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Ruth Ellen Crane Webb, age 82, of Forest City passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2015.

Haiden Hutchins age 2, of Forest City, NC passed away on Saturday, November 7, 2015.

Peggy Jean Vickers Weeks, age 75, of Rutherfordton passed away Monday November 9, 2015.

William (Bill) Howard McArthur, 92, of Forest City passed away November 8, 2015.

Albert Chester Flack, age 70, of Rutherfordton, passed away November 7, 2015.

Jim Mode, age 77, of Ellenboro passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015.

Dorothy Lea Weaver Hill, 86, of Ellenboro, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2015.

Hopewell Hollis Ruritan Club

Bake Sale, Sat. Nov. 21, 8am till at Needmore in Ellenboro.

Grace of God Rescue Mission

Serving a Thanksgiving Dinner for the needy people in the community. If you know of a less fortunate person or family that needs a meal, please tell them to join us at the mission on Thanksgiving Day, Thurs. Nov. 26, 11am. You can help provide these meals by sending a generous donation today: PO Box 212, Forest City, NC 28043.

Prospect Baptist Church

Live Drive Thru Nativity, Dec. 4 & 5, 6-8pm. Come experience the birth of Jesus with us. Free Hot Chocolate & Cookies. 2610 Prospect Church Rd., Mooresboro.

Piney Mountain Baptist Church, Ellenboro

Singing & Poor Man Supper, Sat. Dec. 5, 4-6pm. Singing @ 6:30pm with The Royal Quartet & R3born Generation. Supper: $8 ages 11 & up, $5 ages 6-10, ages 0 to 5 free.

Being able to provide space for mothers and children to acclimate to a change in their lives is a goal of a new women's shelter that will be built by Grace of God Rescue Mission.

For 40 years, Marie Champion has overseen the Rutherford County Veterans Services department. On Dec. 18, she'll leave the position, but, she said, she'll never stop working to help veterans.

Billy Jenkins, age 65, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015.

Rosalie "Lee" Reid, age 86, of Forest City, passed away Friday, November 6, 2015.

Carmen Lopez Simon, age 91, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2015.

Icy Randall Koone, age 82, of Union Mills, passed away Thursday, November 5,

Charles Edgar Davis, 85, of Rutherfordton, passed away Saturday, November 7, 2015.

Mrs. Shirley Jean Millard Parker age 76 went home to be with The Lord on Friday November 6, 2015.

Juan Carlos Torres-Romero, age 42, of Mooresboro, NC, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2015.

James Clyde Swofford passed away on or before November 2, 2015.

Ethel Parker Dedmon, age 92, of Harris, NC, passed away Monday, November 2, 2015.

Victor Carl Carlson, 88, of Bostic, passed away Monday, November 2, 2015.

Three of the four football teams in Rutherford County won last week and all three will get a chance to play in the postseason, starting Friday (11/13).