Mitchell County NcArchives Obituaries.....Seatz, Ruth Bailey January 12, 2006 ************************************************ 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: Julia Williams Kodak Jkodak@aol.com January 30, 2006, 12:52 am Mitchell News-Journal 1/25/06 RUTH BAILEY SEATZ GRANITE FALLS - Ruth Bailey Seatz, 80, of 4822 Pecan Lane, died Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006, at Valdese General Hospital. A native of Mitchell County, she was a daughter of the late Nimpson Vance and Lillie Callahan Bailey. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Ida Goins; and a brother, Walter Bailey. A member of Union Grove Baptist Church, she taught elementary and middle school in Mitchell County for 38 years. Survivors include her husband, Rev. Robert Eugene Seatz of the home; a daughter, Ellen Norris of Boone; two sons, Don Seatz of Bakersville and Jim Seatz of Huntersville; two sisters, Rachel Million of Bakersville and Pauline Parker of Kings Mountain; two brothers, Stokes Bailey of Bakersville and Fred Bailey of Kingsport, TN; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 7 p.m. Sunday in the chapel of Hampton Funeral Home in Boone. Revs. Sam Craven and Homer Murdock officiated. A graveside service was held at 11 a.m. Monday in Norris/Tabernacle Cemetery. The family received friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to Union Grove Baptist Church for the High Gate Baptist Mission in Jamaica, 1808 Union Grove Road, Lenoir, NC 28645. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mitchell/obits/s/seatz121gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb