Sallie Mathis Beheeler, age 85, of 3711 Poors Ford Road in Rutherfordton died Monday, February 20, 2012, at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Polk County and was the daughter of the late Lum and Anna Roddy Mathis. Sallie was retired from Deb Manufacturing Plant and was a homemaker. She loved gardening, canning and winding yarn. She was a member of Fellowship Holiness Church in Spindale. Sallie was the widow of...

Cora Joslyn Mereness 1919 – 2012 Cora Joslyn Mereness, 92, of Morehead City, NC, died peacefully at the home of her daughter, Anne Joslyn Mereness Strupp of Rutherfordton, NC, on Sunday the 19th of February, in the company of her loving family. An informal memorial service will be held Feb.23 at 2:00 in Rutherfordton...

Eva Mae Ferguson White, 96 of Union Mills died on Tuesday, February 14, 2012, at The Hospice House of Rutherford County. She was born on May 15, 1915 and was the daughter of the late Harrison and Bessie Smart Ferguson and was the widow of Reid White. She was preceded in death by a son Frank White and sisters Annie Sue Ferguson Ammons and Nancy Ferguson and brothers Frank Ferguson and Joe Ferguson. She was the oldest member of Centennial...

Bernice J. Williams, age 89, of Forest City, NC, died Monday, February 13, 2012, at the Hospice House of Rutherford County. She was a native of Columbia County Georgia and was the daughter of the late B.D. and Isabella Arrowood Williams. Bernice retired as a High School English Teacher and was an accomplished artist. She was a member of Alexander Baptist Church, She was preceded in death by sisters Iva Williams, Faye Williams Washburn, Cleo...

Troy W. Blanton, age 74, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Rutherford Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Fred Blanton and the late Cleo Scoggins Blanton. He was a native of Rutherford County. Troy was a member of First Baptist Church of Rutherfordton. He was a graduate of Uninversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He received an undergraduate degree in history. He taught for three years at New...

Vonnell McCraw Tisdale, age 79, of Pearidge Road; Bostic, NC, died Thursday, February 2, 2012, at Mission Hospitals in Asheville, NC. She was a native of Rutherford County. Daughter of the late Joyce & Vesti McCraw. Widow of the late George Tisdale. Vonnell was a member of First Baptist Church of Forest City. She owned and operated Peoples Quick Mart in Forest City. Was a lover of nature and collected antique pottery. She was an avid...

Edith B. Hill Arrowood, age 85, of Greer, SC, formerly of Union Mills NC died Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC. She was a native of Rutherford County and the daughter of the late Dillard and Lela Dimsdale Boone. Edith was of the Baptist faith and was retired from the N.C. Forestry Service as a Fire Tower Attendant. She taught at ICC for 12 years in the arts and crafts class. Edith was a very talented...

Walter N. Guffey, age 73, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at Hospice House of Rutherford County. He was a native of Rutherford County and son of the late Jack and Elsie Edwards Guffey. Member of Piedmont Baptist Church. Walter worked for many years with Dalton's department store and later with Belk. Most recently he worked with McMahan's Funeral Home. He was a U S Army veteran. He is survived by his wife;...

Oliver Hicks "Sonny" Koone Jr., 80, of Alabama Street in Spindale died Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Rutherford Regional Medical Center in Rutherfordton after a long illness. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on December 20, 1931 and moved to Rutherford County in 1937. He was the son of the late Oliver Hicks Koone Sr. and Daisey Kirby Koone. He was of the Baptist faith. Sonny was a member of the Western Star Lodge Number 91 of...

Elbert G. Hutchins , age 93 of Rutherfordton died Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at White Oak Manor Nursing Home. A native of Rutherford County he was the son of the late Tildon Hutchins and Mary Gettys Hutchins. He was a member of Southern Baptist Church. He was first married to the late Lucy Champion Hutchins. Elbert later remarried and enjoyed Bertha and her family. He is survived by his wife: Bertha Ramsey Hutchins of Forest City ...