Buncombe County NcArchives Obituaries.....Waldrop, Mary Dean 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Lee Lees102@aol.com May 14, 2010, 7:54 am Newspaper Mary Dean Waldrop Asheville - Mary Dean Waldrop, 86, former lifelong resident of Asheville before moving to Travelers Rest, S.C., due to her health, died Monday, Dec. 2, 2002. She was born Aug. 27, 1916, to the late Brilliant "Brill" and Ottie Crowder Arrowood and was united in marriage Oct. 1, 1932 to Fred Franklin Waldrop Sr., who died Nov. 16, 1971. She was also preceded in death by a son, Joseph G. "Jay," and two infant daughters, Brenda Gail and Betty Jean. Mrs Waldrop was employed at Stroup Nursing Home for 25 years. She was a member of West Asheville Community Center, and her favorite hobbies included gardening, flowers, crafts and reading. Left to cherish her memory are two daughters, Ruby L. Cassida and Barbara Y. Williams and her husband, Gary, of Asheville; four sons, Paul F. Waldrop and his wife, Carlene, and Wayne M. Waldrop and his wife, Jeanette, of Flint, Mich., Fred F. Waldrop Jr. and his wife, Dottie, of Asheville and Lester B. Waldrop and his wife, Marketta, of Travelers Rest, S.C., 24 grandchildren; 40 great-grandchildren; and five great- great-grandchildren; a sister, Louise Anders, and brother-in-law, Roy Waldrop, both of Asheville; and many nieces, nephews and friends. The funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Patton Avenue Chapel of Groce Funeral Home, Asheville. Burial will be at Mount Sheba Baptist Church cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter, Ruby Cassida, Asheville, N.C. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Francis Hospice, 414 Pettigru, Greenville, SC 29601-9987. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/buncombe/obits/w/waldrop2085ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb