Effie Elizabeth Bivins Self
LAWNDALE — Mrs. Effie Elizabeth Bivins Self, 104, of 2619 Ball
Park Road, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006, at Century Care of Shelby.
She was born Aug. 19, 1901, in Cleveland County, daughter of the late Perk
Bivins and Nora Cook Bivins. She was a homemaker, a former employee of Cleveland
Mills and the oldest living member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church and
a charter member.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Lee
Self; three sons, John Howard, Duane and Harlan Self; three brothers, Cletus,
Carl and Veles Bivins; and four sisters, Nettie Earls, Jettie Jones, Maudie
Newton and Alma Pritchard.
She is survived by three daughters, Lorraine Cook of Lawndale, Faye Pruitt of
Belwood and Bernice Leigh of Florida; two sisters, Macie Brackett of Lawndale
and Ethel Costner of Morganton; 20 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; 20
great-great-grandchildren and one great-great-great-grandchild.
The funeral is Saturday at 3 p.m. at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, with
the Rev. Larry Thompson officiating. The body will be placed in the church 30
minutes before the service. Burial is in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at Stamey Funeral Home and
other times will be at the home of Richard and Lorraine Cook, 2627 Ball Park
Road, Lawndale.
Memorials may be made to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church or the church
cemetery fund, in care of Doris Hamby, 1150 Warlick Road, Lawndale, NC 28090.
