Mabel Rodgers Lanning

Asheville ~ Mabel Rodgers Lanning, 93, died on Sunday, April 11, 2010 at the Oaks of Sweeten Creek. She was born June 9, 1916 in Greenville, SC and was the daughter of the late Samuel Henry and Maude Hollingsworth Rodgers. She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Alvin Lanning, a daughter Rebecca Lanning Hazelrigg, two sisters, Catherine Dobson and Alma Ledford and a brother Everette Rodgers. She was a member of Biltmore Estate Homemakers Club and Biltmore Baptist Church. She is survived by a son-in-law, Howard Hazelrigg; a granddaughter, Megan Hazelrigg both of Asheville and a granddaughter, Heather Loveless and her husband Dr. Scott Loveless; and a great granddaughter, Anne Loveless all of Charlotte; numerous nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held 2:00 P.M. Thursday in the chapel of Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian on Long Shoals Road with the Rev. Harold Savell officiating. Burial will follow in Tweeds Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Care Part-ners Hospice Foundation, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813.