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Heroism is being redefined.

From grocery clerks to truck drivers and delivery workers, we are learning a new appreciation for people who make things happen in our lives.

And there is a new and heartfelt appreciation for healthcare workers.

William Walter McLaughlin, age 59 of Rutherfordton, passed away April 16, 2020.

Pansy Pritchard Cuthbert, passed away on April 11, 2020.

Joey Patterson age 45 of Rutherfordton, passed away on April 16, 2020.

Ocie Eulene Holler Ferguson, age 92 of Spindale passed away on April 16, 2020.

Marshall Gilliam Abrams, born May 23, 1988, passed on April 11, 2020.

Charles Glen Toms, Jr, age 81 of Forest City, passed away April 15, 2020.

Barbara Ann Beverly Paulin, 80, from Union Mills passed away on Friday, April 10, 2020.

Sue was born in Gaffney, SC in 1931 to Jacob Hobart Ledbetter and Maggie Price Ledbetter.

Nancy Sizemore Baber, age 56, of Forest City, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2020.

Michael "Dewitt" Ledbetter, age 70, of Forest City, passed away April 11, 2020.

Ashley D. Reid, age 96, of Cliffside, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2020.

Mary Lee Whisnant Woody, age 93, of Forest City, passed away Friday, April 10, 2020.

Jessie "Jay" Evans II, age 40, of Forest City, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020.

Carolyn Sue Hall Jenkins passed away on April 8, 2020.

Army SPC Matthew I. Stone, age 24, of Fort Bragg, NC, formerly of Spindale, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020.

Robert Joseph Brock, 79 of Rutherfordton passed away on April 4, 2020.

James Louis Phillippe, 77, formerly of Staunton, VA passed away on April 5, 2020.

US Chamber of Commerce Foundation announced the Save Small Business Fund on April 16, granting short-term relief for small employers in the United States and its territories.

The Rev. Sam Burleson evoked the Holy Spirit and prayed over all the chaos and fear of the coronavirus outbreak thanking God for the more than 40 volunteers who showed up to distribute food, but Anita Behrns may have gotten off the best prayer when she said in gratitude, "Today more than ever."

Behrns and her husband Richard are among the head knockers at the Washburn Community Outreach which has recently fed thousands through its food bank.