Amelia Padgett Richards, age 80 of Mooresboro, NC, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Raymond Lee Watts Sr., age 73 of Mooresboro, NC passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Gwendolyn Hewitt Carothers, 71, passed away January 5, 2025.

Patricia S. Lindsay, age 91, of Forest City, NC, went home to be with her Lord February 11, 2025.

Thomas Metcalf, "Tommy", 78, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2025.

Pamela Beth Wolke November 6, 1947-February 10, 2025.

Norma Kay Camp Melton, age 78, of Ellenboro, passed away Monday, February 10, 2025.

Robin Denise Turner Byars, 53, passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2025.

JoAnn Hewitt, age 89, of Forest City, died Monday, February 10, 2025.

Kathy Hutchins Bright, age 73, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2025.

Boyce Wade Abernathy, age 66, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

Ellenore "Sam" SuAnn Walsh Meece, 78, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

Diane Norville, age 82, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, February 5, 2025.

Jeffrey Ray Wardsworth age 52 of Lake Lure, NC passed away February 3, 2025

James Webb (Jim) Gardner, Jr., 80, of Forest City died February 3, 2025. Jim was born August 15, 1944 in Mecklenburg County, NC and was the son of the late James Webb Gardner and Iris Rollins Gardner McKeithan. He was preceded in death by his step-father, Tim McKeithan, sister Suzy Gardner Hayes, brothers-in-law W.H Hayes and George H. Patridge and sister-in-law, Gayle Sills McKeithan.

Sherrill McNeilly, age 71, of Forest City, passed away Sunday, February 2, 2025.

Betty Laverne Brooks Williams 75, of Union Mills, passed away February 2, 2025.

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Boyce Lee Radford Jr. at the age of 63. Boyce departed this life on February 2, 2025.

Charles Edward (Eddie) Fisher passed away January 30, 2025. Eddie was born in Spindale on October 13, 1945, to Charles Hayden and Henry Reid Fisher.

Ronnie Silver, age 68, of Forest City, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2025.

Bobby "Glenn" Russell, age 92, of Bostic, NC, formerly of Rutherfordton, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2025.

Michael Dennis Cox, 83, passed away Sunday, January 26, 2025. He was born in Spartanburg County to the late Ambrose William (A.W.) Cox and Thelma Cox. He is also predeceased by his brothers, Bobby Cox and Gene Cox.

Donna Eve Philbeck Parker, 75, of Rutherfordton, NC, passed away January 30, 2025. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hewitt Philbeck and Ellen Hardin Philbeck.

Laura Platt Woods, age 83, passed away Tuesday, January 28, 2025.

Lynn William Perry, 58, passed away Monday, January 27, 2025.