Gaye Edmiston's Obituary
Allie Gray “Gaye” “Ma-Gaye” Douglass Edmiston, 90, of Statesville died June 16 at her home. She was born in Maiden, NC on October 20, 1924 to the late Fred Alonzo Douglass and Vera Belle Evans Douglass.
Gaye graduated from Maiden High School, Class of 1941. She worked on the family farm, for World Book Encyclopedia as a salesperson, and was a seamstress and sewing teacher. The family would like to thank her dear caregivers, Brittanie, Connie, Emily, Helen, Kim and Sherry as well as Hospice of Iredell for their love and care.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband James Allen Edmiston, Sr.; paternal grandparents, Elam Louis Douglass and Texas Elizabeth Frye Douglass; maternal grandparents, Lester Avery Evans and Margaret Emma Gabriel Evans Morrison; brothers, Elam Harold Douglass, Leonard Ware “Bud” Douglass; sisters, Margaret Mary Elizabeth “Peggy” Douglass Miller; Freddie Lee Douglass, Almonta “Mont” Douglass Propst and Billie Terry Douglass; grandchild, Laura Jane Edmiston Bowles.
She is survived by her son, James Allen “Jim” Edmiston, Jr. and wife Mary Anne Wilson of Troutman; daughters, Anne Edmiston of Statesville, Mary Edmiston Tolbert and husband Carl Preston Tolbert, Sr. of Statesville and Ethel Edmiston and husband Ronald Wayne Mercer of Troutman; grandchildren, Troy Douglas “Doug” Edmiston and wife Deirdre “Dede” McWilliams Edmiston of Huntersville, Carl Preston Tolbert, Jr. and wife Sara Hudgins Tolbert of Oxford, MS, Catherine Edmiston Tolbert Davis and husband Cody Daniel Davis of Mooresville, Clifford Wayne Mercer of Palo Alto, CA and Jaynie Mercer Carswell and husband Bill Ray Carswell of Charleston, SC; great-grandchildren, Blake Allen Bowles of Belmont, Noelle Bowles of Troutman, Jimmy, Janie and Charlie Edmiston, all of Huntersville, Caroline and Leigh Mercer of Palo Alto, CA, Cassie, Ryan and Nathan Carswell, all of Charleston, SC. Also surviving are her brother-in-law, The Rev. John Kermit Miller of Ruth, and sisters-in-law, Sarah Powell Edmiston of Cocoa Beach, FL, Virginia Hart Edmiston of Mt. Ulla and Phyllis Warren Edmiston of Statesville.
A funeral service will be held at 3:00 PM Friday, June 19 at Troutman First United Methodist Church with The Rev. Mike Carr officiating. Visitation will be 2:00 – 3:00 PM in the sanctuary. Entombment will follow at Iredell Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Balls Creek Campground c/o Reicel Wright, 4190 Hwy. 16 S. Newton, NC 28658 or First U.M.C., 204 Mills Ave. (PO Box 717) Troutman, NC 28166
James Funeral Home of Huntersville is serving the family. www.jamesfuneralhomeLKN.com
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