Newell Vess
Jul 5, 2013
Newell Jones Vess, age 84, of Forest City, NC, died Friday, July 5, 2013 at Hospice House of Rutherford County. Newell was born October 12, 1928 in Cleveland County, NC to the late Flay C. Jones and Etta McDaniel Jones Wright. She retired from Celanese Fabrics and she was a Hospice volunteer for many years. She loved her family...
Jerry Thompson
Jul 1, 2013
Jerry Wayne Thompson, age 67, of Boss Moore Road, Caroleen, NC, died Monday, July 1, 2013 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. Jerry was born July 3, 1945 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Arthur Lawrence Thompson and Hester Mae Radford Thompson. He worked for John H. Montgomery Textile Company most of his life and was known as a...
Frankie Wall
Jun 28, 2013
Frankie Eugene Wall, age 60, of Phillips Drive, Forest City, NC, died Friday, June 28, 2013 at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Frankie was born December 19, 1952 to the late Gene Wall and Betty Byers Wall who resides in Forest City. Frankie worked as a HVAC installer for commercial buildings for many years. He was of the Baptist Faith and...
Sharon Gagner
Jun 28, 2013
Sharon P. Gagner, age 59, of Forest City, NC, died Friday, June 28, 2013 at her residence. Sharon was born August 2, 1953 in Dutchess County, NY to the late Louis A. Palmeri and Helen Silvers who resides in Rutherfordton. She was a graduate of Chase High School, class of 1971 and was a dance instructor for over twenty-five...
Larry Shires
Jun 22, 2013
Larry Wayne Shires, age 60, of Forest City, NC, died Saturday, June 22, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Larry was born March 2, 1953 in Cleveland County, NC to the late Horace W. Shires and Elizabeth Willis Shires. Larry served in the US Marines and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a minister for...
Brenda Gowan
Jun 21, 2013
Brenda Gail Gowan, age 52, of Kannapolis, NC, died Friday, June 21, 2013 at the Novant Health Rowan Medical Center. Brenda was born October 15, 1960 in Rutherford County, NC to the late Wallace Eugene "Red" Gowan and Doris Greene Gowan who resides in Forest City. She was a graduate of East Rutherford High School, class of...
Jeffrey Hanson
Jun 18, 2013
Jeffrey L. Hanson, age 42, of Spindale, NC, died Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the Hospice House of Rutherfordton. Jeff was born in Comanche County, Oklahoma to the late Jack Hanson and Dorothy Wise Hanson who resides in Spindale. He was an avid NASCAR fan. In addition to his mother, he is survived by two brothers, Joey Hanson and...
Frank Kraynak
Jun 16, 2013
Frank Kraynak, age 95, of Rutherfordton, NC, passed away on Sunday, June 16, 2013 at the Oakland Living Center. Frank was born February 17, 1918 in Charleroi, PA to the late Andrew Kreineck and Anna Kurotz Kreineck. Frank was a Tool and Die maker for General Motors Corporation in Ohio before retiring and locating to Rutherford County. He was...
Bobby Jones
Jun 15, 2013
Bobby G. Jones, age 59, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. Bobby was born December 17, 1953 in Spartanburg County, SC to the late Warren R. Shultz, Sr. and Mary Louise Melton Shultz. He worked in textiles and also for General Fireproofing for many years. He attended Spindale Fellowship Holiness...
Lisa Surratt
Jun 14, 2013
Lisa Grayson Surratt, age 35, of Caroleen, NC, died Friday, June 14, 2013 at her residence. Lisa was born July 6, 1977 to Jimmie Ray Grayson and Deborah Padgett Murray. She worked in textiles for several years and was a Baptist. She was an avid reader. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Reid and Genny Grayson. Besides...