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[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]William Donald Rich, 87, of Forest City, passed away on March 29, 2026, at The Greens of Lincolnton.<\/p>\n
He is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Patsy Hollifield Rich.<\/p>\n
William earned his master\u2019s degree from Western Carolina University and worked in the North Carolina state prison system for many years. He enjoyed playing pool, playing musical instruments, and golfing for as long as his health allowed. He was also a proud member of the Foothills Community Band.<\/p>\n
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons: John Mark Rich (Jennifer), Shawn Curtis, and Alexander Marmolejo; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n
William was preceded in death by his parents, William Augustus Rich and Ruth Henson Rich; two sons, William Ronald Rich and Nelson Scott Rich; one brother, Jack Augustus Rich; and one sister, Dwala Gettys.<\/p>\n
A visitation will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Crowe\u2019s Mortuary.<\/p>\n
Online condolences may be made at www.crowemortuary.com.
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William D. RichWilliam Donald Rich, 87, of Forest City, passed away on March 29, 2026, at The Greens of Lincolnton. He is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Patsy Hollifield Rich. William earned his master\u2019s degree from Western Carolina University and worked in the North Carolina state prison system for many years. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3396,"featured_media":10223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
William Donald Rich, 87, of Forest City, passed away on March 29, 2026, at The Greens of Lincolnton.<\/p>
He is survived by his beloved wife of 58 years, Patsy Hollifield Rich.<\/p>
William earned his master\u2019s degree from Western Carolina University and worked in the North Carolina state prison system for many years. He enjoyed playing pool, playing musical instruments, and golfing for as long as his health allowed. He was also a proud member of the Foothills Community Band.<\/p>
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons: John Mark Rich (Jennifer), Shawn Curtis, and Alexander Marmolejo; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.<\/p>
William was preceded in death by his parents, William Augustus Rich and Ruth Henson Rich; two sons, William Ronald Rich and Nelson Scott Rich; one brother, Jack Augustus Rich; and one sister, Dwala Gettys.<\/p>
A visitation will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Crowe\u2019s Mortuary.<\/p>
Online condolences may be made at www.crowemortuary.com.<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[150,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-150","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12407,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12405\/revisions\/12407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}