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Sally Jo Jordan, age 78, of Lake Lure, NC, died Friday, May 27, 2022.

The votes have been tallied and recounted and the winners for the 2022 RecycleBots Challenge have been chosen. Keep Rutherford County Beautiful (KRCB) is thrilled to have the broad and creative field of over 90 entries from Rutherford County third-graders. It made for a tough, but impressive judging process.

Frances Fern Rollins Ensley, age 88, of Hickory passed away Saturday, June 4, 2022.

Frances Fern Rollins Ensley, age 88, of Hickory passed away Saturday, June 4, 2022.

Billy Jack Bradley, age 45, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2022.

Shirley Ann Scruggs of Kings Mountain, NC, born in Gastonia on August 8, 1943 passed away Friday, May 27, 2022 at the age of 78.

Christine Elaine Mills, 59, passed away Friday, May 27, 2022.

Sherry Lynn Chase Hoyle Moss Stamper, 63, passed away May 26, 2022.

James Rigby, age 54, of Ellenboro, passed away Friday, May 27, 2022.

Rex Jeffrey Towery, 69, of Rutherfordton passed away June 1, 2022.

Charles E. "Chuck" Sane, age 89, of Mooresboro, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2022.

Former Lt. Governor Walter Dalton described Rev. Billy Honeycutt as an "angel among us" during an informal recognition ceremony in his honor recently.

Ethel Ann Emory age 79 of Forest City, NC passed away May 27, 2022.

Evelyn Boyce Sanders Sappenfield, 94, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, May 28, 2022.

Roger Dale Hull, 57, passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Kathy Henson Stone, 63, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

Martha Cooper Bailey, age 78, of Ellenboro, died Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Tony Oliver, age 56 passed away Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Bobby Eugene Jones born in Forest City, North Carolina June 6, 1934 to Ransom and Edith Burleson Jones passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022.