CASTLE HAYNE — Mary Grossnickle, 88, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2018, at Stonebridge Assisted Living, Hampstead.
She was born July 3, 1930, in Tallassee, Alabama, to the late Amos Stanley and Beatrice Ailene Tennant Wheat. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Rebecca Jean Lanier; two brothers, Amos S. “Red” Wheat Jr. and Joe Wheat; and sister, Lois Nichols.
Mrs. Grossnickle graduated from Montgomery High School in 1948. She enjoyed working at Corning for many years until her retirement in 1996. She loved working in her yard and flower garden, camping, fishing and hunting.
Surviving are three daughters, Brenda Layne Burton, and her husband, Joseph, Glenda Jayne Kuehne, and her husband, Bob, and Effie Ann Grossnickle, and her husband, Larry Spong; son, Bobby Grossnickle, and his wife, Deidre; son-in-law, Jack Lanier; eight grandchildren, Shelby, Lindsay, Harold, Shane, Rachael, Chelsey, Hailey and Benjamin; four great grandchildren; brother, Ed Wheat; and sister, Dorothy Sanderson.
The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, July 18, at Andrews Mortuary Hampstead Chapel. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, July 19, at Oleander Memorial Gardens.
The family would like to thank every member of the staff at Stonebridge Assisted Living and the nurses with Lower Cape Fear Hospice for all of their loving care and support.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice.
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