Bernice Clark Queen

Bernice Hall Clark Queen, 89, of Candler, died Wednesday, April 12, 2006, at her home. A native and life-long resident of Western North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Hoke S. Hall and Olive H. Hall. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Roy Robert Clark, who died in 1989; her sister, Margaret Hall Coman and her second husband, John Montreville Queen, Jr., who died in 2003. A graduate of Candler High School, she attended Asheville Normal and Teachers College. She retired from the offices of Corporate Billing in 1981 after 28 years with American Enka Corp. A past member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, she was a life-long, active member of Montmorenci United Methodist Church of Candler. Survivors include her daughter, Sally Kroelinger and husband Mike and her grandchildren, Ryan Michael Kroelinger and Kelsey Jordan Kroelinger, of Tempe, AZ; her extended family of Margaret Rathbone and husband Paul of Waynesville, John M. Queen, III and wife Pat of Waynesville, Mary Wilson and husband William of Knoxville, TN, James William “Bill” Queen and wife Joyce, Alice Queen, Susan Carver and husband Sammy, all of Waynesville and Arnold Hall of Candler; twelve grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Saturday at Montmorenci UMC with the Revs. Dan Lyons and Mary Caldwell officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Ryan Kroelinger, Wayne Caldwell, Jim Clark, Jim Coman, Jim Warrick, and John M. Queen, III serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Scott Warrick, Ed Warrick, Jr., Bill Queen and Thomas Hyatt. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the Family Life Center of the church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Montmorenci UMC Handicapped Accessibility Fund, PO Box 610, Candler, NC 28715.