Anita Sims
Sep 7, 2018
Anita "Lynn" Sims, age 57, of Whitesides Road, Forest City, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, September 7, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Born October 24, 1960 in Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Marlowe and Lonie Hutchins Marlowe. Lynn worked as a CNA for many years at White Oak...
Evelyn Hensley
Sep 5, 2018
Evelyn "Mom" Hensley, age 81, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at the Blue Ridge Health & Rehab Center in Hendersonville, NC. Born December 30, 1936 in Richlands, Virginia, she was a daughter to the late Jim Street and Linine Lucy Compton Street. Evelyn worked as manager of a dry cleaners for many years and was...
Annette Hendrix
Aug 29, 2018
Annette Hendrix, age 76, of Tanners Grove Road, Forest City, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Born June 16, 1942 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late Theodore Johnson and Mattie Goode Johnson. Annette worked for Broyhill Mfg., Master Craft and Stonecutter Mills for many years. Most recently she was...
Lee Ledbetter
Aug 28, 2018
Lee Ledbetter, age 79, of Rutherfordton, died Tuesday, August 28, 2018 due to a machinery accident. Born May 24, 1939 in Buncombe County, he was a son to the late Rector Ledbetter and Gladys Bullock Ledbetter. Lee owned and operated Land Works Grading LLC for over thirty years. He and his wife, Betty, are the founding members of the...
Tony Stamper
Aug 28, 2018
Tony Stamper, age 63, of Mooresboro, NC, died Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at the Hospice Unit at Charles George Veterans Hospital in Asheville. Born July 25, 1955 in Davidson County, NC, he was the son of the late Glenn D. Stamper and Odessa Smith Stamper. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of...
Cathy England
Aug 27, 2018
Cathy Hipp England, age 50, of Barbara Street, Forest City, passed away Monday, August 27, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Born September 29, 1967 in Haywood County, NC, she is the daughter of Patsy Waters Hipp who resides in Rutherfordton and the late Albert Hipp. She was a graduate of East Rutherford High School, class of 1985...
Jerry Camp
Aug 24, 2018
Jerry Spangler Camp, age 82, of Ellenboro, died Friday, August 24, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Jerry was born October 27, 1935 and was the daughter of the late Earl Lee Curtis and Jessie Beason Curtis. She was a graduate of Ellenboro High School, class of 1953 and worked for Porter Brothers for over twenty years and...
Henry Atkins
Aug 23, 2018
Henry Jace Lee Atkins, infant son of Kierston Atkins of Mooresboro went home to be with his heavenly Father on Thursday, August 23, 2018. He was born June 21, 2018 and even though his life on earth was brief, he touched the hearts of many people. He was one of God's precious children and is now one of His...
Kyelyn Fite
Aug 22, 2018
Kyelyn George Fite, infant son of Chris and Jessica Yelton Fite of Forest City, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. His memory will be cherished by his parents and by those who awaited his arrival. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Vincent and...
Tommy O'Dell
Aug 21, 2018
Tommy O'Dell, age 68, of Forest City, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Tommy was born November 14, 1949 in Rutherford County to the late Charles Thomas O'Dell, Sr. and Corene Guffey O'Dell. He was a graduate of R-S Central High School, class of 1967. Tommy served his country during the Vietnam War...
Katherine Walker
Aug 21, 2018
Katherine Simmons Walker, age 72, of Middle Street, Ellenboro, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018 from this life and has gone to meet her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Kathy, as she was known by all, was born August 13, 1946 in Rutherford County. Kathy was a graduate of Gaffney High School, class of 1964 and worked in the...
Wilda Shults
Aug 20, 2018
Wilda Jo Harris Shults, age 71, of Rutherfordton, passed away Monday, August 20, 2018 at her residence. Wilda was born July 2, 1947 in Rutherford County to the late Mildred Harris. She was a homemaker and enjoyed flower gardening. She was a member of Pores Ford Baptist Church. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by...
Ola Shytle
Aug 19, 2018
Ola Gordon Shytle, age 81, of Forest City, was ushered into God's presence on Sunday, August 19, 2018 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Ola was born October 9, 1936 in Rutherford County to the late Clyde Gordon and Willie Bridges Gordon. She was a graduate of Harris High School, class of 1954 and worked in textiles for thirty...
Myles Nix
Aug 18, 2018
Myles "John" Nix, age 72, of Mooresboro, NC, died Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg. John was born July 23, 1946 in Rutherford County and was a son of the late Albert Carl Nix and Louise Pearson Nix. He worked as a carpenter in construction for many years and also farmed for several years. John...
Mary Splawn
Aug 16, 2018
Mary Ellen Splawn, age 98, of Forest City, NC, went home to be her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, August 16, 2018 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Born January 11, 1920 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Peter Bruno Fortenberry and Fannie Mae Blankenship Fortenberry. She worked for Burlington Industries for most of...
Fred Hutchins
Aug 10, 2018
Fred M. Hutchins, age 84, of Bostic, peacefully passed away Friday, August 10, 2018 at his residence, surrounded by his loving family. Born April 26, 1934 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Burley Miller Hutchins and Myrtle Elizabeth Conner Hutchins. He worked as a contractor in bridge construction for many years and enjoyed working with...
Mary Givens
Aug 6, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Carpenter Givens, age 93, of Bostic, passed away Monday, August 6, 2018 at Fair Haven of Forest City. Born December 28, 1924 in Rutherford County, she was the daughter of Paul and Dora Hames Carpenter. She was a member of Florence Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded by her husband, Briscoe John "BJ"...
Rachel Toney
Aug 5, 2018
Rachel Mary Toney, age 77, of Forest City, passed away Sunday, August 5, 2018 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Born July 16, 1941 in Rutherford County, she was the daughter of Lionel Cantrell and Carrie Condrey Cantrell. She was a lifelong member of Chase Baptist Church and greatly enjoyed spending time at the beach. In addition to her parents,...
Max Alexander
Aug 4, 2018
Max G. Alexander, age 88, of Caroleen, passed away Saturday, August 4, 2018 at Hospice of Rutherford County. Born July 8, 1930 in Rutherford County, he was the son of William Alexander and Lilly Whitesides Alexander Shuford. He faithfully served in the U.S. Army for 2 years, and later worked at Fiber Industries/Hoechst Celanese for more than 30 years...
Michael Henson
Aug 2, 2018
Michael E. Henson, age 66, of Forest City, passed away Thursday, August 2, 2018 at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. Born November 26, 1951 in Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Max Henson and Dot Reynolds Henson. He was a graduate of Chase High School, class of 1970 and served in the U.S....
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