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Rowann Bailey Carpenter, age 88 of Rutherfordton died Saturday, June 25, 2022.

Michael Shane Bowen, 23, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022.

Most children enjoy summer camp and this year in Rutherford County the consensus from one group of campers is no different.

Franklin Donald "Don" McMahan, age 81 of Mooresboro, NC died Sunday, June 19, 2022.

Edith Mauney Lawing age 94 of Eastwood Village died Sunday, June 19, 2022.

Martha Grace Morris Estes, age 93 of Forest City died Sunday, June 19, 2022.

Elizabeth Chapman Teseniar, 87, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Friday, June 17, 2022.

William Robert "Wildman" Nalley, 53, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2022.

Jerry Lee McCraw, Sr., age 64, of Rutherfordton, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022.

Michael Lane Callahan, 61, of Chesnee passed away Monday, June 13, 2022.

Pamela Carol Payne Bunch, age 68, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022.

Mr. E. L. Whiteside, age 90 of Spindale died Monday, June 13, 2022.

Nine Special Olympic Rutherford County Athletes have returned home after participating in the Special Olympic North Carolina Summer Games June 3-5 in Raleigh.

Rutherford County's Olympians were the Rutherford Rollers bowling team. Athletes were Dakota Collins, Brendan Thompson, Billy Callahan, Yanessa Ortiz, Amber Dysart, Michael Cobb, Kato Porter and Steven Camp.

Sandra Gettys Greene, age 63, of Bostic, passed away Friday, June 10, 2022.

Marty Steven Green, 54, passed away Tuesday, June 7, 2022.

Juanita Shields, 82, of Rutherfordton, passed away Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

John Henry McMahan, 93, of Spindale, passed away June 3, 2022.

Mary Helen Parker Conner age 81 passed away June 12, 2022.

Robert Horton, 81, of Sunshine, son of the late Clyde Pannel and Sarah Ellis Green Horton, passed away Friday, June 10.