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Dozens of school-age children across Rutherford County, now have a safe, nurturing place to spend afternoons-the recently formed Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford. The Carolina Foothills Foundation, which spent two years researching and planning for the new organization, provided the critical initial start-up funding.

Virginia (Ginger) Biggerstaff Hunt, age 93 of Forest City died Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

Virginia (Ginger) Biggerstaff Hunt, age 93 of Forest City died Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

Kathy Klassen, age 75, of Rutherfordton, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, October 17, 2026.

Lucille Blackwell Bridges, age 78 of the Sandy Mush Community died Monday, October 19, 2026. She was born June 8, 1948, in Cherokee County, SC and was a daughter of the late Woodrow and Louise Wilkie Blackwell.

Joyce Amelia Grimm, 76, of Spindale, died Monday, October 19, 2026.

Carolyn Christine Epps Francis, age 85, passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

Anna Miller Hancock, 77, of Harris, NC, was born November 6, 1948, in Rutherford County, to Henry and Hazel Miller. Surrounded by those she loved so dearly, Anna passed away October 16, 2026.

Hedy Garcia, age 92 of Rutherfordton, NC died Friday, October 16, 2026.

Gloria Celette Mock, age 66, of Rutherfordton, passed away October 14, 2026.

Larry Pope, 73, of Bostic, died Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

Kathy Ann Thomason, age 67, of Granite Falls, NC, passed away Friday, October 9, 2026.

Paul Douglas Mann, 82, of Bostic, died Monday, October 12, 2026.

Jack Lane Lutz, 89, of Forest City, NC, passed away Tuesday, October 13, 2026. Born in Shelby, NC, on July 2, 1937, he was the son of John Ray Lutz and Lilly Hoyle Lutz.

Rachel "Crissy" Mathis, age 55, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Friday, October 9, 2026.

Music Music Music. So many of us who love music find lots of ways to play it and hear it and sing it.

John Alvin Potter, 58, of Forest City passed away Sunday, October 11, 2026.

Larry Dean Donaldson, 57, of Shelby, NC went home to be with his Lord Wednesday, October 7, 2026.

Martha Taylor Thomason, 82, of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, October 9, 2026.