Beulah “Inez” Homesley Rhyne, age 82 of 4806 E. Highway 27, in Iron Station, died on Friday, June 29, 2012.
Her funeral service will be 3:00 pm on Monday, July 2, 2012 at Pearl Baptist Church with Rev. Dr. Robert Wensil and Rev. William Wease officiating. Burial will follow in the Iron Station Community Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 2:45 pm prior to the service at the church.
Mrs. Rhyne was born April 15, 1930 in Lincoln County, daughter of the late John Jacob and Edna Cloninger Homesley. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Millard Rhyne, sisters Marie Homesley Fourshee, Pauline Homesley Brown, Lucille Homesley Chronister, and Mandy Lee Homesley, brothers John Henry (Bud) Homesley, Grover C. Homesley, and Robert J. Homesley, nephew Johnny Homesley, and great-niece Samantha Killian. She was a faithful member of Pearl Baptist Church of which her family helped charter. She was a graduate of Lincolnton High School and was retired from JPS Industries, Inc.
She is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lillian Homesley Sain; brother and sister-in-law, Albert and Shirley Homesley; four nephews; six nieces; and numerous great-nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Palliative Care Center and Hospice of Catawba Valley, 3975 Robinson Road, Newton, NC 28658, or to Pearl Baptist Church, 4657 E. Highway 27, Iron Station, NC 28080.
