dora dishman eggers

Mrs. Dora Dishman Eggers, 90, of 5693 Old US Highway 421, Zionville, died Monday morning, Jan. 5, 2009, at Watauga Medical Center.
She was born July 8, 1918 in Watauga County, a daughter of the late Spencer and Maggie Smitherman Dishman.
Mrs. Eggers was a homemaker and a member of Union Baptist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Betty Church and husband, Dean, of Boone, and Cathy Farmer and husband, Sid, of Zionville; two sons, R.D. Eggers and wife, Betty, of Zionville, and Steve Eggers of the home; two sisters, Helen Dotson of Boone, and Dare Brown of Zionville; four granddaughters, Mary Ann Miller of Sugar Grove, Margaret Eggers of Elizabethton, Tenn., Myra Farmer Epley of Trade, Tenn., and Debbie Dollar of Zionville; three grandsons, Spencer Eggers of Zionville, Jason Church of Boone, and David Eggers of Deep Gap; four great-granddaughters, Loren Ray of Deep Gap, Natalie Eggers and Maggie Miller of Sugar Grove, and Rebecca Eggers of Deep Gap; and five great-grandsons, Matthew Eggers of Deep Gap, Tucker Hale Church of Boone, and Quinton Church of Boone, Steven Miller of Sugar Grove, and Hank Howard of Elizabethton, Tenn. She is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews and a special caregiver; Chelsea Ashley of Zionville.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Rom Eggers; two brothers, Glenn Dishman and Mack Dishman; and one sister, Georgie Lawrence.
Services will be conducted Friday afternoon, Jan. 9, 2009, at 2:00 o'clock, at Hampton Funeral Home Chapel. The body will lie in state, at the chapel, from 1:00 until 2:00 o'clock. Officiating will be the Rev. Bill Warren. Burial will follow in the Union Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 o'clock, at the chapel, prior to the service. At other times, friends may call at the home, 5693 Old US Highway 421, Zionville.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Union Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, in care of Derick Wilson, 875 North Fork Road, Zionville, N.C. 28698.
Online condolences may be sent to the Eggers family at www.hamptonfuneralservice.com.
Hampton Funeral and Cremation Service is in charge of the arrangements.