Minnie Yvonne Greene
Jun 5, 2025
Minnie Yvonne Greene, age 82, of Forest City, died Thursday, June 5, 2025 at the Oak Grove Healthcare Center in Rutherfordton.
Yvonne was born on Friday, June 19, 1942 in Gaffney, SC to the late Robert Kanipe and Ola Mae Huckabee Kanipe. She worked for many years in the textile industry and retired from Cone Mill-Cliffside Plant. Yvonne was a member...
Dee Wilson
Jun 3, 2025
Dee Wilson, age 72, of Forest City, passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2025 at her home.
Dee was born Saturday, October 11, 1952 in Charlotte, NC to the late Andrew Guffey and Martha Drum Evans Guffey. She was a graduate of R-S Central High School, class of 1970. She was the owner and operator for many years of the Time Out...
Colleen Fish Clontz
Jun 2, 2025
Colleen Fish Clontz, age 90, of Forest City, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, June 2, 2025 at the Willow Ridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center.
Colleen was born Friday, November 16, 1934 in Buncombe County to the late Utha Elmore Fish and Ella Salome Ducker Fish. She was a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School, class...
J.C. Moore
May 31, 2025
J.C. Moore, age 85, of Ellenboro, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2025 at his home.
J.C. was born Friday, August 25, 1939 in Rutherford County to the late John Caldwell Moore, Sr. and Ruth Burgess Moore. He worked in textiles most of his life, having worked for Cone Mills at the Cliffside and Avondale plants. He also worked for the family...
Robert A. Armstrong
May 28, 2025
Robert A. Armstrong, age 51, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Robert was born Saturday, June 30, 1973 in Calhoun, Georgia to Audrey Katherine Edwards and to the late Paul Edward Armstrong. He was a graduate of East Rutherford High School, class of 1992. Robert worked many years as a prototype welder for...
Janet Faye Canipe Lowery
May 25, 2025
Janet Faye Canipe Lowery, age 70, of Rutherfordton, passed away Sunday, May 25, 2025 at her home while under Hospice Care.
Janet was born Monday, May 16, 1955 in Rutherford County to the late William Baxter Canipe and Melva Henson Canipe. She was a graduate of Chase High School, class of 1974. Janet worked in textiles for many years, having worked...
Patti Ann Michaels
May 22, 2025
Patti Ann Michaels, age 68, of Forest City, went to her heavenly home on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Wendover Hospice in Shelby.
Patti was a loving sister, mother, and grandmother. An amazing, hardworking, thoughtful woman she was incredibly proud of her work as a nurse, and nothing could compare to her love of everyone she knew. Family was everything to...
Lillian Poole Toney
May 22, 2025
Lillian Poole Toney, age 95, of Ellenboro, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at the Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.
Lillian was born on Friday, February 14, 1930, in Cleveland County, to the late Jimmie Poole and Lima Beaver Poole. She was the oldest member of Drury Dobbins Baptist Church where she formerly...
Sheila Bailey
May 22, 2025
Sheila McGill Bailey, age 60, of Rutherfordton, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Forest City.
Sheila was born Wednesday, February 23, 1965 in Sevier County, Tennessee to the late Alvin McGill, Sr. and Barbara Arwood McGill. She worked for Kemmet Electronics for many years and as a Detention Officer for Rutherford County and Cleveland...
Brenda Jean Philemon Goode
May 22, 2025
Brenda Jean Philemon Goode, age 77, of 301 Harrill Road, Forest City, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2025 at Atrium Health-Cleveland, in Shelby.
Brenda was born on Thursday, May 6, 1948, in Sarasota, Florida, but was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. She attended high school and later beauty school, working for many years as a cosmetologist before becoming a cashier...