Mamie Virginia Hooper Raby

Franklin, NC - Mamie Virginia Hooper Raby, 89, of the Watauga Community of Franklin, NC, died Saturday, June 26, 2010. She was a native of Jackson County, the daughter of the late Tom Ruben and Dollie Gosnell Hooper. She was married to the late George Lewis Raby who died in 1994. She was past president of the Home Extension Club and Macon Women’s Missionary Union. She was a very active member of Watauga Baptist Church, where she was a former Sunday School Teacher, she loved to bowl and travel.

She is survived by one daughter Betty Francis Rowland of Franklin, NC; three sons Robert L. Raby and his wife Ruth of Franklin, NC; James David Raby and his wife Linda of Nashville, TN; Thomas Edgar Raby and his wife Jane of Olatha, KS; two sisters Velma Plemmons and Lois Ensley both of Sylva, NC. She is also survived by nine grandchildren and sixteen great-granchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister Naomi Green and two brothers Thomas and Otto Hooper.

Funeral services will be held Monday June 28, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Watauga Baptist Church with Rev. Wesley Price, Rev. David Williams and Rev. Roy Lowe officiating. Pallbearers will be Larry Bishop, Norris Clouse, Doug Brooks, Jimmy Ammons, Doug Johnson, George Roper and Norman Baker. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Sunday, June 27, 2010. Burial will be in Watauga Baptist Church Cemetery.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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