Mary Henderson
Jul 31, 2015
Mary C. Henderson, age 83, of Penson Street, Spindale, died Friday, July 31, 2015 at Henderson Care of Forest City. Born June 6, 1932 in Anderson County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Talmadge Campbell and Amanda Jane Erby Campbell. She worked for J.P. Stevens Mills in Greenville, SC most of her life and was a Baptist....
Johnny Gragg
Jul 28, 2015
Johnny Gragg, age 69, of Cleghorn Mill Road, Rutherfordton, died Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at his residence. Born May 8, 1946 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late William Walter Gragg and Myra Candace Morgan Gragg. He worked for Stonecutter Mills for thirty-five years and retired from Broyhill Industries as a fork lift driver. He was...
Georgia Owens
Jul 24, 2015
Georgia Hutchins Owens, age 75, of Hollis Road, Ellenboro, died Friday, July 24, 2015 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born April 20, 1940 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Tildon Hutchins and Mary Gettys Hutchins. She worked for Burlington Industries for over twenty years and was a CNA for Carolina Home Care for...
Panfilo Jimenez Pacheco
Jul 24, 2015
Panfilo Jimenez-Pacheco, age 71, of Old Henrietta Road, Forest City, died Friday, July 24, 2015 at his residence. Born June 1, 1944 in Mexico, he was a son of the late Arcadin Jimenez and Sabina Pacheco Jimenez. Panfilo was a member of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Raquel Razo Jimenez; children, Baltazar Jimenez-Razo, Alfredo...
Blanche Ponder
Jul 22, 2015
Blanche Cureton Ponder, age 82, of East High Road, Bostic, NC, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville. Born April 30, 1933 in Newport, Tennessee, she was a daughter of the late Jess Cureton and Nanney Bell Whitlock Cureton. She worked for Cone Mills most her life and was a longtime member of Trinity Wesleyan...
Jaxton Branch
Jul 20, 2015
Jaxton Lee Branch, infant son of Vanessa L. Loriquer of Rutherfordton and Matt Branch of Forest City, was carried by an angel into the presence of Jesus on Monday, July 20, 2015. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his twin brother, Maddox Lee Branch; maternal grandparents, Steve and Vivian Jones of Forest City and Yves Loriquer...
Robert Biggerstaff
Jul 12, 2015
The Reverend Robert E. Biggerstaff, age 83, of Forest City, died Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born July 2, 1932 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late James Carl Biggerstaff and Lillie Cleo Bailey Biggerstaff. He was a graduate of Ellenboro High School, class of 1950 and a graduate of...
Betty Beheler
Jul 12, 2015
Betty Alexander Beheler, age 75, of Forest City, died Sunday, July 12, 2015 at Forest City Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born October 7, 1939 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Major Ross Alexander and Lila Mae Blackwell Alexander. She was a graduate of Harris High School, class of 1958 and a longtime member of New...
Amita Dobbins
Jul 11, 2015
Amita Burgess Dobbins, age 42, of Ellenboro, died Saturday, July 11, 2015 at her residence. She was born on October 19, 1972 in Rutherford County and was a graduate of East Rutherford High School, class of 1991. Amita worked for the Medicine Box in Forest City and for Morganton Eye Clinic in Shelby for several years. She was a...
Earnest Greene
Jul 10, 2015
Earnest Greene, age 71, of Rutherfordton, died Friday, July 10, 2015 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born April 20, 1944 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Clarence Greene and Louise Tessenair Greene. He was self-employed, working in the lawn and tree care business for most of his life. He was a past member...
Ricky Robbins
Jul 10, 2015
Ricky Robbins, Sr., age 65, of Henrietta, died Friday, July 10, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 7, 1950 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the Archie Robbins and Viola Tessnear Robbins. He worked in construction most of his life as a self-employed heavy equipment operator. Ricky was a member of the Village Chapel of...
Margaret Griffin
Jul 1, 2015
Margaret Griffin, age 90, of Bostic, died July1, 2015 at the Holly Springs Senior Citizens Home. Born March 22, 1925 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Edgar M. Pearson and Mary Ledbetter Pearson. She worked for Burlington Mills for many years and was a member of the Cliffside Missionary Methodist Church. Margaret enjoyed quilting and...
Ivan Hunt
Jun 29, 2015
Ivan Roger Hunt, age 99, of Castlewood Drive, Rutherfordton, died Monday, June 29, 2015 at his residence. Born February 25, 1916 in Saugatuck, Michigan, he was a son of the Donald Carlton Hunt, Sr. and Gilla Harris Hunt. During his full and blessed life, he worked for several companies which included the Broadview Academy of Broadview, IL, Pacific Press...
Kim Walker
Jun 28, 2015
Kim H. Walker, age 59, of Cliffside, passed away on Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Born March 15, 1956 in Gaston County, NC she was the daughter of the late Donald Hopper and Barbara Long. She was a graduate of Ashbrook High School, class of 1974 and worked as a medical transcriptionist for forty years....
Blanch Gosey
Jun 27, 2015
Blanch Vernell Gosey, age 86, of Henrietta, died Saturday, June 27, 2015 at the Holly Springs Rest Home. Born June 25, 1929 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Claude Lowery and Gracie McGinnis Lowery and a widow of the late Johnny Glen Gosey, Sr. She worked for Reeves Brothers Mills most of her life and...
Bill Lancaster
Jun 24, 2015
Bill Lancaster, age 80, of Forest City, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at the Carolinas Continued Care Hospice in Kings Mountain. Born May 27, 1935 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Crawford Lancaster and Mary McDaniel Lancaster. Bill worked for Fieldcrest Mill for many years and was the owner and operator of Lancaster's Rug Mill...
Michael Watts
Jun 24, 2015
Michael R. Watts, age 62, of Lincolnton, NC, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at the Carolinas Health Care of Lincoln County. Born June 14, 1953 in Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Quillon Watts and Alma Hall Watts. Michael enjoyed sports of all kinds and feeding animals. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Frank Jones
Jun 24, 2015
Frank "Buck" J. Jones, age 84, of Forest City, NC died Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born August 1, 1930 in Cleveland County, he was a son of the late Robert William Jones and Myrtle Duncan Jones. Frank was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a retired twenty year veteran of the...
Rex Miller
Jun 24, 2015
Rex Miller, age 30, of Spindale, died Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at his residence. Born July 20, 1984 in Rutherford County, he was the son of Gregg Miller and Maxine Holland Miller of Forest City. A graduate of Chase High School, class of 2002, he worked for Trelleborg Industries for several years and most recently for Dish Network. Rex...
Brittany Shell
Jun 22, 2015
Brittany Nicole Shell, 22, of Rutherfordton, went home to be with her brother, Bryson, June 22, 2015. A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of Greg and Marie Shell of Morganton and Julie Teague Shell and fiancé Kevin Davis of Forest City. She cherished her children and family. Brittany's hobbies were writing poems, four wheeling, and mudding....
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