Elsie Rae Curtis Brendle

Franklin, NC - Elsie Rae Curtis Brendle, 89, of Franklin, NC passed away Monday, April 29, 2013. Born in Macon County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Minnie McCall Curtis. She was married to Howard Theodore Brendle who died September 21, 2010. She cooked for restaurants, did cleaning for Dr. Kahn, had worked for Van Raalte and had worked for Dr. McSween. She loved to cook and grow flowers, and was a member of Watauga Baptist Church.

She is survived by four daughters, Betty Wiley of Oakboro, NC, Gladys Lockler of Charlotte, NC, Linda Delaney and her husband Gary of Cornelia, GA, and Cathy Pierce and her husband Chris of Locust, NC, a son, Jimmy Scroggs and his wife, Gayle of Waterford, Michigan; three sisters, Judy Carpenter and Barbara Bradley both of Franklin, NC and Pauline Lovell of Elizabeth City, NC; three brothers, Charles Curtis, Jr. of Sylva, NC, Jimmy Curtis of Simpsonville, SC and Verlin Curtis of Franklin, NC; fourteen grandchildren, sixteen great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren also survive. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by a son, Randall Garth Brendle; two sisters, Christine Brabson and Catherine Cunningham, two brothers, Claude Curtis and Willie Curtis, two grandchildren, Kelly Pierce and Richard Little.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 2:00 pm in the Chapel of Bryant Grant Funeral Home, with Rev. Roy Lowe, Rev. Vic Greene, and Rev. Wesley Price officiating. Burial will be in Watauga Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Tony Curtis, Kevin Seay, Travis Seay, Bill Mashburn, Jerry Guffey, Avery Brendle, Chris Pierce, Trevor Denton and James Greenwood. The family will receive friends from 1:00 till 2:00 pm, one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Diamond Blackfan Anemia Foundation, Inc. in memory of Kelly Pierce, 20 Tracy Lynn Lane, West Seneca, New York 14224.

Bryant Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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