Mina Lopez
Mar 12, 2012
Mina Lopez, age 83, formerly a resident of the Carolina House of Forest City, died Monday, March 12, 2012 at Hospice House. Mina was born November 2, 1928 in Ovar, Portugal to the late Alfredo Lopes Tavares and Germana Rodriquez Tavares. She worked for the US Government as a background analyst and was a dedicated Roman Catholic.
Robert Morrow
Mar 8, 2012
Robert Lewis Morrow, age 77, of Birdsong Lane, Forest City, NC, died Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. Robert was born on December 18, 1934 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Commodore Dewey Morrow and Sarah Odester Banning Morrow. He worked for Milliken Mills for over 43 years before his retirement and was a member of...
Rafford Childers
Mar 2, 2012
Rafford 'Rabbit' Childers, age 79, of Poors Ford Road, Rutherfordton, NC, died Friday, March 2, 2012 at Hospice House. Rafford was born October 13, 1932 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Paul B. Childers and Bertha McEntire Childers. He served in the US Army and was a veteran of the Korean War. Rafford was an avid sports fan...
Carolyn Pitchford
Mar 1, 2012
Carolyn Pitchford, age 59, of Rosedale Drive, Forest City, NC, died Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Hospice House. Carolyn was born on September 17, 1952 in Richmond County, NC to the late Howard W. Pitchford and Cubie Rae Davis. She worked in textiles for many years and was a member of Crestview Baptist Church. She loved taking care of...
Marie Smith
Feb 26, 2012
Marie Carder Smith, age 55, of Mooresboro, NC, died Sunday, February 26, 2012 in Lincolnton, NC. Marie was born May 16, 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland to the late Robert Earl Carder and Merry Ann Ellen Earls Carder. She worked as a truck driver for many years and was a member of Sandy Run Baptist Church. She enjoyed making ceramic...
Amelia Higgins
Feb 25, 2012
Amelia Blanton Higgins, age 73, of Forest City, NC, died Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Amelia was born on December 4, 1938 in Rutherford County to the late A.J. Blanton and Mildred Belle McDaniel Blanton. She worked for Folks Cleaners for several years before her retirement and was a member of Providence United Methodist Church....
Guynell Ruppe
Feb 23, 2012
Guynell Greene Ruppe, age 97, of Spindale, NC, died Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Hospice House. Guynell was born July 13, 1914 in Landrum, SC to the late Henry Tilden Greene and Hulda Alice Donahoo Greene. She was a homemaker. She is survived by three daughters, Johanna Ruppe, Brenda Jean Ruppe and Teresa Ramsey; one sister, Alice Fortune of...
Flora Cole
Feb 22, 2012
Flora Ibera Cole, age 82, of Forest City, NC, died Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at Oakland Living Center. Ibera was born February 4, 1930 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Frank Allen and Ola Mae Harrill Allen. She worked for Tanner Industries as a sewing supervisor for many years before her retirement. She was a member of Goodes...
Frances Wilkie
Feb 21, 2012
Frances 'Fran' Dee Wilkie, age 44, of Henrietta, NC, died Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Fran was born May 31, 1967 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Steve Holmes Wilkie and Alice Summers Wells. She was a graduate of East High School, class of 1985 and worked as a CNA in home health. She...
Bernice Smith
Feb 19, 2012
Bernice R. Jenkins Smith, age 94, of Gastonia, NC, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at Alexandria Place in Gastonia. Bernice was born June 6, 1917 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Martin Ramsey and Anna Robbins Ramsey. She loved being a homemaker and also worked in textiles and the restaurant business. She was a devoted Christian and a...
Doris Tate
Feb 19, 2012
Doris 'Jo' Tate, age 79, of New Bethel Church Road, Forest City, NC, died Sunday, February 19, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. Jo was born on January 20, 1933 in Mecklenburg County, NC to the late Earl Torrance Griggs and Stella Thornal Griggs. She worked as an LPN for many years, having worked for Dr. L.P. Mitchell for 18...
Vera Ledbetter
Feb 18, 2012
Vera Mae Hines Ledbetter, age 91, of Forest City, NC, died Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Holly Springs Senior Citizens Home. Vera was born on October 14, 1920 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Isom Piercy Hines and Ebber Kimball. She was a homemaker who enjoyed sewing and quilting. She was a member of Hicks Grove Baptist Church....
Floyd Buchanan
Feb 18, 2012
Floyd O. Buchanan, age 68, of Forest City, NC, died Saturday, February 18, 2012 at Hospice House. Floyd was born on July 19, 1943 in Mitchell County, NC to the late Floyd Buchanan and Darrell Hughes Buchanan. He was a veteran of the US Army and served in the Vietnam War. He owned and operated Buchanan's Mobile Home Park...
William Moeser
Feb 17, 2012
William G. Moeser of Rutherfordton, NC died Friday, February 17, 2012 at Hospice House. William was born in Lake County, Indiana to the late Carl H. Moeser and Mary Sisco Moeser. He was a veteran of the US Navy having served during World War II and the Korean War. William worked as a journalist for the Miami News and...
Roger Ledford
Feb 16, 2012
Roger Norris Ledford, age 60, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Thursday, February 16, 2012 at his residence. Roger was born November 11, 1951 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Clyde Ledford and Catherine Lawson Ledford Moore. He was a welder for many years and was a US Army veteran having served in the Vietnam War. In addition to his...
Joshua Horne
Feb 13, 2012
Joshua David Horne, age 39, of Lattimore, NC, died Monday, February 13, 2012 at his residence. Joshua was born March 20, 1972 in Rutherford County, NC to David Horne and Lynn Green Hargraves. He was a graduate of Crest High School, class of 1990 and served in the US Air Force for six years. He worked for United Airlines...
C.L. Peterson
Feb 11, 2012
Reverend C.L. 'Pete' Peterson, age 82, of Forest City, NC, died Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Hospice House. Pete was born May 30, 1929 in Mitchell County, NC to the late Charlie L. Peterson and Julia Edwards Peterson. He was a retired Church of God Minister whose ministry spanned over 50 years. He also worked for Bost Bakery in...
Rebecca Croussore
Feb 8, 2012
Rebecca Lynch Croussore, age 64, of Forest City, NC, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at her residence. Rebecca was born January 30, 1948 in Lafayette, Indiana to the late George Kenneth Lynch and Dorothy Martindale Lynch. She was a graduate of Jefferson High School, class of 1965 and worked in inventory control for Wal-Mart for ten years. She is...
Lucille Carpenter
Feb 8, 2012
Lucille Hamrick Carpenter, age 84, of Ellenboro, NC, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Peak Resources in Shelby, NC. Lucille was born on April 30, 1927 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Crawford T. Hamrick and Lola Burns Hamrick. She was a graduate of Ellenboro High School and worked for Barclays American Credit Company in Forest City for...
Melissa Wood
Feb 8, 2012
Melissa Dawn Wood, age 45, of Ellenboro, NC, died Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at Colonial Manor. Melissa was born September 8, 1966 in Albany, Georgia to the late Joseph Ballesteros, Sr. and Brenda Vickers Buckner. She worked as a CNA for many years and was a member of Harris First Baptist Church. She enjoyed craftwork, writing and visiting with...
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