Obituaries

Dec 26, 2008

Mr. Collins, 84, of 933 Church Street, Shelby, passed away Friday 12-26-2008 at Crawley Memorial Hospital. He was a native of Henderson County, NC, and had worked for Dicey Mills & retired from Bost Bakery after 14 years of service. He was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church and served in the U. S. Army during...

Dec 21, 2008

Mr. Robbins, 56, of 2403 Easton Drive, Shelby, NC passed away Sunday, December 21, 2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, he had worked at Woodchuck Chippers & Doran Mills. He was a member of Double Springs Baptist Church, Woodmen of the World and was a volunteer fireman at Shanghai Volunteer Fire Department...

Dec 19, 2008

Mr, Cooper, 89, of 118 McBrayer Homestead Rd., Shelby, NC, a native of Cleveland County, passed away Friday, December 19, 2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Mr. Coopers parents were the late Daniel Amos & Hattie Walker Cooper. In addition to his parents he was preceeded in death by a daughter Donnie Vee Cooper, and brothers Woodrew,...

Dec 12, 2008

A native of Gastonia, she had been employed by Cleveland Regional Medical Center where she was a nurses assistant. She was a member of Westview Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Curtis Benjamin Carlisle, Sr. & Gussie Lee Connor Carlisle.

She is survived by her husband, Raymond C. "Ray"...

Dec 4, 2008

Mrs. Davis, 68, of White Oak Manor, Shelby, formally of 4028 Littlejohn Circle, passed away Thursday 12-4-2008 at White Oak. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur & Willie Campbell Mathis. Prior to retirement, she had worked for Ruppe Hoisery. She was a member of Sandy Run Baptist Church and the...

Dec 3, 2008

Mrs. Lee, 82 a resident of Crawley Memorial Hospital, passed away at Crawley on Wednesday 12-03-2008. A native of Cleveland County she was the daughter of the late Edgar Lipscomb & Darfer Whisnant Lipscomb. In addition she was preceeded in death by her husband John Sidney Lee, brothers James Raell Lipscomb, Wendell Lipscomb, William Lipscomb, David Lipscomb,&...

Dec 2, 2008

Mrs. McMurry, 86, of 2109 Cameo Drive, Shelby, NC, a loving wife, mother, and grandmother went to be with the Lord on December 2, 2008 at her home. A native of Rutherford County, NC, she was the daughter of the late C. W. Hamrick & Lillie Bell Gordon Hamrick. She was also preceeded in death by her...

Dec 2, 2008

Mr. Ingle, 28, of Mayo, SC, passed away 12-02-2008 at his home. A native of Miami, FLA. he was employed by Carolina Recycling Group as a diesel mechanic. Mr. Ingle is preceeded in death by his grandparents Joel & Effie Ingle. Mr. Ingle is survived by his partents Daniel Forest Ingle & Gloria Pardo Ingle of Miami,...

Nov 26, 2008

Dr. Prassel, 46, of 106 Southern Pines Drive, Shelby, NC, passed away Wednesday 11-26-2008 at Hospice at Wendover. Dr. Prassel was the pastor and member at Poplar Springs Baptist Church. He had previously pastored Wallaceton Baptist Church & Junction City Baptist Church in Kentucky and Sterling Park Baptist Church in Virginia. Dr. Prassel graduated from Mississippi College...

Nov 23, 2008

Mrs. Watson, 93, of 401 N. Morgan Street, Shelby, NC, White Oak Manor formally of 514 Legion Street Shelby, passed away Sunday at White Oak Manor. A native of Cleveland County, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Reid & Eliza Weaver Reid. In addition to her parents she was also preceeded in death by...

Nov 18, 2008

Mr. McSwain, 25, of 2605 Spring Valley Terrace, Shelby, NC, passed away Saturday, November 15, 2008 at his home. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of Eddie Dean McSwain & Loretta Lynn Robbins of Shelby, NC. He was employed at Walmart Distribution Center and at Shelby Fish Camp. Mr. McSwain was a member of...

Oct 29, 2008

Mrs. McMurry, 88, of White Oak Manor, Kings Mountain, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at White Oak Manor. A native of Cleveland County, she was retired from Hamrick's and was a member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church, attended the Fred Rollins Sunday School Class at Lafayette Street United Methodist church, and was a member of...

Oct 21, 2008

Mrs. Floyd, 90, of Century Care, formally of Rehobeth Church Road, Shelby, NC passed away Tuesday, October 21 at Century Care. A native of Cleveland County, she was preceeded in death by her parents Ralph Greene & Ada Fowler Greene, her husband Robert Euell "Sod" Floyd, and a brother Ralph Lee Greene. Mrs. Floyd was a homemaker...

Oct 13, 2008

Mrs. Pennington, 85, of Carillon Assisted Living, passed away Saturday at Carillon. She was retired from the City of Shelby, attended High School in Princeton, W. VA. where she met her beloved husband. She was an avid gardner, a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Mrs. Pennington was preceeded in death by her parents Roscoe Lee Covey...

Oct 9, 2008

Mrs. Dorsey, 82, of 205 E. Main St., Lawndale, NC passed away Thursday, 10-09-2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Carr Edward Cline & Blanche Jane Cloniger Cline and was preceeded in death by her husband Edward Eugene Dorsey, a son Randy Dorsey, a granddaughter Mary...

Oct 9, 2008

Mrs. Roche, 90, of 1205 Starlight Drive, Shelby, passed away Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008 at White Oak Manor in Shelby. A native of Decatur, Ill. she was preceeded in death by her parents, Otto Rudolph Salefski & Bertha Augusta Wittek, husband Charles Hansel Roche and 2 sisters and 1 brother. She was a homemaker and a member...

Oct 5, 2008

Mrs. Sane, 80, of 4432 Fallston Road, Shelby, NC, passed away Sunday at Hospice of Cleveland County. She had worked at Esther Mill & Universal Mfg. Co., and was of the Baptist Faith. Mrs. Sane was preceeded in death by her parents Alonzo "E.L." Burns & Annie Katherine Brown Burns. Mrs. Sane is survived by her husband...

Oct 5, 2008

Mr. Philbeck. 72, of 112 Deere Lane, Ellenboro, NC, passed away Sunday 10-5-2008 at Hospice of Cleveland County. He worked for 38 years at Doran Textiles where he was a supervisor. He was a member of Gantts Grove Baptist Church and served in the U.S. Army in Germany. Mr. Philbeck was preceeded in death by his parents...

Oct 2, 2008

Mrs. Clary was the daughter of the late William Douglas Sparks and Nettie Hames Sparks and was also preceded in death by her husband, William Buford Clary;brothers, Harold Sparks, Ming Sparks, Ernest "Bit" Sparks and Lionel "Pie"sparks; sisters, Jean Sparks and Iris Turner. She a member of Northside Baptist Church and retired from Universal Mfg. where she...

Sep 27, 2008

Mr. West, 61 of 4007 Hillview Circle, Shelby, NC passed away Saturday Sept. 27, 2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late James Edgar West & Mildred Louise Harris West Brown. He was also preceeded in death by a sister, Peggy Wright. Mr. West was employed by...