Ada M. Shortridge, 85, of Rupert, formerly of Rainelle, went home to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, following a long illness.
Born Oct. 14, 1923, at Cabin Creek, she was the last member of the Clarence and Dollie Warner Snead family.
Ada was a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal faith. She was a member of the Red Springs Community Church on Backus Mountain.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by three infant sons; a daughter, Mary Lou Townsend; two great-grandsons; one granddaughter; and two sisters, Lula Godby and Erlene Adkins.
Those left to cherish her memory are her wonderful and loving husband, Marvin; two sons, Arthur Snead of Harrisonburg, Va., and Howard Snead and wife Shirley of Rainelle; three daughters, Dolly Kincaid and husband Charles of Claremont, N.C., Drema Smith and husband Jerome of Ellenboro, N.C., and Cassie Jean O'Brien and husband Dale of Clintonville; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at Smathers Funeral Chapel, with Brother Lloyd Hart officiating. Burial will follow in the Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle.
Ada M. Shortridge, 85, of Rupert, formerly of Rainelle, went home to her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, following a long illness.
Born Oct. 14, 1923, at Cabin Creek, she was the last member of the Clarence and Dollie Warner Snead family.
Ada was a homemaker and was of the Pentecostal faith. She was a member of the Red Springs Community Church on Backus Mountain.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by three infant sons; a daughter, Mary Lou Townsend; two great-grandsons; one granddaughter; and two sisters, Lula Godby and Erlene Adkins.
Those left to cherish her memory are her wonderful and loving husband, Marvin; two sons, Arthur Snead of Harrisonburg, Va., and Howard Snead and wife Shirley of Rainelle; three daughters, Dolly Kincaid and husband Charles of Claremont, N.C., Drema Smith and husband Jerome of Ellenboro, N.C., and Cassie Jean O'Brien and husband Dale of Clintonville; 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008, at Smathers Funeral Chapel, with Brother Lloyd Hart officiating. Burial will follow in the Wallace Memorial Cemetery at Clintonville.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Chapel, Rainelle.
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