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James Edward Kimbrell, Sr., age 85, died Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Kathryn "Kay" Hawk Young, age 82 of Forest City, died Thursday, February 29, 2024.

When Johny Carson, 70, of Rutherford County got on a van for the annual Visually Impaired Persons (VIP) Fishing Trip to the Outer Banks, he was beyond excited. It was not just an average fishing trip to the Outer Banks and it was not Johny's first VIP trip. It won't be his last either. He's already planning for the next trip in October.

Dolores Drasser, 93, of Lake Lure, NC, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2024.

Hayden Lee Buitron, age 20, of Spindale, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2024.

Kenneth Ray McGinnis, age 90, of Bostic, passed away Friday, March 1, 2024.

Nathan Perry Molano, age 32, of Gaffney, SC, passed away Wednesday, February 28, 2024.

Sareta Ann Cummins, age 86 years, of Greenville, SC, died Wednesday, February 28, 2024.

Charles Edward Arrowood, 79, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2024.

Jaunita Mayse Miller, age 90 of Forest City, died Wednesday, February 28, 2024.

Delbert Lee Hoyle, 65, of Bostic, formerly of Golden Valley, died Friday, February 23, 2024.

William Robert Jackson, Sr., age 77 of Forest City died Sunday, February 25, 2024.

Dorris Walker Smith, age 94 of Forest City died Saturday, February 24, 2024.

Betty Dobbins Hamrick, age 83 of Ellenboro, died Tuesday, February 27, 2024.

William Baxter Brittain, age 84 of Ellenboro, died Saturday, February 24, 2024. Bill was born in Clinton, SC July 30, 1939, and was a son of the late Ernest Baxter Brittain and Helen Elizabeth Smith Brittain. He worked for Overnite Trucking as a driver and dock supervisor until retirement and was a member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church.

Gathered around a table in the English as a Second Language (ESL) evening class at Isothermal Community College recently, students from several countries talked with each other and shared laughs as if they were family.

Jimmy Melton, age 80, of Ellenboro, passed away Thursday, February 22.

Lee Davidson, age 69, of the Shiloh Community, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2024.

Melvia Kathleen (Kathy) Greene, age 79 of Forest City NC, died February 23, 2024.