Lee Pritchard

Lee Etta Andrews Pritchard LENOIR Mrs. Lee Etta Andrews Pritchard, 79, of Lenoir, passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 at Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care-Kirkwood Street location. Born Feb. 16, 1932 in Caldwell County, she was the daughter of the late Horace Andrews and Doris Isaacs Andrews. Mrs. Pritchard worked as an Executive Secretary at Broyhill Furniture and Broyhill Investments for many years. She graduated Happy Valley High School and Mars Hill College. Lee was married to Joe Link Pritchard for 58 years. He passed away March 28, 2010. Lee, along with her husband, Joe, were members of College Avenue Baptist Church, where they sang in the Sanctuary Choir and the Joy Choir. Together they shared a strong interest in church music and this allowed them the opportunity to serve in the music departments for several churches throughout the county for a number of years. Lee was an avid pianist and organist and she served on various church committees. Mrs. Pritchard also served on the Board of the Lenoir Soup Kitchen. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a brother, Ned L. Andrews; and sister-in-law, Betty Andrews. Those left to cherish her memory are one son, Joseph Wesley Pritchard and his wife, Cathy, of Lenoir; two grandsons, Matthew J. Pritchard of Greensboro, and Michael A. Pritchard of Lenoir. She also is survived by a niece, Donna Gatwood and her husband, Michael of Hickory. Funeral Services honoring Mrs. Pritchard will be held Monday, Jan. 30, at 3 p.m. in the sanctuary of College Avenue Baptist Church with Dr. Charles Brawley and the Rev. Michael Isaacs officiating. Interment will follow at Blue Ridge Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the church from 1:30 to 3 p.m. prior to the funeral service. In lieu of flowers, the family request that memorials be made to College Avenue Baptist Church 1201 College Avenue Lenoir, NC 28645, Lenoir Soup Kitchen 1113 College Avenue SW Lenoir, NC 28645 or to Caldwell County Hospice & Palliative Care 902 Kirkwood Street NW Lenoir, NC 28645. Online condolences may be made at pendrysfuneralhome.com Pendry's Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to be serving the Pritchard family.