Thelma Beamguard Hoyle, 90, of 111 Harrilson Rd. died Tuesday Feb. 17, 2009 at Carolina Care Center.
She was born on July 4, 1918 in Cherryville a daughter of the late
John McGinnis and Litha Dellinger Beamguard. Mrs. Hoyle was a retired
bookkeeper from Carolina Freight Carriers with over 27 years service.
She was a lifelong member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and a volunteer at
Meals on Wheels.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death a brother Kenneth Beamguard.
Survivors include two daughters Catherine H. Hamlin and Bobbie Hoyle
both of Gastonia, a son John Michael Hoyle of New Orleans, sister
Johnnie Hamrick of Cherryville, three grandchildren Stephanie Queen and
husband Gary of Cherryville, Benjamin Bame and wife Stephanie of
Cherryville and Talitha Jarrell of Vale and five great grandchildren
Lauren Flynn, Jocelyn and Amelia Queen and Gage and Mason Jarrell.
A Memorial Service will be held Sunday at 1 PM at Mt. Zion Baptist
Church with Rev. Wayne Key officiating. The family will receive friends
at the church after the services.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to UNC School of Medicine,
Campus Box 7520, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 where her body was donated.
