Elizabeth Turner Drake Arp

Elizabeth Turner Drake Arp, 84, of 215 Gate Street, Gaston, N. C. died Thursday, October 15, 2009, at Halifax Regional Medical Center. She attended

First Baptist Church in Gaston, and was retired from J. P. Stevens after 15 years of service. She was a loving mother, wife, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She loved her flowers and her garden and always shared her garden with her neighbors.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Johnny Drake and Nannie Pender Drake; her husband, Willie Arp and a brother, John Lee Drake

She is survived by her children: James Edward Arp and wife, Faye, of Ogden, Kansas; Doris Harris and husband, Tom, of Littleton; Roy Arp and wife, Diane; Johnnie Arp and Hilda Arp-Sanguillen and her husband, Albert , all of Roanoke Rapids, and Carlton Arp of Gaston; her brothers: James Ray Drake of Tarboro and Justa Drake of Rocky Mount; her sister: Catherine Crisp of Nashville, N. C.; seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Monday, October 19, 2009, in the chapel of Hockaday Funeral and Cremation Service at 11:00 A.M. conducted by Rev. Tim Andrews. Burial will follow in Crestview Memorial Cemetery.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, October 18, at the funeral home from 7:00 to 9:00 PM.