Sally Harrison Earwood

Fairview - Sally Harrison Earwood, 88, of Fairview, died Thursday, February 20, 2003. A lifelong resident of Buncombe County, she was a daughter of the late Albert Benjamin and Mattie Smart Harrison and wife of the late Albert Earwood, who died in 1997. She was also preceded in death by a granddaughter, Elaine Mease and a great-grandson, Scott Adam Lewis. Mrs. Earwood was a member of Emma’s Grove Baptist Church and a member of the Home Demonstration Club for a number of years. She is survived by two daughters, Lura Waites of Asheville and Alice Lewis, and her husband Sanford, of Asheville; four grandchildren, William Henry Head, and his wife Debi, of Fort Mill, SC, Rodney J. Lewis, and his wife Dorothy, of Clayton, Indiana, Vickie Sprung, and her husband Jim, of Fletcher and Will Waites of Asheville; four great-grandchildren, Pvt. Robert “Trip” Mease, Dawn Nicole Head, Megan Lewis and Patrick Lewis; three sisters, Geneva Gasperson of Fletcher, Eugenia Brooks of Newport News, Virginia and Jane Hardin of Fairview; four brothers, Roby Harrison of Fairview, Van Harrison of Charlotte, Herbert Harrison of Lawndale, NC and Melvin Harrison of Jacksonville, Florida. A graveside service will be held at 2 pm Saturday at Emma’s Grove Baptist Church Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Donnie Chapman. Her family will receive friends from 7 until 8:30 pm Friday at Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian. Memorials may be made to the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 244, Fairview, NC 28730.