Donald Bradley
Apr 9, 2015
Donald D. Bradley, age 33, of Forest City, died Thursday, April 9, 2015 at his residence. Born January 28, 1982 in Rutherford County, he was the son of Donald Dalton of Forest City and Debra Sexton Solon of Rutherfordton. He worked most of his life in the logging industry and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Donald also was an avid...
Jerry Padgett
Apr 8, 2015
Jerry C. Padgett, age 78, of Ferry Road, Forest City, died Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. Born May 29, 1936 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Clark Hal Padgett and Eva Pearl Calton Padgett. Jerry worked for Cone Mills-Avondale Plant for over fifty years and was a member of Avondale United...
Charlie Higgins
Apr 6, 2015
Charlie Higgins, age 74, of Forest City, died Monday, April 6, 2015 at his residence after an extended illness. Born December 5, 1940 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Arthur Higgins and Dovie Marie Mayse Higgins. He was a graduate of R-S Central High School, class of 1961 and a veteran of the Vietnam War,...
Billy Terry
Apr 4, 2015
Billy Terry, age 58, of Old Hollis Road, Ellenboro, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born July 30, 1956 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late William Terry and Sue Shires Terry. Billy owned and operated the Southside Motor Company for thirty-one years. He was a member of the Hollis...
Judy Watson
Apr 4, 2015
Judy Kay Watson, age 71, of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, April 4, 2015 at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Born September 12, 1943 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Bryson Henderson and Gladys Roach Henderson. She worked for Carolina Community Care and Rutherford Hospital in home health care for many years. Judy also worked in textiles as...
Fidel Balleza
Mar 31, 2015
Fidel Perales Balleza, age 52, of Concord, NC, died March 31, 2015. He was born in Mexico on March 23, 1963 to the late Filberto Perales Rodriguez and Adelinda Balleza who resides in Mexico. He was a welder and worked for Appling-Boring for over twenty years and enjoyed traveling, hard work and gardening. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Cash...
Martha Cash
Mar 30, 2015
Martha Wright Cash, age 75, of Mountain View Drive, Forest City, died Monday, March 30, 2015 at her residence. Born June 30, 1939, she was the widow, after fifty-six years of marriage, of the late Glenn Cash and a daughter of the late Hyden Wright and Dolores Kiser Wright. Martha was a graduate of R-S Central High School, class...
Stevie Wells
Mar 29, 2015
Stevie D. Wells, age 51, of Brooklyn Road, Forest City, died Sunday, March 29, 2015 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born June 9, 1963 in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Lou Wells and Carolyn F. Walker. He was a graduate of Broom High School, class of 1982 and was an over the...
Wallace Mode
Mar 25, 2015
Wallace "Wally" Mode, age 64, of Bostic, NC, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Born July 24, 1950 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Thomas Mode and Fannie Rome Mode. Wally was a welder and worked for Foothills Mobile Homes for many years. He also worked as a pipefitter for Exxon Oil Company for...
William Mceowen
Mar 25, 2015
William "Bill" McEowen, age 74, of Forest City, North Carolina and Venice, Florida, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Born July 25, 1940 in Dayton, Ohio, he was the son of the late Roy W. McEowen and Elsie Lape McEowen. Bill was a crop and cattle farmer for many years in Greenville, Ohio and owned...