Sixth Generation


2243. Roy Garland SETZER2479 was born on 10 May 1896 in Catawba County, North Carolina.1440 He died on 11 April 1965 at the age of 68 in Catawba County, North Carolina.2480 He was buried in Center Methodist Church Cemetery, Catawba County, North Carolina.

Roy Garland SETZER and Mary Myrtle SIGMON were married on 5 March 1921 in Catawba County, North Carolina. Mary Myrtle SIGMON was born on 21 April 1896 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She died on 20 April 1953 at the age of 56 in Catawba County, North Carolina.2481 She was buried in Center Methodist Church Cemetery, Catawba County, North Carolina.

Roy Garland SETZER and Mary Myrtle SIGMON had the following children:

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Pinkie Lucille SETZER (private).

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Bennie Woodrow SETZER.

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Harvey Lee SETZER (private).

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Roy Clinton SETZER (private).

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Mary Ellen SETZER was born on 22 September 1931 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She died on 15 August 2008 at the age of 76 in Pallative Care & Hospice of Catawba Valley, Newton, North Carolina. She was buried in Center Methodist Church Cemetery, Catawba County, North Carolina. Her obituary appeared as follows: CATAWBA - Mary Ellen Putnam, 76, of Catawba, died Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, at Palliative CareCenter & Hospice of Catawba Valley. Born Sept. 22, 1931, in Catawba County, she was the daughter of the late Roy Garland Setzer and Myrtle Sigmon Setzer. She was a member of Center United Methodist Church and worked for Carolina Glove Company and as a janitor for the Catawba County School System. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Bennie Setzer. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Glenn Lucas Putnam; daughter, Susanne Chafin and her husband, Danny; sons, Larry Putnam and his wife, Angela, Eugene Putnam and his wife, Donna, Bobby Putnam and his wife, Elesa, Billy Putnam and Johnny Putnam and his wife, Angie; grandchildren, Chad Putnam, Jeremy Putnam, Jordan Putnam, Ashley Putnam and his wife, Heather, Michael Putnam, Carrie Putnam, Brandy Campbell and her husband, Kelly, Luke Putnam, Lindsey Putnam, Mark Chafin and his fiancee, Adrianne, and Tracey Chafin; great-grandchildren, Riley Campbell, Amber Moore and Tyler Moore; sister, Pinkie Thompson; and brothers, Harvey Setzer, Coyte Setzer and Clinton Setzer. A Service of Remembrance will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, 2008, at Center United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Paula B. Northrup officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Center United Methodist Church. Memorials may be made to Center United Methodist Church, c/o Family Life Center, 4945 Sherrills Ford Road, Catawba, N.C. 28609 or Palliative CareCenter & Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, N.C. 28658. The Putnam family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services in Conover. [Published in the Hickory Daily Record on 8/17/2008]

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Coyte Wayne SETZER (private).

Roy Garland SETZER and Bertha Lewallen ABERNATHY were married on 30 July 1955 in Cherokee County, South Carolina. Bertha Lewallen ABERNATHY, daughter of John P. [Abernethy] ABERNATHY and Dora E. "Dorie" DRUM, was born on 6 August 1907 in Catawba County, North Carolina. She died on 3 June 1998 at the age of 90 in Catawba County, North Carolina.2482,2483 She was buried in Piney Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Bandy's area, Catawba County, NC.