Mrs. Dorothy Wood Wehunt Pearson, 87, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Atrium Health - Lincoln.

Mrs. Pearson was born on September 15, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Loy Wood Wehunt and Louzell Willis Wehunt and the granddaughter of the late Eligah S. Wehunt and Ida Lola Wood and J. Clayton Willis and Ava G. Wehunt Willis. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter P. "Tolly" Pearson and a sister, Shirley Wehunt Hicks.

She was assistant Vice President and Trust Officer in the Trust Department at First National Bank in Shelby, joining First National Bank in 1966.

Survivors include her brothers, Ronald David Wehunt and wife Elizabeth; Lanny Warren Wehunt; a sister, Rita Wehunt-Black and husband John H. Black all of Vale; nieces, Angela Sarnecki; Ava Roxanne B. Stritt and husband Kerry of Chapin, SC; her beloved great nephew and great niece, Tyler Alexander Stritt and wife Morgan of Savannah, GA and Alexandra "Alexis" Stritt of Columbia, SC. Also special family members, Barbara Wehunt Davis, Charles and Barbara Wood, Chad, Crystal and Clara Parlier.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be a private family graveside service at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Fallston.

Memorials may be made to Bess Chapel United Methodist Church, Cemetery Fund, c/o Linda Towery, 2357 Bess Chapel Church Road Cherryville, NC 28021

A guest register is available at www.stameycherryvillefuneralhome.com

Stamey-Cherryville Funeral Home & Cremation Service is serving the family of Mrs. Pearson.