Nelle Stamey Garren

Nelle Stamey Garren, 91, formerly of Longview Road, West Asheville, died Sunday, November 20, 2005, at Universal Healthcare Center, Fletcher. Mrs. Garren was born in Fallston, NC, and was a daughter of the late Claud C. and Lala Cornwell Stamey. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson M. Garren, who died in 1985, and by a brother, J. George Stamey of Sumter, SC. Mrs. Garren retired as office manager with J.C. Penney Co., where she had worked for 44 years. She was a member of the BPOE Does and a member of First Baptist Church, Asheville. Surviving are her daughter, Sandra G. Carter and her husband Gary of Asheville; her son, Jack S. Garren and his wife Mary Ruth of Brevard; three grandchildren, Jacqueline G. Murdaugh and her husband Perry M. of Lexington, SC, Martha G. Strachan and her husband R. Bret of Kensington, MD, and Darby F. Carter and his wife Kimberly, stationed in Brussels, Belgium; seven great-grandchildren; and one brother, Dr. Charles C. Stamey and his wife Margaret of Winston-Salem. Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with the Revs. Eddie Morgan and Donna Painter officiating. Mrs. Garren’s family will receive friends at the cemetery immediately following the service and suggest that memorials be made to the American Red Cross, 100 Edgewood Road, Asheville, NC 28804, or to one’s favorite charity.