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...