Faye Land Palmer

Lenoir, NC- Mrs. Faye Land Crisp Palmer, 108, died February 10, at Hospice of Caldwell County in Lenoir, after a brief illness and hospitalization. She resided at 3764 Glenburnie Place, off Abington Road. She was born in Caldwell County on October 29, 1903, to the late William Cornelius Crisp and Hannah Ninabelle Land Crisp. She was the widow of Lawrence Narvel Palmer, Sr. Others who predeceased her were two infant sisters; a sister, Fushia Crisp Clay, of Marion; a daughter, Shirley Palmer Rader, of Charlotte and Raleigh; a son, William Cornelius (Bill) Palmer, of Hudson; and a grandson, Paul Palmer of Hudson. Mrs. Palmer retired from Broyhill Industries in 1975, after nearly thirty years of service. She was the valedictorian of her 1923 Lenoir High School graduating class, the first class to graduate in the then new high school building. Survivors are daughters Marjorie Palmer O?Neill, of Fort Washington, Maryland; Edith Palmer Laws, of Lenoir; and Carole C. Palmer, her mother?s caregiver for the last ten years of her life, of the home; sons Lawrence N. Palmer, Jr., of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Michael H. Palmer, of Durham; a nephew, David Clay, and wife, Ellen of Marion; and a son-in-law, Alvin Rader, of Raleigh. She is also survived by over twenty grandchildren, over thirty great-grandchildren, and ten great-great-grandchildren. She enjoyed the presence of two of these days before her death. The interment of her ashes at the family Crisp-Palmer cemetery will be private. A memorial service in celebration of her life is tentatively scheduled for early May. The family requests that, in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to Hospice of Lenoir, 902 Kirkwood St., Lenoir, NC 28645. PDF Printable Version