MITCHELL COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Mabel Dellinger Hollifield, 27 Aug 2001
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MABEL DELLINGER HOLLIFIELD

BAKERSVILLE – Mabel Dellinger Hollifield, 84, of Cane Creek Road, died Monday, 
August 27, 2001 at Spruce Pine Community Hospital. She was the daughter of the
late Marvin and Susan Buchanan Dellinger, and wife of the late John 
Hollifield. She was also preceded in death by a son, John Hollifield, Jr.; a 
sister, Edith Edwards; and a brother, James Dellinger. A retired inspector for 
Bethlehem Steel Company, she was a member of Cane Creek Homemakers Club and 
Cane Creek Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School.
Survivors include a daughter, Mildred Parker; sons, Joseph Hollifield of 
Baltimore, MD, Bradley Ledford of Valdese; sisters, Rachel Lyons of Spruce 
Pine, and Ruth Lamkin of Princeton, NJ; brothers, Wayne Dellinger of Orlando, 
FL, and Jack Dellinger of Bakersville and Pensacola, FL; 11 grandchildren; and 
several great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at 12 noon at Cane Creek Baptist Church. Rev. Mark 
McKinney officiated. Burial followed in Cane Creek Cemetery. The family 
received friends in the chapel of Henline-Hughes Funeral Home in Bakersville 
from 7-9 p.m. Thursday. Memorial donations may be made to: Cane Creek Cemetery
Fund, c/o Ralph Snyder, 116 Synder Road, Bakersville, NC 28705.