Vera Tarlton Gulledge

Vera Tarlton Gulledge
LILESVILLE -- Mrs. Gulledge, 90, died Thursday, July 5, 2007 at Heritage Hills Living Center in Wadesboro.
Funeral services will be 11:00 AM Saturday, July 7, 2007 in the Chapel of Leavitt Funeral Home in Wadesboro with Rev. Teddy Lawson officiating. Interment will follow in Lilesville Cemetery. The family will greet friends on Saturday beginning at 10:00 AM until time for the service, and other times at the home of her daughter, 394 E. Goldmine Road in Beaver Dam Estates, Wadesboro.
Vera was born May 25, 1917 in Montgomery County, NC, a daughter of the late Brack and Fannie Scarborough Tarlton. She was the retired owner and operator of Vera's Beauty Shop in Lilesville for more than 30 years, and later assisted her daughter at The Cottage Florist in Lilesville.
Surviving are her daughters and sons-in-law, Derenda Garris and Billy of Clemmons, Matilda Paul and Phillip of Wadesboro, Norma Lassiter and Wayne of Mill Spring, NC, Diane Moore of Princeton; her son and daughter-in-law, Joe Gulledge, Jr. and Jill of Lilesville; grandchildren, Christy Weatherly of Winston-Salem, Eric Garris of Roanoke, VA, Doug Paul of Wadesboro, Tonjua Chapman of Lilesville, Lonnie Lassiter, II of Columbus, NC, Jeanie Paschall of Asheville, Lacy Moore, III of Princeton, NC, Brent Gulledge of Charlotte, and Joe Gulledge, III of Rock Hill, SC; and 20 great grandchildren. Her husband, Joseph Francis Gulledge, and her infant daughter, Mable Elaine Gulledge, preceded her in death.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Grace Senior Citizens Center, 199 Hwy. 742 South, Wadesboro, NC 28170.
The arrangements are in care of Leavitt Funeral Home in Wadesboro.