Ilene Woodie

July 22, 1924 - March 4, 2019

Ilene Musgrove Woodie, age 94 of 662 Antioch Church Road, Sparta, NC passed away Monday morning, March 4, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Woodie was born July 22, 1924 in Alleghany County to the late Rufus Musgrove and Dora Blevins Musgrove. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, John Emerson Woodie; six brothers, Gwyn, John Ivan, Donald, James, Mack and Junior Musgrove. Ilene was known for her cooking skills with homemade chicken and dumplings as one of everyone’s favorite. She also loved gardening and canning. She is survived by her six children, Richard Woodie and wife Linda of Sparta, Clara W. Crouse and husband Clarence of Sparta, Larry Woodie and wife Pat of Sparta, NC, Linda W. Phipps and husband Bob of Elk Creek, VA, Iris W. Johnson and husband Gary of Sparta, John E. Woodie, Jr., and wife Patricia of Troutman; eight grandchildren, Melissa Malmfelt, Troy D. Searcy, David Woodie, Marcie Galyean, Robert Woodie, John Clinton Searcy, Larry Taylor and Angela Parlier; twenty-four-great-grandchildren also survives. The family requests the honor of your presence at the funeral service to celebrate the life of Ilene at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, March 7, 2019 in the chapel of Grandview Memorial Funeral Home with Dr. Brian Galyean and Brother Hugh Miller officiating. Interment will follow in Antioch Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in the Stratford community. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral service at the funeral home and other times at the home of Clara and Clarence Crouse, 547 Pleasant Home Road, Sparta, NC 28675. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Antioch Cemetery Fund, c/o Tom Atwood, 1769 US Hwy 221, Sparta, NC 28675, or to Cornerstone Christian Fellowship Church Building Fund, PO Box 1973, Sparta, NC 28675. Grandview Memorial Funeral Home is proudly serving the Woodie family and if you wish, online condolences may be submitted to the family at www.grandviewfuneralhome.com.