Obituary of Laura A. Vines

Ms. Laura Alice Vines, age 97, of Rush Branch Road, Sugar Grove, died Saturday morning, March 1, 2008. Born in Watauga County February 4, 1911, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Mary Ann Johnson Vines. Ms. Vines was retired from Appalachian State University and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. Surviving are: five sons; Jack Vines and wife Nell of Vilas, Ronald Greer and wife Carol of Hickory, Bob Vines and wife Wanda of Sugar Grove, Bill Vines and wife Nancy of Ravenna, Ohio Jerry Vines and wife Pam of Beckley, West Virginia, three daughters; Glada Hayes and husband Jack of Boone, Peggy McKinney and husband Hugh of Boone, and Marlene Church and husband Paul of Fleetwood, one sister, Hattie Vines of Charlotte, twenty-one grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren, and 5 great great grandchildren, her caregivers, Pansy and Wilson Blevins of Elk Park, and a number of nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two grandchildren, one great grandchild, five brothers and four sisters. Funeral service for Ms. Laura Alice Vines will be conducted Monday morning at 11 o'clock at Bethel Baptist Church. Officiating will be Rev. Lynn Powers and Rev. Burl Greer. Burial will follow in the Cable cemetery. Flowers are accepted or memorials may be made to High Country Health Care System Hospice, 400 Shadowline Drive, Suite 100-B, Boone, NC 28607. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6:30 until 8 o'clock at Austin & Barnes Funeral Home. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home is serving the Vines family.