Ruba Lee Rathbone Caldwell, 78, of Big Sandy Mush, Leicester, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012.
A native of Haywood Co., Mrs. Caldwell was a daughter of the late Orville William and Margaret Carlene Cody Rathbone. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Daniel Caldwell; a son, John Daniel Caldwell; a brother, Raymond Elic "Dutch" Rathbone; and a sister, Mary Alice Rathbone, nephew Virgil L. Meadows, Jr and niece Deborah Lynn Rathbone Mount.
Mrs. Caldwell worked with her husband on the family farm. She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Joann Karn and her husband, Melvin; a son, Ronnie Caldwell and his wife, Becky; 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and sisters Hester Rosetta Rathbone Cagle, Margaret Regina Rathbone Meadows and her husband, Virgil, Amanda Evelyn Meadows, and Sally Katheryn Rathbone. And her beloved corgi Peanut.
A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday in the Patton Ave. chapel of Groce Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dan Blackwell officiating. Interment will follow at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ebenezer Cemetery Fund, c/o Mike Duckett, 428 Willow Creek Rd., Leicester, NC 28748.
A native of Haywood Co., Mrs. Caldwell was a daughter of the late Orville William and Margaret Carlene Cody Rathbone. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Daniel Caldwell; a son, John Daniel Caldwell; a brother, Raymond Elic "Dutch" Rathbone; and a sister, Mary Alice Rathbone, nephew Virgil L. Meadows, Jr and niece Deborah Lynn Rathbone Mount.
Mrs. Caldwell worked with her husband on the family farm. She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Joann Karn and her husband, Melvin; a son, Ronnie Caldwell and his wife, Becky; 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and sisters Hester Rosetta Rathbone Cagle, Margaret Regina Rathbone Meadows and her husband, Virgil, Amanda Evelyn Meadows, and Sally Katheryn Rathbone. And her beloved corgi Peanut.
A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday in the Patton Ave. chapel of Groce Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dan Blackwell officiating. Interment will follow at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ebenezer Cemetery Fund, c/o Mike Duckett, 428 Willow Creek Rd., Leicester, NC 28748.
Ruba Lee Rathbone Caldwell, 78, of Big Sandy Mush, Leicester, died Wednesday, June 6, 2012.
A native of Haywood Co., Mrs. Caldwell was a daughter of the late Orville William and Margaret Carlene Cody Rathbone. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Daniel Caldwell; a son, John Daniel Caldwell; a brother, Raymond Elic "Dutch" Rathbone; and a sister, Mary Alice Rathbone, nephew Virgil L. Meadows, Jr and niece Deborah Lynn Rathbone Mount.
Mrs. Caldwell worked with her husband on the family farm. She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Joann Karn and her husband, Melvin; a son, Ronnie Caldwell and his wife, Becky; 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and sisters Hester Rosetta Rathbone Cagle, Margaret Regina Rathbone Meadows and her husband, Virgil, Amanda Evelyn Meadows, and Sally Katheryn Rathbone. And her beloved corgi Peanut.
A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday in the Patton Ave. chapel of Groce Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dan Blackwell officiating. Interment will follow at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ebenezer Cemetery Fund, c/o Mike Duckett, 428 Willow Creek Rd., Leicester, NC 28748.
A native of Haywood Co., Mrs. Caldwell was a daughter of the late Orville William and Margaret Carlene Cody Rathbone. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Daniel Caldwell; a son, John Daniel Caldwell; a brother, Raymond Elic "Dutch" Rathbone; and a sister, Mary Alice Rathbone, nephew Virgil L. Meadows, Jr and niece Deborah Lynn Rathbone Mount.
Mrs. Caldwell worked with her husband on the family farm. She was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Joann Karn and her husband, Melvin; a son, Ronnie Caldwell and his wife, Becky; 5 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and sisters Hester Rosetta Rathbone Cagle, Margaret Regina Rathbone Meadows and her husband, Virgil, Amanda Evelyn Meadows, and Sally Katheryn Rathbone. And her beloved corgi Peanut.
A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Sunday in the Patton Ave. chapel of Groce Funeral Home, with the Rev. Dan Blackwell officiating. Interment will follow at Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.
Her family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ebenezer Cemetery Fund, c/o Mike Duckett, 428 Willow Creek Rd., Leicester, NC 28748.
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