Mr. Carlton James Rutherford, 67 of Morganton (affectionately known as "Sonny"), departed this earthly life on Saturday July 26, 2025 at UNC Health Blue Ridge.

A funeral service celebrating the life of Mr. Carlton "Sonny" Rutherford will be held Saturday August 2, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. in the Corpening Memorial Chapel of McCain Funeral Home & Cremations; interment will follow in the McElrath Chapel A.M.E. Church Cemetery.  The family will receive friends thirty minutes prior to the service.

The service will be live streamed on the McCain Funeral Home & Cremations Facebook page and YouTube Channel; the links are found below:

McCain Funeral Home & Cremations Facebook Page:

https://www.facebook.com/mccainfuneralhome/

McCain Funeral Home & Cremations YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu4qb7IT7sO-Kc0BRs05J-A