Wallace-Whisnant, Ruby
LAWNDALE - Mrs. Ruby Wallace Whisnant, 86, of 216 East Main St.,
died Saturday, July 15, 2000, at Cleveland Regional Medical Center.
Born April 28, 1914, in Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Dewitt
Talmadge and Minnie Mae Southard Wallace. She was former owner and operator of
Whisnant's Grocery and was a member and volunteer at U-CAN (Upper Cleveland Area
Needs.) She belonged to Lawndale Baptist Church for 75 years.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John
Garland Whisnant; a daughter, Lillian Whisnant; and a brother, Hugh Wallace.
She is survived by a daughter, Shirley Ann Whisnant of Morganton; a brother,
Ralph Wallace of Lawndale; and three sisters, Lois McRorie, Syble Daggerhart and
Jearldean Wease, all of Lawndale.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Stamey Funeral Home, with
the Rev. Paul Williams officiating. Burial will be at Rose Hill Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6:30 to 8 at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Western Carolina Center, 300 Enola Road, Morganton,
N.C. 28655-4608.
