Obituary of Viola Pearl Palmer

Viola Pearl Eggers Palmer, age 95 of Zionville, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021. She was born May 9, 1925 to the late Claude and Cindy Cornett. Viola was very proud of her Native American heritage. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Floyd Eggers and Harold Palmer, two sons, Herbert "Bud" Eggers, and Gary Eggers; two brothers, Lee and Carl Cornett, sister, Gevena Johnson Morgan, a son-in-law Leonard Wagner, a sister-in-law Jane B. Cornett and a nephew Mark Cornett. She is survived by two daughters; Geraldine "Deanie" Dishman and husband Glenn David of Zionville, and Ruth Ann Wagner of North Olmstead, Ohio; eight grandchildren, Eric Dishman, Dawn Flaherty, Lora Wentz and husband Elliott, Kevin Eggers and wife Tiffany, Karen and Tina Sue Eggers, and Samantha and Erin Eggers. She is also survived by five great-grandchildren, Brittany Eggers, Cyrus Wentz, Mason Wentz, Etta Wentz, Bridget Flaherty and Kyle Eggers. One brother, Allen Cornett and wife Carrie, and daughter-in-law Ginnie Eggers. She is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews. Graveside services for Viola Pearl Eggers Palmer will be conducted Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. in the Mountain Dale Baptist Church Cemetery. The body will lie in state Tuesday, February 2 from noon until 5:00 p.m. in the Austin & Barnes Funeral Home so that friends and family may pay their respects and sign the quest register. Memorials may be made to Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care, 902 Kirkwood St. NW, Lenoir, N.C. 28645 and/or to Mountain Dale Baptist Church Cemetery Fund. Online condolences may be shared with the Palmer family at the website www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com. Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Palmer family.