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Obituary Online notes for Dovie Violet BARBER
12/25/2007


Mrs. Dovie  Violet Barber Clapp 


    JULIAN — Mrs. Dovie  Violet Barber Clapp , 93, formerly of Holts Store Road, died on Monday, December 24, 2007, at Serenity Care in Greensboro.

She was born in Alamance County, daughter of the late Rudy Russell and Annie Ingle Barber  and was married for 61 years to the late Roy Everett Clapp  who died in 1992.

She was a homemaker and a member of Mt. Hope United Church of Christ.

    She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Annie Lee and Hobert Apple of Julian, Peggy Darnell and Jimmy May of Whitsett, and Brenda Kay and Melvin Hutchens of Gibsonville; son and daughter-in-law, Kenneth Alvin and Martha Clapp  of Julian; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and three greatgreat-grandchildren.

    She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; son, Edward Clapp ; grandson, Eddie Dwayne Clapp ; sisters, Bessie Clapp , Evelyn Andrews, Thelma Rice and Lavonna Huggins; and brothers, Ted, Raymond and Garland Barber .

    The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 27, 2007, at Mt. Hope United Church of Christ by the Rev. Lloyd Spencer. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

    The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Lowe Funeral Home and Crematory.

    The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Serenity Care for the loving care given to their mother.

    Memorials may be made to Mt. Hope United Church of Christ, 2400 Mt. Hope Church Road, Whitsett, N.C. 27377 or to Serenity Care, 2500 Olivet Court, Greensboro, N.C. 27406.
    You may sign the online register book at
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