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- Palm Beach Obits
August 2002
Avis Weaver Pringle
Avis Weaver Pringle of Palm Beach and Greensboro, North Carolina, died Tuesday, August 27, 2002, at her home in Greensboro. She was 78. Mrs. Pringle was born June 5, 1924, in Bassett, Virginia, to the late Avis Bassett Weaver and Robert Edward Weaver. She attended Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina; graduated from Mount Vernon Junior College in Washington, D.C.; and earned her bachelor's degree in sociology and economics from Salem College in Winston-Salem. She was member of the Virginia State Board of Education, was a member of the board of visitors of Radford College, and was trustee emeritus of Ferrum College in Roanoke, Virginia. Mrs. Pringle is survived by her daughter, Margaret Helms Shelton of Greensboro; two sons, Ralph Jackson Helms Jr. of Roanoke and Charles Steven Helms of Fairfax Station, Virginia; and six grandchildren, Virginia Bassett Shelton, John Carroll Shelton III, Matthew Buchanan Helms, Leah Aston Helms, Jeb Tyler Helms and Mark Losson Helms. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Bassett Memorial United Methodist Church. The funeral service will take place at 11 a.m. Friday at the church with the Reverend Alan Follett and the Reverend Jim Meredith officiating. Interment will follow the service at the Bassett family cemetery. Arrangements are by the Collins Funeral Service in Bassett. Memorial gifts may be made to the Bassett Memorial United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 408, Bassett, Virginia 24055 or to Ferrum College, P.O. Box 1000, Ferrum, Virginia 24088.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1924 - 2002 (78 years)