Ethel Trotter
October 26, 2015
Ethel Richardson Trotter 95, died Monday, October 26, 2015 at St Joseph of the Pines Health Center, Southern Pines, NC, surrounded by her family.
Graveside services will be held at 11:00 AM Friday, October 30, 2015 at Pine Rest Cemetery with the Reverend Mamie Alley and Reverend Al Trotter officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at Tabernacle United Methodist Church fellowship hall.
Ethel was a native of Moore County, who loved the Robbins Community. She served the community as a Town Commissioner. She was also co-owner of the Flower Box, with her daughter, Frankie. Ethel was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She also enjoyed gardening, traveling, and phone conversations with friends and neighbors. She was a longtime member of Tabernacle United Methodist Church. Ethel was a loving mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents, John Lacy and Mattie Brown Richardson; husband: Frank Hoover Trotter; daughter: Fleta Mae.
Ethel is survived by daughters: Frankie McCaskill and husband Harold, of Robbins, Ingrid Steele and husband Walter, of Charlotte; son: Al Trotter and wife Gay, of Burlington; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 2 great-great-grandchildren; brother: Reverend Earl Richardson, of Durham; sisters: Eva Dowd, of Southern Pines, Era Mae Rickman, of Southern Pines, Carletta Cagle, of Spout Springs, and Georgia Bean, of Robbins.
The family expresses their deep love and gratitude to the staff of St Joseph of the Pines Health Center, especially the caring staff of the 800 Hall.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 PM on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at Kennedy Funeral Home, Robbins, NC and at other times at the home of Harold and Frankie McCaskill.
Memorials may be made to Tabernacle United Methodist Church, P O Box 395, Robbins, NC 27325 or FirstHealth Hospice, 150 Applecross Road, Pinehurst, NC 28374.
Kennedy Funeral Home is assisting the Trotter Family.
Online condolences may be made at www.pinesfunerals.com
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Frankie, Ingrid and Al,
Sending a thinking of you. Mrs. Trotter was a lovely lady and I remember her from when we were young and growing up in Robbins. What wonderful lives we children
had because our parents worked hard, and supported the to
Vic,
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
Al, Gay, Adam and Robert,
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this time. Ethel is in God’s care now but she will always be with you in your hearts.
Dear Frankie Lee, Al, Ingrid and family. So very sorry to learn of death of Ethel. I think of all the telephone calls she and Mama shared… they both enjoyed that so much. Sending sincere sympathy to all of you. Please also give my love to Era Mae, Eva a
Dear Al and Gay, I was sorry to learn today of your mother’s passing. Moms are so special and will always be in our hearts and memories. Please know you and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. God bless. Sincerely, David and Cindy Wade
Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this time of sorrow. May God comfort you and hold you all close. Our love Bill and Phyllis
Al & Gay,
Mrs. Trotter will always be a wonderful memory for me. Especially at Christmas…we had so
Much fun making Christmas wreaths for the church.
Keeping you & family in thoughts & prayers. Love & Sympathy, Gladyne
Dear Al,
I was so saddened to hear of your mom’s passing. I will miss her greatly and her sense of humor at all the bingo games that were held at St. Joseph’s. Please accept my deepest condolences and know that I will keep you and your family in my
Thoughts and prayers are with the family.
A wonderful lady. Ethel was a gem, and I also want to honor Frank. My dad thought a lot of him and I remember stories Frank shared about WWII. Great memories of Frank and Ethel. May love and peace be with th
I was sorry to read about the loss of your loved one. May this promise from Jehovah God bring you a measure of peace and comfort: ‘And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be any