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Brenda Taylor Caskey,73, native of Cleveland County, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2022.

CDR Ralph Douglas Tucker, USN (Retired) passed away September 6, 2022 at the age of 88.

Margie Junita John age 86 passed away October 15, 2022.

Ruth Margaret Sisk Gilbert, 107, of Forest City, passed away October 12, 2022.

Bud Greenway, age 72, of Rutherfordton, NC, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2022.

Renee Terry, age 56, of Six Points, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2022.

Rita Ann Causby, age 55, wife of Faye Tatum, of Forest City, passed away Tuesday September 27, 2022.

Billy "Bill" Jackson Nance, 79, passed away Monday, October 3, 2022.

Gabriela Cecilia Fricks, 82, of Bessemer City, NC passed away Tuesday, September 27, 2022.

Since 1975 in September and October, Revolutionary War period re-enactors bring the Overmountain Men story alive traveling along the Overmountain Victory Trail Association's (OVTA) March from Virginia to Kings Mountain. The Battle of Kings Mountain was the turning point of the Revolutionary War and America's road to freedom.

Tommy Babb, age 77, of Spartanburg, SC passed away Thursday, October 6, 2022.

James "Stub" Ammons, age 80, of Ellenboro, passed away Friday, October 7, 2022.

Lynn Bradley McClain, age 51, of Ellenboro, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2022.

Jerry Reynolds, age 76, of Rutherfordton, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2022.

Reverend Robert Allen Wilson, age 88 of Rutherfordton, NC passed away Thursday, September 29, 2022.

SMSgt. William "Whitey" Splawn, Ret., age 77, of Mooresboro, passed away Friday, September 30, 2022.

Joseph (Joe) L. Cunningham, age 64, passed away Monday, October 3, 2022.

Georgia Jordan Buchanan, age 99, passed away in Forest City, NC Monday,October 3, 2022.

George Edwin Biddix, Jr., and Reva Mink Biddix of Rutherfordton, NC, passed away August 14 and August 15, 2022 respectively.

Ruth Brittain Bumgardner passed away Sunday, October 2, 2022.

Richard Henderson, age 75, of Forest City, passed away, Wednesday, September 28, 2022.

Vicki Dameron of Union Mills has a photography exhibit "Mountains to Sea" in the Ali Pouryousefi Memorial Art Gallery, Tucker Student Center through November 21. Tucker Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9am to 9pm, Saturday, 11am to 9pm and Sunday, 1 to 9pm.