Catherine Vanpelt, 88, of Summervile, GA, passed away Tuesday, July 22, in the local nursing home.
A Gordon County native, She was born on February 7, 1926 to the late Arch and Arrie Beck Reed. Mrs. Vanpelt was retired from the sewing department of Mars Glove, in LaFayette.
She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ray Vanpelt and J.C. Miller; a daughter; and sisters, Sallie Reed, Annie Ruth Reed Waddell and Jettie Benita Lankford.
She is survived by her daughter, Commissioner Kathy Vanpelt Brown of Summerville; grandson, Greg Brown of Ketchikan, AK; and several other grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Friday, July 25 at 4 p.m. from the J.D. Hill Memorial Chapel of Earle Rainwater Funeral Home with Pastor Jimmy Chastain officiating. Interment will follow in Summerville Cemetery. Active pallbearers are Mike Vanpelt, Ricky Vanpelt, William Elrod, Jerry Wright, Brandon Gurley, Lann Cordle and Randy Dalrimple. Honorary pallbearers are the “Angel” Nurses and CNAs of B Hall of Oak View Nursing Home.
The Family will receive friends Thursday, July 24 from 6-8 p.m. at the Earle Rainwater Funeral Home, who is in charge of arrangements.