Lucy Heatherly

Clyde - Lucy Suttles Gaddis Heatherly, age 81 died Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at Smoky Mountain Health Care.

She was a native and life-long resident of Haywood County and a daughter of the late Martin and Betty Reynolds Suttles. She was preceded in death by her husband Dewey Heatherly, who died February 2, 2007; her first husband, William Alfred Gaddis who died in 1983; two sisters, Victoria Suttles Hipps, Ruth Elizabeth Suttles Frady and six brothers, William Lee, George Herman, Charlie Raymond, Ernest Martin, James Roy and Robert Merit Suttles. Lucy was a member of Woodland Baptist Church.

She is survived by two daughters, Jean Underwood of Candler and Lorraine Poe and her husband, Bob, of Asheville; one son, John A. Gaddis and his wife, Phyllis, of Canton; one step-daughter, Linda Galloway and her husband, Bill, of Canton; three step-sons, Steve Heatherly and his wife, Saundra, Ronnie Heatherly and his wife, Carolyn, all of Canton and Phillip Heatherly and his wife, Carolyn, of Candler; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; 12 step-grandchildren and 19 step-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 10, 2007 at Woodland Baptist Church with Reverend Alan Davis officiating. Burial will follow at Crawford/Ray Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Friday evening at Wells Funeral Home in Canton.

Memorials may be made to Woodland Baptist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 127, Clyde, NC 28721.

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