On our Lord’s Day November 27, 2013 at 3:00 PM Gracie Dodson Amos was called by her Lord to her eternal home.
A celebration of her life was held at 11 a.m., December 2, 2013, at Sandy Ridge Methodist Church, 1620 Amostown Road, Sandy Ridge, N.C., 27046. Interment followed in the church cemetery, where she joined her beloved late husband. Mrs. Amos had resided in Peachtree City, Ga. since 2006, following the passing of her husband.
Mrs. Amos was born March 15, 1921 in Stokes County, N.C., one of eight children, to the late Eli Hugh Dodson and Eva Mae Dodson. She was married to Lowell E. Amos for 66 years prior to his passing in 2005. She was a retired employee of the Du Pont Company, and a member of the Sandy Ridge Methodist Church.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by brothers, Edgar Dodson, Grover Dodson, Curtis Dodson, and sister’s Mary Belle Joyce, Ora Lee Morton, Lillie Mae Morton, and Odell Peay.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Michael E. and Lynn C. Amos, of Peachtree City, Ga., grandchildren Kevin and Kelly Lester, and great-grandchildren, Zachary and Joshua Lester, all of Watkinsville, Georgia and numerous nieces, nephews, and their children and grandchildern.
The family received friends from 5 until 7 p.m., Sunday, December 1, 2013, at Ray’s Funeral Home in Madison, North Carolina.
Anyone wishing to honor her memory with a memorial, may be made to Sandy Ridge Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 1604 Amostown Road, Sandy Ridge, NC 27046, or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
