Betty Mae Melton Lingafelt's Obituary
Betty Mae Melton Lingafelt, 89, of Stanfield passed away on November 25, 2022 in The Greens at Cabarrus. Her funeral service will be at 11 AM on Monday on November 28th in the Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care Chapel in Locust. Burial will follow in the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 9:30 until 10:30 prior to the service.
Born March 8, 1933 in Buncombe County, NC she was the daughter of the late Floyd Elworth Melton and Margaret Nora Dempsey Melton. She held a Bachelor’s Degree from Liberty University and was a retired Teacher. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church.
Mrs. Lingafelt was preceded in death by her husband Rev. D. O. Lingafelt and a great granddaughter Oakley Smith. She is survived by children Keith Lingafelt, Kathy L. Brinson, and Kenneth Lingafelt, grandchildren Rebecca and Chris Hills, Kristi and Jeff Smith, Charity L. Lingafelt, Chad and Jessica Lingafelt, Kyle and Brittany Lingafelt, Melissa Lingafelt, and MaKenzie Lingafelt, great-grandchildren Skylar Smith, Delaney Smith, Jackson Hills, Daisy Ross, Olivia Ross, Katie Lingafelt, Clark Lingafelt, Conor Lingfelt, and Hudson Lingafelt, and sisters Thelma M. Morrison and Wanda M. McGee.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Warriors Always Rise at warriorsalwaysrise.com.
Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Locust is serving the Lingafelt family.
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