OBITUARIES

Jesse Fitch

Jesse Fitch

May 12, 2008

SHELBY- Mr. Jesse Jenkins Fitch, 76 of 404 Fields Drive, died Monday, May 12, 2008 at Crawley Memorial Hospital. A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Robert Lee Fitch Sr. and Minnie Lola Warren. He was a member of Elizabeth Baptist Church and was a retired wholesaler for Patterson’s Flowers. PRECEDED IN DEATH: In addition...

Tillman "Bill" Turner

Tillman "Bill" Turner

May 3, 2008

SHELBY- Mr. Tillman B. “Bill” Turner, 76, of 135 Dyer Drive, died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at home. A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Tillman Ben Turner and Mattie Lou Dyer Turner. He was retired from the Dover Mill and was a member of the Shelby Seventh Day Adventist. PRECEDED IN DEATH: In addition...

Chad Willis

Chad Willis

May 3, 2008

GROVER- Mr. Chad Eric Willis, 48, of 103 Ayers Rd., went to be with the Lord, Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 at Hospice at Wendover. A native of Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Gary Wayne and Helen Morrison Willis. He was last employed with Cheyenne International. PRECEDED IN DEATH: In addition to his parents, he was preceded...

Donna (Wiggins) Greene

Donna (Wiggins) Greene

May 3, 2008

SHELBY- Ms. Donna Lynn Greene, 54, of 2825 South Lafayette St., died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at home. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter to the late Donald L. Greene and Jackie McIntyre Greene of the home. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who loved just spending quality time with her family and friends. She was...

Ruby Hamrick

Ruby Hamrick

Apr 30, 2008

BOILING SPRINGS- Mrs. Ruby Allen Hamrick, 85, of 2024 Holly Hill Rd., died Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at home. A native of Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Charles L. Allen and Jessie Dover Allen. She worked for Doran Textiles for 34 years and also worked with the Cleveland-Rutherford Kidney Association. Mrs. Hamrick joined Zoar Baptist Church...

Elma Dycus Hammond

Elma Dycus Hammond

Apr 29, 2008

SHELBY- Mrs. Elma Dycus Hammond, 89, of 2927 Lake Dr., former resident of Asheville, died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Summit Place Assisted Living in Kings Mountain. A native of York County, SC, she was a daughter of the late A.C. Hudson and Emma Dominey Hudson. She retired as a unit clerk at Memorial Mission Hospital and was a member...

Alice Martin

Alice Martin

Apr 29, 2008

SHELBY- Mrs. Alice H. Martin, 77, of 501 Webber St., died Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at Hospice at Wendover. A native of Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Tom and Mae Pack Hayes. She worked for over 35 years at Sacksville Mill and five years at Specialty Lighting. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church, where...

L.A. Howard

L.A. Howard

Apr 23, 2008

SHELBY- Rev. Lewis Alexander Howard, 90, formerly of N. Oak Drive, went to be with The Lord Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at Hospice at Wendover. A native of Pender County, NC he was a son of the late Amos Howard and Eula Batson Howard. He attended Gardner-Webb College and graduated from Southeastern Seminary at Wake Forest. Rev. Howard served as...

Pearl Canipe

Pearl Canipe

Apr 18, 2008

SHELBY- Mrs. Pearl Eleanor Canipe, 86, of 505 Charles Road, died Friday, April 18, 2008 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter to the late Edd and Paola Rippy Blanton. She had retired from Hudson Hosiery Mill and was formerly a member of Eastside Baptist Church. She was a loving mother and grandmother, always putting...

Belva Strauser

Belva Strauser

Apr 15, 2008

Mrs. Strauser, 77, of Barbee Road, died Tuesday morning at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Funeral Services and Burial will take place in Florida.

Charles Hammond

Charles Hammond

Apr 12, 2008

SHELBY- Mr. Charles N. Hammond, 77, of 2927 Lake Drive, died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Stephens County, Oklahoma, he was a son of the late Charles O. Hammond and Laura Nicholson Hammond. He was an accomplished mortician, who served his profession with passion for more than fifty years before retiring from Clay-Barnette...

Ruth Griffin

Ruth Griffin

Apr 10, 2008

SHELBY- Mrs. Ellen Ruth Griffin, 88, of 1207 Lithia Springs Extension, died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter to the late Julius Carr and Jettie Hicks Mull. She was a secretary for Hamrick, Mauney, and Flowers Attorneys and was a member of First Baptist Church of Shelby. She was...

Homer Lowery

Homer Lowery

Apr 9, 2008

SHELBY- Mr. Homer Rome Lowery, 75, of 615 Plato Lee Road, died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Spartanburg County, SC, eldest son to the late David Franklin and Flowie Roberta McKelvey Lowery, and was a US Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a former truck driver and was a...

Euzelia Moore

Euzelia Moore

Apr 3, 2008

SHELBY- Mrs. Mary Margaret Euzelia Moore, 93, of 2030 Gaffney Road, went to be with her Lord Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Monroe and Lizzie Green Whisnant. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of Flint Hill Baptist Church. PRECEDED IN DEATH: In addition...

Ellen Mann

Ellen Mann

Apr 3, 2008

SHELBY- Mrs. Laura Ellen Mann, 76, of 211 N. Morgan St., went to be with Jesus Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was native of Polk County, NC daughter to the late John Coleman and Mattie Lee Davis Jolley. She was a homemaker and a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a member of New...

Frank Dixon

Frank Dixon

Apr 1, 2008

GROVER- Mr. Thomas Frank Dixon, 83, of 108 Carolina Ave., died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at home. A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Ira Dixon and Mattie Blackburn Dixon. He was a member of Allen Memorial Baptist Church and served in the Navy during WWII. PRECEDED IN DEATH: In addition to his parents, he...

David Howell

David Howell

Mar 27, 2008

CHERRYVILLE- Mr. David Hillard Howell, 67, of 3138 N. Clear Fork Rd., died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Ft. Sanders Sevierville Medical Center in Sevierville, Tenn. A native of Lincoln County, he was a son of the late David Hillard Howell and Hazel Leatherman Howell of Cherryville. He was a building contractor and was a member of St. John’s Lutheran...

C.W. Harris

C.W. Harris

Mar 24, 2008

MOORESBORO- Mr. Charles Wellington “C.W.” Harris, Jr., 79, of 110 Academy Street, died Monday, March 24, 2008 in Hendersonville. He was a native of Mooresboro, son to the late Charles Wellington “Wag” Harris Sr. and Brent Elliott Harris. A veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Harris served both his country and his community. C.W. spent 51 years at his family’s...

Anne Chambers

Anne Chambers

Mar 17, 2008

SHELBY- Mrs. Anne Chambers, 85, of 1526 Sulphur Springs Rd., died Monday, March 17, 2008 at home. FUNERAL: The funeral will be Friday, March 21, 2008 at 2 p.m. at Zion Baptist Church in Covington, Georgia BURIAL: Burial will follow in Zion Baptist Church Cemetery

Pam Smith

Pam Smith

Mar 17, 2008

GROVER- Mrs. Pamela Suzzette Smith, 43, of 2630 Cleveland Ave., died Monday, March 17, 2008 at home. A native of Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Charles Wesley Jones and Gloria Williams Jones of Shelby. She was a lab technician at Doran Textiles and was a member of Patterson Springs Baptist Church. SURVIVORS: She is survived by...