All Obituaries

DATELINE:  KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA Gaynelle Vivian Ruppe Gaynelle Vivian Ruppe, 87, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on July 12, 2018 at White Oak Manor in Kings Mountain, NC. Born in Gaston County, NC, to the late Porter Ramsey and Jeanette Stone Ramsey. She was preceded in death by her husband of 36 years, George Thomas Ruppe and a son, Jerry Ruppe. Gaynelle was a dedicated member of Christian Freedom Baptist Church and formerly Macedonia Baptist Church and loved every...

DATELINE:  LEESVILLE, LA HELEN DORIS HUMPHRIES Helen Doris Humphries, 88 of Leesville, LA, passed away peacefully on July 10, 2018 at Leesville, LA. She was born in York County, SC, to the late Marion and Ethel (Martin) Hannon. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Robert Humphries Sr and one son, Douglas Ray Humphries. She was also preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters. Helen enjoyed working crossword puzzles and loved watching game shows. She enjoyed...

DATELINE:  KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA Ila Vernice Dudley Ila Vernice Dudley, 95, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on July 10, 2018 at White Oak Manor in Kings Mountain, NC.  Born in Surry County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Luther Wood and Jeanetta Woodle Wood and was also preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Samuel G. Dudley, her son, Samuel Aaron Dudley, a grandchild, Samantha Dudley, seven brothers and six sisters. Vernice was a charter member of...

DATELINE: KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA G. L. "Bud" MCDANIEL G.L. "Bud" McDaniel, 92 of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on July 02, 2018 at Peak Resources, Cherryville, NC. Born in Cleveland County, he was the son of the late Grier Little McDaniel, Sr. and Alice Fulton McDaniel. He was also preceded in death by brothers Bill McDaniel, Gail McDaniel and sisters Thelma Hicks, Viva Crawford, and Betty Yarbro. Bud was a WW II Army Veteran where he was a Field Lineman...

DATELINE:  KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA Vera Magaleen Dellinger Vera Magaleen Dellinger, 87, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on July 01, 2018 at White Oak Manor in Kings Mountain, NC.  Born in Gaston County, NC, to the late Robert Lee Short and Ollie Wood Smith Short and was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Crayton "Red" Dellinger. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Oscar Short and Junior Short and sisters, Lilly Walker, Alice McNeilly and...

DATELINE: SHELBY, NORTH CAROLINA PAULINE BAILEY PARKER Surado Pauline Parker, 86, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on June 28, 2018 at CMC Cleveland in Shelby, NC.  A native of Green Mountain, NC, she was the daughter of the late Nimpson and Lillie Callahan Bailey of Bakersville, NC. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 50 years WIlburn (Bill) Parker, and six brothers and sisters: Walter Bailey, Rachel Million, Ruth Seatz, Ida Goins, Stokes Bailey and Fred...

Harris Funeral Home, Inc 108 South Piedmont Avenue, PO Box 639 Kings Mountain, NC 28086 (704) 739-2591 Fax (704) 739-7601 mthornburg@harrisfunerals.com www.harrisfunerals.com DATELINE: GROVER, NORTH CAROLINA DEVERON ELIZABETH GORDON HELGESON -Deveron Elizabeth Gordon Helgeson, age 86, resident of Grover, NC died June 21, 2018 at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center. She loved and trusted the Lord Jesus Christ in both life and death. Deveron was born in Chicago, Il. She was the daughter of the late...

DATELINE:  KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA MARY JOAN SPENCER   Mary Joan  Spencer, 84 of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on June 22, 2018 at White Oak Manor in Kings Mountain, NC.  Born in   Cleveland county, she was the daughter of the late Everette Ford and Blanche Bell Ford. She  was preceded in death by her husband of   25 years Charles Robert Porter and husbands Harold Bohlen and RIchard  Spencer.  She was also preceded in death...

DATELINE:  KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA Clara Humphries Hughes,  95, went to her heavenly reward on June 20, 2018 at Testa Family Hospice House in Kings Mountain. Born in Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Ferris C. Humphries, Sr. and Bertha Ledford Humphries.  In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of almost fifty years, Sidney Jackson(Jack) Hughes, three infant sons,  Howard Curtis, Sidney Conrad, and Sidney Waldo...

DATELINE:  FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA Melba Pasquier Falls Melba Falls, 85, of Fort Mill, SC, passed away on June 20, 2018 at CMC Pineville in Pineville, NC. She was born in Pope County, AR, to the late Preston Morgan and Robbie Oliver Morgan and was preceded in death by her first husband of 42 years, Chester Lawrence "Ted" Pasquier, and her brothers, Ted, Ralph, Warren and Kenneth Morgan. Melba was a member of St. Giles Presbyterian Church in Charlotte and a founding member...