She was a native of Buncombe County but resided most of her life in Haywood County. She was a daughter of the late James Dallas and Della Cain Snelson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Henry Clay Dunavant, who died in 1945; her second husband, John Harold Whitted, Sr., who died in 1995; three brothers, Carl, Alvin, and Wiley Snelson; and a granddaughter, Kathy Wourms. Katherine was a 1935 graduate of Canton High School and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was an administrative secretary for Champion Paper and Fiber Company and served as a receptionist and secretary for the Robertson Memorial YMCA in Canton for many years.
She is survived by two daughters, Linda Clark and her husband, Reverend Keith Clark, and Jane Farmer all of Canton; a son, John "Whitlo" Whitted and his friend, Estelena, of Canton; a sister-in-law, Faye Snelson (Wiley); five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012, in the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The Reverend Keith Clark and the Reverend Darrell Webb officiated. Burial followed at Bon-a-Venture Cemetery on Newfound Road.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 23 Phillips Street, Canton, NC 28716 or to MedWest Hospice Building Fund, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.
She is survived by two daughters, Linda Clark and her husband, Reverend Keith Clark, and Jane Farmer all of Canton; a son, John "Whitlo" Whitted and his friend, Estelena, of Canton; a sister-in-law, Faye Snelson (Wiley); five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012, in the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The Reverend Keith Clark and the Reverend Darrell Webb officiated. Burial followed at Bon-a-Venture Cemetery on Newfound Road.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 23 Phillips Street, Canton, NC 28716 or to MedWest Hospice Building Fund, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.
She was a native of Buncombe County but resided most of her life in Haywood County. She was a daughter of the late James Dallas and Della Cain Snelson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Henry Clay Dunavant, who died in 1945; her second husband, John Harold Whitted, Sr., who died in 1995; three brothers, Carl, Alvin, and Wiley Snelson; and a granddaughter, Kathy Wourms. Katherine was a 1935 graduate of Canton High School and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was an administrative secretary for Champion Paper and Fiber Company and served as a receptionist and secretary for the Robertson Memorial YMCA in Canton for many years.
She is survived by two daughters, Linda Clark and her husband, Reverend Keith Clark, and Jane Farmer all of Canton; a son, John "Whitlo" Whitted and his friend, Estelena, of Canton; a sister-in-law, Faye Snelson (Wiley); five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012, in the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The Reverend Keith Clark and the Reverend Darrell Webb officiated. Burial followed at Bon-a-Venture Cemetery on Newfound Road.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 23 Phillips Street, Canton, NC 28716 or to MedWest Hospice Building Fund, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.
She is survived by two daughters, Linda Clark and her husband, Reverend Keith Clark, and Jane Farmer all of Canton; a son, John "Whitlo" Whitted and his friend, Estelena, of Canton; a sister-in-law, Faye Snelson (Wiley); five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2012, in the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home. The Reverend Keith Clark and the Reverend Darrell Webb officiated. Burial followed at Bon-a-Venture Cemetery on Newfound Road.
Memorials may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 23 Phillips Street, Canton, NC 28716 or to MedWest Hospice Building Fund, 560 Leroy George Drive, Clyde, NC 28721.
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