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Page 14 - shelby shopper & info - 704/484-1047 www.shelbyinfo.com Thursday, February 9-February 15, 2012 A tribute to those we have loved and lost. DONALD COSTNER LOVELACE Donald Costner Lovelace, 81, of Boiling Springs, NC, passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2012. A Celebration of Life Service was held at Boiling Springs Baptist Church. Mr. Lovelace served our country in the US Army. He was preced- ed in death by his wife of 52 years Evelyn Lovelace; his parents, Elam Costner and Mary Wynomah Bridges and his daughter Susan Clement. He is survived by his two daughters, Lynda Lovelace and Lisa Lovelace Baucom both of Boiling Springs; three grandchildren and two great grandsons. Memorials may be made to: Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home and Crematory, 106 Cherryville Road, Shelby, NC 28150 to defray funeral expenses. Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home & Crematory of Shelby is serving the family. PATRICK ALAN "RICK" WITHERSPOON Mr. Patrick Alan "Rick" Witherspoon, 51, of Kings Mountain, NC passed away on Monday, January 30, 2012. Services were held at Ollie Harris Memorial Chapel. Interment was held in Mountain Rest Cemetery, Kings Mountain, NC. Mr. Witherspoon is sur- vived by his wife, Pinkie Towery Witherspoon of Kings Mtn. NC; his parents, Phillip and Patricia Goforth Witherspoon of Kings Mtn. NC; brother, Charles E. Witherspoon and wife Lynn, of Kings Mtn. NC; sister, Wanda Whetstine and hus- band Darrell of Kings Mtn. NC; childhood friend and caregiver Larry Henderson and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to: First Church of the Nazarene, 121 Countryside Road, Kings Mountain, NC 28086. Harris Funeral Home of Kings Mountain is serving the family. DR. A.V. LOWRANCE Dr. A.V. Lowrance, 82, of Shelby, NC passed away on Monday, January 30, 2012. Services were held at Cornerstone Baptist Church. Burial was held in Cleveland Memorial Park. Mr. Lowrance was preced- ed in death by his parents, William Frank Lowrance and Frances Short Lowrance; brothers: Burgin Lowrance and Fred Lowrance; sis- ters: Jocie Philbeck, Darcas Philbeck, Carrie Bowen and Minnie Cook; grandchildren: Jonathan Mat- thew Hope and Stephanie Lowery; great-grandson Jason Peace Hope and son- in-law Dick Brooks. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Sarah Owens Lowrance of Shelby; daugh- ters: Dianne Whisnant and husband John of Shelby; Teresa Brooks of Woodruff, SC; son: Roger Lowrance and wife Suzy of Shelby; stepdaughter: Diane Nichols and husband Fred of Gastonia; stepdaughter: Sheila Wall and husband David of Shelby; stepsons: Reid Hope and wife Debra of Boiling Springs; Mike Hope and wife Kathy of Gastonia; Jimmy Hope and wife Brenda of Waco; Joey Hope and wife Annette of Boiling Springs; brothers: Charles Lowrance and wife Brenda of Kings Mountain; Lawrence Lowrance and wife Estelle of Lawndale; 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to: Hospice of Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150 or American Heart Association, Memorial Processing Center, PO Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058- 5216. Cleveland Funeral Services is serving the fam- ily. Please sign the guest book at www.clevelandfuneralservice.com DONALD RAY HOYLE Donald Ray Hoyle, 57, of Shelby, NC, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Services were held at St. Paul's Baptist Church in Casar. Interment was held in the church cemetery. Mr. Hoyle was preced- ed in death by his parents, Thurman and Florence Newton Hoyle; a stepson, Chadwick Dean Hamrick; and sisters Lucy Ebersole, Norma Jean Waters and Joanne Laham. He is survived by his wife, Ruby Louise Queen Hoyle; a son, Jeffery Hoyle and wife, Erica, of Hickory; three daughters Tisa Parker and husband, Jerry, of Marion, Tabitha Smith and husband, Kelly, of Casar and Tammy Whitaker and husband, Wesley, of Casar; brothers, John Hoyle, Robert Hoyle and wife Faye, Ernest Hoyle and wife Kathy, Howard Hoyle, Mickey Hoyle and Keith Hoyle; sisters, Thelma Hoyle, Margie Reep, Lula Sanders and Mildred Nolting; 15 grandchildren; two great- grandchildren; and special friends, Danny Hoyle, Carroll Richard, Gary Kelly, Micky Glover. Lutz-Austell Funeral Home is serving the family. KENNETH WAYNE LEWIS Mr. Kenneth Wayne Lewis, 60, of Lawndale passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Services were held at Stamey Funeral Home Chapel. Entombment fol- lowed