Montize Whitley

Mamie Montize Lefler Shue Whitley, 99, of Norwood, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, April 18, 2026 at South Stanly Baptist Church. Rev. Jeffery Pope will officiate and interment will follow at Simpson Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, April 17, 2026 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Edwards Funeral Home in Norwood. 

Ms. Whitley was born on October 24, 1926 in Stanly County to the late George Preston and Eliza Dennis Lefler. She was a founding charter member of South Stanly Baptist Church where she was a Sunday School teacher, sunbeam leader, and a member of the Women's Missionary Union. She retired from Wiscassett Mills after 30 years of service. 

To know her was to love her. She brought happiness and joy to all who knew her. Her biggest accomplishment was the relationship she had with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. So much of her time was spent reading her Bible. She also enjoyed her favorite pastime, playing cards, working on puzzle books, and going on trips to the beach with her family.  She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She was very proud of her family and took every opportunity to let them know this. She was truly a blessing to all who knew her. 

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Craven Rayvon Shue; son: Craven Rayvon Shue Jr.; daughter: Brenda Shue Hinson, grandchildren: Ronnie Scott Culp, Douglas Coggin, Todd Coggin, Gale Hinson, and Wayne Tucker; second husband Lloyd A. Whitley; and sisters: Lula Shaver, Alberta Mauldin, Estelle Burr, Della Hudson, Flossie Turner, Ethel Connell, and Mary Mason.

She is survived by her children: Dorothy Butler (Paul), Judy Coggin (Bill), Paulette Smith (Rick), William George Shue, Mabel Thompson, Donna Whitley Harvell (Leonard), and Mark Whitley (Terri); 16 grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. 

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