Faye Willis Wilson
SHELBY — Mrs. Faye Willis Wilson, 89, of 900 Wyke Road, died
Monday, Aug. 25, 2003, at Century Care of Shelby.
Born April 24, 1914, in Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Joseph
and Fannie Pritchard Willis. She was a homemaker.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ben Palmer
“Doc” Wilson; a son, Bobby Joe Wilson; brothers, J.J. Willis, Boyd Willis and
Lloyd Willis; and sisters, Blanche Warlick and Bertha Gilreath.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Ray and Janet Wilson of Homewood,
Ill.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Betty Sue Grant and Annice and Glenn
Allen, all of Shelby; grandsons, Michael Wilson and his wife, Judy, of Cocoa,
Fla., and Ray Allen of Burbank, Calif.; granddaughters, Sandra Richardson of
Merritt Island, Fla., Myra Whitesides and her husband, Chan, and Donna Spangler
and her husband, Grant, all of Shelby; great-grandchildren, Jake and Jordan
Whitesides, Grant Blanton and Carly Spangler, all of Shelby; a brother and
sister-in-law, Fred and Mabel Willis of Shelby; sisters-in-law, Pauline Willis
and Vernia Wilson of Shelby; and special nieces, Norma Lynch of Shelby and Dee
Leigh of Kings Mountain.
The funeral will be Thursday at 3 p.m. at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, with the
Rev. Thomas Whitlock officiating.
Burial will be in Cleveland Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home and at
other times at the home.
Memorials may be made to Manna Baptist Church, 1714 Burke Road, Shelby, NC
28152; or to Eastside Baptist Church, 1165 Wyke Road, Shelby, NC 28150.
