Linda Kennedy
Retired from Alcoa
      Linda Marie Dowdle Kennedy, 63, of 108 Osment St., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Dec. 17, 2007, at her residence. Born in Gaffney, she was the widow of Archie Kennedy and daughter of the late Oliver Lee Dowdle and Nellie Phillips Dowdle. Mrs. Kennedy was a graduate of Gaffney High Scho...
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Paul A. Weaver
Retired from A&P Tea Company
      GASTONIA - Paul Ambers Weaver, 82, of 3708 Old York Road, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007, at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Born Feb. 8, 1925, in Gaston County, he was the son of the late James and Bessie Weaver.
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Pamela H. Newton
Former textile worker
      BOILING SPRINGS, N.C. - Pamela Hamrick Newton, 46, of 1913 Holly Hill St., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at her home. A native of Cleveland, she was born May 1, 1961, a daughter of the late Grady Eugene and Joyce Walker Hamrick. Pam was a former textile worker and a member of Riverside B...
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Willie Lee Jefferies
Cherokee County native
      BOILING SPRING, N.C. - Willie Lee "Tank" Jefferies, 78, of 1619 Patrick Ave., died Wednes- day, Dec. 19, 2007, in Wendover Hospice at Shelby. Husband of Nora Davis Jefferies of the home, he was born in Cherokee County, a son of the late Emmerson and Sarah Fernanders Jefferies. He was a member of...
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Eddie Bridges Sr.
Cherokee County native
      KINGS MOUNTAIN - Eddie Leroy Bridges Sr., 88, of 108 Bridges Circle, died Monday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. One of 15 children, he was born June 17, 1919, to the late Joseph and Senora Thompson Bridges in Cherokee County.
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Betty White Long
Former bank employee
      Betty White Long, 80, formerly of 533 Edgewater Drive, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, in Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born in Gastonia, N.C., she was the widow of Wayne H. Long Sr. and daughter of the late John White and the late Ann Barnes White. She was a former bank employee and a member o...
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Ruby Peeler Guest
Member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church for over 70 years
      COWPENS - Ruby Peeler Guest, 92, a resident of White Oak Estates in Spartan- burg, formerly of Swofford Drive, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Guest was the widow of James Floyd Guest.
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J.C. Littlejohn
U.S. Army veteran
      J.C. Littlejohn, 68, of Rahway Plaza Rehab. Nursing Center, Elizabeth, N.J., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Littlejohn was the son of the late Jessie Mae Davis and the late Tilman Thomas. A native of Cherokee County, he was a veteran of U.S. Army.
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