Florence Scruggs

Florence Scruggs, age 96, formerly of Henrietta, NC and a resident of White Oak Manor, died Wednesday, April 7, 2010 in Rutherfordton.
A native of Rutherford County, she was the daughter of the late John Holland and Ella Carpenter Holland and was raised by her aunt and uncle, the late Thomas and Arrie Blanton.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded by her husband of 50 years, Wray Marshall Scruggs and her two half-sisters, Maude Toney and Blanche Holland and two half-brothers, Palmer Holland and Duke Holland.
She was a graduate of Cliffside High School, Blanton's Business College in Asheville and the Comptompter School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Scruggs has worked as an elementary school secretary and librarian, a postal clerk, as owner of Scruggs Grocery in Henrietta, and as an employee of Cone Mills in Cliffside, North Carolina. She was a member of High Shoal Baptist Church where she served as a former music director, organist, Senior Citizen director, and Sunday School teacher.
She is survived by a son, Dr. Michael Scruggs and wife, Sharon, of Rutherfordton; two grandchildren, Paul Marshall Scruggs of Bethel, NC and Ashley Elizabeth Scruggs of Charlotte, NC; her half-brother, Chalmar Holland of Hollywood, Fl.; her half sister Nellie Holland of Forest City and by several nieces and nephews.