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Peggy Ann Green Ballard, age 79, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2020.

Mary Ownbey Shelton, age 76, of Forest City, passed away February 7, 2020.

Thomas "Buck" Arrowood, Jr. age 67, of Forest City, passed away on Thursday, February 6, 2020.

Janet Hodge, age 53, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Nicole Tessnair Owens, age 29, of Cherryville, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Farrell Roger Cole, age 65 of Forest City passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Hoyle S. Blanton of Rutherfordton, age 78, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Buddy Hutchins, age 83 of Rutherfordton, passed away on Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Richard "Rick Rick" Goforth, age 43, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Bobby W. Searcey, age 85, of Forest City; formerly of the Gray's Creek Community, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2020.

Reverend James L. Daves, 82, passed away on February 4, 2020.

Freda Huskey age 96, of Atlanta GA, formerly of Forest City, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2020.

Harry Kenneth George Jr, age 69, passed away on February 1, 2020.

Gaynell Harris Brackett, age 90 of Bostic, passed away Friday, January 31, 2020.

Tony Lee Davis, 71, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2020.

Wade Lemuel Philbeck, age 96, was born in Rutherford County on February 24, 1926 and passed away on February 8, 2020.

"Scared to death," is how 10-year-old Samantha Henson described her feelings on Sunday afternoon, January 19, when her house was on fire. Yet the fourth grader at Rutherfordton Elementary put into action what she learned at school about how to escape a house fire. She saved not only her own life but her stepmom, Samantha's life when their house on Maple Creek Road caught fire.

Imagine a crowd of about 24, mostly women talking about suicide prevention. It was remarkably civilized, congenial, and informative, even if the topic is about as emotional and tough as one can get.

Leonard Tate, age 72, of Ellenboro, passed away Monday, January 27, 2020.

Oswald Henry Padgett, age 89 of Mooresboro, passed away January 27, 2020.

Patricia "Pat" G. Whitt, age 76, of Rutherfordton, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2020.

Jack William Metcalf, passed way on Saturday, January 25, 2020.

Amy Justice Anderson, age 48, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020.