Ray Poteat
Nov 16, 2015
Ray "Bud" Poteat, age 86, of Mayo, SC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Monday, November 16, 2015 at the White Oak Manor in Spartanburg, SC. Born July 28, 1929 in Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Will N. and Emma McDonald Poteat. Bud was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the...
Paulette Greene
Nov 13, 2015
Paulette Greene, age 66, of Byers Road, Caroleen, died Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Forest City Health and Rehabilitation Center. Born September 15, 1949 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Fred Conner and Mildred Smith Conner. She was a graduate of Chase High School, class of 1967 and worked for National Textiles for fifteen...
Dorothy Mathis
Nov 11, 2015
Dorothy M. Mathis, age 85, of Ellenboro, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born August 23, 1930 in Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late Dennis McKinney and Annie Beam McKinney. She was a graduate of Ellenboro High School and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. Dorothy worked for Stonecutter Mills...
Johnson Butler
Nov 10, 2015
Johnson William Butler, age 87, of Charlotte, NC, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at the Levine & Dickson Hospice House. Born November 26, 1927 in Columbus County, NC, he was a son of the late Zara Butler and Ruby Williams Butler. J.W. was a graduate of Acme-Delco High School and served during World War II in the US Army....
Billy Jenkins
Nov 7, 2015
Billy Jenkins, age 65, of Forest City, died Saturday, November 7, 2015 at his residence. Born December 30, 1949 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Roy Jenkins and Florence Bradley Jenkins. Bill worked for J.C. Cowan for thirty-two years and for Watts Regulators for several years before retirement. He was of the Baptist faith and...
Rosalie Reid
Nov 6, 2015
Rosalie "Lee" Reid, age 86, of Forest City, passed away Friday, November 6, 2015 at her residence. Born September 18, 1929 in Zion, North Dakota, she was a daughter of the late Dwight Wisler and Myrtle Gensinger Wisler. At the age of sixteen she became a switchboard operator and later received an Associates Degree in Accounting from Northeast Technical...
Juan Torres Romero
Nov 4, 2015
Juan Carlos Torres Romero, age 42, of Coopertown Road, Mooresboro, NC, died Wednesday, November 4, 2015 at Mission Hospital. Born June 1, 1973 in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, he was a son of the late Isaac Torres Ramirez and Guillermina Irma Romero Montoya who resides in Mexico. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church. Besides his...
James Swofford
Nov 2, 2015
James Clyde Swofford died in his home in Spindale, NC, on or before November 2, 2015. He was 67 years old. He is survived by his children, Savannah Swofford of Rutherfordton, NC, and Dylan Swofford of Marion, NC; his father, Clyde Swofford of Marion, NC; and his siblings, Katherine Carroll of Marion, NC, Marilyn Swofford of Banner Elk, NC,...
Barbara Watts
Nov 2, 2015
Barbara Jean Watts, age 82, of Rutherfordton, died Monday, November 2, 2015 at the White Oak Manor. Born November 22, 1932 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late William Lee Mitchum and Eva Mae Smith Mitchum. She was a homemaker and a past member of Southern Baptist Church. Jean was an avid reader. In addition to...
Ethel Dedmon
Nov 2, 2015
Ethel Parker Dedmon, age 92, of Harris, NC, died Monday, November 2, 2015 at the Morganton Long Term Care Center. She was born April 26, 1923 in Cleveland County to the late Joseph Tessenear and Olan Philbeck Tessenear and was employed at the Western Carolina Center in Morganton for twenty-six years. She also owned and operated the E &...