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Georgia Epley

Georgia Epley

Nov 30, 2018

Georgia Lee Epley, age 83, of Old Caroleen Road, Forest City, NC, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Friday, November 30, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Georgia was born February 21, 1935 in Spartanburg County, SC, and was a daughter of the late Carmie Leander Lane and Mary Miller Lane. She worked for Pepsi...

Wendy Poston

Wendy Poston

Nov 27, 2018

Wendy Ann Myers Poston, age 71, of Forest City, NC, died Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at her residence. Wendy was born October 17, 1947 in Emmett, Idaho and was the daughter of the late Paul Myers and June Anderson Myers. She graduated from Weiser High School in 1965 and served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War era....

Gary Seigler

Gary Seigler

Nov 25, 2018

Gary C. Seigler, age 81, of Charlotte, NC, died Sunday, November 25, 2018 at his residence. Gary was born January 19, 1937 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Frank Hawkins and Flossie Blackwell Hawkins. He was a graduate of Tri-High School, class of 1955 and served his country in the U.S. Navy for twenty-two years. After his retirement...

Dennis Burgess

Dennis Burgess

Nov 23, 2018

Free Obituary for: Dennis F. Burgess Dennis F. Burgess, age 80, of Ellenboro, NC, died Friday, November 23, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Born January 29, 1938 in Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Joseph Dennis Burgess and Bessie Davis Burgess. Dennis was a graduate of Tri-High School. He served as a deputy sheriff...

Lydia Gosey

Lydia Gosey

Nov 22, 2018

Lydia Muriel Pearson Gosey, age 87, of Forest City, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 22, 2018. Muriel was born on August 30, 1931 the second daughter of Della and Broadus Pearson. She is predeceased by her two sisters, Doris Baber and Edith Wells. Muriel married Fred Eugene Gosey in 1949 and two years later they...

Roger Byers

Roger Byers

Nov 17, 2018

Roger Jennings Byers, age 71, of Rutherfordton, NC, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2018 at his residence. Roger was born June 11, 1947 in Rutherford County and was the son of the late Reverend Morris J. Byers and Frances Tate Byers. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served in Germany during the Vietnam War. Roger worked...

Lillian Silvers

Lillian Silvers

Nov 16, 2018

Lillian Crawley Silvers, age 89, of Forest City, NC, passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 in Gaffney, SC. Lillian was born December 15, 1928 in Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late Grady S. Crawley and Celia Ledbetter Crawley. She was a member of Mt Pleasant Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...

Bob Owens

Bob Owens

Nov 15, 2018

Robert William "Bob" Owens, age 76, of Forest City, NC, passed away Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Bob was born September 22, 1942 in Rutherford County and was the son of Clyde Hatcher Owens and Florence Daves Owens. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Max Owens, Elijah...

Ronnie Mcswain

Ronnie Mcswain

Nov 14, 2018

Ronnie Lee "Pulley" McSwain, age 71, of Forest City, NC, died Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Pulley was born May 30, 1947 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina and was the son of the late Chivous McSwain, Mammie Myrtle Petty McSwain and Richard V. Evans. He was a member of Masonic Lodge #460 and retired from...

James Hawley

James Hawley

Nov 13, 2018

James "Jim" Hawley, age 67, of Carolina Avenue, Forest City, NC, died Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Forest City. Jim was born November 21, 1950 in Indianapolis, Indiana and was the son of the late James F. Hawley and Betty J. Toliver Hawley. He was a graduate of Lawrence Central High School in...

Derrell Hutchins

Derrell Hutchins

Nov 11, 2018

Derrell Hutchins, age 48, of Emory Avenue, Forest City, NC, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2018 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Derrell was born December 1, 1969 in Rutherford County and was the son of Shirley Melton Hutchins of Forest City and the late Steve Hutchins. He was a graduate of East Rutherford High School, class of 1988 and...

Betty Waters

Betty Waters

Nov 10, 2018

Betty J. Waters, age 81, of Mooresboro, NC, passed away Saturday, November 10, 2018 at her residence. Betty was born November 10, 1937 in Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late Buford Henson and Ruby Hames Henson. She was a graduate of Harris High School, class of 1958 and worked at Sunshine Pre-School in Chesnee for twenty...

Zeb Conner

Zeb Conner

Nov 9, 2018

Zeb Conner, age 82, of James Road, Mooresboro, NC, passed away Friday, November 9, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Forest City. Zeb was born April 25, 1936 in Rutherford County and was the son of the late James Washington Conner and Lula Lee Hawkins Conner. He worked in textiles for thirty years and owned and operated...

Willine Hames

Willine Hames

Nov 8, 2018

Willine Johnson Hames, age 76, of State Line Road, Mooresboro, NC went home to be with her Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Willine was born August 3, 1942 in Spartanburg County, SC and was the daughter of the late Willie Romeo Johnson and Alice Hall Johnson. She was also preceded...

Delbert Ligon

Delbert Ligon

Nov 8, 2018

Delbert "Del" John Ligon, age 71, of Spindale, NC, passed away Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Del was born July 27, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois to the late Delbert William Ligon and Marie Belcore Barlow. Del honorably served in the United States Marine Corps and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. After his...

Linda Campbell

Linda Campbell

Nov 5, 2018

Linda Sue Greene Campbell, age 73, of Ellenboro, NC, died Monday, November 5, 2018 at her residence. Linda was born May 28, 1945 in Rutherford County, North Carolina and was the daughter of the late Frank Greene and Dovie Ledford Greene. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Donald Blanton, Sr. Those...

Molly Arrowood

Molly Arrowood

Nov 4, 2018

Molly Tanaye Fowler Arrowood, age 42, of Forest City, NC, died Sunday, November 4, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolinas in Forest City after her second battle with cancer. Tanaye was born May 2, 1976 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina and was the daughter of Terry Fowler, Sr. and Renee Moss Greenlee. She was preceded in death by a...

Danny Fowler

Danny Fowler

Oct 28, 2018

Danny R. Fowler, age 69, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolinas in Forest City. Danny was born June 7, 1949 in Rutherford County and was the son of the late Hollis Fowler and Lora Blackwell Fowler. Danny was a veteran of the U.S. Army and served his country honorably during the Vietnam...

Eunice Ware

Eunice Ware

Oct 27, 2018

Eunice H. Ware, age 85, of Gaffney, SC formerly of Spindale, NC, died Saturday, October 27, 2018 at her residence. Eunice was born June 4, 1933 in Rutherford County and was the daughter of the late Ina Mae Hudgins. She worked in textiles for many years and was also a dietician for Oak Grove Nursing Care. Eunice was a...

Linda Goode

Linda Goode

Oct 27, 2018

Linda K. Goode, age 74, of Ellenboro, NC, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at Peak Resources in Shelby. Linda was born March 3, 1944 in San Pedro, California and was the daughter of the late Guss Leonard Walker and Clella Esther McGuire Walker. She was a graduate of Phineas Banning...

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