Obituary of Della I. McGuire
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Della Rae Isaacs McGuire, age 94, of US Hwy 321 North, Vilas, died Sunday morning, December 12, 2010 at Glenbridge Health & Rehabilitation. Born Della Rae Isaacs on June l3, 1916 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Noah and Callie Stout Isaacs. Mrs. McGuire was a member of Westside Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband of 78 years, Francis Marion McGuire; three sons, Robert 'Lynn' McGuire and special friend, Janta Hardin, of Boone, Ben McGuire and wife Janice of Trade, Tenn., and Dennard McGuire and wife, Patsy, of Boone; two daughters, Emily Swift and husband Bert, of Boone, and Velma Harmon and husband, Ray, of Sugar Grove; and one sister, Blanche Rominger of Boone. Twenty-six grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and thirteen great great-grandchildren also survive.
She was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Charity Presnell, six brothers and eight sisters.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday evening, December l6, 2010 at 7:30 at the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Pastor David Ward. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6 until 7:30, prior to services, at Austin & Barnes.
Gravesides services will be conducted Friday morning at 11 o'clock at the Baird's Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
The family respectfully requests no food and suggests memorials to the Bairds Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, in care of Mary Miller, 314 Meadowview Drive, Apartment #207, Boone, NC 28607.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com.
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the McGuire family.