Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthNov 19, 1919, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Iris Marie Shepherd Fonville Wingo
DeathNov 18, 2005, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Iris Marie Shepherd Fonville Wingo
BurialLong’s Chapel UCC Church, 2364 NC 49 North, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Iris Marie Shepherd Fonville Wingo,425
ReligionMember Of Long’s Chapel Christian Church3, Iris Marie Shepherd Fonville Wingo
FatherByrd SHEPHERD (1897-1958)
MotherMarcia GERRINGER (1899-1964)
Spouses
BirthJan 25, 1911, Alamance County, North Carolina241
DeathSep 16, 1961, Alamance County, North Carolina3, Iris Marie Shepherd Fonville Wingo,241
BurialLong’s Chapel UCC Church, 2364 NC 49 North, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina241,470, William Jerry Fonville, Sr
MotherSarah Agnes COBLE (1871-1957)
MarriageDec 22, 1938, Guilford County, North Carolina3, Iris Marie Shepherd Fonville Wingo,241
ChildrenWilliam Jerry (1941-2018)
 Harriet Marie (Died as Infant) (1944-1944)
BirthJan 16, 1922425
DeathFeb 2, 1999, Brevard County, Florida3, Iris Marie Shepherd Fonville Wingo,425
BurialLong’s Chapel UCC Church, 2364 NC 49 North, Burlington, Alamance County, North Carolina470, Charles L Wingo
Obituary Online notes for Iris Marie SHEPHERD
11/20/2005

Iris  Marie Shepherd  Fonville Wingo 
    BURLINGTON — Iris  Marie Shepherd  Fonville Wingo , 85, of Sandy Cross Road passed away Friday, November 18, 2005 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after several years of failing health. She was born November 19, 1919 in Guilford County. The daughter of Marcia Gerringer and Byrd Shepherd , she was the wife of the late William J. Fonville and the late Charles Leroy Wingo . Iris  was a member of Long’s Chapel Christian Church and graduated from Elon College in 1937 where she was chosen "Miss Elon". She married William J. Fonville, Sr. in 1938. He died September 16, 1961. She then married Charles L. Wingo  in 1969 and moved to Newport News, Va.. In 1984 she moved to Florida where she lived until Charlie’s death in 1999. While in Florida she was a member of the Family and Community Education (FCE) Program. She served one year as the president.
    Survivors include her daughter Marcia Fonville Cope and her husband Kenny of Canton, N.C., sons: William Jerry Fonville, Jr. of Burlington, Robert Shepherd  Fonville and his wife Carmen of Newport News, Va., grandchildren: Belinda Fonville Beeson and her husband Bryan, Kelly Cope Hartzog and her husband Shawn, Shannon Cope Setzer and her husband Will, Jason, Benjamin, Matthew, and Karie Fonville, and great-grandchildren: Payton and Sayla Fonville, Zachary, Caroline, Sarah and Asher Hartzog, Austin and Weston Setzer. Her husbands, parents, an infant daughter Harriet Marie Fonville and a granddaughter Kimberly Fonville, preceded her in death.
    The funeral will be held 11 a.m. Monday at Long’s Chapel Christian Church by Dr. James Baughn. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
    The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. today at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc. and at other times at the home of Jerry Fonville, 1648 S. Fonville Rd., Burlington.
    In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Long’s Chapel Christian Church, 2364 N. N.C. 49 Hwy., Mebane, NC 27302.
    Condolences may be sent to the family at info@lowefuneralhome.com 3, Iris Marie Shepherd Fonville Wingo
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