Mary Terrell

Mary Katherine (Kitty) Bruce Terrell died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem, N.C.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Groom Terrell; her son, Gerard Joseph Terrell; her mother, Katherine Rich Bruce; her father, Hamilton Louden Bruce; her stepmother Mary Buys Bruce; and her sister, Sarah (Sally) Ann Bruce.

Mrs. Terrell was born in Louisville, Ky., on Kentucky Derby Day, May 5, 1930. After her mother died in 1935, she and her sister Sally, age 1, lived with their father and paternal grandmother, Mary Ann Gayer Bruce (Mayme). Her father, Hamilton Bruce, sold varnish to the furniture companies in North Carolina and met her stepmother Mary Buys in 1942. They were married, and Kitty, Sally and Mayme moved to Lenoir in 1943. Mrs. Terrell attended Lenoir High School where she played basketball. She and her sister were striking and strong athletes, both slightly over 6 feet tall .

Mrs. Terrell went to Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Pa., and then to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was a Chi Omega sorority sister and majored in elementary education. She graduated from the University in 1952.

She was asked to be in a college friend’s wedding in Mobile, Ala., where she met and fell in love with the groom’s brother, Thomas Groom Terrell. Kitty taught elementary school in Mobile. She was married April 6, 1953, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Lenoir, N.C., and returned to Mobile. Her husband was one of nine siblings, and Mrs. Terrell loved her new large, extended family. She and Tom gave birth to their first son, Hamilton Bruce Terrell in 1954. Mrs. Terrell’s father and stepmother asked them to return to Lenoir so her husband could work with her father, Hamilton, who’s furniture company, Hammary Manufacturing, was growing.

In Lenoir, she and Mr. Terrell had three more sons, Thomas Groom Terrell Jr., Gerard Joseph Terrell (deceased) and Stephen Dudley Terrell.

In 1968 Mrs. Terrell lost her sister Sally, who left behind two young children, Katherine Rich Whalen(Brown) and James Bruce Whalen. Mrs. Terrell included them in her family whenever possible.

Mrs. Terrell was a dedicated wife and mother. She was active in the Lenoir Service League the Catholic Church, and all her boys’ school activities. She was a champion tennis player.

When her husband retired in the 1970s, they moved back south to be near all the Terrell family and lived on the water in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. They traveled extensively and enjoyed friends and family. They were blessed with and enjoyed nine grandchildren.

Her husband, Tom, also died on Feb. 3, 14 years ago. Mrs. Terrell spent the last seven years back in Lenoir, N.C., in the home her step-mother built, surrounded by many dear friends and with family nearby. Mrs. Terrell is survived by her sons, Hamilton Bruce Terrell and his wife Kathy of Greer, S.C.; Thomas Groom Terrell Jr of Sarasota, Fla., and Stephen Dudley Terrell and his wife Rhonda of Greensboro, N.C.; a niece, Katherine Rich Whalen Brown, of Winston Salem, N.C.; a nephew, James Bruce Whalen of Annapolis, Md.; half-sisters Elisabeth Bruce (Mrs. David) Wall of Lenoir, N.C., and Mary Hamilton Bruce (Mrs. CJ) Worm of Seattle, Wash.; and nine grandchildren.

Receiving will be held at Pendry’s Funeral Home, Sunday, Feb. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Lenoir, N.C. A funeral mass is scheduled for Monday Feb. 8, at 11 a.m. at St Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Lenoir, N.C. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m. at Catholic Cemetery in Mobile, Ala.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully asks donations be made to St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Lenoir, N.C.

Pendry’s Funeral Home is assisting the Terrell family with arrangements.

Johnathan Saunders

Johnathan Lee Saunders, 32 of Hudson, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010.

He was born May 10, 1977, in Caldwell County, son of Tim and Sandra White of Hudson and Tim L. Saunders of Hildebran. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Phil White and Bernice Townsend.

He was a member of Mt. Grove Baptist Church.

Survivors include his mother, Sandra Townsend White and her husband Tim of Hudson; his father, Tim Saunders of Hildebran; a sister, Stephanie Yamnitz and husband Brandon of Mooresville, N.C.; grandfather, Lester L. Townsend of Hudson; his grandparents, Bob and Wanda Saunders of Lenoir; aunts and uncles, Jerry and Shelia Pritchard of Hudson, Bryon and Vickie Ward of Granite Falls; and grandmother, Bobbie Eckard.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Clifton Black officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends Friday, Feb. 5, 2010, at Mt. Grove Baptist Church from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. prior to the service.

Memorials may be made to Mt. Grove Baptist Church, 2485 Connelly Springs Road, Granite Falls, NC 28630.

Online condolences may be made at www.bass-smithfuneralhome.com.

Emily Wofford

Emily H. Wofford, 84, of Hickory, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley. Services will be held at a later date in Alabama. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, NC 28658, and the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 29427, Atlanta, GA 30359. Online condolences may be made at www.bass-

smithfuneralhome.com.

Hazel Holden

Hazel Frances Holden, 86, of Harper Avenue, Lenoir, died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, at Gateway Nursing Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Greer-McElveen Funeral Home and Crematory.

Guy Beane

Mr. Guy Carroll Beane, 72, of Granite Falls, died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Evans Funeral Service and Crematory of Lenoir.