Evelyn Jane (Butts) Brummitt

Evelyn Butts Brummitt, 72, of Kernersville, North Carolina, and formerly of Cherry Run, West Virginia, died in the Forsytl Medical Center January 22, 2009, in Winston Salem, North Carolina.

She was the daughter of the late Lewis W. and Nettie Harvey Butts. She was a beloved mother and wife.

Evelyn was a 1955 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School. She was employed early on by Interwoven Stocking Company and Western Union in Washington, D.C.

Surviving is her husband of 49 years, Ralph B. Brummitt; daughter, Michelle B. Wise, of Randleman, North Carolina; two sisters, Dorothy B. Stanley and Bernadean B. Jackson; and one brother, Howard Butts, Sr., all from West Virginia.

She was preceded in death by three brothers, Floyd W., Marlin E., and Calvin Stanley Butts; and four infant siblings.

Graveside services were held January 25 at Gray Rock United Methodist Church by the Rev. Gregg A. Presnal and assisted by the Rev. Paul C. Stanley. A bagpiper led the family from the church to the grave site with an Irish song and Amazing Grace.

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