Letty Jane Williamson Wallace, 101, formerly of Robbins, passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011, at Autumn Care Rehabilitation Center, in Biscoe.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23, at Tabernacle United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mike Weber officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service in the church fellowship hall.
Mrs. Wallace was born Dec. 14, 1909, in Moore County, to the late Julius C. and Harriet Deaton Williamson. She was a graduate of Elise Academy in Robbins and retired with more than 20 years of service from Robbins Mill, later know as Milliken Company, where she was one of the first female weavers. She was a member of Tabernacle United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Women.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Chester Alton Wallace; infant daughter, Veona Lee Wallace; three brothers, Odie, Dawsey and Kermit Williamson; and three sisters, Nena Campbell, Estella Williams and Mattie Stutts. She will be remembered fondly by her many surviving nieces and nephews and their extended families.
The family wishes to thank the staff at Autumn Care of Biscoe for their loving care of Aunt Letty during her stay there.
Memorials may be made to Tabernacle United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 395, Robbins, NC 27325. Online condolences may be made at www.pinesfunernals.com.
Kennedy Funeral Home is serving the Wallace family.