Vicky Annalee Gragg Speckhard, a resident of Jamestown, passed away April 16 at Moses Cone. She was born March 10, 1944 to the late Neva Huffman Gragg and Ralph Spurgeon Gragg of Hickory, North Carolina.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday April 20, 2018 at Ebenezer Lutheran Church conducted by Pastor Joshua Haugen. Interment will follow at Guilford Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the church on Friday from 1:00 p.m. until service time.
Vicky graduated from St. Stephen’s High School then spent a year at Lenoir Rhyne College before entering NC Baptist Nursing School to pursue her dream of being a nurse. She worked at Moses Cone Hospital and UNC Hospital before working for Dr. Joe Christian in Greensboro for several years.
She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Donald K. Speckhard; her two daughters, Carin Ortiz and husband Bart, of Greensboro, and Kristin Day and husband John, of Los Angeles, California; her four grandchildren, John and Katherine Ortiz, and Coleman and Annalee Day; sisters Judy Miller and Laura Sipe of Hickory, and brother Ronald Gragg from New York, NY. She was a loving aunt to many nieces and nephews who loved when she made her homemade bread and Christmas stollen.
She was an avid Tar Heel basketball fan, and a loyal servant to Ebenezer Lutheran Church. Her greatest joy was spending time with her grandchildren. She shared with them her love of the outdoors, Sousa marches, and cooking.
The family would like to thank the staff on 5 Midwest at Moses Cone for their great care.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Vicky’s memory to Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 310 S. Tremont Drive, Greensboro, NC 27403.
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