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Sadie Spangler Wright
Sadie Spangler Wright, 82, of 1404 N. Lafayette Street, Shelby, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center in Shelby.

Born October 30, 1931 in Cleveland County, she was a daughter of the late Abb Sylvester Spangler and Mittie Warlick Spangler.  Sadie was  a graduate of Piedmont High School and King's Business School and was an employee of the Cleveland County Court System.  She was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church where she was a faithful member of the Senior Ladies Sunday School Class and was a constant encourager and dedicated presence at church
activities.    She was an avid sports fan.  Her favorite teams were the Atlanta Braves and the teams her grandchildren were playing on at the time. She was selected as "Softball Fan of the Year" at Eastside Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Donald Wright.

Survivors include a son, Neil Wright and wife, Lynn of Shelby; a daughter, Joy Fortenberry and husband, Gene of Shelby; four grandchildren, Wendy Wright Parker, Wesley Wright, Ryan Hamrick and wife, Scarlet and Clay Hamrick; two step-grandchildren, Chris Fortenberry and wife, Ashley and Vicki Manley and husband, Michael; three great-grandchildren, Ely, Sadie Rose and Posey Hamrick and five step great-grandchildren, Jack and Lilly Fortenberry, Colin, Grayson and Pearson Manley; brother, James C. Spangler and wife, Carolyn of Shelby; two sisters, Ruth Dedmon and husband, Roy of Shelby and Doris Dedmon and husband, Carl of Shelby; two sisters-in-law, Jewel Devine and husband, Ralph of Shelby and Sue Turner of Kings Mountain; and extended family of caregivers at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center.

Visitation: 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM, Saturday at Stamey Funeral Home, Fallston. At other times the family will be at the home of Neil and Lynn Wright, 1636 N. Oak Drive, Shelby.

Funeral Service: 3:00 PM, Sunday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Shelby. The body will be placed in the church thirty minutes before the service.

Officiating: Rev. Jimmy Black

Burial: will follow in the church cemetery

Memorials may be made to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 3932 Pleasant Grove Church Road, Shelby, NC 28150 or to Hospice Cleveland County, 951 Wendover Heights Drive, Shelby, NC 28150.

A guest register is available at 
www.stameyfuneralhome.com

Arrangments by Stamey Funeral Home, Fallston
 

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