Melanie Brooke Rice Csukker
Dec 9, 2023
Melanie Brooke Rice Csukker, age 40, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 at Rutherford Regional Medical Center.
Melanie was born Saturday, October 8, 1983 in Rutherford County to Angela Horn Jackson who resides in Henrietta and to the late Ricky Rice. She enjoyed working on all kinds of crafts, painting, crocheting and coloring. She was a fan...
Gregory "Bubba" Swofford
Dec 9, 2023
Gregory “Bubba” Swofford, age 56, of Rutherfordton, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023 at his residence.
Bubba was born Friday, March 3, 1967 in Rutherford County to the late William Eugene Swofford and Jennie Wheeler Swofford. He loved to travel and go on vacations, especially to Dollywood. Bubba was of the Baptist faith. He graduated from Gardner-Webb...
Victoria Enez Jacobs Green
Dec 7, 2023
Victoria Enez Jacobs Green, age 45, of Forest City, passed away Thursday, December 7, 2023 at Atrium Health-Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center due to an automobile accident.
Victoria was born Thursday, December 22, 1977 in Rutherford County to the late Hunter Vance Greene, Jr. and Theresa Conner Greene. She was a graduate of R-S Central High School, class of 1996...
Sarah Womack Alexander
Dec 6, 2023
Sarah Womack Alexander, age 71, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.
Sarah was born Saturday, March 29, 1952 in Rutherford County to the late Herbert Womack and Irene Ramsey Womack. She was a graduate of Chesnee High School, class of 1971 and was of the Baptist Faith. Sarah enjoyed reading, collecting music...
Barbara C. Lavender
Dec 6, 2023
Barbara C. Lavender, age 84, of Ellenboro, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at her son’s house, encircled by the love of her family.
Barbara was born Saturday, June 24, 1939 in Catawba County, NC to the late John William Carswell and Ethel Bright Carswell. She was a graduate of Hildebran High School, class of 1957. Barbara worked as a...
Sheila Glover Johnson
Dec 4, 2023
Sheila Glover Johnson, age 71, of Henrietta, passed away Monday, December 4, 2023 at her residence.
Sheila was born Tuesday, October 14, 1952 in Rutherford County to the late Johnny Gosey and Blanch Vernell Lowery Gosey. She was a pet lover and at a time drove a bus for the Rutherford County Transit System.
In addition to her parents, she...
George Olewine, Jr.
Dec 4, 2023
George Olewine, Jr., age 62, of Forest City, passed away Monday, December 4, 2023 at his residence.
George was born Thursday, January 12, 1961 in Lackawanna, New York. He served his country honorably in the U.S. Navy and worked as a snow plow operator for the New York Department of Transportation for many years before relocating to North Carolina. He...
Victor Murillo
Nov 29, 2023
Victor Murillo, age 57, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at Atrium Health-Carolinas in Charlotte.
Victor was born Monday, November 28 in Honduras to Juan and Lydia Murillo who reside in Honduras. He worked as a heavy equipment operator in the construction industry for many years.
He was preceded in death by a son, Marbin Murillo.
In...
John Hopler
Nov 28, 2023
John Hopler, age 91 of Forest City, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills.
John was born Sunday, October 23, 1932 in Patterson, New Jersey to the late William John Hopler, Sr. and Edith Rhodes Hopler. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Medic Corpsman during the Korean war. John worked for Dover Textiles...
Stephanie Lynn Hollars
Nov 28, 2023
Stephanie Lynn Hollars, age 52, of Cliffside, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at Atrium Health-Cleveland.
Lynn was born Friday, August 13, 1971 in Cleveland County to Teressa Ledbetter Glover (Tommy) and Steve Wayne Hannon. She was a graduate of Chase High School, class of 1989 and received an Associates Degree in Nursing...