Obituaries

Aug 20, 2007

Nellie Keeter Walker, age 90, of Forest City, passed away Monday, August 20, 2007 at Fair Haven Home following an extended illness. Mrs. Walker was a native of Rutherford County born on June 7, 1917 to the late Cebron Lee Keeter and Alice Margaret Allen Keeter. She was retired from Cone Mills, Avondale with over 40 years of service....

Aug 18, 2007

RUTH ELIZABETH BROWN

Ruth Hilton Brown, age 61, of Summerville, South Carolina, died Saturday, August 18, 2007 at the Trident Medical Center in Summerville.

Ruth was born on December 8, 1945 in Forest City, North Carolina to the late Gene Hilton and Cleo Annie Honeycutt Hilton Guffey. She was the widow of the late Howard...

Aug 18, 2007

Raye Lucille Beaver, age 81, of Kings Mountain, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2007 at the Wendover Kathleen Dover Hamrick Hospice House following an extended illness. Mrs. Beaver was born October 14, 1925 in Rutherford County to the late Jacob Greene and Faye Hennison Greene. She grew up in Rutherford County. She worked as a caregiver to many. She...

Aug 12, 2007

Edith Louise Oliver McCraw, age 81, of Mooresboro, passed away Sunday, August 12, 2007 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Mrs. McCraw was born in Rutherford County; on July 25, 1926 to the late John D. Oliver and Fannie Adams Oliver. She has been a lifelong resident of Rutherford County. She married Johnnie McCraw on December 14, 1945 in Gaffney,...

Aug 9, 2007

Marcelle Duncan Saulmon, age 79, of Forest City, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2007 following an extended illness. She was born on December 22, 1927 in Mitchell County, NC to the late Charlie Duncan and Beatrice Buchanan Duncan. She was a lifelong resident of Rutherford County. She worked for many years for Fairhaven Nursing Home as a Nursing Assistant....

Aug 4, 2007

Nancy Stringer Moore, age 71, of Henrietta, passed away Saturday, August 04, 2007 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Moore was born on August 25, 1935 in Rutherford County to the late Tom Hardy Stringer and Alvirtie Willis Stringer Greene. She has been a lifelong resident of Rutherford County. She had worked at Cone Mills as a...

Aug 4, 2007

Donald Floyd "Bo" Womick, age 73, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, August 04, 2007 at the VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC following an extended illness. Mr. Womick was born September 24, 1933 in Rutherford County to the late Henry Hudson Womick and Pearl Legg Womick. He was raised in Rutherford County. He was a veteran of the...

Jul 31, 2007

Joyce Dobbins Powell Cabe, age 78, of Dobbinsville, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at her residence following an extended illness. She was born August 9, 1928 in Rutherford County to the late Cletus Dobbins and Olema Henson Dobbins. She was a life-long resident of Rutherford County. She retired from the textile mills as a weaver. She was a...

Jul 29, 2007

Frederick Lewis "Freddy" Pennington, age 35, passed away July 29, 2007 in Brunswick County. Freddy was born on March 3, 1972 to Frederick Woodrow Pennington and Frances Rebecca Lewis Pennington. He grew up in the Charlotte area and attended schools in Charlotte. He had worked at a golf course until three years ago when he became a truck driver,...

Jul 27, 2007

Daniel Wesley Moore, age 70, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, July 27, 2007 following an extended illness. Mr. Moore was born on June 2, 1937 in Union, South Carolina to the late John Wesley Moore and Bertie Lee Wilson Moore. He spent most of his formative years in the Henrietta, NC area. He was a veteran...

Jul 27, 2007

Vida Inez Koone, age 80, of Cliffside passed away on Friday, July 27, 2007 at the Wendover Kathleen Dover Hamrick Hospice House following an extended illness. Mrs. Koone was born on July 16, 1927 in Cliffside to the late Jasper Alton "J.A." McDaniel and Cleo Greene McDaniel. She was a life-long resident of Cliffside. She was a long-time member...

Jul 27, 2007

Grady J. Hutchins, age 70, passed away Friday, July 27, 2007 at Sunnyside Retirement Center of Forest City following an extended illness. Mr. Hutchins was born on June 13, 1937 in Rutherford County to the late Lester Bryson Hutchins and Lucy Butler Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins was a life-long resident of Rutherford County having worked for Asplundh for over 40...

Jul 25, 2007

Paul W. "Tobe" Lowery, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at the Hospice House following an extended illness. Mr. Lowery was born May 31, 1918 in Henrietta, NC to the late William P. Lowery and Gennie Childers Lowery. He has been a lifelong resident of Rutherford County. He married Alleree Jolley on July 2, 1950 in...

Jul 23, 2007

Donald Gene "Donnie" Spratt, age 56, passed away Monday, July 23, 2007 at the Hospice House of Rutherford County following an extended illness. Donnie was born March 19, 1951 in Rutherfordton, NC to the late Gene Leonard Spratt and Janelle Ledford Spratt. He had lived in Rutherford County most of his life with a few years in Atlanta, GA...

Jun 29, 2007

Franklin C. "Chunk" Shytles, age 74, passed away on Friday, June 29, 2007 at the Asheville Veterans Administration Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Shytles was born June 3, 1933 in Caroleen, NC to the late Forrest Shytles and Lydia Alford Shytles. He grew up in the Caroleen area graduating from Tri High School in 1951. He is...

Jun 24, 2007

Frances Crowe Edwards, age 81, passed away Sunday, June 24, 2007 at Holly Springs Senior Citizens Home following an extended illness. She was born April 13, 1926 to the late Thomas Mack Crowe and Lula Ricketts Crowe. She had spent most of her formative years in the Cliffside area. She was married on January 4, 1944 to Carl M....

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...

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...

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,...

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...