Lillian Allen Tuttle
October 21, 1910 ~ December 28, 2004
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
Lillian Allen Tuttle, 94, of Brooks-Howell Home, Asheville, died Tuesday, December 28, 2004.
Mrs. Tuttle was born October 21, 1910, in Durham and was a daughter of the late Thomas Ellis Allen and Hallie Moore Allen. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Robert Gregory Tuttle, who died in 1999, a daughter, Kathleen Allen Tuttle Boone, and brothers and sisters Irving Allen, George Venable Allen, Thomas E. Allen, Jr., Zalene Allen Angier and Inez Allen Icenogle.
Mrs. Tuttle attended Sullins College in Bristol, VA and continued her education at Duke University where she was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. She and Dr. Tuttle were married December 24, 1932, at her home in Durham.
Over the years she was a devoted wife assisting her husband in his many appointments in the United Methodist Church. Their appointments included Mount Airy, Belmont, Gibsonville, Elkin, Sylva, Forest City, Statesville, Charlotte, Hickory, and other appointments as a District Superintendent. In 1978 they moved to their retirement home on Sunset Mountain, Asheville, where they lived until they moved to Givens Estates. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Tuttle moved to Florida to be with her daughter. She returned last January to Asheville and lived at the Brooks-Howell Home until her death.
Surviving are one daughter, Dr. Elizabeth(Betty)Tuttle Newman and her husband Harry Alexander Newman of Brevard; a son, Dr. Robert Gregory Tuttle, Jr. and his wife Dianne of Asheville and Orlando, FL; grandchildren, Beth Carter and Laura Harmon of Statesville, Tempe Hickman of Boone, Jane MacKinnon of Wareham, Mass., Lee Boone of High Point, Greg Boone of Ft. Payne, Ala., Julie Mata and Kathy Foster of Charlotte, Elizabeth Tuttle of Nashville, TN, and Eric Tuttle of San Francisco, CA; sixteen great-grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday at Oakley United Methodist Church with the Rev. Donald A. Newman, pastor and step-grandson of Mrs. Tuttle officiating. Interment will be 3:00 p.m. Friday at Littlejohn United Methodist Church Cemetery in the Gamewell Community of Lenoir.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Mission Outreach of Oakley United Methodist Church, 607 Fairview Road, Asheville, NC 28803, or to Littlejohn United Methodist Church, 4120 Littlejohn Church Road, Lenoir, NC 28645.
Our prayers are with the family.
Frank & Judy
A wonderful lady, Christian friend. We have been blessed to know her, and will miss her.
Ellen and Cecil Myrick
My family and I have wonderful memories of the years Lillian and Bob served our church here in Brevard. She was a a wonderful lady, bless her heart.
Betty Harrison and the Luke Harrison family
Dr. Tuttle and Family:
May the Lord comfort your hearts and may you find peace in Him. Your mother must have been a kind, caring, warm and gentle spirit because as they say the fruit does not fall too far from the tree. Know that all of the students at Asbury – Florida Campus – are praying for your strength during this time of bereavement. But we also know that you are celebrating the life of your mother with the joyous memories that she have shared with you.
May God Continue to Bless You
Kirk Bogen,
Student at Asbury
Dear Betty,
I had hoped very much to make it to the service but sadly, at the last minute, could not. I want you to know that you and your family continue to be in my prayers. It sounds as though she didn’t linger here long…a blessing.
It was also a blessing meeting you. You were so gracious and kind at the office and on the phone. My most fervant prayers are headed your way. God bless you all.
Most sincerely,
Cullen Covington-Hicks (the PA at Dr. Glance’s office)
God’s blessings to the family as together you remember this wonderful woman with joy and celebrate her homegoing in hope.
All God’s best,
Ken Kinghorn
Dear Bob and Family,
I just heard of your Mother’s passing as we were out of town last week. Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. May the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
Paul B. Thompson
Dear Bob and Family,
Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you. We are grateful for the gift of this beautiful woman’s influence on your life and faith.
Yours,
Christy and James
To all the Tuttle Family, I was out of town when Mrs. Tuttle died and I just wanted to say what an inspiration she and Dr. Tuttle were. They meant so much to me, my parents, Buford and Eleanor Mardis and to my late husband Larry Smith. I know Heaven is much richer now that they have Lillian Tuttle there.
Lucy Smith
We will miss her.
Love,
Karl
My sincerest condolences to the family. Irving Allen was married to my cousin Lucille Merritt, and Bishop Tuttle visited my fraternity in Winston-Salem as spiritual counselor. Mrs. Tuttle’s likeness kindled many pleasant memories.