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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.

James Harris, age 60, of Cliffside, passed away Friday, May 1, 2020.

Mr. Dewey Matthew Hardin, 47, of Bostic, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2020.

Cheryl Dobbins Cabiness, age 58, of Forest City, passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.

Agnes Splawn, age 71, of Caroleen, passed away Monday, April 27, 2020.

David Earl Higgins age 54 passed away, Saturday, April 25, 2020.

Helen JoAnn Arrowood Bailey, age 71, of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, April 24, 2020.

While the COVID-19 virus seeks to separate and isolate, Rutherford County native Carlos Watkins of the NFL's Houston Texans is staying connected by taking Small Town friendly values like giving to others deep in the heart of Texas. On Thursday April 16, Watkins bought breakfast for essential workers at the Houston-based Jetco Trucking Company before they left to deliver essential items to grocery stores and other facilities.

At Oh Suzannah in Spindale a handful of seamstresses are making between 1,000 to 1,500 face masks per day in these times of COVID-19 when wearing a mask is required in many areas to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Thomas Joseph Carroll, age 30, of Rutherfordton, passed away Monday, April 20, 2020.

Patsy McKinney Groves, age 84, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020.