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They don't just get educated here and leave.

Among the ones who come home or stay here after high school are one capacity development director and one flower farmer. There are dozens more. They may well be among our best hopes for the future.

Sandra Kay Yancey, age 64, of Ellenboro passed away September 28.

Arcemus Joe Wilson, age 75, of Rutherfordton died September 24.

Timmy Lee Bennett Sr. of Ellenboro NC, passed away September 21, 2021.

Tracy Bradley Carkees, age 50, of Rutherfordton, passed away September 26, 2021.

Jamie Bowen Absher, age 42, of Rutherfordton, passed away September 25, 2021.

Elizabeth Ann Beaver Bailey, age 79 of Mooresboro,, passed away September 26, 2021.

Elizabeth (Libby) Ann Gossett Burgess passed away September 27, 2021.

Laura Mae Biggerstaff, age 93, of Forest City, passed away September 28, 2021.

Bruce Cole, age 73, of Belmont, formerly of Forest City, passed away September 27, 2021.

Spencer Wayne Davis, 71, of Bostic, died September 25, 2021.

Tommy Tessiner, age 54, of Forest City, passed away September 29, 2021.

Linda Marie Grabowski, age 66 of Spindale, died September 23, 2021.

Lillian Frazier, age 89, of Rutherfordton died October 1, 2021.

Arnold David Lovelace, age 73 passed away September 27, 2021.

Jimmy Rhodes, age 60, of Henrietta, passed away September 25, 2021.

Minister Robert Godfrey, 41, of Spindale knows what it is like to get in trouble as a young teen and be incarcerated. He has lived that. He understands the challenges of youth in Rutherford County when they get out of school in the afternoons with "nothing to do," he said recently. He wants to help the youth to make better choices than he did.

Jasmine Marie Dickson, 33 passed away September 22, 2021.

Sammy Lee Hardin, age 67 of Bostic, died September 21, 2021.

Stanley L. Smith, age 88, of Forest City, passed away September 21, 2021.