Obituary of Lillie Belle Cavenaugh Batts ~ 2002

Source: Wilmington Morning Star May 16 2002





Lillie Belle Batts, age 86, of 4106 Wilshire Blvd., Wilmington, died 
Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at Liberty Commons Nursing Center. 
She was born July 27, 1915, in Duplin Co., to the late Frank and Mattie 
Powell Cavenaugh. Mrs. Batts is also preceded in death by her husband, 
Ennis Batts, and two sons, Dick Batts and Gerald Batts.
She is survived by a son, Robert Allen Batts and wife Vera of Clayton, 
NC; three daughters, Louise B. Garner and husband William E. of Wilmington, 
NC, Patricia Ann Matthews and husband Jack of Coward, SC, Lorraine 
Rivenbark and husband Joe David of Leland, NC; a stepbrother, James Lewis 
Coates and wife Jean of Goldsboro, NC; four sisters, Grace Goldsmith and 
husband Dan of Fort Worth, TX, Mary Ann Piner of Wallace, NC, Ernestine 
Manning and husband Ruffin of Fredericksburg, VA, Arline Rhodes of 
Wallace, NC; fourteen grandchildren; twenty great-grandchildren; and one 
great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Friday, May 17, 2002 at Coble 
Ward-Smith, Oleander Chapel, with Reverend Linda Taylor officiating. 
Interment will follow in Oleander Memorial Gardens.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive frineds 7-8 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2002, at the 
funeral home and other times at 5806 Camellia Lane, Wilmington.



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