In the wee hours of Christmas night, God wrapped his loving arms around our beloved mother and wife, Margaret Lou Hughes Gibson.

Milton Alexander Andrews (A.k.a "M.A., "Andy", "Mr. Mannella") passed away surrounded by his family on December 23, 2015. He was 82 years old.

Joseph Edmond Melton, age 78, of Ellenboro passed away Saturday, December 26, 2015.

Ruth Wilkerson VanDyke, age 96, a former longtime resident of Alexander Mills passed away Thursday, December 24, 2015.

Mildred Buchanan Withrow, 89, went to her eternal home on Thursday, December 24, 2015.

Regina (Smitty) Fisher, a joyful soul passed away on October 27, 2015.

Frances Ramsey Digh Hardin, 83, passed away December 21, 2015.

Barbara Byers, age 80, of Mooresboro, passed away December 20, 2015.

Irene Dixon Bailey, age 80, of Rutherfordton, passed away Sunday, December 20, 2015.

Mary Edna Huskey Brooks, age 78 of Cliffside, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015.

Curtis Benjamin Hudgins, age 86 of Forest City passed away Friday, December 18, 2015.

Ada Fay Wallace, age 95, of Forest City, passed away December 20, 2015.

Mildred Beckett Nicholas, age 72, of Cliffside, NC, passed away, Saturday, December 19, 2015.

Ann Phillips Elliott, age 80, of Henrietta, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015.

Tamara Morrow Tate, age 75, cherished wife of Donald Tate, to whom she was happily married for 56 years, passed away December 19, 2015.

Charles "Doc" Clark, age 68, of Forest City, passed away December 18, 2015.

Howard Hamrick, age 95, of Forest City, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015.

Kenneth Paul Smith, age 73 of Ellenboro, passed away December 15, 2015.

Mrs. Wanda Hendrix McAbee age 63 of Forest City NC passed away on December 15 2015.

Gentry Wright, 88, of Walnut Grove, GA, formerly of Rutherfordton, NC, formerly of Hampstead, NC, finally left this earth to join his wife in Heaven on Tuesday, December 15, 2015.

Rebecca Dale Atkins, age 75 of Lattimore, NC passed away Monday, December 14, 2015.

James W. Johnson of Bostic, NC passed away on December 12, 2015.

Wayne "Lightnin" Conner, age 75, of Ellenboro, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015.

Vance E. Norville, age 77, of Cliffside, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015.

Pansy Martin Bostic, age 85, of Rutherfordton, NC, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015.