Mary Frances Helsabeck Livingston

Ether - Mary Frances Helsabeck Livingston, 94, died Monday, September 9, 2013, at Autumn Care of Biscoe. Funeral service will be held at 2:30 PM, Thursday, September 12, 2013, at Ether UMC with Tom Nussbaum and Harlan Hamilton officiating. Interment will be in Randolph Memorial Park. Mary was a skilled seamstress, avid gardener, wonderful cook, and was beloved by family, friends, and neighbors. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Franklin Fillmore and Minnie Barnes Helsabeck; husband, J. D. Livingston; sisters, Dot Hendrix and Edna Smith; brothers, Robert, Joe, and Max Helsabeck; nephew, Walton Helsabeck. She is survived by her sister, Wilma Helsabeck, of Ether; brother, Ralph Helsabeck and wife, Kay, of Raleigh; nieces, Susan Hedrick, Edith Miller, Rebecca Blake, Libby Lanier, Betsy Helsabeck, Julie Helsabeck, Lorraine LaPierre; nephews, Robert Hendrix, Barry Helsabeck, Phil Smith, Donnie Helsabeck, Filmore Helsabeck, John Helsabeck; 22 grand nieces and nephews; and 11 great-grand nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM, Thursday, September 12, 2013, at Ether UMC, 227 Ether Road, Star. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to American Cancer Society, Montgomery County Relay for Life, 1901 Brunswick Avenue, Suite 100, Charlotte, NC 28207; or Community Home Care and Hospice, 348 North Main Street, Troy, NC 27371; or First Baptist Church, Benevolence Fund, PO Box 36, Biscoe, NC 27209. Funeral service will be held at 2:30 PM, Thursday, September 12, 2013, at Ether UMC with Tom Nussbaum and Harlan Hamilton officiating. Interment will be in Randolph Memorial Park. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1:00 PM – 2:15 PM, Thursday, September 12, 2013, at Ether UMC, 227 Ether Road, Star.