at Rose Hill Memorial Park Mausoleum. Mr. Lewis was preceded in death by his father, Woodrow Wilson Lewis. He is survived by his mother, Ruth Hartman Lewis of Lawndale; a sister, Lynn Lewis of Lawndale; spe- cial aunt, Nelda Costner of Cherryville and numerous cousins. Memorials may be made to: Stamey Funeral Home, PO Box 639, Fallston, NC 28042 to help with funeral expenses. Stamey Funeral Home is serving the family. Please sign the guest book at www.stameyfuneralhome.com DEBORAH BOWEN JONES Ms. Deborah Bowen Jones, 59, of 2041 Clay Road, passed away Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Services were held at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home chapel. Burial was held at Cleveland Memorial Park. Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Franklin Jones; her father, Albert Bowen and her grand- mother, Dehlia Causby. She is survived by her mother, Frances Blanton Bowen; two daughters, Jennifer Jones Faircloth and husband Ronnie of Belmont; and Cher Jones Bridges of the home; and four grand- children. Memorials may be made to Cleveland Hospice, 951 Wendover Heights Dr, Shelby, NC 28150 or Flint Hill Baptist Church, 2207 Flint Hill Church Rd. Shelby, NC 28152. Clay-Barnette Funeral Home is serving the family. GARY D. MCMURRY Mr. Gary D. McMurry went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Services were held at Beaver Dam Baptist Church. Burial was held in the church cem- etery. Mr. McMurry was preced- ed in death by his father, Harrill B. McMurry. He is survived by his mother, Betty T. McMurry; his brother, Larry B. McMurry and wife, Deborah; two neph- ews; and several great-grand nieces and nephews, Memorials may be made to Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 123 Beaver Dam Ch. Rd., Shelby, NC 28152. Cleveland Funeral Services is serving the fam- ily. Please sign the guest book at www.clevelandfuneralservice.com REBECCA "BECKY" ANN CONNOR WISE Mrs. Rebecca "Becky" Ann Connor Wise, 61, of Vale, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2012. Services were held at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Internment was held in the church cem- etery. Mrs. Wise was preceded in death by her father, Melvin Roscoe Connor. She is survived by her husband of forty-one years, Jimmy Dwight Wise; her mother, Hazel Rudisill Connor; son, Jeremy Wise and wife, Melissa; daugh- ter, Deanna Wise Pope and husband, Rick all of Vale; brothers, Donald Connor and Jimmy Connor both of Hickory; mother-in-law, Edith Wise of Vale and one grand- daughter. Memorials may be made to The Gideons International, PO Box 140800, Nashville, TN 37214-0800 or Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Building Fund, 1156 North Brook III School Road, Vale, NC 28168. Stamey Funeral Home is serving the family. Please sign the guest book at www.stameyfuneralhome.com LUCILLE KNIGHT JENKINS Mrs. Lucille Knight Jenkins, 91, Cherryville, NC passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2012. Services were held at Cherryville Missionary Methodist Church. Burial was held in Cherryville City Memorial Cemetery. Mrs. Jenkins was preced- ed in death by her parents, Jacob Wesley Knight and Anna Jarmon Styles. She is survived by a son, Michael Jenkins and a daughter and son-in-law, Rita Williams and husband Leonard all of Cherryville and a number of nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to Cherryville Missionary Methodist Church, 318 W. Ballard St. Cherryville, NC 28021 or to Anthony Grove Baptist Church, 100 Anthony Grove Rd. Crouse, NC 28033. Stamey Funeral Home is serving the family. Please sign the guest book at www.stameyfuneralhome.com BETY JEAN MOSS CRESWELL MCDANIEL Mrs. Betty Jean Moss Creswell McDaniel, 84, of China Grove, and formerly of Blacksburg, passed away on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012. Services were held at Gordon Mortuary Chapel. Interment was held at Clingman Memorial Gardens. Mrs. McDaniel was pre- ceded in death by her par- ents James Dewey and Edna Batchelor Moss; her first husband, Bruce J. Creswell; her second husband Guy E. McDaniel; her thirty-five year companion, Jack Childers and two brothers, Charles and Bill Moss. She is survived by three daughters, Frances Helms and husband, Vance, of China Grove, NC; Pamela Wright and husband, Frank, of Gaffney; Corliss (Corky) Gold and husband, Richard, of Shelby, NC; two sons, Robert B. Creswell of Iron Station, NC and Keith Creswell of Gaffney; 16 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren; 6 great-great-grandchildren and her sisters-in-law, Alice Moss and Mary Pearl Moss. Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina, 1612 North Limestone Street, Gaffney, SC 29340. Gordon Mortuary of Blacksburg, SC is serving the family. DORIS T. PATTERSON Mrs. Doris Tate Patterson, 75, of Earl, NC, passed away on February 2, 2012. A memorial service was held at Cleveland Funeral Services Chapel. Burial was at New Hope Baptist Church. Mrs. Tate was preceded in death by her husband, Ben Hal Patterson, Sr. and her parents, Edward Nicholas Tate and Julia Lovelace Tate. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie Ingle Denton and husband, Eddie of Lawndale; three sons, Nick Ingle and wife, Donna of Shelby; Joel Ingle and wife Patti of Shelby and Eddie Ingle and wife Suzie of Holden Beach; stepsons Hal Patterson and wife, Becky of Earl; Jeff Patterson and wife, Anne of Shelby; eight grandchildren; two step grandchildren; eight great grandchildren and five step great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Relay for Life, Cleveland County, Shelby, 1901 Brunswick Avenue, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28207. Cleveland Funeral Services is serving the family. Please sign the guest book at www.clevelandfuneralservice.com JOANN POWELL RIEKS Mrs. Joann Powell Rieks, 76, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2012. A grave- side service was held at Gaston Memorial Park. Mrs. Rieks was preceded in death by her parents, Martin Luther and Fonnie Dysart Powell; two brothers, Bill and Jack Powell and her sister Mattie Lou Powell. She is survived by her husband of 40 years, Rodney Rieks; nephews, Larry Powell of Shelby; Don Powell and wife Barbara of Garden City, SC; Gary Powell and wife Pam of Mooresboro; Ricky Powell of Shelby; nieces, Lori Walters and husband Robby of Shelby; Cathy Stroup and husband Dean of Shelby and Wanda Hamrick and hus- band Hal of Shelby. Memorials may be made to Tri-County Animal Rescue, PO Box 483, Alexis, NC 28006. Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home & Crematory is serv- ing the family. LINDA PUTNAM RAMSEY Mrs. Linda Putnam Ramsey, 68, of Kings Mountain, NC went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 2, 2012. A grave- side and private family ser- vice was held. Interment was held at Sunset Cemetery, Shelby, NC. Mrs. Ramsey was preced- ed in death by her husband, Joey Ramsey; her parents, Clifford Putnam and Lillian Lankford Putnam and sister Patricia Ann Lowery. She is survived by sons: James "Jimmy" Humphries of Shelby, NC; Phillip Humphries of Shelby, NC; daughters, Carolyn "Lucy" Keeter and husband Billy, of Gastonia, NC; Sherry Davis and hus- band Bobby of Shelby, NC; brother, Michael Putnam, and wife Kay, Shelby, NC; sis- ter: Judy Jackson of Shelby, NC; 8 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Harris Funeral Home of Kings Mountain, NC is serv- ing the family. MRS. EVAN WHITE SHORT Mrs. Eva White Short, 82, of Lawndale, NC, passed away Saturday, February 4, 2012. Services were held at Stamey Funeral Home Chapel in Fallston, NC. Burial was in Reeps Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Vale, NC. Mrs. Short was preceded in death by her husband, Bill Short; her parents, Carl Mack White and Lona Marie Smith White son, Harold Dean Short; five brothers and two sisters. She is survived by daugh- ters, Margie Goble Taylor and husband Ken of Cherryville; Judy Felmet of Lawndale; Ginger Millsaps and husband Michael of Taylorsville and Tammy Short of Lawndale; six grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Stamey Funeral Home is serving the family. Please sign the guest book at www.stameyfuneralhome.com JOSEPH EURY Mr. Joseph Eury, 35, of Shelby, passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2012. Services were held at Cleveland Funeral Services Chapel. Burial was in Cleveland Memorial Park. Mr. Eury was preceded in death by his grandpar- ents, James and Josephine Eury; grandfather, Thomas H. Putnam; uncles, Robert C. Putnam and Thomas Devaney Putnam. He is survived by his sis- ter, Amy Eury Freeman of Shelby; grandmother, Janice C. Putnam of Shelby; aunt, Carol McCraw of Shelby, aunts and uncles, Nancy and Dan Jolly of Shelby and Continued On Page 32 Stamey Funeral Home 846 E. Stagecoach Trail • Fallston, NC 28042 PO Box 639 • Fallston, NC 28042 Providing Service With Dignity www.stameyfuneralhome.com Owned By Doug Tysinger Judy Tysinger Phone 704-538-8631