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Charles M. Campbell, age 79, of Forest City passed away Sunday, February 4, 2024.

Simon Colin Garcia, age 84, of Forest City, passed away Thursday, February 1, 2024.

Kenneth Rice of Rutherfordton had never participated in a United States Powerlifting Association (USPA) event until last month when he competed in the Blue Ridge event in Hendersonville.

Annie Mae Scruggs Page, age 88, went to be with the Lord Thursday, January 25, 2024.

Samuel "Roy" Pruett, age 74, of Casar, passed away Friday, January 26, 2024.

Dorothy Harris Culbertson, 101, of Forest City, passed away Friday, January 26, 2024.

Sara Griffin McEntire, 88, of Rutherfordton, passed away Thursday, January 25, 2024.

On October 21, 2023, Frances Lucas passed peacefully in Gaston County, NC.

On Wednesday January 19 2024, Michael Wayne Eplee, passed away at the age of 66.

Lonnie Robert Koone, age 70, husband of Tamara Bivens Koone; passed away Tuesday, January 23, 2024.

Thomas "Tom" Darrell Nazelrod, 70, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2024.

Jimmy Means made one of his final public appearances last summer at Tri-County Speedway's Pepsi Firecracker 400 for a pre-race autograph session in Granite Falls. Means and members of his team and family met the public on the bright sunny day, signed autographs and talked about his history in racing for more than 50 years. Twenty of those years Jimmy took the wheel of the race car and enjoyed racing all over the country. For the next 30 years he'd continue to race his cars with different drivers and was successful in the business as an independent racer.

Faye Nicole Lovett passed away January 20, 2024.

Laurence Delaney "Larry" Penrose, 82, of Bostic, died Saturday, January 20, 2024.

Hugh "Don" McBrayer II, age 77, of Mooresboro, passed away Saturday, January 20, 2024.

Jennnifer Anne Robbins, age 53, of Forest City, passed away Friday, January 19, 2024.

Brenda Boone Bennick, age 62, of Rutherfordton, NC, formerly of the Shiloh Community, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2024.

Brady "Junior" Hampton Parker, Jr., age 89, of the Shiloh Community, went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 14, 2024.

Sylvia Franklin Goins, 90, died Friday, December 29, 2023.