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Archie Earl "Bo" Kimbrell, age 82, of Forest City, died Thursday, May 2, 2024.

Catherine Hamrick Pearson, age 84, of Forest City, passed away Monday, April 29, 2024.

Julie Annette Henderson, age 63 passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Donald "Gumbo" Smart, age 77, of Forest City, passed away Tuesday, April 30, 2024.

Nancy Gilfillan Goode, 81, went home to be with the Lord Monday, April 29, 2024.

Joyce Elizabeth Roberson Tate, 74, passed away Friday, April 26, 2024.

Lori Lei Price Spence, age 65 of Ellenboro, NC died on April 27th, 2024.

Twenty-four high school and middle school students from Rutherford County and one from Cleveland County visited college campuses during a Spring Break tour across the southeast sponsored by LEAP -- Leaders & Entrepreneurs for the Advancement& Promotion of Youth--a nonprofit begun in 2020 in Forest City.

Margaret Lucille Williams Johnston, 77, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Elaine Jolley Hoppes, age 79 of Ellenboro, died Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Harold Leroy Kuykendall, age 77 of Forest City, died Friday, April 26, 2024.

James Howard Self, 88, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2024.

Jerdean "Jerry" Walker, 85, passed away Thursday, April 25, 202

William Howard Gibson of Rutherfordton, NC died April 16, 2024.

Brenda W. Blanton, age 84, of Shallotte, NC, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

Daniel Tim Boone, age 74 of Ellenboro, died Thursday, April 25, 2024.

Jerene Bailey Landreth, age 85 of Cliffside, died Sunday April 21, 2024.

Mary Anne Dennis Mathis, 78, passed away Monday, April 22, 2024.

Little Charlie wasn't expected to ever be able to speak after he was born with complications that would hinder his speech. Some years later he was brought to The Church of the Exceptional where he attended church with others with special needs from across the county.