Elizabeth Lattimore Dedmond, 89, passed away Thursday September 20, 2018 in Cherryville. Born March 20, 1929 in Lawndale, she was a daughter of the late William Worth Lattimore and Ruby Pearl Hamrick Lattimore. Lib grew up in Lawndale, NC.
She graduated from Piedmont High School in Lawndale in 1947. After high school she attended Gardner-Webb Junior College in Boiling Springs, NC where she met her future husband, Haley C. Dedmond, Sr. Lib worked at Lawndale Drug and then Piedmont… Read More » School in the cafeteria. She retired after twenty two years of service in the school cafeterias after being named manager at Cleveland Jr. High and Burns Jr. High.
Lib married Haley in 1948 in Lawndale, NC. They were happily married for sixty seven years. Lib was a member of New Bethel Baptist Church in Lawndale where she faithfully served as Sunday School teacher, youth leader, WMU director, choir member and various other positions.
She enjoyed sewing and making clothes for her children. She was always seeking ways to serve others. Her cooking skills were well known and appreciated in Upper Cleveland County.
She and Haley were always among the first to visit the sick or elderly with a casserole or an Italian cream cake. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Haley C. Dedmond, Sr.; son, William Donald Dedmond; two brothers, W.F. Lattimore and Ed Lattimore and one sister, Pearl Lattimore Eubanks. Lib is survived by her daughter, Jeane Dedmond Adams and husband Guy of Lawndale; her son, Hal Dedmond and wife Corine Guseman of Lawndale; daughter-in-law, LaDonna Dedmond of Lawndale; grandchildren, Lee Adams and wife Gail of Kernersville, Crystal Dedmond of Shelby, Anna Osorio and husband Thiago of Lawndale, Seth Dedmond of Clover, SC and Rebecca Mosteller and husband Johnny of Clover, SC; step grandchildren, Kasey Robinson and husband Josh and Leigh Ann Crawford and husband Cameron; fourteen great grandchildren; sister, Phyllis Powers of Cherryville and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, friends and special caregivers, Darla Wybiral, Vanessa and Victoria Hampton.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held at New Bethel Baptist Church at 3:00PM Sunday with Rev. Tracy Jessup and Dr. Tim Elmore officiating. The family will be greeting friends preceding the service at the church from 2:00PM until 3:00PM Sunday.
At other times the family will gather at the home of the daughter, Jeane Dedmond Adams in Lawndale. Burial will follow in New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to be made to Catawba Regional Hospice, 3975 Robinson Rd.
, Newton, NC 28658. A guest register is available at www. stameytysingerfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Stamey-Tysinger Funeral Home & Cremation Center.
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