Walter Hanson

Aug 29, 2016

Walter Joseph "Joey" Hanson, age 55, also fondly known as "Bigfoot" and "Tiny", passed away at 11:35 a.m. on Monday, August 29, 2016 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. He was born in Frankfort, Germany on November 27, 1960. His wife, Carol, was the love of his life as he was the love of Carol's. They were inseparable and always...

Hazel Smith

Aug 23, 2016

Hazel Ruth Nix Smith, age 91, of Candor, NC formerly of Forest City, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at Sandy Ridge Memory Care. Born January 25, 1925 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late William Andrew Nix and Cora Ethel Conner Nix. Hazel worked for Burlington Mills for several years and was a homemaker. She was...

Chris Wease

Aug 23, 2016

Chris Wease, age 36, of the Chase Community, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at the Carolinas Health System-Cleveland Campus. Born on January 16, 1980 in Spartanburg County, SC, he was a son to Mike and Carolyn Wease of the Chase Community and the late Libby Ezell Wease. Chris is a graduate of Chase High School, class of...

Sybile Arrowood

Aug 22, 2016

Sybile Burgess Arrowood, age 73, of Forest City, died Monday, August 22, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born on Monday, October 5, 1942 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter to the late Clarence Lee Burgess and Emma Ruth Gilbert Burgess. Sybile worked for Cone Mills-Avondale Plant for over thirty years before retirement and attended Grace Chapel of...

Virginia Wease

Aug 22, 2016

Virginia "Jenny" Wease, age 57, of Henrietta, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 22, 2016. Born on Friday, January 16, 1959 in Cleveland County, she was a daughter to Christine Gettys Self who resides in Henrietta and the late Robert R. Self, Sr. She was a graduate of East High School, class of 1977 and...

Debra Mastrangelo

Aug 21, 2016

Debra Mastrangelo, age 60, of Forest City, passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2016 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born on Wednesday, February 8, 1956 in Burlington, Vermont, she was the daughter of Marion Alexander West who resides in Naples, Florida and the late Raymond Ernest West. She was a graduate of Winthrop High School, class of...

Joy Gold

Aug 20, 2016

Joy W. Gold, age 55, of Mooresboro, NC, passed away peacefully in the presence of those who loved and cared for her. Born January 22, 1961 in Cleveland County, she was a daughter to the late Carl Ray Wellmon and Annie Pearl Gantt Wellmon. She was a graduate of Crest High School, class of 1979 and worked for PPG...

John Pruett

Aug 20, 2016

John H. Pruett, age 67, of East Main Street, Forest City, died Saturday, August 20, 2016 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born on Wednesday, January 5, 1949 in Cleveland County, he was a son to the late David Harrison Pruett and Obie Hoyle Pruett. He served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of the Vietnam...

Brenda Fox

Aug 18, 2016

Free Obituary for: Brenda Rice Fox Brenda Rice Fox, age 48, of Henrietta, NC, died Thursday, August 18, 2016 at her residence. Born December 18, 1967 in Rutherford County, she was the daughter of Margaret Lucille Johnson who resides in Henrietta and the late Billy Ray Rice. She was a homemaker and enjoyed working crossword puzzles, coloring and going...

John Skipper

Aug 17, 2016

John "Preston" Skipper, age 79, of Ellenboro, NC, passed away on August 17, 2016 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born on Monday, May 24, 1937 in Polk County, he was a son of the late Garner Skipper and Bernice Wilson Skipper. He worked for Milliken Mills and Schneider Mills for many years and retired from Manual Woodworkers....