Sixth Generation

1119. Mary Anna LAIL was born on 11 January 1885 in North Carolina.^491,729 She died on 9 December 1969 at the age of 84 in Catawba County, North Carolina.⁷²⁹ She was buried in Mount Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, North Carolina.

Mary Anna LAIL and Vance Elkanah "Elcanie" SIPE were married on 14 January 1904 in Catawba County, North Carolina.¹²²⁴ Vance Elkanah "Elcanie" SIPE, son of Titus E. Alphonso SIPE and Amy Martha Jane HUFFMAN, was born on 9 February 1881.^311,729 He died on 5 January 1971 at the age of 89 in Catawba County, North Carolina.⁷²⁹ He was buried in Mount Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, North Carolina.

Mary Anna LAIL and Vance Elkanah "Elcanie" SIPE had the following children:

2948	i.	Oren E. SIPE was born in 1904 in North Carolina.¹²²⁴
+2949	ii.	Earl William SIPE.
2950	iii.	Clara Ida SIPE (private).¹²²⁴
2951	iv.	Avery Alphonso SIPE was born on 13 March 1914 in Catawba County, North Carolina. He died on 25 August 2005 at the age of 91 in Abernethy Laurels, Newton, North Carolina. He was buried in Mount Zion Lutheran Church Cemetery, Conover, North Carolina. His obituary appeared as follows: NEWTON - Mr. Avery Alphonso Sipe, 91, of Abernethy Laurels in Newton and formerly of County Home Road in Conover, passed away Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005, at Abernethy Laurels. Born March 13, 1914, in Catawba County, he was the son of the late Vance and Mary Lail Sipe. He was a member of Mount Zion Lutheran Church in Conover and retired from Southern Furniture. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by five sisters, Clora Cline, Vela Eckard, Retta Hedrick, Pauline Huffman and Floy Prestwood; and two brothers, Earl Sipe and O.E. Sipe. Survivors include his wife of 73 years, Vergie Mae Keller Sipe of the home; two brothers, Richard V. Sipe and Harvey L. Sipe of Conover; and a number of nieces and nephews. A service of remembrance will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2005, at Mount Zion Lutheran Church. The Revs. Dr. David M. Seymour and Kristine Hill will officiate and the burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service in the church’s family life center from 1 to 1:45 p.m. Saturday. Memorials may be made to Mount Zion Lutheran Church, 4420 County Home Road, Conover, N.C. 28613 or Abernethy Laurels, 102 Leonard Ave., Newton, N.C. 28658. The Sipe family has entrusted funeral arrangements to Drum Funeral Home and Cremations in Conover. [Hickory Daily Record - Friday, August 26, 2005]