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Dawn Davis

Dawn Davis

Apr 3, 2017

Dawn Davis, age 52, of Mooresboro, NC, passed away Monday, April 3, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 13, 1964 in Rutherford County, she is the daughter of Hattie Elaine Summers of Rutherfordton and the late Jonah "Roger" Tate. She was a graduate of R-S Central High School, class of 1982. Dawn was a veteran of the...

Mike Wilson

Mike Wilson

Apr 2, 2017

Mike "Lightnen" Wilson, age 58, of Big Island Road, Rutherfordton, died Sunday, April 2, 2017 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Born April 15, 1958 in Batavia, New York, he was a son to the late Charles Wilson and Martha Sue Barnett Wilson. Mike was a truck driver for over thirty years and worked for Truck Service in Forest City...

Alice Vickers

Alice Vickers

Apr 1, 2017

Alice Vickers, age 93, of Bostic, NC, passed away Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Oak Grove Health Care. Born March 22, 1924 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late Charlie Baxter Vickers and Eva Champion Vickers. Alice was a member of Henrietta First Baptist Church and enjoyed attending the Senior Adult activities. She genuinely loved each...

Pearl Campbell

Pearl Campbell

Mar 30, 2017

Pearl Campbell, age 102, of Franklinville, NC, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2017 at her residence. Born September 23, 1914 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late John Gibson and Mary Brice Wilkerson Gibson. She worked for Henrietta Mill for forty eight years before her retirement and was a past member of the First Baptist Church...

Judy Weathers

Judy Weathers

Mar 29, 2017

Judy Weathers, age 63, of Ellenboro, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at the Carolinas Medical Center. Born June 28, 1953 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late S.B. McIntyre and Geneva Adair McIntyre. Judy worked for Abercrombie and Snyder Mills for over twenty five years. She was a lifetime member of High Shoal Baptist...

Carolyn Butler

Carolyn Butler

Mar 28, 2017

Carolyn Butler, age 70, of Chase High Road, Forest City, passed away Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born November 18, 1946 in Rutherford County, she is a daughter to Frances Miller Grant who resides in Rutherfordton and the late Earl Grant. Carolyn was a graduate of Chase High School, class of 1964 and...

Shirley Wood

Shirley Wood

Mar 28, 2017

Shirley Owens Wood, age 59, of Ellenboro, NC, entered into the presence of her Savior on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at her daughter's residence. Born June 5, 1957 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the Hattie Gettys Terry and the late David Allen Terry. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her brother,...

Horace Hester, Sr.

Horace Hester, Sr.

Mar 27, 2017

Horace "Sam" Sanford Hester Sr., age 75, of Forest City, NC, passed away on Monday, March 27, 2017 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born May 21, 1941 in Gaston County, NC, he was a son of the late James Hester and Pearl Mae Arrowood Bailey. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...

David Henderson

David Henderson

Mar 26, 2017

David Harold Henderson, age 79, of Ellenboro, NC, went home to be with his Savior, Sunday, March 26, 2017 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born April 21, 1937 in Rutherford County, NC, he was a son of the late Virgil Henderson and Hattie Hall Henderson. He loved hunting, fishing, flea markets and his family. In addition to...

Jonah Tate

Jonah Tate

Mar 23, 2017

Jonah Roger Tate, age 76, of Mooresboro, NC, passed away Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born October 25, 1940 in Rutherford County, North Carolina, he was a son to the late Jarvis Tate and Ruth Powell Tate. He was a Unites States Army veteran. The "Old Man of the Sea" loved to fish....

Clyde Earley

Clyde Earley

Mar 21, 2017

Clyde "W.C." Earley, age 80, of Forest City, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Born February 2, 1937 in Rutherford County, he was a son to the late Duffie B. Earley and Elsie Shepherd Earley. Clyde served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam War where he earned three...

Denise Morrow

Denise Morrow

Mar 19, 2017

Denise Helen Wilson Morrow, age 53, of Forest City, NC, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Denise was born May 9, 1963 in Kearney, Nebraska. She was preceded in death by her adopted parents, Gus and Earlyne Wilson. She was a graduate of South Sioux City High School in Nebraska, class...

Betty Linder

Betty Linder

Mar 18, 2017

Betty Linder, age 80, of Cleghorn Mill Road, Rutherfordton, NC, entered into the presence of her Savior on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born November 2, 1936 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late Guy Wallace and Effie Smith Wallace. She was a registered nurse and worked for Rutherford Hospital...

Ethel Bennett

Ethel Bennett

Mar 16, 2017

Ethel "Lois" Bennett, age 78, of Whitesides Road, Bostic, NC, passed away Thursday, March 16, 2017 at Willow Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center, surrounded by her family. Born February 15, 1939 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she was a daughter to the late Charles Seay and Mary Ethel Wooten Seay. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of the Restoration...

Avery King

Avery King

Mar 14, 2017

Avery King, age 69, of Forest City, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 14, 2017 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born September 10, 1947 in Buncombe County, he was a son to the late Troy King and Mabel McMahan King. Avery's life's work was brick masonry and he also worked as a truck driver for several years. He...

Betty Wall

Betty Wall

Mar 11, 2017

Betty Luckadoo Wall, age 70, of Forest City, NC, passed away Saturday, March11, 2017 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born December 21, 1946 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late Albert Luckadoo and Viola Silvers Luckadoo. Betty was a graduate of Chase High School, class of 1965 and worked for Cone Mill-Haynes Plant for...

Martha Brown

Martha Brown

Mar 10, 2017

Martha Cope Brown, age 52, of Ash, NC, formerly of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, March 10, 2017 at the UNC Medical Center in Chapel Hill. Born May 4, 1964 in Greensboro, NC, she is the daughter of Ann Hockett Bruton and the late Theodore Willits Cope. She was a graduate of South Brunswick High School, class of 1982. Martha...

Velvia Coffey

Velvia Coffey

Mar 7, 2017

Velvia Branch Coffey, age 86, of Rollins Road, Forest City, NC, passed away Tuesday, March 7, 2017 in the presence of her loving family. Born December 18, 1930 in Gaston County, NC, she was a daughter to the late Henry Branch and Allie Ollie Greene Branch. She worked as a sewing machine operator for nineteen years for Absorba and...

Mozelle Honeycutt

Mozelle Honeycutt

Feb 27, 2017

Mozelle Melton Honeycutt, age 93, of Sunset Beach, NC and formally of Rutherford County joined her Heavenly Father on February 27, 2017 at the Lower Cape Fear Hospice in Bolivia, NC. Born on March 22, 1923 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late Wilbur Melton and Vinnie Cobb Melton. Mozelle was a lifetime member of Floyd's...

Carl Smith

Carl Smith

Feb 25, 2017

Carl "Butch" Smith, Jr., age 68, of Wagy Road, Forest City, NC, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born February 2, 1949 in Rutherford County, he is the son of Mattie Dysart Smith Lackey who resides in Caroleen and the late Carl Lawson Smith, Sr. He was a graduate of Chase High...

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