Damien Ray Cole

Damien Ray Cole was a 23‑year‑old from Spindale, North Carolina, whose life was rooted in the communities of Rutherford County and nearby Forest City. Public accounts identify him as a young man known primarily by his local connections: family, neighbors, and the places where he lived and moved among friends. While formal public records and a family-published obituary matching the known date of his passing were not located, news reports confirm that he was taken to Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after being shot on April 14, 2024, and that he later died there.

Beyond those verified facts, the public record available to researchers contains few detailed personal remembrances. That absence does not diminish who Damien was to the people who knew him. He was a real person with relationships and a life in a small North Carolina community — someone’s son, relative, neighbor, or friend — and those human ties are the truest measure of him.

This page honors Damien by centering his personhood rather than the circumstances of his death. If family members or close friends wish to share memories, stories, photos, or details about his life — schooling, work, the people he loved, the music or activities that mattered to him — those contributions would help paint a fuller portrait of Damien Ray Cole and preserve his memory for those who care about him.