rachel smitherman (hurley) messick
Mrs. Rachel Smitherman Hurley
Messick, 76, of 115 Westview Dr., N.W., died Tuesday at her home.
She had been in declining health for several months and
seriously ill for three weeks.
She was born January 5, 1910 in Troy, N.C., to John Frank and Jessie Smitherman Hurley. She was the widow of James E. Messick, Sr., one of the founders of Food Fair of North Carolina, Inc., who died in 1979.
She attended Salem College and was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Maude Williamson Sunday School Class.
She was preceded in death by a son, John Frank Messick.
Surviving are two sons, James E. Messick, Jr. and Richard G. Messick, both of Lewisville; seven grandchildren, Tammy M. Gwyn, Ricky Messick and Angela Messick, all of Winston-Salem, Elizabeth Messick and James Messick, III, both of Lewisville, Lynne M. Teeter, Wichita, Kan. and Rachel M. Bass, Santa Ana, Calif.; three sisters, Rebecca Toney, Quitman, Miss., Jane Fitzgerald, LaMesa, Calif., and Betty Grantham, Clearwater, Fla.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday at Forsyth Memorial Park by Dr. Dallas Rush. The famiily will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Vogler's Reynolda Road Chapel, and requests memorials may be made to the Centenary Fund, c/o Centenary United Methodist Church, West 5th. St., or to Gidions International, 2900 Lebanon Rd., Nashville, Tenn., 37214.
She was born January 5, 1910 in Troy, N.C., to John Frank and Jessie Smitherman Hurley. She was the widow of James E. Messick, Sr., one of the founders of Food Fair of North Carolina, Inc., who died in 1979.
She attended Salem College and was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Maude Williamson Sunday School Class.
She was preceded in death by a son, John Frank Messick.
Surviving are two sons, James E. Messick, Jr. and Richard G. Messick, both of Lewisville; seven grandchildren, Tammy M. Gwyn, Ricky Messick and Angela Messick, all of Winston-Salem, Elizabeth Messick and James Messick, III, both of Lewisville, Lynne M. Teeter, Wichita, Kan. and Rachel M. Bass, Santa Ana, Calif.; three sisters, Rebecca Toney, Quitman, Miss., Jane Fitzgerald, LaMesa, Calif., and Betty Grantham, Clearwater, Fla.; and a number of nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Thursday at Forsyth Memorial Park by Dr. Dallas Rush. The famiily will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at Vogler's Reynolda Road Chapel, and requests memorials may be made to the Centenary Fund, c/o Centenary United Methodist Church, West 5th. St., or to Gidions International, 2900 Lebanon Rd., Nashville, Tenn., 37214.