Gladys Mae Mullis Boatright Obituary from The Gaston Gazette 24 Sep 2002
GASTONIA: Gladys Mae Mullis Boatright, 91, died at her daughter’s home in Gastonia.
She was a native of Waxhaw, born April 2, 1911 in Union County, daughter of the late James Lex and Lillian Cleone Yarbrough Mullis.
FUNERAL: 2 p.m. today, Union Methodist Church
INTERMENT: Church cemetery
Most of her working life she was a seamstress for a garment cleaners.
Mar 8 1947SURVIVORS: Three daughters, Sadie M. Boatright, Sue B. Harris, both of Gastonia, Edith Collene B. Baucom of Marshville; one son, Joe Frank Boatright of Gastonia; a sister, Bleeka Boatright; and a brother, James Albert Mullis, both of Waxhaw; six grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: Husband, William Franklin Boatright, March 8, 1947; infant daughter, Blanch Faye Boatright; and a brother, Jay Lex Mullis
OFFICIATING CLERGY: Revs. Jonathan Brake and James Lowery
MEMORIALS: Union Methodist Church, Hospice of Gaston County or to McEwen Funeral Home, in memory of Gladys Boatright
ARRANGEMENTS: McEwen Funeral Home of Monroe
Provided by Billie Boatright Ranson in an email to Joe Cox dated 12/05/2010