Donald Gene “Tripp” Dedmon III, 17,

passed away on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at home. 

He was a junior at Shelby High School.  He loved being a part of the welding class at Shelby High School.  He also enjoyed hunting, fishing and wrangling cattle. Tripp was a young man everyone could depend on for anything.  A young man with a generous spirit and a big heart, he always found time to help others.  He worked the last two summers with his dad at Asphalt Paving of Shelby.  He was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Tripp is survived by his parents, Don Dedmon, Jr and Tisha Ledford Dedmon; brothers, Matthew and Clay Dedmon; paternal grandparents, Don Dedmon Sr. and Delores Dedmon; maternal grandparents, Bill and Peggy Ledford; aunt, Donna Dedmon Cardascio; Cousin, Gracie Johnson; and great grandmother, Betty S. Dedmon.

A funeral mass will be celebrated at 4:00pm on Friday, February 10, 2012 at St Mary’s Catholic Church in Shelby.  The Rev. Michael T. Kottar will be the celebrant.  The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00pm on Thursday, February 9, 2012 at Cecil M. Burton Funeral Home and Crematory.  At other times the family will be at the home of Betty S. Dedmon, 254 Buffalo Church Road, Cherryville, NC, 28021.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials be made to St Mary’s Catholic Church, 818 McGowan Road, Shelby, NC, 28150 or Shelby High School Welding Program, 230 East Dixon Blvd, Shelby, NC, 28152.