Kathy Ann Gilbert Ward age 59 of Polk County, passed away on April 25, 2017.

Gilles Robert Baillargeon age 72, of Rutherfordton, passed on April 26, 2017.

Donald A. Taylor, age 88, of Ellenboro, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

Dorcas Martin Greenlee, age 91, of Forest City, passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

Edith Hopper Cordell, age 90, of Rutherfordton, passed away Tuesday, April 25, 2017.

Oxie Earls Harris, age 93, of Forest City, passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017.

Charles "PawPaw" Robert Riley, age 47, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 22, 2017.

Susan Baynard Parton, age 59, of Rutherfordton, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Thomas "Bud" McKelvey, 78, of Rutherfordton, passed away Wednesday, April 19, 2017.

Dayton Gunn, age 96, of Rutherfordton, passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

Robert Ellis, 77, of Forest City, passed away Monday, April 17, 2017.

Willie M. Camp, age 74, of Rutherfordton, passed away Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

Born May 31, 1929, Edna Mae was the 3rd gift given by God to Spurgeon and Lonnie Toms. Her parents and 4 siblings: John Henry, Dorothy, William Spurgeon Jr. and James preceded her in death.

Lynn Shinske Kuhl, 75, of Spindale, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2017.

Charles Ray Goforth, age 84, of Bostic went to be with the Lord Tuesday, April 18, 2017.

Elizabeth Cannon Jones, age 81, of Rutherfordton, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

Rhonda Leslie Corwin Greene, age 46, of Rutherfordton, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2017.

Mrs. Cathy Baynard Athanaelos age 70 of Spindale passed away Saturday April 15, 2017.

William Orion Waters, infant son of Michael Waters and Samantha Gosnell, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

Sarah Whitaker, age 82, of Forest City, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017.

Daisy Earls, age 84, of Cliffside, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

Denise Hudgins Gosnell, 54, of Rutherfordton, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2017.

Verlan Tessneer, age 87, of Lake Lure and wife of Arthur Tessneer passed away Monday, April 10, 2017. She was a native of Rutherford County, a retired clerk at Wilson's Store and a member of Bill's Creek Baptist Church.

George William "G.W." Jones, Sr., age 84 of Ellenboro passed away Sunday, April 9, 2017.

Shirley L. Bailey, age 69, of Rutherfordton, passed away Friday, April 7, 2017.