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Dorothy Grahl

Dorothy Grahl

Nov 29, 2009

Dorothy Mae Grahl, age 78, of 185 Andy Drive, Forest City, NC, died Sunday, November 29, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County she was a daughter to the late Joseph C. McEntire and Zorah Roper McEntire. She was a homemaker and had worked as a CNA for several years. She was a member of Chase Baptist...

Eddie Miller

Eddie Miller

Nov 29, 2009

Eddie Miller, age 43, of Halls Farm Drive, Union Mills, NC, died Sunday, November 29, 2009 at his residence. A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of Ronald Miller and the late Patricia Hill Miller. He worked in construction most of his life and enjoyed fishing, camping and NASCAR. In addition to his father, he is survived...

Betty Ballard

Betty Ballard

Nov 28, 2009

Betty Sue Ballard, age 79, of 138 Midway Trail, Forest City, NC, died Saturday, November 28, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late Morgan Hickson Womack and Elsie Rena Henson Womack. She worked at Stonecutter Mill until her retirement and was a longtime member of Crestview Baptist Church. She enjoyed...

Ruby Deaton

Ruby Deaton

Nov 27, 2009

Ruby 'Colleen' Head Deaton, age 74, of 275 Boss Moore Road, Caroleen, NC, died on Friday, November 27, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital. Colleen was born in Union County, South Carolina on October 28, 1935 to the late Joseph Marion Head and Margaret Ruby Suttles Head. She was a homemaker and a longtime member of Goodes Creek Baptist Church. She...

James Shores

James Shores

Nov 25, 2009

James Banner Shores, age 81, of 2309 Old Caroleen Road, Forest City, NC, died Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at his residence. James was born on July 12, 1928 in Pulaski County, VA to the late Marvin Banner Shores and Mary Willie Brewer Shores. He worked for PET Milk Company as a delivery man and served our country in the...

Donald Shytle

Donald Shytle

Nov 13, 2009

Donald 'Don' Ray Shytle, age 70, of 432 Coopertown Road, Caroleen, NC, died Friday, November 13, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Dorse L. Shytle and Hettie Dixon Shytle. He had worked in construction most of his life as a painter. He was also a veteran having served his...

John Rutland

John Rutland

Nov 11, 2009

John Thomas Rutland, Sr., age 83, of 757 Moss Road, Rutherfordton, NC, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital. John was born on May 21, 1926 in Winnsboro, South Carolina to the late Bennie Washington Rutland and Jennie Lowe Rutland. He served our country in the US Navy during World War II and was a member of the...

Wayne Murray

Wayne Murray

Nov 7, 2009

Wayne 'Murph' Murray, age 65, of 869 Old US Highway 221A, Cliffside, NC, died Saturday, November 7, 2009 at his residence. Wayne was born on June 8, 1944 in Newport News, Virginia to the late E.J. Murray and Inez Jones Murray. He was a truck driver for Cone Mills for 26 years until his recent retirement and enjoyed riding...

Mattie Murray

Mattie Murray

Nov 6, 2009

Mattie Jean Cox Murray, age 53, of 179 Vickers Road, Forest City, NC, died Friday, November 6, 2009 at her residence. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late, John Wesley Cox and Elizabeth Watts Cox. She had worked as a CNA for Greene's Nursing Center before becoming disabled. She enjoyed watching Gunsmoke and Bonanza...

Elenora Mathis

Elenora Mathis

Nov 2, 2009

Elenora McKinney Mathis, age 86, of 156 Cotton Patch Road, Ellenboro, NC, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital. Elenora was born in Buncombe County on October 27, 1923 to the late Thomas J. McKinney and Ollie Burleson McKinney. She was a homemaker and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Ruby Smart

Ruby Smart

Nov 2, 2009

Ruby C. Smart, age 94, of Henrietta, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center in Shelby. Ruby was born on April 27, 1915 in Rutherford County to the late Sam J. Crawley and Ola Padgett Crawley. Besides being a wonderful homemaker, she worked as a salesperson and retired as a nursing assistant from Greene's Nursing Center....

Gary Bishop

Gary Bishop

Nov 2, 2009

Gary Marion Bishop, age 45, of 876 Scruggs Road, Forest City, NC, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at Hospice House. Gary was born July 7, 1964 in Vero Beach, FL to Nippy and Bunnie Bishop. He worked construction most of his life and enjoyed spending time with his family and the outdoors. He was preceded in death by his...

Sharon Robbins

Sharon Robbins

Nov 1, 2009

Sharon West Robbins, age 56, of 2101 Hogan Road, Harris, NC, died Sunday, November 1, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital. A native of Rutherford County she was the daughter of Reverend Bobby Lee West and Jennie Ruth Rainwater West. She had worked at White Oak Manor as a CNA for 10 years and was a member of Mt. View Baptist...

Katheryn Brigman

Katheryn Brigman

Oct 29, 2009

Katheryn Brigman, age 71, of 128 Poplar Street, Forest City, NC, died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital. Katheryn was born August 11, 1938 in Church Hill, Tennessee to the late Charlie Larkins and Maggie Derrick Larkins. She was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking and painting crafts. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents,...

Earlene Henson

Earlene Henson

Oct 29, 2009

Nellie 'Earlene' Henson, age 80, of 446 Jack McKinney Road, died October 29, 2009 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice. Earlene was born in Spartanburg County on December 8, 1928, to the late Wilburn Kimbrell and Hessie Pettit Kimbrell. She was a homemaker and a long time member of Harris First Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...

Freida Dyer

Freida Dyer

Oct 29, 2009

Frieda M. Dyer, age 68, of 443 Buck Collins Road, Forest City, died Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Blice McIntyre and Geneva Adair McIntyre. She worked in textiles as a weaver for over 32 years before her retirement. She was a member of Harmon...

Lula Greene

Lula Greene

Oct 26, 2009

Lula Mae Greene, age 92, of 550 Harmon Street, Forest City, died Monday, October 26, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late George F. Greene and Della A. Fite Greene. She worked as a spooler for Henrietta/Burlington Mills for over forty years before her retirement and was a member of...

Jose Vallecillo

Jose Vallecillo

Oct 24, 2009

Jose D. Vallecillo, age 66, of 135 Providence Road, Forest City, died October 24, 2009 at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. He was born on June 21, 1943 to Jose Guerrero Vallecillo and Macedonia Lopez Vallecillo who reside in Harlingen, Texas. Jose served in the US Army where he fought in the Vietnam War and then...

Florence Deyton

Florence Deyton

Oct 23, 2009

Florence Deyton, age 69, of 133 Henrietta Street, Caroleen, NC, died Friday, October 23, 2009 at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, NC. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Grover Clinton Deyton, Sr. and Ina Halford Deyton. She worked for Burlington Industries for most of her life and was a member of Harriett Memorial Free...

Martin Conner

Martin Conner

Oct 18, 2009

Martin Conner, age 76, of Spindale, died Sunday, October 18, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Willie Ray Conner and Dottie Murphy Conner. He worked in furniture manufacturing with Wright's Veneering Company and Broyhill Industries for 27 years before his retirement. He was a member of Mt. Creek Baptist...

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