Mrs. Gladys Mae Pruitt Carswell, 87, of Rutherford College, passed away on Monday February 27, 2023 at her residence, after a period of declining health.
Mrs. Carswell was born July 14, 1935 in Burke County, a daughter of the late Oscar and Lois Benfield Pruitt. She owned and operated a daycare business from her home and retired from the housekeeping department of Valdese General Hospital. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother to many children in the community.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Fred Carswell, a son Ricky Carswell and two sisters, Atwood Maltba and Dorothy Cannon.
Surviving, are her son, Nicky Carswell (Shelia) ,a granddaughter Joy Carswell and great-grandchild, Nicholas Felton. Also surviving is her sister, Pansy Isaacs of Morganton.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 4, 2023 at Icard’s Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Eldon Hinegardner officiating.
The family will receive friends following the service at Icard’s Grove Baptist Church.
An online guestbook and obituary is available at www.heritagefuneralservice.com.
We are so sorry for your loss and will keep you in our thoughts and prayers. Gladys was our grandmothers niece and we used to see her years ago when she came to visit her. With sincere sympathy, Dean & Lib Allman
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