This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: RonCollins10 Surnames: Pardue, King, Whitaker, Prevette, Bell, Caudle, long, Santuccio, Somers Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.yadkin/3639/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HAMPTONVILLE - Florence Eloise Pardue, 87, of Pea Ridge Pass, Hamptonville, passed away at 4:20 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2007. She was born May 12, 1920, to the late Martin and Julie Pardue. On May 14, 1939, she married Kermit Phillip Pardue, who died March 28, 2006. Mrs. Pardue worked for many years at the Carolina Bloomer Factory until her retirement. She was a wonderful cook and a talented seamstress. She enjoyed baking, canning and handcrafting quilts and other items for her family and friends. Mrs. Pardue was a member of Union Baptist Church and attended regularly as long as her health permitted. In addition to her parents and husband, Mrs. Pardue was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda King; granddaughter Rachael Whitaker; sisters Polly Prevette and Edith Bell; and brothers Armstrong Pardue, Tom Pardue and Arvil Pardue. Mrs. Pardue is survived by three children; Phyllis Caudle and husband Roger of Hamptonville; Gale Whitaker and husband Jerry of Johnson City, Tenn.; an! d Dale Pardue and wife Brenda of Hamptonville; seven grandchildren, Pam Long, Jim Whitaker, Brian Whitaker, Melissa King, Matt Pardue, Julie Santuccio and April Pardue; and 13 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are her brother, Joe Pardue; and sister Kate Somers. Mrs. Pardue' s funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30, at Union Baptist Church, with the Rev. Kenny Pardue officiating. She will be placed in the church 30 minutes before the service. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Dec. 29, at Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of Davie County or to Union Baptist Church, 919 Union Baptist Church Road, Hamptonville, NC 27020. The family of Mrs. Pardue would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at the Yadkin Nursing Center, Davie County Hospice and to special caregivers Nancy Hart, Janice Robertson, Ann Jessup and Donna Quese! nberry. Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinville is servin! g the Pa rdue family. Published in the Winston-Salem Journal from 12/29/2007 - 12/30/2007. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.