Sarah Guy

Sarah Ophelia Guy passed away Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at the Gordon Hospice House. She was born in Iredell County on September 17, 1918 to the late Tom and Cora Harris Guy. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Audrey Guy Baker and her husband, Wayne Baker and Retha Guy Johnson and her husband, Ray Daniel Johnson. She is survived by one sister, Hazel Guy Waugh and nieces and husbands; Cora Lee Johnson Fortner and Frank, Betty Ann Johnson Cockayne and Bill; nephews and their wives, Thomas D. Johnson and Karol, Bill R. Johnson and Bonnie; Aaron Baker and Geanne, Kent Waugh and Anita, Wesley Waugh and Lynn. She is also survived by 24 great nieces and nephews. Sarah resided with Retha and Ray Johnson on the family farm working the farm and in the chicken house. Of course she helped raise the Johnson children and spoiled them and their off-spring. She was always there to help with homework, especially book reports and keeping them in freshly polished shoes and her famous angel biscuits. She was known to family and friends as "Babe". In her later years, she decided to move to Statesville Assisted Living - the Gardens - where she resided for nearly five years. Her last days were spent in the care of the excellent doctors and staff of the Gordon Hospice House. The family is so grateful to the staff of the Gardens for their care and compassion over the years she resided there and to Gordon Hospice House for their excellent care of her and the family in her last days. Sarah was a faithful member of Monticello United Methodist Church and sang in the choir as long as her health permitted. Funeral services will be held there on 10:30 a.m. Thursday with Rev. Jill Rhinehart and Rev. Kyle Goodman officiating. Pallbearers will be great nephews. Burial will follow the service at Iredell Memorial Gardens. The family will welcome friends at Nicholson Funeral Home on Wednesday evening 6:30-8:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to Monticello U.M.C., 308 Island Ford Rd., Statesville, NC 28625 or to Hospice and Palliative Care of Iredell County, 2347 Simonton Rd., Statesville, NC 28625. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.nicholsonfunerals.com Nicholson Funeral Home is serving the Guy family.