OBITUARIES
Janette Queen
Jan 5, 2008
SHELBY- Mrs. Janette Bowman Queen, 100, of 1431 S. Post Rd., died Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Hospice at Wendover. She was a native of Catawba County, daughter to the late O.P. and Bessie Bowman Bowman. Mrs. Queen was the eldest member of Landmark Baptist Church. She worked in retail sales for many years buying and selling ladies’ hats. Her...
Doris Hovis
Jan 4, 2008
SHELBY- Mrs. Doris I. Hovis, 86, formerly of Parkwood Road and Lattimore St., died Friday, January 4, 2008 at Pardee Care Center in Flat Rock. She was a native of New York City, daughter to the late Deltry Craig and Minnie Dicker Ingledew. Mrs. Hovis worked in finance for the Federal Government in Washington, DC, and was a member of...
Carolyn Laverne Nishimura
Jan 2, 2008
SHELBY- Mrs. Carolyn Laverne Nishimura, 64, of 3822-9 Towery Rd., died Wednesday, January 2, 2008 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, daughter to the late Vernon Dwight and Clara Nix Hanson. A member of Zion Baptist Church, she was in The Golden Years Club. PRECEDED IN DEATH: In addition to her parents, she was...
Ellie Wilson Lee
Dec 31, 2007
SHELBY- Mrs. Ellie Wilson Lee, 93, of 619 Tina Drive, died Monday, December 31, 2007 at home. A native of Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late John Wesley and Linnie Jones Wilson. She was retired from J.P. Stevens and was an active member of Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Mrs. Lee enjoyed traveling extensively throughout the U.S. and...
Farris "Butch" Jackson
Dec 29, 2007
SHELBY- Mr. Farris Lee “Butch Jackson, 64, of 607 N. Post Rd., died Saturday, December 29, 2007 at Hospice at Wendover. He was a native of Cleveland County, son to the late Pete and Catherine Hollifield Jackson. Mr. Jackson was a loving father and grandfather. He was member of Lily Memorial Baptist Church, and had retired from Bosch Industries of...
Heather Elizabeth Lane
Dec 28, 2007
SHELBY- Miss Heather Elizabeth Heffner, 31, of 1205 S. Dekalb Street, died Friday, December 28, 2007 at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter to Horace and Charlotte Poole Heffner of the home. Miss Heffner was a member of Lily Memorial Baptist Church. SURVIVORS: In addition to her parents, she is survived by...
Aletha Fisher
Dec 26, 2007
SHELBY- Ms. Aletha Sansing Fisher, 87, died Wednesday December 26, 2007 at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter to the late Samuel and Mary Blanton Sansing. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and assisted in the nursery for many years. She retired from Lilly Mill. Aletha’s family...
Everett Pennington
Dec 26, 2007
SHELBY- Mr. Everett Earl Pennington, 71, of 129 Ridgefield Road, died Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville, SC. He was a native of Gaston County, son to the late Everett Woodrow and Zula Mae Turner Pennington. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, was of the Baptist faith, and was a retired meat cutter. Earl was...
Pete Webb
Dec 21, 2007
BOILING SPRINGS- Mr. Edwin Curtis “Pete” Webb, 75, of 531 Clyde Wallace Rd., died Friday, December 21, 2007 at Brian Center in Gastonia. A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Debro and Alma Pearson Webb. He served in the U.S. Army with service in Korea and was retired from Mauney Hosiery in Kings Mountain. Mr....
Pat Westbrook
Dec 21, 2007
BOILING SPRINGS, NC- Mrs. Patricia K. Westbrook, 81, died on December 21, 2007 at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center from complications of Parkinsonism from which she had been suffering for over a decade. She was born May 26, 1926, to Alfred and Evadna Kinney, of Cleveland, Ohio. Pat earned a nursing degree through the Cadet Nursing Program and graduated from the...
Chris Daniels
Dec 16, 2007
SHELBY- Mr. Christopher “Chris” Samuel Daniels, 26, of 1203 Pamela Drive, died Sunday, December 16, 2007. He was a native of Mercer County, WV, son to Larry C. Daniels of Cherryville and Linda Cannoy of the home. He was of the Baptist faith and was employed by All Seasons Parts and Service. He enjoyed the outdoors, especially fishing, and loved...
Martha Hendrick Champion
Dec 9, 2007
SHELBY- Mrs. Martha Hendrick Champion, 80, of 1430 Earl Rd., went to be with the lord Sunday, Dec. 9th, 2007, at Hospice at Wendover. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late George “G.P.” Pinkney and Birtie Hamrick Hendrick. Mrs. Champion was a faithful member of Sulphur Springs United Methodist Church where she was a member...
Ella Mcneill Burrus
Dec 5, 2007
Ella McNeill Jenkins Burrus, 83, of 507 Woodside Dr. passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2007, at Carolinas Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Rev. James L. Jenkins and Kate Watson Jenkins. In addition to her parents, her husband of 56 years, Dr. Roy G. Burrus, Jr. and her brother Jay Jenkins of Raleigh preceded her in death....
Mary P. Gardner
Dec 4, 2007
Mary Elizabeth Gardner, 85, of St. Augustine, died Dec. 4, 2007, at the Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring in Jacksonville. Mrs. Gardner was a native of Bessemer City, N.C., and moved to St. Augustine in 2006 from Shelby, N.C. Mrs. Gardner was a factory worker at Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., in Shelby, a member of the Woodman of the...
Margaret Pearl Martin
Dec 2, 2007
GROVER- Mrs. Margaret Pearl Martin, 86, of 1124-1 Lavender Rd., died Sunday, December 2, 2007 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Harley and Carrie Queen. She was a co-owner of Martin Jacquard Textiles in Grover. Mrs. Martin was a member of Bethany Baptist Church, where she was a member...
Doug "Dougman" Davis
Dec 1, 2007
SHELBY- Mr. Doug “Dougman” Davis, 47, of 934 College Ave., died Saturday, December 1, 2007. A native of Cleveland County, he was a son of Roe Davis of Shelby and Connie Cannon Davis of Boiling Springs. He was a member of Crestview Baptist Church. As a welder and fabricator, he loved to build and race dirt late models and worked...
Geraldine B. Lovelace
Nov 30, 2007
SHELBY- Mrs. Geraldine Blanton Lovelace, 73, of 719 Washburn Switch Road, died Friday at Hospice at Wendover. She was a native of Cleveland County and daughter to the late Paul M. and Annie Belle Green Blanton. Geraldine retired from Kemet Industries as a lab technician and also worked in the Cleveland County School System cafeterias. She was a member at...
Michael Queen
Nov 21, 2007
SHELBY- Mr. Glenn Michael Queen, 61, of 157 Delta Park Drive, died Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at home. He was a native of Cleveland County, and son of the late Clarence Glenn and Mabel Sanders Queen. Mr. Queen was a Field Manager for NCR Corp. PRECEDED IN DEATH: In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...
George Edgar Gauthier
Nov 15, 2007
BOILING SPRINGS- Mr. George Edgar Gauthier, 79, of 115 B Creekside Dr., died Thursday, Nov. 15th, at his home. FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE PRIVATELY HELD
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