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Cecile Marie Johnson Price, lovingly known as Susie, 81, of Springfield, VA passed away on November 11, 2020.

Kenneth "Ken" Ray Atchley, age 73, of Union Mills, NC, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020.

Ralph Dale Stacy age 86 of Forest City, passed away on November 14th 2020.

Edith Byars Norton, 86, of Mooresboro, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2020.

Connie Mack Hamrick, age 78 of Forest City, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020.

Catherine Bright Beheler, age 76 of Forest City, passed away Friday, November 13, 2020

Nicholas "Nick" Reide Hughes, 33, of Forest City, passed away on Wednesday, November 11, 2020.

Dickie Williams, age 74, of Bostic, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020.

Linda Joyce Morris Vanwinkle, age 77, of Forest City, NC passed away on November 12th, 2020.

Robert Merle Best, Sr., from Goldsboro, NC, passed away Sunday November 8, 2020.

David M. Tagis, age 77, of Bostic, passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2020.

Horace Nyal Bailey of Rutherfordton age 87, passed away on November 10, 2020.

Fire Chief Jimmie Howell 72, of Lake Lure, passed away on November 9, 2020.

Carol Emory Cochran Harris, age 79, of Ellenboro, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2020.

James H. Hamrick, Jr., age 60, of Ellenboro, passed away November 8, 2020.

Doris "Grammy" Caldwell, age 78, of Forest City, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020.

Mary Lewis McKinney Whitaker, age 102 of Mooresboro, passed away on Friday, Nov 6, 2020. Born on July 5, 1918 she was the only child to her late parents, John B and Lollie S McKinney.

Barbara Ann "Annie" Blackwell, age 81 of Rutherford County passed away Friday, November 13, 2020

Mary Pauline "Dot" Justice, age 87, of Forest City, passed away Sunday, November 15, 2020.

Martha Callahan Davis, age 97 of Forest City, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2020.

William Fred "Bill" Blanton, age 76, of Ellenboro, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Thirteen state employees, including a Rutherford County native, from nine state agencies and universities were honored with Governor's Awards for Excellence recently during a virtual online ceremony. The highest honor a state employee may receive for dedicated service to the state and the people of North Carolina, the awards recognize accomplishments and actions that are outside of the usual scope of their job duties.