Sixth Generation

1035. Claude Pinkney FLOWERS was born on 19 January 1918 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 6 October 1977 at the age of 59 in Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina. He was buried in Augustana Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, North Carolina.

Claude Pinkney FLOWERS and Melba Elizabeth HUFFMAN were married estimated 1941. Melba Elizabeth HUFFMAN, daughter of David Monroe HUFFMAN and Bonnie Leona STARNES, was born on 15 May 1923 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She died on 21 October 2011 at the age of 88 in Newton, Catawba County, North Carolina. She was buried in Augustana Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, North Carolina. Her obituary appeared as follows: NEWTON Melba Elizabeth Huffman Flowers, 88, of Conover, went to the waiting arms of her Lord and Savior in His heavenly kingdom Friday, Oct. 21, 2011, after several years of declining health. Melba was born May 15, 1923, in Catawba County. She was the last living of 11 children born to the late David Monroe Huffman and Bonnie Leona Starnes Huffman. In addition to her loving husband of 37 years, Claude Pinkney Flowers; five brothers, Edwin, Claude, Cecil, Walter and Buford Huffman; five sisters, Bleaka Lutz, Zelma Flowers, Doris Detter, Evelyn Ritchie and Edith Herman preceded her in death. She was a member of Augustana Lutheran Church, where she attended regularly. She had worked in the hosiery and furniture industries. She loved to garden and always had some kind of food for her family when they visited. She will be missed by all who knew her. A daughter, Virginia, and her husband, Gary Price, of Conover; three grandchildren, Dale Price, of Hickory; Emma Proffitt and her partner, Jackie Sheets, of Vale, and Michelle (Dee) and her husband, Shawn Ward, of Claremont; nine great-grandchildren, Sara Tedder, Daley Price, lll, Alex Ward, Cora Price, Cain Price, David Proffitt, Harley Ward and Dakota Sheets; and a sister-in-law, Joyce Madaris Huffman, of Hickory, survive her. The funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 25, at Aug-ustana Lutheran Church with Rev. Andrew D. Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24, at Jenkins Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of her daughter, Virginia Price, 1211 Fairgrove Church Road, Conover. Memorials may be made to Augustana Lutheran Church, 1523 16th St. SE, Hickory, NC 28602; or to the National Kidney Foundation , 30 East 33rd St, NY, NY 10016. Please sign the online guestbook at www.jenkinsfuneralhome.net. The Flowers family has entrusted arrangements to Jenkins Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Newton. [Published in Hickory Daily Record on October 23, 2011]