Elenora Mathis

Elenora McKinney Mathis, age 86, of 156 Cotton Patch Road, Ellenboro, NC, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at Rutherford Hospital.
Elenora was born in Buncombe County on October 27, 1923 to the late Thomas J. McKinney and Ollie Burleson McKinney. She was a homemaker and devoted wife, mother and grandmother.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, James Mathis.
Survivors include her sons, Jerry Mathis and his wife, Penny, of Ellenboro and Carroll Mathis and his wife, Kathy, of Hazelwood, NC; one daughter, Lorraine Mathis of Ellenboro; two brothers, Charles McKinney and Ivan McKinney both of Asheville; two sisters, Clota Burleson of also of Asheville and Emma Tincher of Sacramento, CA. She is also survived by three grandchildren.
A private memorial service and inurnment has been planned.