Anna Lou Upton Haynes, age 87 of Forest City, died Thursday, March 13, 2025, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.  Lou was born on September 11, 1937, in Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late Arnold Roosevelt Upton and Lucy Crowder Upton. 

Lou was a member of Smith Grove Baptist Church, and she worked for 44 years in Customer Service for Doncaster-Tanner Companies, a job she loved and enjoyed.   She was a 1955 graduate of Cool Springs High School and following her graduation, she married the love of her life, Joseph Herman Haynes.  She was a loving and devoted wife and mother.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Herman Haynes, her brother, Pete Upton, and her sister, Martha Tate.

Survivors include her daughter, Leigh Anna Haynes Bailey and husband Jeff of Forest City, her brother, Edward Upton of Tennessee, her sisters, Mozelle Carroll and Elizabeth Owensby both of Forest City.  There are also a number of nieces and nephews as well as great-nieces and nephews.

A service from the graveside will be held at 3 o’clock on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, at Smith Grove Baptist Church Cemetery with the Reverend David Upton and Reverend Terry White officiating.  The family will greet friends following the service at the cemetery. 

Memorials may be made to Smith Grove Baptist Church, Post Office Box 1195, Forest City, North Carolina 28043.

The Padgett and King Mortuary & Crematory is in charge of arrangements and an online guest registry is available at www.padgettking.com