Elise Roberts Dowling Lingafelt

Elise Roberts Dowling Lingafelt, 80, of Pea Ridge Road, Morganton, NC, died Sunday, January 21, 2007 at Grace Hospital following a period of declining health. Born in Crenshaw County, AL on February 22, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Elijah Wesley Roberts and Mamie Emma Warrick Roberts. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, William "Dub" Dowling; brothers, Dawkins Roberts, William C. Roberts, Walter Roberts, and Paul Mack Roberts; and two sisters, Ruth Mills Spurlock and Inez Davis. Elise was a member of Zion Baptist Church.

Mrs. Lingafelt is survived by her husband, Ellis R. Lingafelt, Jr. of the home; a son, Raymond Dowling and wife, Marsha, of Jacksonville, FL; daughters, Patricia Dowling and husband, Bob, of Hollister, FL, and Lori Johnson and husband, David, of Jacksonville, FL; a brother, Wesley H. Roberts of Phoenix, AL; a sister, Lucille Blankenship of Montgomery, AL; sisters-in-law, Joanne Roberts of Pittsburg, PA and Janie Roberts Money of Plant City, FL; a step-son, Clyde Lingafeldt of Rocky Mount, NC; step-daughters, Barbara Powell and husband, Rex "Sput" Powell of Morganton, and Pam Beck and husband, Dean, of Valdese, NC; grandchildren, Melaney Ann Hobson, William R. Dowling, Tricia Scroggins, Deborah Dowling, Jason Dowling, Robbie Dowling, and Ethan Johnson; six step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren; nephews, Joseph Mills, Robert Mills, Cline Flower, Gilbert Roberts, Ronnie Roberts, Paul Mack Roberts, Jr., and Russell Roberts; nieces, Lorena Connar, Bernice Mitchell, Evon Diamond, DeeDee Labadie, and Janice Cohen; and special friends, Sharon Nelson and Sherry Wakefield.

The funeral will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at Zion Baptist Church with Reverends David Orders and Clyde Buckner officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening at Sossoman Funeral Home where the body will remain until placed in the church thirty minutes prior to the funeral hour. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 27, 2007 in Riverside Memorial Park in Jacksonville, FL. Memorial contributions may be made to Zion Baptist Church, 3396 Pea Ridge Road, Morganton, NC 28655, Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 1721 Enon Road, Valdese, NC 28690, or to the family of Elise Lingafelt to assist with funeral expenses, c/o Ellis Lingerfelt, 3776 Pea Ridge Road, Morganton, NC 28655.