Paulette Ledwell
Jul 11, 2009
Paulette Ledwell, age 57, of 5462 Bostic Sunshine Highway, died Friday, July 11, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Rutherford County and worked in textiles for more than twenty years. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church and enjoyed sewing, flower gardening and taking care of her family. She was preceded in death by her father,...
Robert Pruett
Jul 3, 2009
Robert Eugene 'Mater Head' Pruett, age 77, of Cliffside, died Friday, July 3, 2009 at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. He was born in Rutherford County to the late Walter Vernon Pruett and Ethel Beheler Pruett. He served our country in the US Air Force during the Korean War and was a member of Henrietta First...
Sonny Bailey
Jul 3, 2009
Sonny 'Bill' Bailey, age 71, of 234 Sunset Drive, Shiloh, died Friday, July 03, 2009 at his residence. He was born February 5, 1938 in Rutherford County to the late Hollis Lee Bailey and Lillie Tessineer Bailey. He had worked for Stonecutter Mills for 30 years before his retirement and owned Bailey Enterprises for 15 years. He enjoyed gardening,...
Charlie Manis
Jun 27, 2009
Charlie Buttler Manis, Jr., age 49, of Milton Road, Valdese, NC died Saturday June 27, 2009 in Ellenboro, NC. He was a native of Hillsboro County, Florida. He was preceded in death by his father Charlie B. Manis, Sr. He had worked in textiles most of his life and was of the Baptist faith. Charlie loved fishing and restoring...
Dovie Greene
Jun 25, 2009
Dovie Ledford Greene, age 89, of 118 Elk Road, Ellenboro, NC, died Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Autumn Care of Forest City. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late William Perry Ledford and Sara Allen Ledford. She was a homemaker and a member of Campfield Memorial Baptist Church. She was an avid reader of...
Bill Martin
Jun 24, 2009
Bill 'Chicken Dib' Martin, age 66, of 214 California Street, Spindale, died Wednesday, June 24 at Rutherford Hospital. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Robert Howard Martin and Margaret Scism Martin. He worked for Midway Trim Shop for most of his life as a Trim Man and enjoyed playing golf. He was a...
Essie Gilbert
Jun 21, 2009
Essie Anne Sisk Gilbert, age 97, formerly of Rutherford County, died Sunday, June 21, 2009 at Pepper Hill Nursing Home of Aiken, SC. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Sisk and Daisy Butler Sisk. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Paul...
Marion Lowe
Jun 21, 2009
Marion 'Leonard' Lowe, age 90, of Caroleen, died Sunday, June 21, 2009 at Hospice House. He was born February 12, 1919 in Great Falls, SC to the late Bryon Henry Lowe and Othello Ruff Lowe. He was a man who had many accomplishments during his long and productive life. He taught his children by example while living out his...
Hazel Phillips
Jun 19, 2009
Hazel Crowe Phillips, age 85, died Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice Care Center in Whiteville, NC after an extended illness. She was born September 15, 1923 in Cliffside, NC to the late Thomas Mack Crowe and Lula Mae Ricketts Crowe. Hazel graduated from Cliffside High School in 1942 and spent many years working in...
Madlyn Jones
Jun 15, 2009
Madlyn 'Dib' Durham Jones, age 86, of 164 Church Street, Henrietta, NC, died Monday, June 15, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Upton Durham and Vinia Byars Durham. She was a homemaker and had worked for Cone Mills in Cliffside and Reeves Brothers Mills in Chesnee for many...
Harold White
Jun 12, 2009
Harold D. White, age 76, of 1480 Jack-McKinney Road, Rutherfordton, NC died Friday, June 12, 2009 at the Hospice Residence in Forest City. A native of Valley Falls, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Reverend Edgar White and Maggie Greene White. He was a veteran of the Korean War, having served in the US Navy as...
Charlene Conner
Jun 11, 2009
Charlene Faulkner Conner, age 56, of Mooresboro, NC, died Thursday, June 11, 2009 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of Junior Faulkner and Lois Newton Faulkner Street. She had worked for Fasco Industries for 15 years and was a member of Gantt's Grove Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by...
Steve Johnson
Jun 10, 2009
Steven R. Johnson, age 62, of 221 Pine Knoll, Rutherfordton, NC, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital. Born in Union County, Iowa, he was a son of Hale Frederick Johnson and Geraldine Hamilton Johnson Crawley. He worked in manufacturing and in the restaurant business. He was known for his excellent Pizza making skills. In addition to his...
Rebecca Culp
Jun 8, 2009
Rebecca Rhodes Culp, age 52, of 871 Hames Ridge Road, Mooresboro, NC, died Monday, June 8, 2009 in Rutherfordton. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late, Norman Worth Melton and Margaret Gene Campbell Melton. She had worked in the Home Health Care Industry most of her life. She was of the Baptist Faith. In...
John Cooley
Jun 6, 2009
John Kelley Cooley, Sr., age 60, of 136 Whistle Drive, Henrietta, NC, died Saturday, June 06, 2009 at his residence. A native of Spartanburg County, SC, he was a son of the late Joe B. Cooley and Ruby Ann Barrett Cooley. John was a veteran, having served six years in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War and later...
Elbert Tomblin
Jun 1, 2009
Elbert E. Tomblin, age 84, of 292 Tanners Grove Road, died Monday, June 1, 2009 at Willow Ridge. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Reverend C.C. 'Lum' Tomblin and Della Morgan Tomblin. He had worked in the textile mills for over 45 years before his retirement and was a long-time member of Spencer...
Sherman Roland
May 27, 2009
Sherman Dwayne Roland, 44, of Forest City died Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at his residence. A native of Rutherford County he was born November 17, 1964 to Beatrice Hudson Bumgarner of Golden Valley. Dwayne was a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry. He attended Forest City Four Square Pentecostal Church. He was preceded in death by his brother...
Helen Parks
May 24, 2009
Helen Hill Parks, age 84, of 136 Marsha Lane, Spindale, NC, died Sunday, May 24, 2009 at her residence. She was born February 23, 1925 as the only daughter to the late Willie Thomas Hill and Valarie Jones Hill. She had worked for Grindstaff's Interiors for 35 years as an interior decorator before her retirement. She loved flowers. In...
Barbara Byers
May 13, 2009
Barbara Ann Byers, age 61, of 419 Beason Road, Mooresboro, NC, died May 13, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late, Grady Thomas and Mamie Lee McCombs Thomas. She was an avid reader and was known as a person who loved helping people and putting others before herself. She was...
Lottie Terry
May 13, 2009
Lottie Mae Dobbins Terry, age 65, of 172 Greenfield Drive, Forest City, NC, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at her residence. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late, Cordy Odell Dobbins and Lola Lois Kimbrell Dobbins. She worked at Stonecutter Mills for 10 years and for Sonoco-Crellin for over 29 years before her retirement....
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