Margaret Elizabeth Setzer Setzer Starnes

Margaret was born June 30, 1922 to Clyde Henry Setzer, Sr. and Gladys Grace Walker Setzer of Catawba County. She was a homemaker and seamstress. She was also employed at Ellis Hosiery Mill, Cedar Valley Fabrics, and at Neuville Industries’ day care center. Margaret was a member of Poovey’s Grove Baptist Church, and a charter member of Poovey’s Grove Home Demonstration Club.

Preceding Margaret in death are her parents; husband, Samuel P. Starnes; brother, Henry Setzer, Jr.; sister, Virginia Setzer Williams; and sister-in-law; Omega Compton Starnes.

Survivors include her son, David Wesley Starnes and wife, Susan, of Hickory; daughter, Nancy Starnes Yount and husband, Thomas, of Newton; sisters, Frances Martin of Lincolnton, Betty Hayes of Gastonia, and Joann Clark of Concord; brother-in-law, Ralph L. Starnes of Granite Falls; sister-in-laws, Nina Starnes Hill, and Rachel Starnes Ritchie and husband, Charlie, of Granite Falls; grandchildren, Samantha Yount Hendershot and husband, Evan, of Claremont, Ashley Rose Yount of Davidson, Katherine Grace Yount of Charlotte, Laura Anne Starnes, and Jayne May Starnes of Hickory; great-grandchildren, Christiano David Starnes of Hickory, and Liam David Hendershot of Claremont; and a number of nieces and nephews.

A service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 10, 2014, at Poovey’s Grove Baptist Church. Pastor Jim Hamby will officiate. The family will receive friends from 1:00-1:45 p.m. prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Poovey’s Grove Baptist Church at 2889 Poovey’s Grove Church Road, Granite Falls, NC 28630.

Condolences may be made to the family at www.willisreynoldsfh.com.

The Starnes family has entrusted service arrangements to Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home & Cremations in Newton, NC.