Nov 23, 2013

Paul B. Kersey, age 92, of Ellenboro, NC, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at his residence. Born April 4, 1921 in Fayette County, West Virginia, he was a son of the late Homer Boyd Kersey and Lena Marie McDaniel Kersey. Paul was a US Army veteran who served in the South Pacific during World War II. He was a...

Nov 23, 2013

Betty Greene Jones, age 89, of Forest City, died Saturday, November 23, 2013 at her residence. Born April 7, 1924 in Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Clyde Greene and Victoria White Greene. She was a homemaker and a member of Crestview Baptist Church. Betty enjoyed crocheting and camping. She was a wonderful wife, mother, sister...

Nov 22, 2013

George P. Howell, age 68, of Mooresboro, NC, died Friday, November 22, 2013 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born November 12, 1945 in Long Island, New York, he was the son of the late Chancey Howell and Teresa Cypher Howell. He worked most of his life in construction as a roofer. His passion was music, which included...

Nov 22, 2013

Vickie Lynn Graham, age 57, of Forest City, NC, died Friday, November 22, 2013 at her residence. Born September 27, 1956 in Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Grady Graham, Sr. and Betty Fowler Graham who resides in Forest City. Vickie was a happy and carefree individual who loved others. She spent hours looking at her...

Nov 21, 2013

"Larry" Kent Wilkie, age 66 of Bostic, NC, died Thursday, November 21, 2013 at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville. Born May 30, 1947 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Cecil "Neil" Wilkie and Bertha Kent Wilkie. Larry was a commercial painter most of his life and was a US Army...

Nov 16, 2013

Evelyn Morris Ferree, 92, of Forest City, peacefully passed into the next world Saturday, the sixteenth of November, 2013 at her home. She was born to Robert Edward Morris and Mary Lenora Weeks Morris of Westminster, NC on March 8, 1921.

Evelyn grew up attending Brittain Presbyterian Church. Upon her mother's death when Evelyn was 8 years...

Nov 13, 2013

Tommy L. Leverette, age 64, of Old Stonecutter Road, Rutherfordton, NC, died Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born October 14, 1949 in Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Earl Timon Leverette and Juanita Leverette. He worked in the textile industry most of his life and was member of Harris Baptist...

Nov 9, 2013

Bunie Allen Boheler, age 74, of Bostic, NC, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at her residence. Born May 2, 1939 in Rutherford County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Johnnie Hugh Allen and Annie Lee Biggerstaff Allen. Bunie worked in the textile industry for over thirty years and as a caregiver for local nursing homes and home...

Nov 8, 2013

James "Tony" Jeffords, age 57, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Friday, November 8, 2013 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born November 14, 1955 in Mecklenburg County, NC, he was a son of Reverend R.L. Jeffords of Spindale, NC and the late Dorothy Elizabeth Featherstone Jeffords. He was a machine operator for Trelleborg Industries for many years and a...

Nov 7, 2013

Elizabeth E. Humphries, age 80, of Forest City, NC, died Thursday, November 7, 2013 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Born October 3, 1933 in Rutherford County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charlie B. Allen and Mattie Kate Toney Allen. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. Elizabeth enjoyed craftwork and flower gardening....