Wednesday, January 19, 2022 12:08 pm

Robert Edward Boone, age 81, of Forest City, NC, died January 10, 2022.

He was the son of the late Dillard Boone and the late Lela Dimsdale Boone. Robert was a native of Rutherford County. He was a member of Smith Grove Baptist Church.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Jean Boone and seven siblings; Edith Hill, Lillian Skipper, Juanita Walker, Shirley Allen, Vivian Byers Bailey, Nellie Raxter and Landon Dillard Boone.

Survivors include four sisters Agnes Allen, Inez Wess, Eartha Mae Kinney and Carolyn Dedmond, a brother Johnny Willard Boone.

The family is planning a memorial service at a later date.