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Susie Bostic Epley, age 69 of Bostic died Sunday, January 29, 2023.

With a common goal to build the Rutherford County "community stronger together" several hundred people gathered Sunday for a worship service at R-S Central High School.

Dr. Herman Bruce Norville Sr., age 82, of the Green Creek community, died Friday, January 27, 2023.

Laura Lee Coady Mills, age 85, went home to be with The Lord Sunday, January 29, 2023

Donald Richard Muskopf, age 70, died Thursday, January 26, 2023.

Martha Jane Melton, 81 of Lake Lure passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

Frances Hamrick Waters, 91, of Forest City, passed away January 4, 2023.

Newton Perry Roach Jr., age 79, husband of Juanita Vance Roach of Rutherfordton passed away Thursday, January 26, 2023.

Patricia Lee (Bullis) Seay, 47, passed away Friday, January 20, 2023.

There are exercise clubs, sewing clubs, civic clubs and after-hours clubs in Rutherford County. Car clubs, card playing, youth clubs, running and walking clubs also claim the interest of many. The number of clubs around Rutherford County is endless and the subject matters are just as numerous.

Phyllis "Gail" Yelton age 72 of Mooresboro, NC passed away January 20, 2023.

Nancy Phillips Burns, age 86, of Iron Station, NC, formerly of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, January 14, 2023.

Bobby "Eagle" Jones, age 57, of Forest City, passed away at his residence.

Yvonna Chapman Mayse, age 97, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Shannon "Keith" Cooksey, age 40, of Marion, NC, died Monday, January 16, 2023.

Doris Sims Hodge, 85, of Spindale, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

Robert Gerald "Jerry" Byers, 80, of Rutherfordton, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

Hank "Sam" Willie Edward Owensby, 54, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2023.

Kenneth Lee Blackwell, 73, of Lake Lure, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023.