Johnny Bradley
Oct 22, 2008
Johnny 'John Boy' Bradley, age 35, of Nehemiah Drive, Forest City, NC passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at his home. He was born December 31, 1972 in Rutherford County. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Sam Stevenson Burgess and Molly Evygine Burgess, a grandpa James Walter Bradley and a nephew, Samuel Bradley. He worked as a...
Judy Michaels
Oct 22, 2008
Judy Dixon Michaels, age 35, of 140 Cobra Drive, Forest City, NC, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Rutherford County on October 11, 1973. She was a 1992 graduate of Chase High School and devoted her life to her family. She was of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her...
Roy Childers
Oct 20, 2008
Roy Childers, age 85, of 5337 US Highway 221, Forest City, NC died Monday,October 20, 2008 at the Mission Hospitals in Asheville. A native of Chester County, South Carolina he was a son of the late Wade Jeffries and Katie Martin Childers. He was a US Army Veteran who served his country during World War II in the Philippines....
L. Toney
Oct 16, 2008
L. C. Toney, Jr., age 80, of Mt. Pleasant Church Road, Forest City, NC passed away Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the Rutherford Hospital. He was born July 30, 1928 in Rutherford County to the late Lonnie Clifford Toney, Sr. and Maudie Haulk Toney. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of 54...
Rita Gilbert
Oct 15, 2008
Rita Gilbert, age 59, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. A native of Rutherford County, she was a daughter of the late Virgil Lee and Lucille Jenkins Adams. She worked for Southern Device in Morganton for many years and loved to fix hair and clean house. She was of the...
Evangeline Womack
Oct 15, 2008
Evangeline P. Womack, age 79, of Edgewood Drive, Forest City, NC passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at the Rutherford Hospital. She was born April 6, 1929 in Rutherford County, NC. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Solon 'Monk' Womack. She had been a member of Florence Baptist Church in Forest City for over...
Elizabeth Welch
Oct 12, 2008
Elizabeth Toth Szabo Welch, age 87, of Old Henrietta Road, Forest City, NC passed away Sunday, October 12, 2008 at the Oak Grove Health Care in Rutherfordton, NC. She was born January 11, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio to the late John Toth and Barbara Lechner Toth. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Reba Stone
Oct 9, 2008
Reba 'Mame' R. Stone, age 99, of 518 Doggett Road, Forest City, NC, died Thursday, October 09, 2008 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice. A native of Roane County, Tennessee she was a daughter of the late Bill and Belle Harshbarger Rutherford. Reba worked many years as a sales clerk for the May Company in Cleveland, Ohio and later worked in...
Timothy White
Oct 7, 2008
Timothy Shawn White, age 17, of Forest City, NC, died October 7, 2008 in Caroleen. Timothy had been enrolled in the Adult High School Program at Isothermal Community College and had a passion for music, especially acoustical guitar. He was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by two grandfathers, Charles White and Wendell...
Max Henson
Oct 4, 2008
Max Henson, age 77, of Henrietta, NC passed away Saturday, October 4, 2008 at the Hospice House in Forest City, NC. He was born January 26, 1931 in Henrietta, NC to the late Olen Henson and Minnie Robbins Henson. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one sister, Louise Carroll and two brothers, Bobby Henson...
Herman Henson
Oct 3, 2008
Herman Henson, age 84, of 155 Crawley Drive, Forest City, NC died Friday, October 3, 2008 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. A native of Rutherford County he was a son of the late Oscar and Dera Butler Henson. He was a retired US Army Veteran who served his country as a Nuclear Weapons Specialist. He was a...
A.T. Coffey
Oct 2, 2008
A. T. Coffey, Jr.,age 83, of 159 J E Morrow Street, Forest City, NC passed away Thursday,October 2, 2008, at the White Oak Manor in Shelby, NC. He was born February 15, 1925 in Marshall, NC to the late Rev. Albert Tendall Coffey, Sr. and Geneva Sawyer Coffey. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by...
Clyde Eddins
Sep 27, 2008
Clyde P. Eddins, age 72, of 143 My Family Way, Forest City, NC died Saturday, September 27, 2008 at his residence. He was as son of the late William and Gladys Beland Eddins and a native of Nash County, NC. He had lived in Rutherford County for many years. Clyde worked as a meat cutter for over 35 years...
Foye Dills
Sep 24, 2008
Foye Lee Dills, age 81, of Forest City, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at Willow Ridge Nursing Home. A native of Rutherford County he was a son of the late Phillip Anderson Dills and Mattie Medford Dills. He worked in the weaving room in the textile mills and also worked as an auto body repair specialist. Foye was a...
Carl Bagwell
Sep 24, 2008
Carl Lee Andrew 'Pop' Bagwell, age 83, of Six Points, died Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at his residence. Born in Lancaster County, SC and a long-time resident of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Jessie and Nancy Della Harris Bagwell. Carl was a US Army veteran who served his country during World War II. He was...
Norma Hopper
Sep 21, 2008
Norma Splawn Hopper, age 70, of Goodes Creek Church Road, Mooresboro, NC formerly of Charlotte, NC, passed away Sunday, September 21, 2008 at the Rutherford Hospital in Rutherfordton, NC. She was born July 10, 1938 in Rutherford County to the late Shufford Splawn and Lennie Brown Splawn. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her...
James Scruggs
Sep 20, 2008
James W. 'Jimmy' Scruggs, Jr., age 61, of 721 Morrow Motor Road, Forest City, NC passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home in Spartanburg, SC after a short illness. He was born April 30, 1947 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He was preceded in death by his father, James W. Scruggs, Sr. He was...
Gertrude Emory
Sep 20, 2008
Gertrude 'Cooter' Vickers Emory, age 76, of Mountain View Street, Forest City, NC passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the Rutherford Hospital. She was born September 10, 1932 in Rutherford County to the late Charlie Baxter Vickers and Eva Mae Champion Vickers. She was a retired textile employee and a member of the Father's Vineyard. Gertrude was also...
Howard Bennett
Sep 11, 2008
Howard Bennett, age 77, of 675 Boss Moore Road, Caroleen, NC, died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at the Asheville VA Medical Center. A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late William and Bertha Wilson Bennett. He was a retired war veteran who served the country that he loved for 23 years in the U.S. Army...
Annie Griffin
Sep 10, 2008
Annie Mae Griffin, age 81, of 102 Bedrock Trail, Rutherfordton, NC, died on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at Hospice House. She was born to the late Jim and Ellen Murray Brown in Greenville County, SC and was a long-time resident of Rutherford County. She worked in the Textile Mills for more than 35 years before her retirement. She was...
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