OBITUARIES

Aug 21, 2016

Clayton Eugene "Butch" Carpenter Sr. age 65 of Lincolnton Hwy, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at his residence. He was born on October 19, 1950 in Lincoln County to the late Robert and Mary Lee Earl Carpenter. Butch formerly worked with Wilkie Construction. He enjoyed fishing, playing cornhole, and horseshoes. He also enjoyed working on lawn mowers.

Aug 20, 2016

Joey "Fuzzy" Lister Jones, 38, of West First Street, died suddenly Saturday August 20. 2016. He was born on July 23, 1978 in Cleveland Co. a son of David Jones of Lawndale and Tina Baker Jones of Cherryville. Joey was formerly employed at Walmart distribution Center, Shelby. Joey loved his family, the Dallas Cowboys, was an avid outdoorsman, was...

Aug 18, 2016

Christine "Teeny" Dellinger George Schronce, age 86, of Harrelson Road, formerly of Startown Road passed away Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Carolina Care Center. She was born March 20, 1930 in Lincoln County to the late Paul Webster Dellinger Sr. and Illa Mae Byrd Dellinger. She was a member of First Baptist Church and retired after 25 years as...

Aug 16, 2016

Robert Lewis Bess, age 98, of St. Mark's Church Road passed away Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at his residence. He was born February 24, 1918 in Gaston County to the late William and Birdie Jane Mauney Bess. Lewis was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church and a lifetime self-employed dairy farmer for Bess Dairy.

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Aug 12, 2016

Boyd Eugene "Jabo" Pruitt, age 44 of Leslie Dr passed away Friday, August 12, 2016 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was born on December 7, 1971 in Cleveland County to the late Bobby Ray Pruitt and Nancy Smith Voncannon. He was employed with Paul Morris Roofing and formerly with Steve Cody Roofing. He was a member of...

Aug 6, 2016

Darrell Glenn Carpenter, 78, of Washburn St., died August 6, 2016 at Carolina Healthcare Cleveland. He was born on January 6, 1938 in Gaston Co. a son of the late Flossie Maye Dellinger. He proudly served his country in the US Navy for 22 years and was retired from Southern Bell with 18 years of service. He was a...

Aug 5, 2016

Dorothy Beam Wiseman, of Covenant Village, formerly of Cherryville, died August 5, 2016 at her residence. "Dottie", as she was affectionately known, was born in Gaston County, a daughter of the late Claude W. and Blanche Mauney Beam. Mrs. Wiseman was a member of First Baptist Church and retired billing manager for Carolina Freight. She was active in many...

Aug 4, 2016

Bobbie Ann Mauney, age 79, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Robin Johnson Hospice House. She was born December 15, 1936 in Lincoln County to the late Thomas Seyborn and Sarah Irene Yount Mauney. She worked in manufacturing and was retired from Homelite John Deere. Bobbie was known for her happy, outgoing personality. She loved flowers and people...

Aug 4, 2016

Sandra Jean Beam Tate, age 52 of East 6th Street, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2016 at her residence. She was born on December 21, 1963 in Cleveland County to the late Hayward Hoover and Bessie Frances Hamrick Beam. She was a former manager at Tate's Grocery and Grill. Sandra was a member of True Gospel Holiness Church in...

Aug 2, 2016

Lynn Beam Parris, age 86, of Tot Dellinger Road passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at her residence. She was born on March 18, 1930 in Cleveland County to the late Arvle Click and Marguerite Kendrick Beam. Lynn was a member of First Baptist Church and was retired from Gaston County Museum of Art and History. She had a...

Jul 30, 2016

Richard Wilmer "JR" Hammond, Jr. age, 54 of Eaker Dr. passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare System - Cleveland. He was born on July 21, 1962 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania to Thelma Hammond Curtis of Claremont and the late Richard Hammond Sr. JR, or RawDawg, as he was affectionately known by his friends and family, was...

Jul 23, 2016

Nell Beam Sellers, 95, formerly of Sellerstown Road, Cherryville, went to join her precious Lord and Savior Saturday, July 23, 2016 from White Oak Manor, Kings Mountain, reunited now with her devoted, loving husband of sixty three plus years, Joseph Daniel "J.D." Sellers; parents, Sidney Ervin Beam and Cleo Payseur Beam; and siblings, Inez, Raymond, Lorene, Lois, Will, Rachel,...

Jul 21, 2016

Cindy Bumgarner Cobb, age 56 of Vista Dr. passed away Thursday, July 21, 2016 at her residence. She was born on March 31, 1960 in Gaston County to Peggy Boyles Bumgarner of Cherryville and the late Merle George Bumgarner. Cindy was a member of First Baptist Church. She was formerly employed by Dr. Cordell Scott dentistry, Carolina Freight, and...

Jul 14, 2016

Margie Taylor Black, age 77, died Thursday, July 14, 2016 at Brian Center of Lincolnton. She was born September 17, 1938 in Pittsylvania County, VA to the late James Irvin and Myrtle Eulaya Robertson Taylor. She was employed at Mohican Mills and Fab Industries as a billing coordinator. Margie was a former member of the Eastern Star. She found...

Jul 9, 2016

James Verlyn Reep, age 50 passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016. He was born on January 11, 1966 in Gaston County to Joyce Marlene Ramsey Wellman of Shelby and the late Charles Albert "Alb" Reep. Jamie worked in construction. He enjoyed going out for runs and visiting the beach. He also loved to cook big meals and socialize with...

Jul 8, 2016

Deborah Ann Rickman Carroll, age 54 of Romans Rd. passed away on Friday, July 8, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was born on January 5, 1962 in Gaston County to the late Elbert Dunn "Rick" Rickman and Linda Ann Crisp Seagle.

Debbie is survived by her companion of fourteen years, Teddy George Messer Sr. of...

Jul 2, 2016

John Daniel "Danny" Martin, age 69, formerly of Belmont, passed away on Saturday, July 2, 2016 at Brian Center of Salisbury. He was born on December 2, 1946 in Clay County to the late John William and Lottie Faye Mashburn Martin. He was formerly employed in the construction business and was a truck driver. Danny was always a hard...

Jun 30, 2016

Jack William Westcott, age 51 of Northbrook 3 School Rd, formerly of Maryland, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2016. He was born November 21, 1964 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania to Darlene McQuillen Westcott and the late William Westcott. Jack was a member of Providence SDA in Elkton, MD. He was employed at Denver Global and was also a professional...

Jun 30, 2016

Kathryn Beam Sappenfield, age 90, of W. Old NC 150 Hwy, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family Thursday, June 30, 2016. She was born September 26, 1925 in Lincoln County to the late L. Berge Beam Sr. and Mattie Kendrick Beam Mauney. During WWII, Kathryn worked for the war effort in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on...

Jun 11, 2016

JoAnn Kiser Beckum, age 76 of Sellerstown Road passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016 at Carolinas Healthcare System, Lincoln. She was born on January 7, 1940 in Gaston County to the late James Clyde and Mattie Ethel Ware Kiser. She was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church where she was a member of the WMU, Young at Heart,...