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Johnny McFadden knows a lot about milking cows, raising beef cattle and racing cars. He has met two United States presidents, talked for about 25 minutes -- in person -- with one of the most beautiful and famous actresses of all time and also ran a productive dairy farm in Rutherford County for 70 years. Today he's a beef cattle farmer off Hudlow Road.

Alfred Morrison, age 87, of Ellenboro, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2023.

Ariel Jaime Holt, age 44; of Morningstar Lake Road, passed away Wednesday, February 22, 2023.

Christopher Mark Gunter, age 59 of Union Mills, NC passed away Friday, February 17, 2023.

Colleen Jenkins Biggerstaff passed away Sunday, February 19, 2023.

Debra Kay Taylor, age 64 of King Street, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2023.

Dewey Botts also lovingly known by his family as "Poppy" passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2023.

Frances "Tex" Johnson Toney, 93, of Forest City, NC, died Friday, February 24, 2023.

James Spencer Pintuff, 70, passed away Wednesday, Feburary 8, 2023.

Jimmy Ray Upton, Sr., age 69, of Mooresboro, passed away Friday, February 24, 2023

Jonathan Stephen Hardin, 85, of Forest City, NC, died Thursday, February 23, 2023

Jonathan Stephen Hardin, 85, of Forest City, NC, died Thursday, February 23, 2023.

Margaret Foster Newman, 91, of Rutherfordton, passed away Monday, February 20, 2023.

Ralph Ellis Hill Sr., age 78, of Union Mills passed away Monday, February 20, 2023.

Robert Teears, Jr., age 49, of Forest City, passed away, Thursday, February 23, 2023.

I don't fish as much as I did when I was a young adult. I enjoy going, but after a long deer season, I have a lot of catching up to do at home and at work.