Virginia Hudgins Hemphill, 95, of Forest City, NC, died Sunday, January 29, 2023.

Susie Bostic Epley, age 69 of Bostic died Sunday, January 29, 2023.

Dr. Herman Bruce Norville Sr., age 82, of the Green Creek community, died Friday, January 27, 2023.

Laura Lee Coady Mills, age 85, went home to be with The Lord Sunday, January 29, 2023

Donald Richard Muskopf, age 70, died Thursday, January 26, 2023.

Martha Jane Melton, 81 of Lake Lure passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2023.

Frances Hamrick Waters, 91, of Forest City, passed away January 4, 2023.

Newton Perry Roach Jr., age 79, husband of Juanita Vance Roach of Rutherfordton passed away Thursday, January 26, 2023.

Patricia Lee (Bullis) Seay, 47, passed away Friday, January 20, 2023.

Phyllis "Gail" Yelton age 72 of Mooresboro, NC passed away January 20, 2023.

Nancy Phillips Burns, age 86, of Iron Station, NC, formerly of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, January 14, 2023.

Bobby "Eagle" Jones, age 57, of Forest City, passed away at his residence.

Yvonna Chapman Mayse, age 97, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Shannon "Keith" Cooksey, age 40, of Marion, NC, died Monday, January 16, 2023.

Doris Sims Hodge, 85, of Spindale, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

Robert Gerald "Jerry" Byers, 80, of Rutherfordton, passed away Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

Hank "Sam" Willie Edward Owensby, 54, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2023.

Kenneth Lee Blackwell, 73, of Lake Lure, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2023.

Annette Piercy Morgan, 84, passed away Monday, January 16, 2023.

June Elizabeth Scruggs, age 94 of Forest City died Thursday, January 19, 2023.

Luis De Leon, age 57, of Forest City, passed away, Friday, January 13, 2023.

Robin Renee Davis, age 56, of Campobello, SC, (formerly of Spindale) died Wednesday, December 28, 2022, SC.

The world is a little less bright after the passing of Michael Laurence Huntley, 71, of Cliffside NC.

Barbara Hardin Roberts, 71, of Forest City, NC, died Saturday, January 14, 2023.

Brenda Janette Watson, age 81 of Union Mills, NC died Friday, January 13, 2023