Nell Everhart Koontz

Nell Everhart Koontz, 99, of Rowe Road, died Thursday, November 19, 2009, at Carolina House. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Sunday, November 22, 2009, at Davidson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charlie Patrick officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park. Mrs. Koontz was born September 22, 1910, in Davidson County, to David Lindsay Everhart and Maggie Myers Everhart. She was retired from Hanes Hosiery and a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, C. Lake Koontz who died October 14, 1996; brothers, Carl Everhart and Robert Everhart; sisters, Tempie Biesecker, Ruth Welch, Ellen Pope, Ann Aaron, and Martha Bowman; and a son-in-law, Carson Carlton. Surviving are daughter, Nancy Carlton of Lexington; grandson, Gregory Carlton and wife, Shelley; and great-grandchildren, Abby Carlton and Rachel Carlton. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Sunday prior to the service at the funeral home and other times at the home of the daughter on Rowe Road. Memorials may be made to Hinkle Hospice House, 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292 or Shiloh United Methodist Church Family Life Center, 943 N. NC Highway 150, Lexington, NC 27295.