Laverne Kepley

LaVerne Beck Kepley, 90, of Allred Road, died Tuesday, November 29, at Alston Brook Nursing Center.

A funeral service will be held at 2 pm Sunday, December 4, at Hedrick’s Grove United Church of Christ by the Rev. David Crook and the Rev. Paul Perkins.  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will receive friends following the service.

Ms. Kepley was born March 31, 1932, in Davidson County to Ivey Thomas Beck and Lula Mae Hedrick Beck.  She graduated valedictorian from Davis Townsend High School and later attended Lexington College of Business. Ms. Kepley held administrative positions at United Furniture, Burlington Industries, and retired from Parkdale Mills. She was a lifetime member of Hedrick’s Grove United Church of Christ.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Billy Thomas Beck; her sister, Emma Jean Beck Walton; and two nephews, William G. Walton, Jr. and Christopher Thomas Beck.

She is survived by her daughter, Tippy Kepley Varner (Nathan) of Lexington; her grandchildren, James Brendan Varner, Sr. (Jenny) of Lexington and Katherine Varner Shoaf of High Point; her great-grandchildren, James Holland Shoaf, Elizabeth Walton Shoaf, James Brendan Varner, Jr., and Andrew Michael Varner; brother-in-law, William G. Walton, Sr. of Winston-Salem; sister-in-law, Anne Caldwell Beck of Concord; nephew, Gregory Scott Beck of Mooresville; and niece, Deborah Beck Bayes of Simpsonville, SC.

In lieu of flowers, memorials should be made to Hedrick’s Grove United Church of Christ, 3840 Allred Road, Lexington, NC 27292.

Condolences may be made at www.davidsonfuneralhome.net