Bridges

May 25, 2009

Mr. Bridges, 76, of 534 Wilson Drive, Lawndale, NC, passed away Monday, May 25, 2009 at Hospice at Wendover. Born in Burke County, NC he was retired from Carolina Freight where he was a truck driver.

Gene was preceeded in death by his parents Reubin Elmer Bridges & Sallie B. Bridges, his wife Joan Martin Bridges, a...

Robert Elliott

May 18, 2009

Mr. Elliott, 79, passed away Monday, May 18, 2009 at Hospice at Wendover. Mr. Elliott was a member of Polkville Baptist Church, retired from Bost Bakery as a truck driver, and was a farmer. He also served in the U. S. Army in the Korean War.

Mr. Elliott was preceeded in death by his parents John Paxton...

Hermine Cabaniss

May 11, 2009

Mrs. Cabaniss, 93, of 1809 Chatfield Rd., Shelby, NC passed away Monday, May 11, 2009 at Carillon Assisted Living of Shelby. A native of Cleveland County, she retired from Cleveland Regional Medical Center where she worked at the information desk. She was a member of Zion Baptist Church.

Mrs. Cabaniss was preceeded in death by her parents;...

Socorro Greene

May 10, 2009

Mrs. Greene, 80, of 2914 Lake Drive, Shelby, NC, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, May 10, 2009. Mrs. Greene had been a resident at Peak Resources in Shelby, NC for the last 6 weeks. She was a member of Christ the King Church in Shelby. Born in ElPaso, Texas on September 9, 1928...

Emeth Thomas

May 9, 2009

Mrs. Thomas, 88, of 1176 Wyke Road, Shelby, formally of Forest City passed away Saturday, May 9, 2009 at Hospice at Wendover. A native of Conway, NC, she had worked as a social worker for the Department of Social Services in Rutherford County. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Forest City where she served in the...

Pauline Bowen

May 7, 2009

Mrs. Bowen, 82, of 3726 Robert Riddings Rd. Shelby, NC, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2009 at Hospice of Cleveland County. A native of Cleveland County, she was a homemaker and a member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

Mrs. Bowen was preceeded in death by her parents Fitzhugh Guy Ellis and Linnie Lois Wilson Ellis. She is...

Dahl Moore

May 7, 2009

Mr. Moore, 53, of 308 Clinton Street, Shelby, NC, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2009 at Hospice at Wendover. A native of Cleveland County, NC, he was owner and operator of Lo Len Antiques and worked at Southern Precision Springs in Charlotte for the last two years. He was an avid fisherman and especially enjoyed pier fishing at Emerald...