Mark Robert Gault
Sep 11, 2026
Mark Robert Gault, 69, of Gastonia, passed away unexpectedly Friday, September 11, 2026 at Atrium Health Kings Mountain. He was born in Gastonia in 1957 to the late Robert and Blenda Huneycutt Gault, and graduated from Ashbrook High School in 1975. He joined the United States Army in 1978, where he served honorably for 4 years. His lengthy career in...
JoAnn Homesley Minton
Sep 6, 2026
JoAnn Minton, age 91, of Cherryville, North Carolina passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at the Robin Johnson House in Dallas, North Carolina. JoAnn was born on March 23, 1935, in Gaston County to Commodore Broughton and Ruth Lineberger Homesley. She graduated from Tryon High School in 1953 and shortly after graduating moved to Washington D.C. in search of...
Carolyn Stewart Vannoy
Sep 4, 2026
Carolyn Elizabeth Stewart Vannoy, age 73, of Morganton, formally of Bessemer City, passed away at UNC Health Blue Ridge late Friday evening, September 4, 2026. She was born September 24, 1952, in Gaston County, to the late Roland E. “Jack” and Katherine Elizabeth Harrison Stewart.
Carolyn was the eldest of five siblings. She was a loving and strong mother who cared...
Margaret Roberson
Sep 1, 2026
Margaret Frances Hicks Roberson, 78, formerly of Tot Dellinger Road in Cherryville, passed away on Monday, September 1, 2026, at the home of her son in Danbury, North Carolina.
Mrs. Roberson was born on August 19, 1948, the daughter of the late James Miles Hicks and Ollie Jane Woods Hicks.
She was a devoted member of Oak Grove Baptist Church for 50...
Steven Alan Dills, II
Aug 23, 2026
Remembering Steven “Stevie” Dills, Known to Many as Worm
Steven Alan Dills, age 49, of St. Mark’s Church Road, passed away August 23, 2026. He was born September 20, 1976, in Columbia, South Carolina, to Linda Noah Dills and the late Steven Alan Dills Sr.
Steven Dills was 49 years old, but there was never anything ordinary about Steven.
To some, he was...
Marilyn Crocker Dellinger
Aug 21, 2026
Marilyn Sue Crocker Dellinger, aka Nana (pronounced Nonna), left this world, with her sister Karen, aka KK, by her side in the evening of August 21, 2026. She had been battling dementia for years. She was 84.
Marilyn was born in Lincolnton, NC and raised in Cherryville, and except for 4 years when she was in VA with her husband Joel,...
Jose Sandoval Aguilar
Aug 19, 2026
Jose Sandoval Aguilar, age 82, of Lincolnton, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at Atrium Health Lincoln. He was born March 19, 1944, in Mexico, to the late Manuel Sandoval Torres and the late Carmen Aguilar Ramirez.
Jose was a member of St. Dorothy’s Catholic Church and attended church every Sunday. He was also a member of the Knights of Columbus....
Pamela Belcher
Aug 18, 2026
Pamela Rae Jennings “Pam” Belcher, age 57, of Cherryville, North Carolina, formerly of Montcalm, West Verginia, passed away Tuesday, August 18, 2026, at Atrium Health Cleveland, Shelby, North Carolina. She was born August 13, 1969, In Mercer County to the late Verney Ray and Phyllis Virginia Dunn Jennings.
Pam was a simple country girl who loved being with her family and...
Mary Faile
Aug 14, 2026
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved matriarch Mary Louise Ivey Faile. She passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family Friday, August 14, 2026. A person of her caliber deserves nothing less and our family is grateful for a smooth transition into heaven. Louise was born on May 27, 1942, in Kershaw,...
Cynthia Poe
Aug 14, 2026
It is with great sadness but also expectant joy in the Lord’s promise of eternal life that we announce the passing of our beautiful wife and loving mother, Cynthia Annette Poe. Though taken from us much too soon, she lived a full life for her Lord Jesus Christ. From an early age, Cynthia’s passion was to be a pastor’s wife...