Jamie Fox
Feb 28, 2025
Thirty-seven years ago, God sent an angel to us here on Earth, and on Friday, February 28th, God called His angel home. Jamie Fox, age 37, of Forest City, went home to be at the right hand of Jesus while being cared for at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.
Jamie was born Monday, February 1, 1988 in Rutherford County to Tony...
Harold Dean Smith
Feb 27, 2025
Harold Dean Smith, age 85, of Ellenboro, died Thursday, February 27, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in Forest City. Harold was born August 3, 1939, in Rutherford County to the late Edgar and Betty Kirkendall Smith. He was preceded in death, only two months earlier, by his loving wife and soul mate of 52 years, Nancy Morgan Smith.
Harold...
Sherry Powell
Feb 23, 2025
Sherry Powell, age 55, of Mooresboro, died on Sunday, February 23, 2025 at Atrium Health Cleveland.
Sherry was born on Sunday, November 23, 1969, in Cleveland County to the late Miles Tessiner and Bobbie “Granny” Tessiner. Though she worked in Textiles for a number of years, her calling in life was to be a caregiver. Sherry spent most of her life...
Claude Davis
Feb 20, 2025
Claude Davis, age 89, of Forest City, passed away at his residence on Thursday, February 20, 2025.
Claude was born in Rutherford County on Tuesday, May 14, 1935 to the late William Arbert Davis and Paris Lucille Davis. He was a professing Christian and grew up working in a local Sawmill. Most of his life, he was a farm laborer as...
Ray G. Manus, Sr.
Feb 17, 2025
Ray G. Manus, Sr., age 93, of Mooresboro, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, February 17, 2025 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.
Ray was born Sunday, March 22, 1931 in Union County, NC to the late John Bevlin and Bertha Osbourne Manus. Ray was a U.S. Army veteran and served as a Medic during the...
Norma Melton
Feb 10, 2025
Norma Kay Camp Melton, age 78, of Ellenboro, passed away Monday, February 10, 2025, at the Rutherford Regional Medical Center.
Norma was born on Wednesday, March 8, 1946 in Rutherford County, to the late Raleigh Camp and Nellie Hawkins Camp. She worked for Western Auto and as a cashier for Walmart for many years. Norma enjoyed flower gardening, but her life’s...
JoAnn Hewitt
Feb 10, 2025
JoAnn Hewitt, age 89, of Forest City, died Monday, February 10, 2025, at the Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina.
JoAnn was born on Wednesday, August 14, 1935, in Rutherford County to the late Brud Rollins and Vesta Henderson Rollins. She was a graduate of Tri-High School, class of 1953, and later earned two master’s degrees from Gardner Webb...
Kathy Hutchins Bright
Feb 8, 2025
Kathy Hutchins Bright, age 73, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2025 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.
Kathy was born Thursday, February 22, 1951 in Rutherford County to the late Doc Hutchins and Lucille Scoggins Hutchins. Her labor of love was being a wedding planner for many years. She enjoyed baking and decorating unique wedding cakes for each wedding and organizing the...
Boyce Wade Abernathy
Feb 5, 2025
Boyce Wade Abernathy, age 66, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at his home.
Boyce was born Friday, February 7, 1958 in Rutherford County to the late Chivous Wade Abernathy and Lucille Harrill Abernathy. He was a graduate of R-S Central, class of 1976 and earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from NC State University in 1982. Boyce...
Diane Norville
Feb 5, 2025
Diane Norville, age 82, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2025 at Henderson Care.
Diane was born Saturday, July 11, 1942 in Rutherford County to the late Max Hicks and Mary Clark Hicks. She was a graduate of Chase High School, class of 1960. Diane was a Registered Nurse and worked for Rutherford Hospital and many years for Dr....