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Carolyn B. McDaris, 76, of Shelby passed away July 15, 2025.

Phillip Joel "Joe" Walker, age 85, husband of Catherine Sims Walker of Rutherfordton passed away Friday, August 8, 2025.

Dorothy "Dot" Street Tesseneer, age 92, of Forest City, passed away Friday, August 8, 2025.

Sandra Jean Turner, age 67 of Rutherfordton died Sunday, August 3, 2025.

Meta Clara Leigh Wilson, 84, passed away Thursday, August 7, 2025.

Wanda Jean Cook Johnson, 70, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2025.

Christopher Michael Doggett, 52, of Forest City died Thursday, July 31, 2025.

Columbus Lee Biggerstaff, 87, of Rutherfordton, passed away July 29.

Anthony "Papa Tony" Lopez, Sr. Date of Birth 4/13/1942- Date of Rest 8/7/2025.

Hilda Webb Enloe, 93, of Rutherford County, NC, passed away August 6, 2025.

Gleena Jenkins Bright, age 82, of Forest City died Wednesday, August 6, 2025.

Clarence Roland Hames Jr., known to many as "CR," was born February 1948 to the late Clarence Roland Hames (CR) Sr. and Palma Mae Morrow Hames. CR passed away August 6, 2025.

Donald "Don" Baxter Butler, age 86, of Forest City, NC, died Monday, August 4, 2025.

On a crisp fall day, October 13, 1955, a baby girl named Molly at birth was adopted by Charles and Margie Andrews of Rutherfordton when her name was changed to Karen. She was born January 31, 1955, to a 20-year-old single mother. Just eighteen days later, on October 31, 1955 another baby girl named Polly at birth, born January 31, 1955, to that same 20-year-old single mother was adopted by Gaither and Mary Lou Beam of Louisburg, NC, when her name was changed to Barbara. Molly/Karen and Polly/Barbara were fraternal twins, spending their first eight months together in a children's home outside Greensboro. Because of the attending pediatrician's recommendation, they were separated and adopted by different families, who didn't know their daughters were twins. Seven decades later those two girls were able to find each other thanks to Ancestry.

Bobby Joe Parker, age 77, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, August 2, 2025.

Justin "Bucky" Padgett, age 34, of Rutherfordton, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2025.

Robert Fowler, age 37, of Mooresboro, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

Charles David Bridges, 88, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2025. He was born in Cleveland County June 29, 1937 to the late Forrest and Marcella Bridges.

Bulah Hamrick Fite, age 84 of Ellenboro died Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

William "Bill" Robert Breen Jr., age 66, of Lake Lure, passed away Monday, July 28, 2025.