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Robert B. "Little Jess" Hendrix returned to his hometown of Forest City recently with his wife Rilda and their daughter Ava Kennedy and visited some of the places he knew as a boy.

In the tender embrace of eternal peace, Austin Painter transitioned from this life at the age of 31 on Sunday December 3, 2023.

Bonnie Diane Harrill, 67, passed away Monday, December 11, 2023.

Gary Daniel Eaker, 61, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

Herman Turner, age 91, of Forest City, went to his heavenly home, Thursday, December 14, 2023.

Ina Cooper, affectionately known as "Boots," departed this life December 13, 2023, at the age of 91.

Joe Kimbrell, age 88, of Forest City, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023.

Joshua Hudson Ruppe, age 49, of Rutherfordton passed away Sunday December 10, 2023.

Judy "Mama Possum" Bridges, age 80, of Ellenboro, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2023.

Kaye Linder, age 73, of Forest City passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023.

Marv Klassen, age 73, of Rutherfordton, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2023.

Melanie Brooke Rice Csukker, age 40, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023.

Mr. Larry Micheal Lail, of the Ellenboro community passed away December 13, 2023.

In most areas I hunt in, the prevailing good wind is out of the Northwest. The hardest places to hunt are the ones where that wind is downwind to my deer because I am unable to place a stand in any other position.