Daniel Rhodes
Jun 13, 2007
Daniel Lee Rhodes, age 31, of Henrietta, passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at Rutherford Hospital. Daniel was born May 7, 1976 in Rutherford County. He was a lifelong resident of Rutherford County having graduated from Chase High School. He was a roofer by trade and had worked for various roofing companies in the area. He was a member...
H.P. Lowdermilk
Jun 4, 2007
H. P. Lowdermilk, Jr., age, 86, of Tanners Grove Road, passed away Monday, June 4, 2007 at the Hospice House following an extended illness. Mr. Lowdermilk was born April 9, 1921 in Marion, NC to the late Herman Pinkney Lowdermilk, Sr. and Pearl Holcombe Lowdermilk. He had attended schools in Gaffney, SC, and Kingsport, TN, his family moved to...
Polly Tate
May 31, 2007
Polly M. Tate, age 81, of Forest City, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2007 at the Rutherford Hospital. She was born May 13, 1926 in Rutherford County to the late Peter Calvin Millwood and Celia Vandora Suttles Millwood. She has been a life-long resident of Rutherford County. Polly was united in marriage to Robert Joe Tate on June 9,...
Margie Marlow
May 28, 2007
Margie Flynn Marlow, age 77, of Sandy Mush, passed away Monday, May 28, 2007 at her residence following an extended illness. Margie was born on December 15, 1929 in McDowell County to the late Alonzo Flynn and Maggie Elizabeth Novlitt Flynn. She grew up in Rutherford County. She worked in the textile industry as a spinner for various cotton...
John Hoppes
May 28, 2007
John E. Hoppes, Sr, age 67, of Ellenboro, passed away Monday, May 28, 2007 at the Rutherford Hospital following a brief illness. Mr. Hoppes was born February 14, 1940 in Rutherford County to the late Graham Vance Hoppes and Ella Mae Jones Hoppes. He had served in the North Carolina Army National Guard. He had been a life-long resident...
Frances Gillespie
May 22, 2007
Frances Miller Gillespie, age 83, of Rutherfordton passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at her daughter's residence following a brief illness. She was born in Henrietta, NC on October 1, 1923 to the late Henry Gillespie and Eula Jenkins Gillespie. She was the youngest of 12 children. She was a licensed Dietician working for the Henderson County Schools for...
Lorene Greene
May 8, 2007
Lorene Burgess Greene, age 83, of Forest City passed away Tuesday, May 08, 2007 at Autumn Care of Forest City following an extended illness. She was born June 23, 1923 in Caroleen, NC to the Roscoe Burgess and Laura Radford Burgess. She was a lifelong resident of Rutherford County. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant most of her...
Rebecca Smith
May 6, 2007
Rebecca Davis Smith, age 95, Forest City, passed away Sunday, May 6, 2007 at her home. She was born February 26, 1912 in McDowell County to the late John Henry Davis and Arrah Elizabeth Rumfelt Davis. She grew up in McDowell County, eventually moving to Rutherford County as a young lady. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist...
Jimmy Nichols
May 4, 2007
Jimmy Marshall Nichols, age 60, of Henrietta, NC, passed away Friday, May 4, 2007 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. He was born December 19, 1946 in Mayo, South Carolina to Woodrow Nichols and Nan Thrift Nichols. He grew up in Mayo, SC. He married Betty Frazier on April 20, 1966 in Spartanburg, SC they moved...
Horace Shires
May 3, 2007
Horace W. "Bear" Shires, age 78, passed away Thursday, May 3, 2007 at Willow Ridge Nursing Home after a brief illness. Mr. Shires was born on October 16, 1928 to the late John Hoke Shires and Ida Mae Hughes Shires. He grew up in the Ellenboro area. He was a veteran serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean...