Adelaide Merrell Lytle

Margaret Adelaide Merrell Lytle, 88, of 211 Gap Creek Road, Fletcher, died Friday, October 22, 2004, at St. Joseph’s Hospital. A native of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late John Baxter and Minnie Morgan Merrell. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Walter Lytle who died in 1968; a son, James Walter Lytle, Jr.; two brothers, John and Elwood Merrell and two infant sisters. She was retired from CP Clare Company and a member of Emma’s Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Ann Lytle and Margaret Newman both of Fairview; two sisters, Martha Lytle and Mary Bobo also of Fairview; a grandson, James William Newman, Jr. and his wife Karen of Lynchburg, VA; a granddaughter, Cynde Gilmore and her husband Benji of Statesville; two great-granddaughters, Thea Adelaide and Chloe Ruth Gilmore; numerous nieces and nephews and a special friend, Edna Harris. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Monday at Emma’s Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. Donny Chapman and E.V. Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Her family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 pm Sunday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue and request that, in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Emma’s Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 1786, Fairview, NC 28730 or to Gideons International, PO Box 1007, Asheville, NC 28802.