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Larry Eugene Towery, 73, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2025.

Nancy Brooker Simmons, age 73, of Spindale, passed away August 28, 2025.

There are a lot of things a person can buy at the Green Hill Store on Hwy. 64/74 outside of Rutherfordton and heading toward Lake Lure and Chimney Rock. Family owned since 1995, customers come in the store for snacks, groceries, beverages, coffee, ice cream, pizza, ice, breakfast biscuits, lunch, gifts, gas and on and on. Some people stop by the store to visit friends and take a comfortable seat in one of the rocking chairs outside and inside the store.

Warren Claude Hopper, age 71, of Bostic, passed away Thursday, August 28th, 2025, with his loving wife, Martha, by his side.

Carol Ann Pannell, age 76, of Ellenboro, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, August 29, 2025.

Nancy June Deck Jones, age 78, of Forest City, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2025.

Marie-Ange "Michelle" Michelle-Paule Corbet Helms, age 65, of Kings Mountain, passed away August 27, 2025.

Lois A. Sane Spain, age 69, of Rutherfordton, NC, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 26, 2025.

Betty Wyatt Gregory, age 90, of Spindale, NC went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 29, 2025.

Jimmy Foster, age 84, of Forest City peacefully went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, August 31, 2025.

Christopher Matthew Parker, of Shelby, NC, passed away far too soon at the age of 31. He was the son of Tony and Angie Parker, and the grandson of Jerry Pearson.

Frances Clayton Jolley, age 97 of Forest City died Wednesday, August 27, 2025.

Angie "Nanny" Miller, age 58, of Rutherfordton, NC, went Home to be with the Lord Monday, August 25, 2025.

One of the most successful and the area's own hometown music festivals -- the Earl Scruggs Music Festival -- begins Friday, Aug. 29 at the Tryon International Equestrian Center (TIEC) in Mill Spring and continues through Sunday evening, Aug. 31. General admission tickets are still available, as some of the country's finest musicians will entertain thousands and celebrate the legacy of Earl Scruggs, the world's most influential banjo picker.

Manford Raymond "Mason" Turner, age 81 of Columbus, NC died Friday, August 22, 2025.

Cathy Ann Davis Fisher, 72, passed away Thursday, August 7, 2025.

Gail Toney, age 80, of Boiling Springs, SC, formerly of Forest City, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2025.

Angela "Angie" Rebecca Cole Robbins, age 77, of Forest City, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, August 23, 2025.

Hubert L. Hardin, age 93 of Forest City died Saturday, August 23, 2025.