Sadie Crisp Whisenant

MAIDEN -- Sadie Whisenant, age 93, of Maiden passed away January 25, 2011 at Hospice of Catawba Valley. She was born August 21, 1917 in Caldwell County to the late William Avery Crisp and Narley Raymer Crisp. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Osborne 'Pete' Whisenant. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Maiden and an inspector at Knitmode Mills.

She is survived by three daughters, Elizabeth Whitener and her husband John of Charlotte, Jo Ann Shelton and her husband Lanny of Maiden, and Rita Dellinger and her husband Jerry of Denver, NC, one sister, Helen Barbusca of Pennsylvania, five grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held Thursday, January, 27, 2011 at 2:00 PM at the First United Methodist Church of Maiden. The family will receive friends after the service at the church. Interment will be at a later date at Maiden City Cemetery.

Goodin-Drum Funeral Home is serving the Whisenant family. Published in Charlotte Observer on January 26, 2011