Rosie Gregory, 77
Nov. 18, 1933 — May 11, 2011
Rosie Lee Gregory, 77, of Niles, died at 3:43 a.m. Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Memorial Hospital in South Bend of natural causes.
She was born Nov. 18, 1933 in Huntingdon, Tenn. She was a homemaker and member of River of Life Church in South Bend.
She married Walter Gregory Sr. Nov. 29, 1949 in Marks, Miss. He survives in Niles.
She is also survived by her sons, Walter Gregory Jr. of Niles and Doneal (Amanda Caskey) Gregory of Mishawaka, Ind.; daughters, Dorthy Griffin of Batesville, Miss., Rachel Delois Dillard of South Bend, Beverly Gregory of Mishawaka and Edith (Arnold) Say of Mishawaka; brothers, Louis Moffitt of Benton Harbor and Sq Moffitt of Chicago; sisters, Virgie Mae Pettis of Niles, Etta Mae Young of St. Louis, Mo.; 22 grandchildren; 53 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Travis and Othela Moffitt; two brothers, James and Robert Moffitt; and three sisters, Ida May Seals, Ferry Davis and Mary Lee Moore.
Services will be held at noon Thursday, May 19 at River of Life Church, 530 East Ireland Rd., South Bend with Bishop Parker and Margaret Parker of the church officiating.
Burial will be at Silverbrook Cemetery in Niles.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to noon Thursday at River of Life Church.
Niles Daily Star, Published online 7:18am Tuesday, May 17, 2011