Grady Lee Fite Whitener, 54, passed away Friday, December 22, 2023.

Venita Wells Hutchins, age 84 of Forest City died Thursday, December 21, 2023.

Faye Anne Watkins, 74, passed away Monday, December 11, 2023.

JR Arrowood, age 61, of Mooresboro, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2023.

Chad Everette Runyans, 46, passed away Saturday, December 16, 2023.

Charles Terry Watkins, age 89 of Forest City died Wednesday, December 20, 2023.

Alma "Ann" Rosetta Moore Marlow, 77, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 18, 2023.

Roy Billy "Bill" Scruggs, Jr., 75 of Cliffside, NC passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023.

Kay Greene Watts, age 87, of Ellenboro, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Saturday, December 23, 2023.

Madison "Maddie" Goode, age 23, of Ellenboro, passed away, Thursday, December 21, 2023.

Ricky D. Dobbins, age 70 of Shelby died Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

Diane Bailey Callahan, 81, of Rutherfordton, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

Billy Charles Edwards, "Charles" age 85 went home to be with The Lord Tuesday, December 19, 2023.

Janet Scruggs West, age 74, of Boiling Springs, NC, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023.

Scott Howard Skipper, 43, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2023.

Freda Anne Hare, age 83, passed away Monday, December 18, 2023.

Nancy Ledford Green of Ellenboro passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023.

John King's legacy will carry on in the people he loved, taught and inspired. John passed away December 18 at the age of 76.

Patricia Ann Cogburn, age 75, of Spindale, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023.

Joyce A. Davis, 84, of Chesnee passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023. Born in Rutherfordton County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Moody and Bessie Lane and was married to Raymond Kenneth Davis for 45 years.

Donald Jolley, age 76, of Forest City, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2023.

Ina Cooper, affectionately known as "Boots," departed this life December 13, 2023, at the age of 91.

Mr. Larry Micheal Lail, of the Ellenboro community passed away December 13, 2023.

Gary Daniel Eaker, 61, passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2023.

Kaye Linder, age 73, of Forest City passed away Thursday, December 14, 2023.