Pearl Autry

Pearl Elizabeth Autry, 94 of Elizabethtown entered into eternal rest Tuesday, May 26,2009 at Elizabethtown Nursing Center.

Mrs. Autry was born in Bladen County on April 11, 1915. She was the daughter of the late Lee and Blanche Pervine.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Fletcher Ivey Autry; one son, Fletcher Dewitt Autry; one daughter, Viola Wiggins; one brother, Fred Pervine; three sisters, Mary Blanton, Minnie Naylor and Lucille Pervine Thompson; one granddaughter, Tiffany Meares; two great grandchildren, Craig Edwards and Samuel Hart White.



Mrs. Autry is survived by one son, Harold "Bob" Gene Autry of Elizabethtown; five daughters, Mary Jane Howell and Sara White both of Clarkton, Melba Atkins of Elizabethtown, Delma Moore of Kinston and Diann Thompson of Dublin; one sister, Inez Pervine Baxley; 24 grandchildren; 44 great grandchildren; 21 great great grandchildren.



The family will receive friends Thursday, May 28, 2009 from 6:00 until 8:00 pm at Shady Grove Baptist Church.



The funeral services will be held on Friday, May 29, 2009 at Shady Grove Baptist Church at 2:00 pm. with Rev. Larry Priest and Rev. Barry Swain officiating. Burial will follow in Old Field Cemetery.



In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society 930 B. Wellness Drive, Greenville, NC 27834, Lower Cape Fear Hospice 206 Warrior Trail, Whiteville, NC 28472, American Heart and Lung Association and the Amerian Diabetes Association PO Box 11454, Alexandra, VA 22312