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Ila I. Parham

September 8, 1925 — July 31, 2016

Leicester Ila Gertrude Ingle Parham, 90, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2016 at Emerald Ridge Rehab and Care Center, after a period of declining health. She was born September 8, 1925 on Long Shoals Road, Arden, to the late William Herbert Ingle and Gertrude Creasman Ingle. She was also preceded in death by ten brothers and sisters, with Ila being the youngest. Ila was the loving wife for almost 69 years to the late Elmer Pawser Parham who passed away in April 2012. She was previously employed, when young, at the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth Company, then at the Enka Plant and Mills Manufacturing Plant where she inspected parachutes. After her oldest daughter was born, she was a housewife, a homemaker and Elmers Better-Half as he always called her. Ila is survived by two daughters, Shirley Clark and husband Earl of Leicester and Debbie Parham of the home; two grandsons, Ricky Clark and wife Melissa of Leicester and Marty Clark of Leicester and fiance Brandy Dison and her children, Dillon, Dakota and Alexis of Marshall; great-grandson, Colin Clark of Leicester; step-great-grandson, Jacob Daley of Charleston, SC and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Thursday, August 4, 2016 at Mountain View Freewill Baptist Church in Alexander, where she was the oldest member, with the Rev. Anthony Fox, Rev. Paul Sluder and Cindy Coleman, CarePartners Hospice Chaplain officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Carlton Sprinkles, Ted Hawkins, Victor Rash, Dean, Nelson and Mike Sluder serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Ilas nephews, Cecil Ingle and Gary McDonald. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM Wednesday at Anders-Rice Funeral Home. Flowers are appreciated or memorials may be made to the Mountain View Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Earl Clark, 404 Ridgeview Road, Leicester, NC 28748. The family extends a special thanks and appreciation to the staff of Emerald Ridge for their loving care of Ila and to the Hospice staff who cared for Ila during this last week of her life, and to her two special sitters and caregivers when she was home, Josie Sluder and Debbie Bishop. Also, a special thanks to her Bingo-Buddy Naomi of Emerald Ridge for her loving care and support to Ila and her family.

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