Dorothy Gribble Cabe

Kings Mountain / Franklin- Dorothy Gribble Cabe, age 96, resident of Kings Mountain, NC died September 18, 2008 at White Oak Manor, Kings Mtn. NC. She had spent most of her years in Franklin, where she served as an active member of the First United Methodist Church, Franklin and as a Girl and Cub Scout leader, an avid gardener and an active supporter of many youth programs for the Macon County school system, as well as youth programs for the town of Franklin. Most recently she had resided in Kings Mountain, NC and attended First Presbyterian Church with her son Paul and daughter Jane.

Mrs. Cabe was born on a homestead ranch in Glasgow, Montana on December 27, 1911 to John Oscar Gribble and Lassie Almeda Kitchens. In 1917 , Mrs. Cabe returned to the Shooting Creek section of Clay county, NC where she grew up and graduated from Hayesville High School in 1929 and then enrolled in the nurse training school at Angel Hospital in Franklin that same year. Mrs. Cabe completed her nurse training in 1932 and began her career as a nurse at Angel Hospital.

Mrs. Cabe married William Russell Cabe, a third generation native of Macon County on December 28, 1934. She continued her work as a nurse until 1939 when she took time off to raise a family. On April 2, 1939. Her first child, Lewis Russell Cabe, was born and in May 1939 and she moved with her husband to New Hampshire where he was working with the US Forest Service. Mrs. Cabe and her husband returned to Franklin at the end of 1939. Two additional children were born in the 1940: Paul William Cabe, January 16, 1944 and Nancy Jane Cabe, October 16, 1946. In 1960, Mrs. Cabe returned to her career as a nurse at Angel Community Hospital where she worked as a supervisor until she retired in 1981.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, her sister Gladys Mae Shope, her two brothers, Perry Eugene Gribble and John Bynum Gribble and her grandson, Brian Russell Cabe and special friend of the family, David Bruce Stephens.

She is survived by sons Lewis R. Cabe and wife Diane C. of Alexandria, VA and Paul W. Cabe, Kings Mtn. NC; daughter: Jane Cabe King and husband Jerry L., Kings Mtn. NC; grandchildren: Tanessa Cabe Harte and husband Steven, New York, NY, Karen King Moser and husband Jeffrey, Cary, NC, Michael William King and wife Thelma, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Wesley Todd King and wife Paula, Chapin, SC, Susan Joan King, Irmo, SC; John Finley King and wife Eden, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Great-Grandchildren: Helenica Cabe Harte and Gizella Virta Harte, New York, NY; Laura Leigh Moser, William Jacob Moser and Sarah Torrence Moser, Cary, NC; Colden Todd King and Madison Ann King, Chapin, SC. Sarah Susan King and George Gibson King, Mt. Pleasant, SC.; sisters: Ruby Hockett, Lebanon, Oregon and Edith Anderson, Havre, Montana and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral service will be held at the First United Methodist Church, Franklin, NC Saturday, September 20, 2008 2:00 P.M. Rev. John Fowler and Rev. Lee Thomas officiating. Visitation will be 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. Friday evening, September 19, 2008 at Harris Funeral Home, Kings Mountain and Saturday, September 20, 2008 from 1:00 - 2:00 P.M. at First United Methodist Church, Franklin, NC prior to the serviceMemorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 1188 Kings Mtn. NC 28086 or First United Methodist Church, 66 Harrison Ave, Franklin, NC 28734 or Brian Cabe Memorial Fund, c/o Folger's Shakespeare Library, 201 E. Capital Street, SE Washington, DC 20003.

Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery, Franklin, North Carolina

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