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Don Bailey, age 83 of Ellenboro passed away Sunday, May 30, 2021.

Olivia Gail Toney passed away on Friday, May 28, 2021.

Wanda Lou Bridges Overhulser, age 60 of Bostic, passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2021.

Barbara Lynn Schaffer Hornibrook, age 69, of Rutherfordton passed away Tuesday May 25, 2021.

Jvonne Avery Dimsdale age 61, passed away Monday, May 24, 2021.

Charles Thomas Wright, Jr., age 77, of Lake Lure, passed away on Saturday, May 29, 2021.

Martha Daniel Nash, age 78, of Lake Lure, passed away Monday, May 24, 2001.

Jerry Dean Austin, age 56 of Union Mills passed away on Saturday, May 22, 2021.

Dorothy Jean Thrift Robbins, age ninety years, of Arbor Landing, Ocean Isle Beach, NC passed away on Tuesday, May 25, 202.

Harry Scott Scruggs, age 64, of Cliffside, passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2021.

Mary Jane Martin Walden, 83, of Forest City, passed away Monday, May 24, 2021.

As a few cloudy skies hovered over the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center Blueberry Patch near Fairview/Black Mountain on a Saturday morning recently, former UNC Women's Basketball Coach Sylvia Hatchell greeted everyone with an ever-ready smile. More than one time during the morning, she thanked the group of volunteers for preparing the patch for a hearty harvest season.

Clyde Eckel Roberts, age 70, a former resident of Spindale, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

Michael Austin Long, "Mike", age 77 of Rutherfordton passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

Jerry Ervin Hames, age 62, husband of Rhonda Broome Hames passed away on Wednesday May 19, 2021.

Patsy McEntire Goode, age 83, of Mooresboro, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

Betty Jean Hutchins Anderson, 87, of Spindale, passed away on May 18, 2021.

Sue Cash Jones, age 80, of Rutherfordton, passed away Monday, May 10, 2021.

Bonifacia Mora de Aleman, age 65, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2021.

Walter Lee Gee, age 58, husband of Sheila Roberts Gee passed away Monday, May 17, 2021.

Joan H. Fox, age 89, of Rutherfordton, passed away Thursday, May 20, 2021.

When Mark McCurry was in high school, his friends knew him as good for a laugh.

The retired Forest City Fire Chief says retirement has turned him into a man maid.