Annie Whitley Shand

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. ANNIE WHITLEY SHAND HAS BEEN CHANGED TO SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2016 AT MOUNT VERNON CHRISTIAN CHURCH LOCATED AT 300 LOMBARD STREET IN CLAYTON, N.C. AT 1:00 P.M. AUGUST 1, 1925 - JANUARY 14, 2016 ANNIE WHITLEY SHAND, 90 OF CLAYTON, N.C. PASSED AWAY THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2016 AT JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF CLAYTON. ANNIE IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN AND ELLA JONES WHITLEY. ANNIE GREW UP IN CLAYTON AND ATTENDED WILLIAM MASON COOPER HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING IN THE CLASS OF 1942. SHE MOVED TO BROOKLYN, NEW YORK IN THE EARLY FIFTIES AND WORKED AS A SEAMSTRESS BEFORE RETIRING IN 1990, AS OFFICE MANAGER FOR THE AGENCY FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT. ANNIE RELOCATED TO CLAYTON, N.C. AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, HURBERT SHAND. SHE RE-ESTABLISHED HER MEMBERSHIP AT MOUNT VERNON CHRITIAN CHURCH AND WAS A TIRELESS AND FAITHFUL WORKER IN MANY OF THE CHURCH'S MINISTRIES. SHE ENJOYED TRAVELING, HAVING TRAVELED TO ISRAEL, AFRICA, HAWAII AND THE WEST INDIES. SHE ENJOYED WRITING A WEEKLY COLUMN FOR THE CAROLINIAN NEWSPAPER. HER COLUMN WAS TITLED, "COMMUNITY NEWS AND NOTES". IN 2013, ANNIE WAS SELECTED "MOTHER OF THE YEAR" BY THE JOHNSTON COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP. IN 2015 ANNIE RECEIVED THE PRESTIGOUS "ORDER OF THE LONG LEAF PINE AWARD" FOR HER EXTRAORDINARY SERVICES. THIS AWARD WAS PRESENTED TO HER BY THE COOPER HERITAGE ALUMNI & FRIENDS ASSOCIATION, AN ORIGANIZATION WHICH SHE HAS SUPPORTED SINCE GRADUATION. ANNIE WHITLEY SHAND LEAVES TO CHERISH HER LOVING MEMORIES, TWO DEVOTED DAUGHTERS, FRANCES MERCER (ULESSES) AND DOROTHY PEARL CLARK, BOTH OF CLAYTON, N.C.; ONE SON, BENJIMAN SHAND (ELAINE) OF MARYLAND; TWO BROTHERS, CHARLES WHITLEY (ETHEL) OF MARYLAND, JOSEPH WHITLEY (ELGIE) OF CLAYTON, N.C., TWO SISTERS, ROSA LEE WATSON AND CAROLYN ANN CREECH, BOTH OF CLAYTON, N.C., EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, FIFTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND TWO GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF LOVING NEPHEWS, NEICES AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MRS. ANNIE WHITLEY SHAND WILL BE SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2016 AT MOUNT VERNON CHRISTIAN CHURCH LOCATED AT 300 LOMBARD STREET IN CLAYTON, N.C., VISITATION: 12:30 - 1:00 P.M. - FUNERAL SERVICE BEGIN AT 1: P.M. A PUBLIC VIEWING WILL BE AT HOOD FUNERAL HOOD BETWEEN 11: 00 A.M. AND 8:00 P.M ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2016, LOCATED AT 230 FRONT STREET IN CLAYTON, N.C. 27520 CONTRIBUTIONS IN MEMORY OF MRS. ANNIE WHITLEY SHAND MAY BE MADE TO HER FAVORITE MINISTRY, MOUNT VERNON SENIOR CITIZEN MINISTRY OR THE COOPER HERITAGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION. FAMILY WILL RECEIVE GUESTS AT 617 AGIN COURT PLACE CLAYTON, NC 27520.

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