Obituary of Edith G. Hendrix
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Mrs. Edith Allgood Hendrix, age 89, of 1479 Mt. View Baptist Church Road, Deep Gap, went home to be with our Lord on Tuesday morning, July 21, 2009. Born March 9, 1920 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of the late George Washington and Mettie Greene Allgood and a step-daughter of Jud Goulds. Mrs. Hendrix was in Christian faith and worked at a variety of manual labor jobs.
Surviving are one daughter; Sandra H. Blankenship and husband Ralph of Deep Gap, one grandson; Lee Blankenship and wife Sherrell of West Columbia, South Carolina, two great grandchildren; Margaret Rose Blankenship and Mary Clare Blankenship, of West Columbia, South Carolina; and one sister; Agnes Waters of Jefferson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-father; Jud Goulds; her first husband; James A. Holder, her second husband; Roy R. Hendrix and one daughter; Sharon Hendrix.
Graveside services and burial for Mrs. Edith Allgood Hendrix will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 1 o�clock at Mt. View Baptist Church Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Vernon Eller and Rev. Sherrill Wellborn. The family respectfully requests no food or flowers, and suggests memorials to the Mt. View Baptist Church Cemetery or Building Fund, in care of Rosetta Cornell, 626 Copna Green Road, Deep Gap, NC 28618 or to a charity of donors choice. Online condolences may be sent to the Hendrix family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Hendrix family.