Alma Louise Bivins Pritchard
LAWNDALE — Mrs. Alma Louise Bivins Pritchard, 89, of 117 Garver
St., died Tuesday, June 25, 2002, at White Oak Manor.
Born Feb. 3, 1913, in Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Perk and
Nora Cook Bivins. She retired from Cleveland Mills with more than 50 years of
service. She was a member of Lawndale Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Loy
Russell Pritchard; a son, Carroll R. Pritchard; three brothers, Cletus, Carl and
Veles Bivins; and three sisters, Nettie Earls, Jettie Jones and Maudie Newton.
She is survived by a daughter-in-law, Carolyn Pritchard of Lawndale; three
sisters, Effie Self of Shelby, Macie Brackett of Lawndale and Ethel Costner of
Morganton; two grandsons and their wives, Charles and Toni Pritchard of
Leesville, La., and Gary and Violet Pritchard of Lawndale; a great-grandson,
Fred Pritchard; and also by Beth McCoy, whom she loved as a daughter.
The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Stamey Funeral Home with
the Rev. Paul Williams officiating.
Burial will be in New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
