She was a native of Cherokee County, S.C., daughter of the late John Fulton and Katie Shepherd Goforth, wife of the late Thomas Eli Wallace, member of First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Gene and Peggy Wallace, Gastonia; daughter and son-in-law, Judy W. and Roger Yates, Gastonia; brother, Elmer E. Goforth, Gastonia; sisters, Nancy G. Goforth, Ida Mae G. McSwain, Gastonia, Margaret G. Lane, Annie Lee G. Dixon, Grover, Elizabeth G. Greenleaf, Flanders, N.J.; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Son, Howard Wallace; siblings, John Preston, Tilman Blease, Wilburn Grier and Alsie Evelyn Goforth, Jessie G. Blackburn
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia, Rev. Mark Fisher, David Julen
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
She was a native of Cherokee County, S.C., daughter of the late John Fulton and Katie Shepherd Goforth, wife of the late Thomas Eli Wallace, member of First Presbyterian Church of Dallas.
SURVIVORS: Son and daughter-in-law, Gene and Peggy Wallace, Gastonia; daughter and son-in-law, Judy W. and Roger Yates, Gastonia; brother, Elmer E. Goforth, Gastonia; sisters, Nancy G. Goforth, Ida Mae G. McSwain, Gastonia, Margaret G. Lane, Annie Lee G. Dixon, Grover, Elizabeth G. Greenleaf, Flanders, N.J.; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Son, Howard Wallace; siblings, John Preston, Tilman Blease, Wilburn Grier and Alsie Evelyn Goforth, Jessie G. Blackburn
FUNERAL: 3 p.m. Sunday, McLean Funeral Directors, Gastonia, Rev. Mark Fisher, David Julen
BURIAL: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia
Family Members
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John Preston "Preston" Goforth
1907–1983
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Tilmon Blease Goforth
1910–1971
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Alsie Evelyn Goforth
1912–1923
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Jessie Goforth Blackburn
1913–1992
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Wilbur Greer Goforth
1915–1993
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Annie Lee Goforth Dickson
1916–2005
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Ida Mae Goforth McSwain
1918–2002
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Elmer Etters Goforth
1919–2013
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Nancy Catherine "Nan" Goforth Craft
1926–2016
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