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Stephanie Callahan Rutherfordton

Stephanie Lynn Callahan, age 53 of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, April 13, 2024, at her residence. She was born on February 16, 1971 in Marion, NC and was the daughter of Ray and Pat Workman. Stephanie was fun-loving, loved to joke, was an avid online bargain shopper and a very giving person. She was also a very straight forward individual who never sugar coated anything. She was extremely proud of her children and was a loving mother and grandmother as well as a pet...

Stephanie Lynn Callahan, age 53 of Rutherfordton, died Saturday, April 13, 2024, at her residence. She was born on February 16, 1971 in Marion, NC and was the daughter of Ray and Pat...

Helen Franklin Cliffside

Helen Sain Franklin passed away Friday, April 12, 2024, at Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby, N.C., surrounded by her family. She was 96. She was the daughter of Arthur and Dinah Clark Sain of Mill Spring, N.C., and the wife of Grady Franklin Sr., of Cliffside, N.C. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Alonzo Sain, Curtis Sain, Leroy Sain, Bevie Sain Hicks and Hattie Belle Sain Conner. She is survived by three children, Grady...

Helen Sain Franklin passed away Friday, April 12, 2024, at Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby, N.C., surrounded by her family. She was 96. She was the daughter of Arthur and Dinah Clark...

Patricia Merrill Rutherfordton

Patricia Ann Merrill, age 74, of Rutherfordton, NC died Thursday, April 11, 2024 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. She was born November 1, 1949 in Rutherford County and was the daughter of the late James and Eula Dills Edwards. Patricia loved her dogs and enjoyed fishing and crocheting in her free time. Survivors include her brother, Charles Edwards of Spartanburg, SC, three nephews and a number of cousins. A memorial visitation with family and friends will be held...

Patricia Ann Merrill, age 74, of Rutherfordton, NC died Thursday, April 11, 2024 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. She was born November 1, 1949 in Rutherford County and was the daughter...

Helen Murray Bostic

Mary Helen Murray, age 79 of Bostic, died Thursday, April 11, 2024, at Hospice House in Forest City. Helen was born on December 26, 1944, in Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late Oscar Chapman, Sr., and Pauline Queen Chapman. She worked at Crelin Plastics where she retired. Helen was a devoted wife and mother, and she absolutely adored her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Cooking was one of her many talents and she enjoyed cooking for her family. She was a member of...

Mary Helen Murray, age 79 of Bostic, died Thursday, April 11, 2024, at Hospice House in Forest City. Helen was born on December 26, 1944, in Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late...

Tim Brackett Spartanburg, SC

Leonard Tim Brackett, age 88, died Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Summit Hills in Spartanburg, South Carolina where he was a resident. Tim was born July 12, 1935, in Shelby, North Carolina, the son of the late Dwight L Brackett and Edna Blanton Brackett. He was a graduate of Piedmont High School in Lawndale, North Carolina, followed by four years in the Army with the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina receiving an honorable discharge. He then went on...

Leonard Tim Brackett, age 88, died Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at Summit Hills in Spartanburg, South Carolina where he was a resident. Tim was born July 12, 1935, in Shelby, North Carolina, the...

Charles (Chuck) Ohmstead Forest City

Charles “Chuck” L. Ohmstead of Forest City, died peacefully in his sleep on Monday, April 8, 2024. He was 84 years old. He is preceded in death by his parents, Gordon and Marion Nogle Ohmstead, a sister, Karen Smith, and a daughter DeAnne Marie Ohmstead, all of Zion, IL. He is survived by his brother, Gordy Ohmstead of Zion, Illinois, and his sister, Emilie Hoselton of Tullahoma, Tennessee. Left to carry on his legacy are his children: Cristine Cooney...

Charles “Chuck” L. Ohmstead of Forest City, died peacefully in his sleep on Monday, April 8, 2024. He was 84 years old. He is preceded in death by his parents, Gordon and...

Steven Cohen Rutherfordton

Steven Cohen, 37, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Friday, April 5, 2024. Steven was born August 17, 1986 and was the son of Barbara Cohen of Rutherfordton, NC. Steven was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy and received a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Minor in Chemistry from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also studied Hebrew. He worked as a medical laboratory technologist after graduation. Steven excelled in soccer all throughout his...

Steven Cohen, 37, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Friday, April 5, 2024. Steven was born August 17, 1986 and was the son of Barbara Cohen of Rutherfordton, NC. Steven was a graduate of Thomas...

Boyce Grindstaff Forest City

Boyce F. Grindstaff, 89, of Forest City, died Friday, April 5, 2024 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Avery County, NC, he was the son of the late Ervin and Ruth Price Grindstaff. Boyce was the CEO of Grindstaff’s Interiors where he enjoyed a wonderful career providing furnishings to many people locally, across the United States and internationally. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Forest City where he was a Deacon and Sunday school teacher for...

Boyce F. Grindstaff, 89, of Forest City, died Friday, April 5, 2024 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Avery County, NC, he was the son of the late Ervin and Ruth Price...

Barbara Yorke Forest City

Barbara Anne Yorke, age 82 of Forest City, died Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Barbara was born on May 30, 1941 in Six, West Virginia and was a daughter of the late Edward Bus Stanley and Helen Edna Muncey Stanley. She was the Executive Secretary for the Prince William County Service Authority where she retired. She attended First Wesleyan Church of Forest City and was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother as well as a pet parent...

Barbara Anne Yorke, age 82 of Forest City, died Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Barbara was born on May 30, 1941 in Six, West Virginia and was a daughter of...

Terry Hyslop Lake Lure

Terry Alexander Hyslop, a beloved husband, a cherished father, devoted grandfather, and a man of unwavering faith, passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, at the age of 73, at his home in Lake Lure, North Carolina. Terry entered the world on December 6, 1950, as the cherished second son of Robert and Wanda Hyslop (both deceased). He was raised in a home brimming with love and joy in Rockford, Michigan, where he shared his childhood with two sisters (Ruth Hyslop Hockstra & Rita Hyslop...

Terry Alexander Hyslop, a beloved husband, a cherished father, devoted grandfather, and a man of unwavering faith, passed away peacefully on Easter Sunday, at the age of 73, at his home in Lake...

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