Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthAug 29, 1917, Alamance County, North Carolina269
DeathFeb 11, 2012, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Eva Gerringer Wyrick
BurialShallow Ford Christian Church, 1263 Shallow Ford Church Road, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Eva Gerringer Wyrick
FatherLyman David GERRINGER Sr. (1890-1940)
MotherFannie Elizabeth ROSS (1893-1975)
Spouses
MarriageDec 24, 1936, Alamance County, North Carolina269
Obituary Online notes for Eva Mozelle GERRINGER
2/13/2012

Eva Wyrick
   BURLINGTON — Mrs. Eva Gerringer Wyrick, age 94, formerly of N.C. Highway 87 N., passed away Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at the Hospice Home after several months of failing health.

   A native of Alamance County, she was the daughter of the late Lyman David Gerringer and the late Fannie Elizabeth Ross Gerringer Crouse and was married to the late Elmer Fentress Wyrick, who died in 1999. She retired from Dura Tread Hosiery after several years of service and was a longtime member of Shallow Ford Christian Church, where she was a member of the Women’s Fellowship.

   Mrs. Wyrick is survived by two daughters, Yvonne W. Brooks of Burlington and Linda W. Key and her husband, John Peterson of Chapel Hill; two grandchildren, Kathy (Agapito) Espitia and Rodney (Tracy) Brooks; five great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and a sister, Ruth Thompson of Burlington. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; a sister, Ethel Cable; four brothers, Boyd Gerringer, Marvin Gerringer, Everette Gerringer and L.D. Gerringer, Jr.; and a son-in-law, Wayne Brooks.

   The funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Jim Owen and Mr. Steve Forbis. Interment will follow at Shallow Ford Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 Monday evening at the funeral home and other times at her daughter’s home, 3646 Mine Creek Rd., Burlington.

   Mrs. Wyrick’s family would like to extend a special thanks to the staff of Blakey Hall for all their loving care that was extended to Mrs. Wyrick during her stay there.

   Memorials may be made to Shallow Ford Christian Church Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 656, Elon, NC 27244 or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Rd., Burlington, NC 27215.
3, Eva Gerringer Wyrick
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