Seventh Generation

2741. Effie Marie HUFFMAN was born on 2 October 1920 in Catawba County, North Carolina.⁴⁹⁶ She died on 28 December 2012 at the age of 92 in Conover Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Conover, NC. Her obituary appeared as follows: NEWTON Effie Marie Huffman Mitchell, 92, of Newton, died Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, at Conover Nursing & Rehab Center. Born Oct. 2, 1920, in Catawba County, she was the daughter of the late Earl Clyde Huffman and Eula Mae Flowers Huffman. She was a member of New Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Hickory, where she was a member of the Senior Friends and Lutheran Women. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Romey L. Mitchell; brothers, Ray F. Huffman, Clyde S. Huffman, and J.P. Huffman. She is survived by her daughter, Etta Mae M. Bollinger and husband, Jimmy R. Bollinger, of Newton; sons, Earl Thomas "Tommy" Mitchell and wife, Glenda T. Mitchell, of Claremont and Gary L. Mitchell and wife, Janet C. Mitchell, of Gastonia; grandchildren, Michael A. Bollinger, of Maiden, Mark Mitchell, of Claremont, Lorrie Barnes, of Hickory, Regina Schronce, of Claremont, Julie Huntley, of Minoaka, Ill., Josh Carr, of Gastonia, and Jody Carr, of Gastonia; great-grandchildren, Linzey C. Bollinger, of Maiden, Emory Bollinger, of Boone, Adam Schronce, of Claremont, Haley Schronce, of Claremont, Quinton Mitchell, of Maiden, and Luke Huntley, of Minoaka, Ill.; great-great-grand-children, BreeAnna Marie Bollinger, of Maiden and Jaycee Mitchell, of Maiden; and sister, Jean Huffman Teague and husband, Jim Teague, of West Chester, Pa. A service of remembrance will be held Monday, Dec. 31, at 1 p.m. at New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Randall Cauble officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday, Dec. 30, at Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home in Newton, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Pallbearers will be Eddie Kanupp, Steve Flowers, Richard Huffman, Emory Bollinger, Adam Schronce, and Mark Mitchell. Memorials may be sent to New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, 2120 Startown Rd., Hickory, NC 28602. Condolences may be sent to the Mitchell family at willisreynoldsfh. com. The Mitchell family has entrusted the funeral arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Crematory in Newton. [Published in Hickory Daily Record on December 29, 2012]
She was buried in New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, NC.

Effie Marie HUFFMAN and Romey Linnie MITCHELL were married on 21 December 1940.⁴⁹⁶ Romey Linnie MITCHELL was born on 15 May 1920 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 4 March 1991 at the age of 70 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He served in the military (SGT. U S Army World War II). Romey was buried in New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Hickory, Catawba County, NC.