Thursday, June 23, 2016 9:06 am

Dorothy "Dot" Lingerfelt Powell Trammell, 86 of Bostic, NC went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, June 12, 2016.

Born in Burke County, NC on June 1, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Harold Herman Lingerfelt and Ruby McMahan Lingerfelt.

Dot was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother. She was a member of South Side Baptist Church.

Mrs. Trammell is survived by her daughters, Shirley Fox and Bill Bowman of Morganton and Rosetta Lancaster and Frank of Bostic; ten grandchildren, thirty-two great-grandchildren, and eight great-great-grandchildren; and sisters, Elsie Saucier, Josephine Whisnant, and Betty Mull.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Trammell was preceded in death by her husband, James Trammell; first husband, James "Bud" Powell; daughter, Norma Faye Butler; a granddaughter, Sarah Butler; and brother, Bobby Lingerfelt.

The funeral was held in the Colonial Chapel of Sossoman Funeral Home with Rev. Billy Chapman officiating. Burial followed in the Forest Hill Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043. Sossoman Funeral Home and Crematory Center assisted the family.