Verna Caudill
April 14, 1912 ~ August 25, 2012
Verna Caudill, 100, Mooresville, died peacefully at home on August 25, 2012, surrounded by the love of her family. Ms. Caudill was born April 14, 1912, in Halley, Kentucky, to the late Irvin and Lizzie (Halcomb) Caudill.
She was a proud homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. Ms. Caudill enjoyed reading, doing word searches, and watching Charles Stanley preach on television. She had a very positive and upbeat personality and a keen sense of humor.
She was preceded in death by eleven brothers and sisters.
Survivors include her daughter, Billy Sue Brown (Roen) of Mooresville; son, Jackie Allen Caudill or Kentucky; brother, Ivis Caudill of Brownsburg; grandchildren, Roen Allen Brown, Kimmie Jean Stephenson, and David Allen Caudill; great grandchildren, Lacey Lynn Brown and Josey Jean Brown.
The funeral service will begin at 11 a.m., Wednesday, August 29, 2012, in the Carlisle – Branson Funeral Service & Crematory, Mooresville, with calling there from 4 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, August 28, 2012. Burial will be in White Lick Cemetery, Mooresville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation or to the Christian Appalachian Project. Visit www.carlislebranson.com to share a favorite memory or to sign the online guest registry.
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I don’t know how to express my feelings for Granny Dove, she was such a wonderful person, always caring for everyone, she was my mother-in-law for a while, a babysitter from the day David was born and always a very special person to me. I will miss her so much and she has touch more lifes than anyone will ever know…Love and miss you Granny Dove.
Granny Dove’s 100th Birthday – on the left is Debbie Ray, Granny and Buck Caudill(her brother)
Well I don’t know where to start after reading all about Granny from the others, I can’t remember just what year I met Granny, It had to be back in the early 70’s Billie and I worked together at Western Electric in Indianapolis. I gues I can say we liked each other the first time we met, So it wasn’t long until our Family’s met and I met Granny. She was a special friend after that. I became to be another one to call her Granny. Then when they moved to Moorsville I would go there to see her, I always went to her room as soon as I could to see her. I would set in her room and talk as she watched TV. I would always be invited to all her Birthday Partys and there was always so many people there to celebrate her life. I remember one time Billie ask me to come down and stay with her while her & Wink went to KY for a funeral. So I went down and that night we sat in her room and talked for I don’t remember how long and she out talked me…It was getting late so I went to watch TV and fell asleep and up in the night I awoke and she was standing at the door ready to talk again. I would say Granny was watching me, Not me watching Granny. But the last time I was at her Birthday Party on her 100th I went in to see her and she ask me now who are you, I remember it hurt just a little for her not to remember me, I saw then that Granny was not going to be the same from then on, But she still had that big smile on her face. Granny I could write more , But It would be a book on how you made everyone feel so welcome when we came to see you. But I must say goodbye to you for now, Until we meet again in heaven at God’s great white throne I know when I do see you I will see that big smile you always had for me. Granny R.I.P. I love you.
Left to right….Roen Brown, Brian Caudill, David Caudill, Kimmie (Brown) Stephenson, Roen Allen Brown – front row, Kelly Stephenson and Granny Dove.
Granny was one in a million and loved by many, though it hurts to lose her, there is so much to celebrate about her and so many fun memories. It would be funny to find out how may people who were in her life didn’t even know her name since she is just Granny to everybody.
Ok..she was one of the sweetest people I have ever met. BUT, she made me mad. who at her age had that awesome hair? NOT FAIR!! :)..joking aside, no words for the person she was and what she meant to all of you. I love you all and smile a little knowing the gates of heaven opened wide for her..
Highlights that come to mind tonight about Granny Dove are: Her 90 plus birthday party at Brooklyn Shelter House when her table was filled. The rule was you had to be 90 plus to sit there and they filled the table. Doll, Loye, Granny Dove, friend from Brooklyn, etc Another favorite was listening in as she and Rita got into this enlivening conversations about all these people from their favorite day time soap opera ‘Days of Our Lives’. Oh how I will miss her little chuckle and that sweet grin when she would joke around with Wink. She was a special person who could enjoy talking and visiting with people of all ages. The young will miss her as much as us older people. Kim you did well with the purple, I remember when Billy and I took her and Doll to a tea room for a Red hat function. Yep you guessed it, they were 90 plus. Loved her deeply and will always treasure the memories. ‘like sands in an hour glass so goes the days of our lives’…..
