Elizabeth Hargrove

Waynesville-Elizabeth Henry Hargrove, age 93, of 178 Breezemont Drive, died Saturday, October 23, 2004 at her residence. A native of Haywood County, she also resided in Newberry, SC and had returned to Haywood County where she resided since 1961. She was the daughter of the late John B. and Jennie Liner Henry. She was also preceded in death by her husband Theodore Augustus "Boose" Hargrove, who died in 1999; one sister, Anne Henry Byrd; and three brothers, Dave, Fred, and Jim Henry. She was a graduate of Waynesville Township High School and Western Carolina Teachers College. She taught elementary education in the Haywood County School System for over forty years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Waynesville. She is survived by two sons, Theodore Augustus "Tip" Hargrove and his wife, Debbie of San Angelo, Texas and Henry Pearce Hargrove and his wife, Annie of Spartanburg, South Carolina; two grandchildren, Theodore Augustus Constantine "T.A.C." Hargrove and Anne McIntyre Hargrove; and several nieces and nephews. She is also survived by her long time friends, Margaret Perry Bramlett and Delores Rash; and literally thousands of well-educated students. The funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 29, 2004 in the Waynesville Chapel of Wells Funeral Homes and Cremation Services. The Reverend Dr. John H. Christy, Jr. will officiate. Burial will follow at Green Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, prior to the services, at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Waynesville, P.O. Box 838, Waynesville, NC 28786 or to the East Waynesville Baptist Church, 175 Woodland Drive, Waynesville, NC 28786, or to the Haywood County Public Library, 678 S. Haywood Street, Waynesville, NC 28786.

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