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- Elsie S. Calhoun, age 92, of Newland passed away Thursday, November 4, 2010 at Cannon Memorial Hospital.
A native of Avery County, she was born March 12, 1918 a daughter of the late John Andrew and Flora Hurt Sluder.
She was a member of Vale Freewill Baptist Church.
Elsie enjoyed reading, gardening and preserving food through freezing and canning. She loved growing and arranging flowers.
She worked many years for the Sluder Floral Company.
Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by: her husband, Coye Calhoun; sister, Mildred Benfield; and a grandson, Coye Yates.
Left to cherish her memory are: a son, Doyle Calhoun and wife Grace of Newland; a daughter, Glenda Yates and husband Alfred of Banner Elk; three sisters-in-law, Clara Wise of Nebo, N.C., Lucille Sparks of Canton, O.H., Nell Cuthbertson and husband, Skies of Crossnore; three grandchildren, Nancy Thomason, Andrea Shakarian and Christie Yates; six great grandchildren, Jessica Yates, Aaron Yates, Alex Yates, Jordan Thomason, Tori Thomason and Zane Shakarian; many other reatives and friends.
Funeral services for Elsie Calhoun will be Sunday November 7th at 2:00 p.m. in the Grandfather Chapel of Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the Fork Mountain Cemetery.
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1918 - 2010 (92 years)
