Dora Stone Connelly

dora connelly

December 13, 1903 ~ December 19, 2001


Resided in: Mills River, NC

Mills River ~ Dora Stone Connelly, 98, of 113 Connelly Road died Wednesday, December 19, 2001 in the Life Care Center of Hendersonville.

A native of Buncombe County, Mrs. Connelly was the daughter of the late Sidney and Sally Riddle Stone and wife of the late Nelson William Connelly, who died in 1977.

Survivors include two daughters, Margaret E. Connelly of the home and Evelyn C. Dalton of Mills River; two sons, William N. Connelly of Keystone Heights, Fla. and James R. Connelly of Mills River; twelve grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren and twenty-four great-great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2:00 PM in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian with Evangelist John Merritt officiating. Interment will follow in Pisgah View Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends Friday evening from 7:00 until 8:30 PM at the funeral home on Long Shoals Road and other times at the residence.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Oak Grove Christian Church Building Fund, 339 Avery’s Creek Road, Arden, NC 28704.

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  1. We are sorry about your loss. We are thinking of your family during this time of sorrow. We Love You. Connie, Jack & Alex

  2. Our sympathy to the large family of this lady. She was a grandmother/great, great-great grandmother to many who loved her. She left alot of really nice family members
    love Judi and Jim Hagan

  3. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
    We both lost our Mothers
    and I know what you are
    going through. Love, Margaret Dalton

    Margaret

  4. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
    We both lost our Mothers
    and I know what you are
    going through. Love, Margaret Dalton

    Margaret


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