County Line: Breakfast Saturday at V-Point Ruritan Club – Davie County Enterprise Record

By Shirley Thorne

Correspondent of the Provincielijn

Clarksbury Methodist Church is hosting a “Friends & Family Day” picnic on Sunday, May 5 from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. There will be games and other activities for people of all ages. A picnic with hot dogs and hamburgers will be served at 5 p.m. Grab a chair for an afternoon of fun for the whole family.

The Baptist men of the Society meet Saturday at 7:00 A.M. They invite others in the community for breakfast and prayer. They will discuss upcoming projects and community needs.

The Women on Mission of Society will meet Saturday at 9 a.m. The women will focus on mission work and needs in North America and invite others.

Clarksbury is hosting a ‘Mother’s Day Tea’ lunch on Saturday 11 May at 10.30am. For planning purposes, please RSVP to Teresa Evans at 828-578-1149 for yourself and any guests by May 5.

The Harmony High School Alumni Association will meet Saturday, May 11, in the fellowship hall of Rose Chapel Methodist Church on Turnersburg Highway. The doors open at 4:00 PM for a greeting and dinner is served from 5:00 PM. The cost per person is $20. For scheduling purposes, please RSVP to Carolyn Anderson at 704-838-3374 or Wanda Stafford at 704-876-4241 by May 6.

The annual car, bike and truck cruise, hosted by Piney Grove AME Zion Church, will take place June 1 at 10 a.m.

Our community extends its condolences to the family of LaVerne Wallace Williams Sullivan, who died last Monday at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after being taken there for treatment that day. The youngest of four children, she was born in Iredell County in 1935 to the late Luther “Luke” and Lillie Johnson Wallace of Harmony. Growing up, she attended Holly Springs Baptist Church with her family.

In 1954, LaVerne graduated from Harmony High; where she excelled in academics, was a member of several clubs including the Beta Club, and served as a marshal. Later that year, she married William Junior “Sonny” Williams of County Line in a ceremony officiated by her brother Rev. Irvin Wallace. The couple settled on the Williams family farm on Ridge Road and raised children Kathy and Perry. The family participated in worship at Society Baptist, where LaVerne became an active member and was a Sunday School teacher for many years.

After Sonny’s fatal heart attack in 1965, LaVerne married Paul Sullivan in 1985. The couple settled in Statesville. A gentle and caring person, LaVerne was a caregiver when his health declined several years before his death in 2003. She later moved back to Ridge Road and later lived with Perry and wife Vickie before moving to Mocksville Senior Living in September 2023.

A service honoring her life was held last Friday morning at the Society Baptist Church cemetery, conducted by the Rev. Dale Wallace. She was buried next to Sonny.

Margie Beck remains in rehab at Iredell Memorial Hospital. Terry Wayne Dyson continues his chemotherapy treatments. Caleb continues chemotherapy at Brenner Children’s Hospital while their oncologist seeks a second opinion on the possibility of a liver resection.

Please join us in praying for the Lord’s divine healing and blessings for Margie, Terry Wayne, Caleb and others experiencing health challenges. Please pray for LaVerne’s family as they miss her deeply in life.

If you have news to share, please call or text Shirley at 336-492-5115 or email [email protected].