Pansie Hamrick

EARL – Mrs. Pansie Blanton Elinburg Hamrick, 94, of Crow Rd., died Wed., May 22, 2013 at Cleveland Regional Medical Center. A native of Cleveland Co., she was the daughter of the late Arron and Chosie Ella Runyan Blanton. She was a dedicated wife, involved mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Pansie was always a free spirit who brought joy to all who came into her life. Her warm smile and love of life was evidenced by her laughter. She was a lifelong and faithful member of New Hope Baptist Church where she taught the four and five-year-old Sunday School Class. Pansie truly loved her neighbors as herself by sacrificially giving to support her local church and anyone in need. Pansie was the type of person who asked not to mourn her passing but to celebrate her life because she lived everyday as if it were her last. She found joy and happiness in the smallest things in life and would share her words of wisdom with all whom she encountered.

PRECEDED: In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, James Edgar Elinburg; second husband, William Thomas Hamrick; son, Lyndlle King Elinburg; brother, Bill Blanton

SURVIVED: She is survived by her loving daughter, Lucille Wright Evans of Shelby; five grandchildren, Jennifer Bartlett and husband Craig of Indian Trail, Lainee Smith and husband Toby of Rutherfordton, John Evans of Charlotte, Ike Evans of Elizabeth City and Tracy Cassarino of New York; two great-grandchildren, Ashlyn and Andrew Bartlett; Bert Crawford, who was like a son; and many other loving extended family.

SERVICES: Sunday, 3PM, at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home Chapel

VISITATION: The family will receive friends Sunday, 1:30-3PM, at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home, and other times at the home of her daughter.

CLERGY: Rev. Russ Bradley

BURIAL: New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery

MEMORIALS: New Hope Baptist Church, 2621 Blacksburg Rd., Earl, NC 28038

FUNERAL HOME: Clay-Barnette Funeral Home of Shelby