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Roy Childers

Roy Childers

Oct 20, 2008

Roy Childers, age 85, of 5337 US Highway 221, Forest City, NC died Monday,October 20, 2008 at the Mission Hospitals in Asheville. A native of Chester County, South Carolina he was a son of the late Wade Jeffries and Katie Martin Childers. He was a US Army Veteran who served his country during World War II in the Philippines....

L. Toney

L. Toney

Oct 16, 2008

L. C. Toney, Jr., age 80, of Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Forest City, NC passed away Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Rutherford Hospital. He was born July 30, 1928 in Rutherford County to the late Lonnie Clifford Toney, Sr. and Maudie Haulk Toney. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 54...

Rita Gilbert

Rita Gilbert

Oct 15, 2008

Rita Gilbert, age 59, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Virgil Lee and Lucille Jenkins Adams. She worked for Southern Device in Morganton for many years and loved to fix hair and clean house. She was of the...

Evangeline Womack

Evangeline Womack

Oct 15, 2008

Evangeline P. Womack, age 79, of Edgewood Drive, Forest City, NC passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at the Rutherford Hospital. She was born April 6, 1929 in Rutherford County, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Solon 'Monk' Womack. She had been a member of Florence Baptist Church in Forest City for over...

Elizabeth Welch

Elizabeth Welch

Oct 12, 2008

Elizabeth Toth Szabo Welch, age 87, of Old Henrietta Road, Forest City, NC passed away Sunday, October 12, 2008 at the Oak Grove Health Care in Rutherfordton, NC. She was born January 11, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late John Toth and Barbara Lechner Toth. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...

Reba Stone

Reba Stone

Oct 9, 2008

Reba 'Mame' R. Stone, age 99, of 518 Doggett Road, Forest City, NC, died Thursday, October 09, 2008 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice. A native of Roane County, Tennessee she was a daughter of the late Bill and Belle Harshbarger Rutherford. Reba worked many years as a sales clerk for the May Company in Cleveland, Ohio and later worked in...

Timothy White

Timothy White

Oct 7, 2008

Timothy Shawn White, age 17, of Forest City, NC, died October 7, 2008 in Caroleen. Timothy had been enrolled in the Adult High School Program at Isothermal Community College and had a passion for music, especially acoustical guitar. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by two grandfathers, Charles White and Wendell...

Max Henson

Max Henson

Oct 4, 2008

Max Henson, age 77, of Henrietta, NC passed away Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the Hospice House in Forest City, NC. He was born January 26, 1931 in Henrietta, NC to the late Olen Henson and Minnie Robbins Henson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one sister, Louise Carroll and two brothers, Bobby Henson...

Herman Henson

Herman Henson

Oct 3, 2008

Herman Henson, age 84, of 155 Crawley Drive, Forest City, NC died Friday, October 3, 2008 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. A native of Rutherford County he was a son of the late Oscar and Dera Butler Henson. He was a retired US Army Veteran who served his country as a Nuclear Weapons Specialist. He was a...

A.T. Coffey

A.T. Coffey

Oct 2, 2008

A. T. Coffey, Jr.,age 83, of 159 J E Morrow Street, Forest City, NC passed away Thursday,October 2, 2008, at the White Oak Manor in Shelby, NC. He was born February 15, 1925 in Marshall, NC to the late Rev. Albert Tendall Coffey, Sr. and Geneva Sawyer Coffey. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...

Clyde Eddins

Clyde Eddins

Sep 27, 2008

Clyde P. Eddins, age 72, of 143 My Family Way, Forest City, NC died Saturday, September 27, 2008 at his residence. He was as son of the late William and Gladys Beland Eddins and a native of Nash County, NC. He had lived in Rutherford County for many years. Clyde worked as a meat cutter for over 35 years...

Foye Dills

Foye Dills

Sep 24, 2008

Foye Lee Dills, age 81, of Forest City, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at Willow Ridge Nursing Home. A native of Rutherford County he was a son of the late Phillip Anderson Dills and Mattie Medford Dills. He worked in the weaving room in the textile mills and also worked as an auto body repair specialist. Foye was a...

Carl Bagwell

Carl Bagwell

Sep 24, 2008

Carl Lee Andrew 'Pop' Bagwell, age 83, of Six Points, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at his residence. Born in Lancaster County, SC and a long-time resident of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Jessie and Nancy Della Harris Bagwell. Carl was a US Army veteran who served his country during World War II. He was...

Norma Hopper

Norma Hopper

Sep 21, 2008

Norma Splawn Hopper, age 70, of Goodes Creek Church Road, Mooresboro, NC formerly of Charlotte, NC, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2008 at the Rutherford Hospital in Rutherfordton, NC. She was born July 10, 1938 in Rutherford County to the late Shufford Splawn and Lennie Brown Splawn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...

James Scruggs

James Scruggs

Sep 20, 2008

James W. 'Jimmy' Scruggs, Jr., age 61, of 721 Morrow Motor Road, Forest City, NC passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home in Spartanburg, SC after a short illness. He was born April 30, 1947 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his father, James W. Scruggs, Sr. He was...

Gertrude Emory

Gertrude Emory

Sep 20, 2008

Gertrude 'Cooter' Vickers Emory, age 76, of Mountain View Street, Forest City, NC passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the Rutherford Hospital. She was born September 10, 1932 in Rutherford County to the late Charlie Baxter Vickers and Eva Mae Champion Vickers. She was a retired textile employee and a member of the Father's Vineyard. Gertrude was also...

Howard Bennett

Howard Bennett

Sep 11, 2008

Howard Bennett, age 77, of 675 Boss Moore Road, Caroleen, NC, died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at the Asheville VA Medical Center. A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late William and Bertha Wilson Bennett. He was a retired war veteran who served the country that he loved for 23 years in the U.S. Army...

Annie Griffin

Annie Griffin

Sep 10, 2008

Annie Mae Griffin, age 81, of 102 Bedrock Trail, Rutherfordton, NC, died on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at Hospice House. She was born to the late Jim and Ellen Murray Brown in Greenville County, SC and was a long-time resident of Rutherford County. She worked in the Textile Mills for more than 35 years before her retirement. She was...

David Walsh

David Walsh

Sep 8, 2008

David Allen Walsh, age 42, of Fayetteville, NC passed away Monday, September 8, 2008 at the Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville. He was born November 28, 1965 in New London, Connecticut to John Charles Walsh and Maxine Barber Walsh. In addition to his father he was preceded in death by a brother, John Charles Walsh, Jr. David worked...

Mary Smith

Mary Smith

Sep 5, 2008

Mary Jo Smith, age 72, of Bostic, NC, died Friday, September 5, 2008 at Fair Haven Home. A native of Rutherford County she was a daughter of the late Arthur and Ethel McCue Smith. She was a member of Mountain Creek Baptist Church and a homemaker. She was an avid collector of knickknacks, who saw beauty in the little...

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