John White

Dec 8, 2013

John White, age 76, of Union Mills, NC, died December 8, 2013 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born December 1, 1937 in Rutherford County, NC, he was a son of the late Reid White and Eva Mae Ferguson White. He worked for Stonecutter Mills most of his life and was a member of Centennial United Methodist Church....

Deborah White

Dec 6, 2013

Deborah Splawn White, age 57, of Spring, Texas, died Friday, December 6, 2013 at her residence in Texas. Born April 30, 1956 in Rutherford County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Splawn and Naomi Mitchell Splawn. Survivors include her daughter, Melissa Gilbert of Blacksburg, SC; two sisters, Arlene Smith and husband, Mike of Rutherfordton...

Hazel Burgess

Dec 6, 2013

Hazel Burgess, age 86, of Mooresboro, NC, died Friday, December 6, 2013 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born November 1, 1927 in Spartanburg County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Frank Keeter and Estelle Bradley Keeter. Hazel was a lifetime member of High Shoal Baptist Church where she was very active in the church's hospitality...

Oscar Dodson

Dec 1, 2013

Oscar "Junior" Dodson, age 88, of Forest City, NC, died Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Fair Haven Home. Born June 8, 1925 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Oscar T. Dodson and Mattie Belle Rhodes Dodson. He served in the US Army and was a veteran of World War II. Junior worked in textiles for...

Danny Minnich

Nov 29, 2013

Danny Harold Minnich, Sr. of Henrietta, NC died Friday, November 29, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 2, 1944 in Kingsport, Tennessee, he was a son of the late William Minnich and Gladys Templeton Minnich. He worked in textiles most of his life and was a member of Floyd's Creek Baptist Church. Danny was known as a...

Louis Burns

Nov 29, 2013

Louis Ray Burns, age 76, of Forest City, NC, died Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born November 16, 1937 in Colbert County, Alabama, he was a son of the late Louis McKinley Burns and Vera Pauline Phillips Burns. He was a retired Senior Master Sergeant in the US Air Force and a veteran...

Ruth Haulk

Nov 28, 2013

Ruth Bright Haulk, age 89, of Forest City, NC, died Thursday, November 28, 2013 at the Oakland Living Center. Born May 11, 1924 in Rutherford County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Charles Ervin Bright and Donia Lakern Guffey Bright. She was a homemaker and a faithful member of Sulphur Springs Congregational Holiness Church. She was an...

Willard Crotts

Nov 27, 2013

Willard C. Crotts, age 56, of Forest City, NC, died Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Born August 19, 1957 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Willard Crotts and Ottilee Lewis Crotts, he worked for Hardees for many years and for Fast Foods Packaging for several years. He was a member of M...

Edward Harkness

Nov 25, 2013

Ret. Major Edward M. Harkness, age 66, of Mooresboro, NC, died Monday, November 25, 2013 at his residence. Born June 23, 1947 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Darrell and Kathryn Harkness. He was a graduate of Penn State University, class of 1968 and was a retired Major in the US Army. Edward was...

Mildred Scruggs

Nov 24, 2013

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Mildred Tate Scruggs, age 92, of Forest City, NC, died Sunday, November 24, 2013 at the Fair Haven Home. Born June 26, 1921 in Rutherford County, NC, she was a daughter of the late W.C. Tate and Myrtle Reid Tate. She worked for Fieldcrest Mills for most of her life and was served as the Worthy...