Obituaries

Mar 20, 2009

Glynna Ruppe Ledbetter, age 80, of 176 Wells Drive, Forest City, NC, died Friday, March 20, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Polk County, she was a daughter of the late Ralph R. Ruppe and Beulah Dobbins Ruppe. She was a member of Harmon Street Baptist Church. She was a homemaker who had the gift of love. In...

Mar 20, 2009

Ronald Dupree Cole, Sr., age 66, of 254 Cone Street, Caroleen, NC, died Friday, March 20, 2009 at his residence. A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Addie Bostic Cole, Sr. and Louise Blackburn Cole. He was a textile worker and a mechanic. He also enjoyed western movies and collecting clocks and guns. In...

Mar 19, 2009

Edward J.T. Lima, 92, of Forest City, NC died March 19, 2009, at Hospice House of Forest City. Ed was born July 9, 1916 in Providence, RI to Joseph Lima and Emilia Peters. Following high school graduation and after working at several jobs in Providence and Tiverton, RI, he enlisted in the Army Air Corp and was trained as...

Mar 17, 2009

Wade Davis, age 75, of 262 Low Bridge Road, Forest City, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at his residence. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late O.P. Davis and Hattie Dyer Davis. He worked for PPG Industries for seventeen years before his retirement and was a long time member of Haynes Memorial Baptist Church...

Mar 15, 2009

Ron Moore, age 64, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Sunday, March 15, 2009 at his residence. Ron was born April 11, 1944 in Rutherford County to Paul Everson Moore and Pauline Burnette Moore. He was a veteran who served his country in the U.S. Air Force and worked as a machinist for A & E Plastics for many years. He...

Mar 14, 2009

Joe Doris Randall, age 75, of Weaverville, NC, died Saturday, March 14, 2009 at the Brian Center after an extended illness. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Joseph Preston Randall and Lizzie Toms Randall. He was a graduate of Tri-High School and had attended Appalachian State of Boone, NC. He was a lifetime...

Mar 12, 2009

Timothy Lee Byers, Sr., age 43, of Lenoir, NC, died Thursday, March 12, 2009 at Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia.

He was born in Rutherford County and was a son of Sally and Tony Oaks of Forest City, NC and Jerry Byers of South Carolina. He joined the Marine Corp after graduating Chase...

Mar 11, 2009

Leslie Dobbins Armstrong, age 63, of 130 Amies Avenue, Ellenboro, NC died Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at the Hospice House in Forest City, NC. She was born in Rutherford County to the late Lee and Willie Daily Dobbins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 30 years, Johnny Armstrong; three sisters, Lillian...

Mar 9, 2009

Jimmie Eual Price, age 77, of 427 Kelly Road, Forest City, NC, died Monday, March 9, 2009 at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Estell Price and Arcenia Byers Price. He was a longtime member of Providence United Methodist Church and worked as a salesman for various industries including hardware...

Mar 7, 2009

Kathy Smith Greene, age 51, of Henrietta, died Saturday, March 7, 2009 at her residence. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Leonard Smith and Annie Sue Nanney Smith. She was a longtime member of Temple Baptist Church and had worked 25 years as a lab technician at Cone Mills before her retirement. She...

Feb 27, 2009

Leo H. Waters, age 95, of Golden Valley, died Friday, February 27, 2009 at Willow Ridge Nursing Center. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Tommy Henson and Ola McSwain Henson. She was a longtime member of Hicks Grove Baptist Church and enjoyed listening to Southern Gospel Music. She was a homemaker who loved...

Feb 26, 2009

Ricky Lee Silvers, age 49, of Morganton, NC, died February 26, 2009 at Grace Hospital. A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Lawrence Silvers and Lois Whisnant Ward. He enjoyed listening to music and had worked in textiles as a loom fixer. Survivors include his brother, Randy Silvers of Forest City; two sisters, Chris...

Feb 26, 2009

Justin Edward Coffey, age 27, of Forest City, NC, died February 26, 2009 at Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, NC. He was born September 29, 1981 in Rutherford County. He worked at Folks Cleaners. He loved football and was an avid Pittsburgh Steelers Fan. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, William Edward Coffey and James Baynard and his...

Feb 24, 2009

Kenneth Lyton Hughes, age 92, of 1600 Harris-Henrietta Road, Forest City, NC, died Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at the Hospice House. He was born in Rutherford County January 24, 1917 to the late Benjamin Elsberry Hughes and Mary Ramouth Hawkins Hughes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 63 years, Margaret Allen...

Feb 18, 2009

Brenda Carol Deviney Blanton, age 65, of Columbia, SC, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at Palmetto Health Richland after an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Dewey and Lucy Mae Norville Deviney. She was a retired proof reader in the book publishing industry and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include one uncle Robert Glenn Norville...

Feb 17, 2009

Viola Silvers Luckadoo, age 88, of Henrietta, died Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at Fairhaven Home. She was born in Yancey County, NC on June 24, 1920 to the late Marve Silvers and Martha Jane Wheeler Silvers. She was a long-time member of First Baptist Church of Henrietta and was a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing for her family, craftwork and...

Feb 14, 2009

Nyle Verner Holland, age 73, of 370 Bradley Road, Ellenboro, died Saturday, February 14, 2009 at his residence. He was born February 25, 1935 in Rutherford County to the late Dewey Holland and Odell Butler Holland. He had worked for Fieldcrest for over 30 years before his retirement and also worked for Rutherford County Public School Maintenance for 10...

Feb 4, 2009

Captain Ben N. Cole, JAGC, USN {Ret.}, 89, passed away February 4, 2OO9 at his home in Henrietta, North Carolina. He was born May 1, 1919 on Pine Street in the old Fourth Ward section of Charlotte, the middle of five sons born to the late John W. Cole and Susan Elizabeth Cole. He graduated from Central High School...

Feb 2, 2009

Genell Harris Adair, age 82, of 118 McBrayer Court, Forest City, died Monday, February 2, 2009 at Hospice House. A native of Rutherford County she was a daughter of the late Earnest Alfred Harris and Cora Tessinar Harris. She worked in textiles for many years and also worked as a caregiver to the family several years before her retirement....

Feb 1, 2009

Miriam Babb Reynolds, age 78, of 359 Byers Road, Forest City, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at Henderson Care. She was born December 1, 1930 in Greenville County, SC to the late Johnny Babb and Mamie Herman Babb. She enjoyed camping, fishing and especially giving loving care to her family. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to...