Avis de décès de Dorothy Crenshaw - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

<!-- FH = The Padgett & King Mortuary -->Dorothy CrenshawForest City - Dorothy Calhoun Crenshaw, 99, died peacefully on Friday, February 25, 2011 at Rex Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center, Raleigh, NC. Mrs. Crenshaw was born in Winston, Missouri, on May 5, 1911, the daughter of Elizabeth Steele Calhoun and Lemuel Perkins Calhoun. After receiving a degree from the Northern Illinois School of Optometry in Chicago, Illinois, Mrs. Crenshaw moved to Forest City, N. C. in 1933 when she opened her own optometry practice, probably the first female optometry practice in North Carolina. Her mother and sister, Eleanor, left Missouri and joined her the following year. On December 31, 1945, Dorothy married Herbert W. Crenshaw of Spindale, N.C. and they lived happily together until he died in 1987.Mrs. Crenshaw was a true pioneer and an inspiration to all who knew her. She was a woman of faith, courage, and love. After selling her optometry practice in 1960, she was elected to the Rutherford County School Board, the first woman to serve on that board. Mrs. Crenshaw served her Lord early on as treasurer of the Methodist Church in Forest City, and later in life as an elder in the Forest City and Black Mountain Presbyterian Churches. She was a cancer survivor of multiple life-threatening cancers. She did all this with grace and humility while lovingly raising two sons.Mrs. Crenshaw is survived by her sons, Richard C. Crenshaw and wife, Brenda of Clover, SC, and Herbert W. Crenshaw Jr. and wife, Mary Ann of Raleigh, NC. She is also survived by her loving sister Eleanor Matheny of Columbus, NC., and Eleanor's son, David W. Matheny of Lake Lure, NC., wife, Linda, son, David and daughter Tami; and daughter Alice M. Lancaster, husband Martin, and daughters, Ashley and Mary.She is also survived by five grandchildren and two great grandchildren whom she dearly loved: Ragan Goff, husband, Tony, and daughter, Tori of Cedar Park, Texas; Chris Crenshaw, wife, Julie, and son, Connor of Raleigh, NC; Richard J. Crenshaw of Charlotte, NC; Cari Crenshaw and Kristin Crenshaw of Raleigh, NC. The family extends special thanks to Mrs. Crenshaw's faithful and loving caregiver, Harriet Burrell and her family, as well as to the caregivers and staff at Rex Rehabilitation and Nursing Care Center who provided her with loving care and attention during the four years she was there.A funeral service for Mrs. Crenshaw will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, February 28, 2011 at the First Presbyterian Church in Forest City, NC, with interment to follow in the Sunset Memorial Park in Forest City, NC. The family will receive friends from 12:15 until the hour of service in the Ladies Parlor of the church.In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 438 West Main Street ,Forest City, NC 28043 or the Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, 117 Montreat Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711. The Padgett and King Mortuary is in charge of arrangements and an online guest registry is available at www.padgettking.com.