Marian Davis Packard

NEW HOUSE- Mrs. Marian Davis Packard, 91, formerly of New House, passed away on April 10, 2009 at Summit Place of Mooresville assisted living center. She was born in Cherokee County, SC, April 16, 1917, the daughter of the late Fred X. and Mary Sparks Davis.
Mrs. Packard graduated from Mooresboro High School in Mooresboro in 1933. She received an Associate Degree from Gardner-Webb College in Boiling Springs in 1958 and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Limestone College in Gaffney, SC in 1959. After starting her teaching career, she attended Lenoir Rhyne College in Hickory and Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone, receiving a Masters Degree from Appalachian in 1966. Her twenty-year teaching career included positions in Cleveland County and Shelby school systems. Mrs. Packard was well known and loved in the New House community and was an active member of Sandy Plains Baptist Church there. She was involved in numerous community, state and national organizations.
The family’s deepest thanks go to the staff of Hospice Palliative Care of Lake Norman and Summit Place of Mooresville for the care given to Mrs. Packard during her stay.

PRECEDED IN DEATH: In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Erskine B. Packard and son, Joe E. Packard.

SURVIVORS: She is survived by her son, Jack C. Packard, and wife Martha of Mooresville; a daughter, Ann P. Ackerman and husband Michael of Fernandina Beach, FL; grandchildren and their spouses, Deborah Shutt and Grey, Elizabeth Arnold and Ben, Robert Packard and Jennifer, Christina Allen and Perry; great grandchildren, Jordan Packard, Allison and Carson Shutt, and William and Jackson Arnold; nine siblings and their spouses, Hoyle Davis and Blanche and Russell Davis and Mildred, all of Shelby, Leonard Davis and Raye of Mooresboro, Kenneth Davis and Dorothy of Mauldin, SC, Fred Davis and Rita of Costa Mesa, CA, Frank Davis and Michi of Moreno Valley, CA, Nancy Reynolds and Robert of Concord, Mack Davis and Tom Davis and Judy, all of Gaffney, SC.

MEMORIAL SERVICE: A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Sandy Plains Baptist Church, 2112 New House Rd., Shelby.

GRAVESIDE SERVICE: A graveside service will be held at Sandy Plains Baptist Church Cemetery following the memorial service on Saturday.

VISITATION: The family will receive friends following the graveside service in the Luna Whitaker Fellowship Hall of the church.

OFFICIATING CLERGY: The Drs. Robert Lamb and Dale Clark

MEMORIALS: In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to Hospice Palliative Care of Lake Norman, 705 Griffith St., Suite 203, Davidson, NC 28036, or to the charity of one’s choice.