Eighth Generation

10519. Vesta Ivalee Phillips was born on 22 April 1916 in Watauga Co., NC. Vesta died on 5 May 2006 at the age of 90 in Todd, Ashe Co., NC and was buried at Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery in Boone, Watauga Co., NC on 6 May 2006.³⁰⁸⁸³

Obituary, The Watauga Democrat, May 10, 2006

Mrs. Vesta Phillips Woodring, 90, of 316 Ransey Woodring Road, Todd, died Wednesday, May 5, 2006, at Glenbridge Healthcare Center. She was born April 22, 1916 in Watauga County, a daughter of the late Blaine and Dorothy Coffey Phillips.

Mrs. Woodring was a homemaker and a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church.

Survivors include five daughters, Edith Tester of Boone, Shirley Hayes of Taylorsville, Paris Jenkins of Lenoir, Jewell Greene and husband, Granville, of Fleetwood, and daughter and caregiver, Geneva Woodring of the home; two sons, Howard Woodring and wife, Tempie, of Boone, and Clay Woodring and wife, Betty, of Todd; two sisters, Gladys Bowers of Hastings, Fla., and Stella Trivette and husband, Harvey, of Boone. Twenty-two grandchildren, four step-grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren, twenty step-great-grandchildren, eleven great-great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews also survive.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Ransey Woodring; two infant daughters, Mary Alice and Kathy Lee; one infant son, Walter Franklin; one granddaughter, Linda Carpenter; one step-grandson, Charles Hayes; three brothers and three sisters.

Services were conducted Saturday afternoon, May 6, 2006, at Hopewell United Methodist Church. Officiating were the Rev. Mike Howard and the Rev. Vance Triplett. Burial followed in the Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 222 South Church Street, Suite 336M, Charlotte, N.C. 28202. Hampton Funeral Service was in charge of the arrangements.

Vesta Ivalee Phillips and William Ransey Woodring were married on 10 June 1934 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁰⁸⁸⁴ William Ransey Woodring, son of Henry B. Woodring and Martha Angeline Miller, was born on 7 March 1892 in Sands Community, Watauga Co., NC.³⁰⁸⁸⁵ He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Watauga Co., NC.³⁰⁸⁸⁶ William died on 3 November 1995 at the age of 103 in Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Boone, Watauga Co., NC.^{30887,30888,30889,30890}

Father's name is given as Walter Agnes, Walter Ranzy, Lorenzo, and Walter Lorenzo in all birth records. The most common name given was Walter Ranzy Woodring, the same name given in his Watauga birth record as well as his marriage record.