Wednesday, April 22, 2026 10:18 am

Denease McDaniel Hollifield, age 77 of Shelby, NC died Sunday, April 12, 2026.

Denease was born September 16, 1948, in Rutherford County and she was a daughter of the late Rev. Charles Raymond McDaniel and Sarah Butler McDaniel Melton. She worked in several jobs over her lifetime, at Burlington Industries at the J.C. Cowan Plant, A&E Plastics, Cleveland County Department of Social Services and finally at Bank of the Ozarks.

She was a member of Drury Dobbins Baptist Church. As a musician and pianist, she played piano in several music groups and at Forest Lake Baptist Church and Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-father, Dewitt Melton, and her sister, Cathy Whitmire.

Survivors include her sons, Robert "Bobby" Hollifield and wife Julie of Bostic, Chuck Hollifield and wife Sandy of Forest City, her sisters, Charlene Lee (Billy), Sandra Lane (Don), Janie Doty (Peyton), and Pamela Upton, four grandchildren, Christopher McCurry, Amber Radford (Mikey), Savannah Hollifield (Nate), and C.J. Hollifield, as well as a great-grandchild, Braelyn Davis, and her very special friends, B.J. Earl, and Libby and Dave Parton.

A Memorial service was held April 16 in The Padgett and King Chapel with Rev.Ronald Roberts officiating.

An online guest registry is available at http://www.padgettking.com

Padgett~King Mortuary and Crematory is serving the family.