Thursday, November 10, 2011 9:16 am

Dorothy Mae Terry Willis Cox, 75, of Ellenboro, passed away Friday, November 4, 2011. A native of Cleveland County. Daughter of the late Roy C. Terry and Birdie Lucille Alexander Terry Drewery. She was a homemaker and member of Gantt’s Grove Baptist Church.

    In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Alfred Monroe Willis; one son, Lee Roy Willis; one brother, Kenneth Terry; two sisters, Joann Reid Edwards and Peggy Blanton. She is survived by two sons, Tim Willis of Shelby and Alfred Willis of Ellenboro; three daughters, Patsy Pack of Ellenboro, Frances Grooms of Shelby and Candy Willis of Shelby; three brothers, Billy Terry of Woodruff, SC, Joyce Terry of Ellenboro and Charles Terry of Forest City; fifteen grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.

    Funeral services were held at Gantt’s Grove Baptist Church. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, POB 336, Forest City, NC 28043.

    McKinney-Landreth & Carroll Funeral Home is serving the family.