Ellen Dale Hedgepeth

Coats: Mrs. Ellen Dale Dupree Hedgepeth, age 84, passed away Thursday at Harnettwoods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Dunn. Funeral service will be 11:00AM Saturday at Coats Baptist Church in Coats.  Officiating will be Rev. Jesse Mooney. Burial will follow in Lakeside Memorial Gardens, Angier, NC.             Mrs. Hedgepeth was born March 19, 1932 in Johnston County to the late Loyd and Nellie Pleasant Dupree.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Robert Hedgepeth; brothers, Linwood Dupree and Ray Dupree.  Mrs. Hedgepeth was a farmer, homemaker and retired from Coats Medical Clinic and Good Hope Hospital.  She was also a member of Coats Baptist Church.             Surviving are children, Danny Hedgepeth of Angier, Randy Hedgepeth of Willow Spring, Angel Hedgepeth Elliott of Coats; grandchildren, Christy Bowling Johnson of Apex, Sarah Elliott and Kathryn Elliott of Coats; great grandchildren, Bella, Quin and Cooper Johnson of Apex; sister, Brenda Dupree Torrella of Marathon, FL; brother, Marshal Dupree of Southport; many nieces and nephews.             Family will receive friends 6:00PM -8:00PM Friday at Rose and Graham Funeral Home in Coats and other times at the home, 546 NC 55 West, Coats, NC  27521.             Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be made to Coats Baptist Church, P.O. Box 297, Coats, NC  27521.             Arrangements by Rose and Graham Funeral Home in Coats, NC.