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Carolyn Clayton, age 77, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020.

Polly Greene Keyes, age 89 of Forest City passed away Saturday, May 16, 2020.

Ray "Neil" Anderson II, age 75, of Forest City, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020.

William Higgins, age 71 of Rutherfordton, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2020.

Dean Rondo Stacey, age 87 passed away Sunday, May 10, 2020.

Have a happy & safe Memorial Day Weekend

PLEASE DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE!

This rising seventh grader is a cancer survivor and is celebrating an amazing milestone.

Maryssa Dysart of Cliffside, who turns 12 years old on June 1, successfully completed a two-year regiment of chemotherapy treatments for her leukemia at Levine Children's Hospital in Charlotte on April 19.

Carolyn H. Hill, age 84, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2020.

Michael William Edwards, age 62, husband of Shannon Jones Edwards Rutherfordton passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020.

Wayne Curry, age 75, of Ellenboro, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2020.

Arthur Tessneer age 89 of the Bills Creek community passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020.

Brenda Atchley Freeman, 61, of Forest City, passed away Tuesday, May 5, 2020.

Eloise Virginia Woodall, age 96 of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2020.

Jim Harris, age 83, of Shelby, passed away Monday, May 4, 2020.

James Melvin White, age 43, of the Bill's Creek Community, passed away on April 30, 2020.

Mary Gladys Thompson Sams, 107, of Bostic, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2020.

For many years, Forest City was known as Little Detroit. We had a car lot on every corner, but the car business is still a bedrock of the local economy and although the virus crisis has slowed business, dealers are still dealing and cars are still rolling off lots.

Gladys Brendle Grose, age 89, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2020.

Maggie Viola Ensley, age 90, of Rutherfordton, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2020.