Helen Huddle

Helen Huddle, 92, of Fairview, died on Thursday, August 4, 2011, at Flesher's Fairview Health and Retirement Center. A native of Macon Co., Mrs. Huddle was a daughter of the late Rev. Christopher Columbus Welch and Gracie Smiley Welch. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Leonard Huddle, who died in 1993; daughter, Judy Wright; sister, Chinara McKinney; brother, Kinion Buel Welch; and nephew, Allen Welch. Mrs. Huddle had retired from Sears & Roebuck, where she worked for 22 years. She was a member of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Huddle is survived by her daughter, Debra Searcy, of Fairview; brother, Lawrence Berlin Welch, of Tennessee; and grandson, Dwight Joseph Wright. A funeral service for Mrs. Huddle will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday in the Patton Ave. chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Rev. Ronald Roberts officiating. Interment will follow at Green Hills Cemetery. Her family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Flesher's Fairview Health and Retirement Center Activities Fund, 3016 Cane Creek Rd., Fairview, NC 28730, or to one's favorite charity.