OK can I type this without crying. Guessing the answer will be no right off the bat. Granny Dove wasn’t my actual Granny as folks probably know but she was always around and helped take care of me right alongside her actual grandchildren. I have so many fond memories of her and some of them are just downright wacky. I can recall her kitchen from when I was a child and I can remember her giving me Grape Nuts cereal mixed with peanut butter as well as shoestring potato straw/chip type things.I recall the way her house was setup and the black leather sofa with the velvet pillows from some location that I believe Jack had brought back for her. I can remember sitting on that sofa in her living room as she watched the Price is Right and Days of Our Lives. I remember spending new years eve nights there when it would be me, Kim, David, Roen and Brian all being there together as kids. Having two kids now I can’t imagine taking in this many kids to watch but she did it. I remember her moving to Mooresville when I got older and living in the trailer and Kim and I going to check in on her and taking her to Gray’s to eat and getting her groceries. I remember she still had that black leather sofa and if you got there at the right time you would see she still would have the Price is Right on. As I was getting older, I started watching Days as well and her and I would talk about the show and the characters. I can remember signing her up to get the Soap Opera Digest magazine and we would always talk about the latest gossip from the show. Such good memories. One memory from that trailer was this God awful picture she had of Kim and I that was darn near poster size. Ugliest picture ever but she displayed if proudly on the wall directly across from the door so that as soon as you walked in her house you saw it. As much as we complained she never took the picture down and it hung in her room up till the very end and I’m sure it is still hanging there now. In my opinion that picture needs to go with her on her next journey for she is the only one who seemed to think it was a good shot of us. I’m so glad that Granny got to know my two boys and she seemed especially fond of my little redhead Colin. She got the nickname of More Grandma with Lacey & Josey and that is what my boys know her as too. Granny smiled for as long as I could remember and I honestly cannot think of a single time where I saw her mad or angry. She was just always happy and had that special little spunk about her. She was truly a blessing and I think everyone that met her fell in love with her. You just couldn’t help it. I’m very sad to not have her with us any longer, but I’m glad that she isn’t in pain anymore. She lived a full life and if you count the character of someone based on how many people loved them you can easily see she was a great lady and she touched many a person young and old. Will close like my mom did just for you Granny ‘like sands thru the hour glass, so our the days of our lives’. Oh and to your comment Kim, I don’t think I knew her name for ages. I had no clue who Verna was but I definitely knew Granny Dove!!
Granny Dove was indeed a special lady. Many fond memories that will always be remembered. Our Mother (Ruah), Aunt Sis and Granny Dove were all special to many people and they loved each other very much. Can you imagine what a reunion they had in heaven when they all were able to hug each other again. We know Billi and Wink and Jack and rest of family will miss her a lot but think of the memories they have because they were able to be with her for so many years. God bless them. Lois and Judy (Ruah’s daughters)
What can I say about Granny. It seems I always stayed in trouble with her, cause every time I would come to see her she would point her finger at me and ask ‘well how long has it been this time.’ That was her way of telling me I need to come to see her more often. The wonderful memories I have of her is when she still lived in Ky. and we would go to visit she pampered us with love. She would always make me hot coco on her wood burning stove and it was the best I ever had. She had so much love to go around I don’t know how she never ran out of it. She could always make you smile no matter what was going on. You could never get one over on her cause she always had a come back. The thing that amazed me is her memory she kept a clear mind and could remember way back even at 99yrs young. Shoot my memory is not as good as hers and I’m only 59. I’m glad the good Lord let her stay with us as long as he did cause when my mom her sister died she seemed more mom to me after. I’m going to deeply miss her and my heart is heavy as I write this cause I won’t have a mother figure now that she is in Heaven with the rest of the family. I just hope she gave my mom and dad a big hug from me. Granny I miss you and get the place ready cause I’m coming to all of you when God brings me home so you and mom and aunt Ruah keep watch over all of us and be waiting for us so we can have a party like you had when you got there. I Love and already Miss you!!!! Randy
My memories of Granny started in 1965. She was a wonderful,kind,sweet lady,who waited up on many nights till a couple of wild young men made it home. She would make sure we were fed and safe. She didn’t pull punches with us. She’d tell us to shut up and go to bed. (and we did). I didn’t get to see her as much after she moved away, but there is one day I remember well. I was preaching in a church on Raceway Road. Granny didn’t know I was a preacher. She arrived at church a little late and I was in the pulpit. She said that was the biggest shock she ever had in her life. I’ve loved her for 48 years. All though I can’t be there with the family, I am there in mind and spirit. Jerry Caudill
I have some great memories of Granny. Recently, I really got close to her and learned all about her life, as she would ask me to help her remember, I would ask Jack. When she asked me what HER name was, I didn’t have a clue. So I looked around the room to see if she had any mail lying around. I found a folder that said ‘Verna Caudill’, so I said to her, It’s Verna. She then chimed in a said, ‘Verna Caudill’ and giggled. Thanks for all the memories, Garnny!! I’ll miss you, deeply! Tonya, from Mexico