10/12/04 — HELEN FOY

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HELEN FOY

Helen Kent Foy, 92, died Sunday at the Brian Center.

The funeral will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Unity Christian Church in New Bern. Burial will follow in Greenleaf Memorial Gardens.

Mrs. Foy, a native of Mundy Point, Va., had been a resident of the Vanceboro community of Craven County since 1925. She also lived in the Truitt and Bridgeton communities for many years. She was a member of Unity Christian Church.

Her husband, Josh A. Foy, preceded her in death.

She is survived by a son, Alden Kent Foy and his wife, Lois, of Goldsboro; three daughters, Bertha Williams of Wilmar, Irene Turnage of Greenville and Lois Carter and her husband, Ben, of Newport; two sisters, Margaret Canning of West-chester, Md., and Lillian Spence of Portsmouth, Va.; and 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends today from 6 until 8 p.m. at Wilkerson Funeral Home in Vanceboro.

Memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Eastern NC Chapter, 400 Oberlin Road, Suite 220, Raleigh, NC 27605-1351; or Unity Christian Church, 3380 Saints Delight Church Road, New Bern, NC 28560.

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Published in Obituaries on October 12, 2004 1:46 PM