Elizabeth B. Moaney, age 87, of 504 Browning Road, Gaffney, passed away Wednesday, October 13th, in her residence. She was born in Cherokee County, and was a daughter of the late James and Mary Byrd Brown.

Elizabeth was a retired Security Guard at Pratt &Whitney Aerospace Engineers in Hartford. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church. She was a 1953 graduate of Granard High School.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two brothers, James Brown, Jr. and Edward Brown

She was leaves to cherish loving memories: two brothers, Willie Dean Brown, of San Antonio, TX and John Ray Brown, Sr. (Nellie), of Gaffney; two sisters, Mary Louise Oglesby, of Hartford, CT and Betty Jean Ellis (Eugene), of Bloomfield, CT; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Services will be Private.

Louenia Wilson Tate, 71, of 203 Mt. Sinai Church Road, Shelby, NC, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, in Atrium Health, Shelby.

Wife of Howard Tate, she was born in Cherokee County and was a daughter of the late J.W. Wilson and Hazel Marlowe Wilson.

She was a graduate of Dunbar High School in Dayton, Ohio and received an Associate Degree in Business from Cleveland College in Shelby.

Louenia was a member of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church where she served as a Missionary, Deaconess, Sunday School Teacher, and former member of the Musical Choir.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Marlowe; a sister, Joyce Ann Carr and Janet Cooper. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Brandy Tate, (Nichole), of Dallas, NC; a daughter, Droxie Tate, of McLean, VA; two brothers, Lewis Blanton (Pat) and Rev. Rodney Davidson (Lisa), of Gaffney; two sisters, Doris Wilson and Gwen Marlowe, of Dayton, OH; grandsons, Brennen Tate and Brentson Tate, both of Dallas; aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends.

A Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, 2:00 p.m., in Mt. Sinai Baptist Church with The T Pastor, The Reverend C.A. Wallace, eulogist and The Reverend Robert Dover officiating.
Interment will be in the church cemetery. She will be in state in the church Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.

Ethel Mae Gooden Norris was born on October 10, 1932, in Gaffney, South Carolina. She was one of six children born of the late Rev. Dock and Delia Gooden. She quietly went home to the Lord, departing this world on Saturday, October 2, 2021.

After graduating from Granard High School at age 17, Ethel moved to Washington D.C. Soon after, she met and married James Author Norris. Mr. and Mrs. Norris had four children, Yvonne Montgomery, James Author Norris Jr., Ronnie Norris, and Gloria Norris.

Ethel was a go-getter, and she worked hard for her family. She worked at FDIC and retired after thirty years. Ethel wasn’t one to sit still for too long. Before her family knew it, Ethel began a new career in administrative work and education. Ethel was family-oriented. She followed her granddaughter and worked at each school her grandchild attended.

Before anything, Ethel was firstly a woman of God. She was a member of Peace Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., where she served as a Pastor’s Aide for over thirty-plus years. Ethel was a beautiful and graceful woman who was very caring and giving. She truly believed it was better to give than to receive. She would want us to remember her as the beautifully strong and lovely woman that she was.

She leaves to cherish her loving memory: her sister, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, four children, nine grandchildren, fourteen great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, October 9, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., in Gaffney Memorial Park Cemetery.