Obituaries

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mr. Donald Reese Barrett, 66, of 119 Dunes Drive, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at his home. He was born in Cleveland County to the late Charles Van Buren and Biddie Elizabeth Gladden Barrett. He retired from the Federal Reserve Bank in Charlotte. He served in the United States Navy and was in the movie, PT...

SHELBY - Jimmy Wayne "Fuzzy" Tesseneer, 50, of 613 Plato Lee Road, died Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, at his home. He was born in Cleveland County to the late Millard and Doris Buff Tesseneer. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brothers, Billy Bryant and Miles Tesseneer; and a sister, Barbara Johnson. He was retired...

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Nancy "Nell" Laughridge, 78, former resident of Georgetown Apartments, died Friday, March 19, 2010 at Wendover Hospice in Shelby. She was born in Cleveland County and was the daughter of the late Phillip Calvin Howell and Mary Dixon Howell. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by a son; Victor Laughridge; brother,...

KINGS MOUNTAIN-James Austin "Jim" Lybrand, Jr., 83, a resident of 203 N. Roxford Road, died Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010, at Kings Mountain Hospital. Born in Cleveland County, he was a son of the late James and Ferrie Jane Ross Lybrand Sr., member of Saint. Mattthew's Lutheran Church, Kings Mountain, a mason and member of Fairview Masonic Lodge, Kings Mountain...

DATELINE: GROVER, NORTH CAROLINA NAME: JAMES ABERNATHY - Norman James Abernathy, Sr., age 74, a resident 103 Meadowlark Lane, Grover, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2011 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center, Shelby, NC. Born in Kings Mountain, NC, son of the late Wilburn Norman and Vada Pruitt Abernathy and was also preceded in death by a son Norman James...

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mr. Jonas R. Bridges, 80, of 112 N. Oakwood Drive, died Monday, Feb. 1, 2010, at his home. He was born in Boiling Springs to the late Robert B. and Laladge Greene Bridges. He was the retired owner of WKMT Radio of Kings Mountain; signing on March 12, 1953, he became the voice of Kings Mountain...

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mr. William Boyd Howell, 91, died Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 at White Oak Manor in Kings Mountain. Born in Gaston County, he was the son of the late William Thomas Howell and Sarah Jane Dixon Howell. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by brothers; James Howell, Roy Howell, Robert Howell; sisters,...

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mr. Walter Ware, 83, of 105 Wright Road, passed away April 16, 2010 at Wendover Hospice in Shelby. He was born in Cleveland County to the late Frank C. and Pearl Lovelace Ware. In addition to his parents, Mr. Ware was preceded in death by a daughter, Donna Ware and a sister, Virginia Stone. A member...

DATELINE: GROVER, NORTH CAROLINA NAME: BEULAH ALLEN COSTNER - Beulah Allen Costner, 82, resident of 314 Mallard Dr, Grover, NC, died December 23, 2010 at home. Born in Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Richard Austin Allen and Lillie Harvey Allen. She was also preceded in death by her husbands James ?Pinkey? White? and Neal Eugene...

DALE THORNBURG DIED JAN. 21, 2010 KINGS MOUNTAIN - The Rev. Dale Thornburg, 84, passed away Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010 at Summitt Place. He was born in Cleveland County to the late William Henry and Pearl Hayes Thornburg. He was husband to the late Eunice Et-ters Thornburg, also preceded in death by brothers, Rev. George Thornburg, James Thornburg and...

DATHIA LEE SANDERS DIED NOV. 7, 2010 KINGS MOUNTAIN- Dathia Lee Sanders, 91, resident of 302 Plantation Dr. in Kings Mountain died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 at White Oak Manor in Kings Mountain. He was born in Cleveland County to the late Rufus James and Flossie Ledford Sanders. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Syble Wells...

DATELINE: KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA NAME: Bobby Dean Hawkins - Bobby Dean Hawkins, age 52, resident of 106 Spurgen Dr., Kings Mountain, NC, died January 8, 2011 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Born in Duval County Florida, he was the son of the late Billy Gene Hawkins, Jr. and Shirley Elizabeth Nowlin and was preceded in death by a...

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mrs. Shelly Williams Naman, 36, of 126 Crickett Lane, died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, in Shelby. She was a native of Cleveland County, daughter of the late Elaine McNeely Williams. She was a homemaker and loved be-ing with her family. She is survived by her husband, Eric Naman of Shelby; sons, Matthew Williams of Gastonia and...

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mr. George E. Bowen, 73, of 1743 Bethlehem Road, died Monday, Sept. 20, 2010 at his home after a three week battle with cancer. He was born in Rutherford County to the late Fred and Verda Smart Bowen. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Winford "Wimp" Bowen. He was...

KINGS MOUNTAIN- Dakota Lee Goforth, infant son of Jennifer Michelle Goforth and Stacey Wells, died Nov. 2, 2010, at Gas-ton Memorial Hospital. He is survived by his mother, Jennifer Michelle Goforth, of Kings Mountain; father, Stacey Wells of Kings Mountain; grand-parents, Steve Goforth of Earl, Vera Passmore and her husband Michael of Kings Mountain and Terry Wells of York,...

KINGS MOUNTAIN - Mrs. Tommie Jean Conner, 65, of 409 Scotland Drive, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at her home. She was born in Rutherford County, daughter of the late Tommy and Estelle Street Ross. She retired from the textiles industry and was a member of the Family Worship Center in Kings Mountain. She is survived by her husband,...