Louise Woodie Clark Lane

Louise Woodie Clark Lane, 83 of Robey St., Morganton, NC made an unexpected move to heaven on Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Born in Avery County, NC on June 3, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Alfred and Gertrude Coffey Woodie. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Ronald Woodie and infant sisters, Mary and Betty Woodie. She was a retired employee of Broughton Hospital and was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. Throughout her life, Louise was a tower of strength to her family and was a loving, caring, and sharing woman who adored her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She always offered a ready smile, a hug, and food whenever visitors came to her home. Her accomplishments were many but her greatest ones were the strength, love, and faith she instilled in her children and grandchildren. Louise’s passing on will leave a vast empty space in many lives; but, her arrival in heaven is reason to rejoice.

Surviving are her children, Jerry Lynn Clark of Morganton, Jean C. Harrell of Asheville, Lonnie F. Clark and June Kunhe of Morganton, and Janell C. Wakefield and her husband, Charles of Morganton; grandchildren, Chris Clark and his wife, Anita of Denver, NC, Stacy Clark and his wife, Dana of Bardstown, KY, Joel Harrell and his wife, Jenny of Raleigh, NC, Monica Wakefield, Lisa Dooley and her husband, Floyd, and Stephanie Clark all of Morganton; great grandchildren, Zane and Wylie Clark, Camden and Bailey Dooley, and Marcus Clark, and Elias Wakefield; brothers, Roy Woodie and his wife, Irene of Jonas Ridge, Ralph Woodie and his wife Anna of Oak Hill, NC; a sister, Myrtle Clark of Jonas Ridge; a sister-in-law, Christine Woodie of Jonas Ridge; many special nieces and nephews who loved her as a second mother; all of their spouses and children; and special friends, Jettie Causby and Verna Beach.

The funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Holland officiating. Burial will follow in the Calloway Cemetery at Jonas Ridge. The family will receive friends at the church on Sunday beginning at 1:30 p.m. At other times the family will be at Mrs. Lane’s home, 103 Robey St. Memorial gifts may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942 or to Calloway Cemetery, c/o Long Ridge Baptist Church, Newland, NC 28657. Sossoman Funeral Home is assisting the family.