Obituary of Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Rivenbark ~ 2004

Source: The Goldsboro News-Argus Dec 5 2004





Mary Elizabeth Sullivan Rivenbark, 69, passed away Saturday at Kitty 
Askins Hospice Center.
Mrs. Rivenbark was born in Duplin County and was the daughter of the late 
John Carl Sullivan Sr. and Cora Lee Turner Sullivan. Mrs. Rivenbark 
attended Brogden Chapel Church.
A funeral service will be held Monday evening at 7 at Seymour Funeral Home 
Chapel with the Rev. Sherwood Lassiter officiating. 
Internment will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Wayne Memorial Park. 
Grandson will serve as pallbearer.
Mrs. Rivenbark is survived by her daughters, Elizabeth King and husband, 
Donnie of Goldsboro, Vernell Lipscomb and husband, Steve of Goldsboro, 
Joyce McHale and husband, Kevin of Pikeville, Wanda Heath of Goldsboro, 
Cindy Creech and husband, J.W. of Faison, and Susan Gala and husband, Tony 
of Goldsboro; her sons, Robert Perry and wife, Teresa of Pikeville, and 
Joseph Rivenbark and wife, Shannan of Goldsboro; her sisters, Thelma Mae 
Forrest of Greenville, Ruby Cocker of Mount Olive and Ada Sullivan of 
Rockville, Md.; 26 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren; many nieces 
and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her brother, John Carl Sullivan Jr. 
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 
2402 Wayne Memorial Drive, Goldsboro, N.C. 27534.
The family will receive friends following the service Monday and at other 
times at the residence, 2101 N. William St., Apartment 202, Goldsboro.
(Pd) 



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