Obituaries
James Roy Peach
Dec 10, 2025
DATELINE: BESSEMER CITY, NORTH CAROLINA
James Roy Peach
July 11, 1984 - December 10, 2025
James Roy Peach passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, after a courageous 10-year cancer battle. James fought bravely, often suffering in silence, to spare the feelings of other people. After his third surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in NYC, he donated his rare teratoma tumors...
James "Bud" Elmer Rhea Jr.
Dec 10, 2025
James E. Rhea Jr, known as “Bud Rhea,” 89 of Kings Mountain, NC passed away on December 10, 2025, at Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby, NC from complications from a fall. He was born January 25, 1936, in Cleveland County, NC, son of the late James E. and Madge Wright Rhea and was preceded in death by his wife of...
Julie McGinnis Taylor
Dec 9, 2025
DATELINE: KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Julie McGinnis Taylor
Julie McGinnis Taylor, 56, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on December 9, 2025 at Testa Family Hospice House in Kings Mountain, NC. She was born December 13, 1968 in Gaston County, NC, daughter of Doris Suther McGinnis and the late James Brooks McGinnis and was preceded in death by a sister, Elizabeth Anne...
Lori Michelle "Shelly" Belt Moss
Dec 9, 2025
It is with deep sorrow and much love that we announce the passing of Lori Michelle Belt Moss of Shelbyville, TN who passed away peacefully on December 9, 2025 at Wendover Hospice, Shelby, NC She was born May 16, 1968 in Cleveland, NC. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Dorse and Gladys Burton; paternal grandparents, Bill and...
Virginia Louella Causby
Dec 9, 2025
Virginia Louella Causby, 91, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on December 09, 2025 at Belaire Health Care Center in Gastonia, NC. She was born December 23, 1933 in York County, SC, the only child of the late Woody and Sallie Mae Hardin Hamilton and was preceded in death by her husband, Noah Causby Jr and her son, Michael Causby....
Ralph E. McDonald
Dec 9, 2025
Ralph E. McDonald, 73, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on December 8, 2025 at his home. Born April 6, 1952 in Gaston County, NC, he was the son of the late Charles McDonald and Rittie Gilreath McDonald and was also preceded in death by his infant daughter April McDonald. Ralph served his country honorably in the US Army with...
Faith "Faye" Austin
Dec 8, 2025
DATELINE: KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Faith Clymina Patrick Austin
A branch of our family tree has broken. Faith "Faye" Austin, 90, of Kings Mountain, NC, went to be with her heavenly Father after complications following knee replacement surgery on December 08, 2025 at Caromont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, NC. Faith, affectionately known to everyone as "Faye", was the daughter of the...
Kenneth Eugene Queen
Dec 7, 2025
DATELINE: KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Kenneth Eugene Queen
Kenneth Eugene Queen, 71, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on December 7, 2025 at Atrium Health in Shelby, NC. Ken was born on March 9, 1954 in Kings Mountain, to the late Robert Eugene Queen and Delora Mae Biddix Queen. He was also preceded in death by his sister Patrica Ann Queen. Ken...
Brenda Kay Bowen Dover
Dec 3, 2025
Brenda Bowen Dover, 81, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2025 at Carolina Care Health & Rehabilitation in Cherryville, NC. Born February 24, 1944 in Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Willie Fred Bowen and Verda Smart Bowen and also was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 61 years, Jerry Ray...
John Ellsworth Slopey
Dec 2, 2025
DATELINE: KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
John Ellsworth Slopey
John Ellsworth Slopey, 89, of Kings Mountain, North Carolina, peacefully departed this life on December 2, 2025, at Summit Place in Kings Mountain. Born on May 6, 1936, in Salem, New Jersey, he was the cherished only child of the late Elmer and Lillian Hill Slopey. John graduated from Salem High School where he...
Kathy Holland Broadway
Nov 27, 2025
DATELINE: GROVER, NORTH CAROLINA
Kathy Holland Broadway
Kathy Holland Broadway, 75, of Grover, NC, passed away peacefully on November 27, 2025 at her home. She was born October 10, 1950 in Cleveland County, NC, daughter of the late Robert Hal and Charcie Cook Holland and was preceded in death by her brother, Bruce Holland. Kathy was a graduate of Gaston College where...
Ronald "Ronnie" Watterson
Nov 25, 2025
DATELINE: KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Ronald Andrew "Ronnie" Watterson
Ronald Andrew Watterson, 82, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on November 25, 2025 at Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby, NC. Born October 30, 1943 in Grover, NC, he was the son of the late George Andrew and Ella Faye Bohelor Watterson. After graduating high school, Ronnie served his country honorably with the...
Garland Lender Rhyne
Nov 21, 2025
DATELINE: GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA
Garland Lender Rhyne
Garland Lender Rhyne, 94, of Gastonia, NC, passed away on November 21, 2025 at Caromont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, NC. He was born January 23, 1931 in Gaston County, NC, son of the late Howard and Idela Froneberger Rhyne and was preceded in death by his siblings, Evelyn Calhoun, Sara Rhyne, Lewis Rhyne, and...
Maybelle Riddle Manley
Nov 21, 2025
Maybelle Riddle Manley, 70, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on November 21, 2025 at Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby, NC. Born May 21, 1955 in Waynesville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Lester Dean Riddle and Mary Magdalene Messer. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 42 years Louis Ross Manley, her great-grandchild Roman...
Quay E. Moss
Nov 20, 2025
Quay E. Moss, 81, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on November 20, 2025 at Wendover Hospice House in Shelby, NC. Born November 8, 1944 in Cleveland County, NC, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Gladys Bowen Moss and was also preceded in death by his brothers Jerry Bowen and Dennis Moss and his sister Rebecca Moss...
William Davis Cash
Nov 12, 2025
DATELINE: CRAMERTON, NORTH CAROLINA
William Davis Cash
William “Bill” Davis Cash Sr., 95, of Cramerton, NC, passed away on November 12, 2025. He was born February 23, 1930 in Chesnee, South Carolina to John Herman and Annie Davis Cash. He retired in 1994 after 26 years in pharmaceutical research with Ciba-Geigy (now Novartis). He had earlier served for 14 years on the...
Sandra Jean Mullen Smith
Nov 12, 2025
Sandra Jean Mullen Smith, 74, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on November 12, 2025 at Caromont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, NC. Born December 3, 1950 in Champaign, IL, she was the daughter of the late Lester Eugene Mullen and Eileen Janet Hurren and was also preceded in death by her sister Cindy Mullen. Sandy met her husband George...
Terry Dean Hulsey
Nov 10, 2025
DATELINE: KINGS MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Terry Dean Hulsey
Terry Dean Hulsey, 66, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on November 10, 2025. He was born February 7, 1959 in Shelby County, TN, son of the late Otis and Gloria Cordell Hulsey and was preceded in death by his brother, Otis Hulsey Jr. Terry was a former attendee of True Gospel Holiness Church....
James "Jim" Testa
Nov 9, 2025
James "Jim" Testa, 86, of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away peacefully on November 09, 2025 at Testa Family Hospice House with his loving family by his side. Born September 26, 1939 in Chicago Heights, IL, he was the son of the late George Peter Testa and Olga Gaetano Testa. Jim was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 24...
Emma "Trudy" Fredell
Nov 8, 2025
Emma "Trudy" Fredell, 91, formerly of Kings Mountain, NC, passed away on November 8, 2025 in Clover, SC. Born April 7, 1934 in LaGrange, GA, she was the daughter of the late Mack Daniel Camp and Hattie Moses Camp. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Herman Fredell and by eight siblings. Trudy was a longtime member of...
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