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All the food was cooked for the Thursday evening Dec. 22 meal at the New Beginnings Soup Kitchen (NBSK) in Rutherfordton as volunteers waited for the drive through serving line to begin at 4:30p.m. Hundreds were expected to receive the free pre-Christmas dinner of turkey, dressing, gravy, green beans, rice and dessert.

Betty DeBusk Turner, age 72 of Ellenboro died Sunday, December 25, 2022.

Betty Jo Hutchins Smith, 87, formerly of Spindale, NC passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022.

Brian D. Smith, age 63, of Hickory, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2022.

Charles Lee Griffin Sr., age 62 of Mooresboro, NC, passed away December 24, 2022.

Christine Taylor Whitlow, age 79, of Forest City, NC passed away Monday, December 26, 2022.

Curtis Marshall Hall, age 66, husband of Sheila Adkins Hall of Rutherfordton passed away Friday, December 23, 2022.

Cyril Louis Scott, age 72, of Union Mills, NC, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022.

Edith B. Street passed away December 29, 2022.

Firleen Davis Holt, age 97, of Ellenboro, passed away, Monday, December 26, 2022.

Floyd L. "Papa Smurf" Buckner, age 93, of Mooresboro, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022.

Floyd Wayne Hicks, 84 of Rutherfordton passed away December 29, 2022.

Garland "Abe" Adair, age 74, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2022.

George William "Billy" Medford, age 72 of Spindale, NC, passed away December 27, 2022.

On Christmas Eve, 2022, Jason Travis Ruppe celebrated Christmas with his family, just like they had done since his birth March 8, 1970.

Jimmy Bridges, age 68, of Ellenboro, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022.

Johnny Crotts, age 60, of Spindale, passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2022.

Kay Brooks, age 72, passed away Thursday, December 29, 2022.

Opal A. Lowery, age 80, of Ellenboro, passed awayFriday, December 30, 2022.

Reverend Bobby Edwards, age 87 of Union Mills passed away Monday, December 26, 2022.

Tracy Cook Slye, age 64 of Forest City died Saturday, December 24, 2022.

An arctic cold wave has swept across the country. It was short-lived, but it was brutal. My own temperatures dropped to -13 degrees with the windchill. I had no plans of hunting during this time, but I did go hang out in my barn, around my Buddy Heater, on one afternoon