Olovia Altha Pulley,
daughter of the late Samuel Adams and Sophie Brandon Adams, was born April
18, 1924 in Wake County, NC. She departed this life on Monday, February 2,
2004 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, North Carolina.
She accepted Christ at an early age, and joined Stokes Chapel Baptist
Church where she was an Usher and faithful member until her health failed.
Even then she continued to support her church. After graduating from James
E. Shephard High School in Zebulon, NC, she wed the late Sherman Pulley of
Spring Hope, NC. To this union six children were born. Three children,
Barbara, Chester and Burnell preceded her in death. She was a loving wife
and mother, and a friend to everyone. To know her was to love her. She was
a Christian hearted woman, and always believed in putting God first in her
life.
She leaves to cherish her memory: three children, Sherman Carroll
(Barbara) of Seat Pleasant, MD, Jeffrey Pulley (Mary) of Wendell, NC and
Pamela Pulley of Raleigh, NC; daughters-in-law, Rose of lantha Newport
News, VA and Angie of Bowie, MD; three sisters, Harris of Baltimore., MD,
Bettie Brown of Zebulon, NC and Ruth Guerrant of Philadelphia, PA; ten
grandchildren; five great grand children; host of other relatives and friends.
In tears we saw you sinking and watched you fade away. Our hearts were
almost broken; we wanted you to stay. But when we saw you sleeping, so
peaceful, free form pain, How could we wish you back with us, to suffer
that again. It broke our hearts to lose you, but you did not go alone, For
part of us went with you, the day God took you home. -The Family-
