Dollie Mafra Crabtree

Dollie Mafra Crabtree, 91, of 5 Chipmunk Cove Rd., Asheville, went to be with the Lord Thursday, August 9, 2007, at the Rickman Nursing Center. A native of Yancey Co., Mrs. Crabtree was a daughter of the late Reggie and Lila Shepherd Penland. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Laslie Crabtree, who died in 1986; and by her son, Elmer Wilson, who died in 1990. She was a retired custodian at Woodfin Elementary School. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Crabtree is survived by two daughters, Shirley Crabtree, of Leicester, and Dorothy Griffiths and husband James, of Rockville, MD; sons, Wayne Crabtree, of Springfield, MO, Charles Crabtree and wife Laura, of Harrison, AR, and Kenneth Crabtree and wife Cindy, of Weaverville; sisters, Ivory Parham and Marjorie Robinson, both of Leicester; brother, Bob Penland and wife Pauline, of Leicester; 11 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Saturday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Sluder officiating. Burial will follow at Ashelawn Gardens. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.