Mary Louise Medford
September 19, 1919 ~ March 3, 2009
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
Mary Louise Lunsford Medford, 89, of 163 Virginia Ave., Asheville, died on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at Courtyard Rehab and Nursing Center. The family expresses appreciation to the staff for the loving care that they provided.
A native of Statesville, NC, Mrs. Medford was a daughter of the late Blackwell and Emma Chauvin Lunsford. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Willard Medford, Sr., who died in 1994; her daughters, Emma Louise Medford Smith, and Martha Ann Medford; her son, Michael Lee Medford; and siblings, Sister Ethel Lunsford, Chauvin Kinsman, Johnny Lunsford, Kiffin Lunsford, and James C. Lunsford.
Mrs. Medford was a member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church.
She is survived by her daughter, Jennie Butler Campbell, of Haw Creek; sons, John Timothy Medford and partner Carrie, of West Asheville, Henry William Medford, of Hawaii, James Willard Medford, Jr., and wife Lana, of Charlotte, Harley Blackwell Medford and wife Juanita, of Candler, and Alfred Kiffin Medford and wife Valerie, of Hawaii; sisters, Lyall Poole and husband Louis, of Greenville, SC, Gloria Lange, of Hendersonville, and Catherine Kirwan, of Connecticut; 18 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and five great-great-grandchildren.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church with the Rev. Fr. John M. Pagel officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
Her family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave.
Memorials may be made to the St. Joan of Arc Building Fund, 768 Asbury Rd., Candler, NC 28715, or to the Alzheimer's Association, 31 College Place, Suite D320, Asheville, NC 28801.
To Our Dear Cousins — we are so very sorry we were not with you Saturday. Aunt Mary was an original in a family of originals. While she will be missed by us all, she is in much better hands.
Michael and Brenda
Harley and family,
We are so sorry to hear of your mothers passing. She is diffently in a better place. You all are in our prayers. Hilda Billy& Kelsie
We’re sorry we are unable to make it there to be with you. Aunt Mary and all of you are in our thoughts.
With Love,
Emmett,Cindy
and children
To my dear Medford cousins,
I’m sorry Mom and I could not be with you as you said goodby to Aunt Mary. Mom remarked, as always, on their closeness, and is consoled that your Mom is her lively self again but in a better place. Among my most cherished memories are the picture of the 2 of them laughing and singing their songs as they walked together out at Curtis Creek when we were kids. It’s been a joy in recent years to be able to be there with them and see that again. Our love and prayers are with all of you,
Aunt Catherine and
Harley & Juanita: Sorry to hear about your dear Mother. May God comfort you during this difficult time.
I was a close friend of Emma’s in Honolulu in 1968 to 1972. Emma ‘phoned me in New Zealand years ago but left no ‘phone number so I have been so sorry not to have got in touch with her. Would love someone from the family to email me at susanparkerjensen@gmail.com