NANCY JONES BATTEN
Jan. 13, 1930-April 1, 2018
Nancy Jones Batten passed away peacefully Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018, in the home of her daughter in Saint Johns, Fla.
Nancy was the daughter of the late Dock Pharoh Jones and the late Launa Phillips Jones, being born in Beulah Township, Johnston County, N.C., Jan. 13, 1930.
Nancy was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, George Leemon Batten of Clayton, N.C., and her second husband of 10 years, Noggie Smith of Goldsboro, N.C.
Nancy was preceded in death by her son, Clifford Boyd Batten of Clayton, N.C.; brothers, Robert, Roy and Charlie Jones; and sisters, Gilda Pittman, Marie Pittman and Annette Jones.
Nancy is survived by a sister, Lorrain Davis of Kenly, N.C., and by a twin brother, George Jones, of Laurel, Md.
Nancy has two surviving children, George L. Batten Jr. and wife, Kathy O'Connor Batten, of Madison, Ga., and daughter, Deborah Batten Lesher and husband, Dean W. Lesher, of Saint Johns, Fla.
She has seven grandchildren, Brigid Batten Bollweg and husband, Nick Bollweg, of Atlanta, Ga., Kathleen Batten Wheeler and husband, Patrick Wheeler, of Tokyo, Japan, Jason Batten of Atlanta, Ga., Reilly Batten of Marietta, Ga., Jennifer Carol Beer and husband, Cesar Pilco-Romero, of Tarija, Bolivia, South America, Cathy Beer Terry and husband, David Terry, of Syracuse, N.Y., and Christopher Beer of Chambersburg, Pa.
Nancy has seven great-grandchildren, Evangeline Bollweg, Jackson and Logan Wheeler, Breanna Beer and Cesar, Gabriel and Soraya Pilco-Beer.
Nancy, along with her husband, George, were lifelong members of Horne Memorial Methodist Church in Clayton, N.C.
Nancy was the office manager of the family business, Batten Radio and TV Service in Clayton, N.C., and she worked for GTE Sylvania and Data General in Johnston County, N.C.
Nancy spent her lifetime caring for other people, and she was a very selfless person.
She loved gardening and genealogy, and she was a lifetime member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.
Her greatest love was for her savior and for her family.
Visitation will be Friday, April 6, 2018, at Parrish Funeral Home, 1351 S. Pollock St., Selma, N.C., from 6 to 8 p.m., with services being at Parrish Funeral Home Saturday, April 7, 2018, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Maplewood Cemetery in Clayton, N.C.
Condolences may be sent online to parrishfh.com.
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Published in Obituaries on April 5, 2018 8:05 AM