Sara Jane Sheek Crotts

MOCKSVILLE – Mrs. Sara Jane Sheek Crotts, 91, of NC Hwy 801 S, died Monday, February 1, 2016, at Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She was born May 31, 1924, in Davie County, to the late Harry G. and Ellerbee B. Cash Sheek. Mrs. Crotts was a member of Concord United Methodist Church where she was a member of the United Methodist Women and sang in the choir. She was a graduate of Mocksville High School. Mrs. Crotts loved playing basketball, was very athletic and was an avid college basketball fan. She was a wonderful cook who enjoyed baking, especially all the family birthday cakes. In addition to being a homemaker and working on the family farm, she had been employed with the Davie County Register of Deeds. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Robert Homer Crotts; and five siblings, Virginia Boger, Gilbert Sheek, Gay Berrier, Johnny Sheek and Maurine Sheek. Survivors include three daughters, Sue Welch (Ed) of Winston-Salem, Pam Speer and Terri McDaniel (Rodney), all of Mocksville; seven grandchildren, Win Welch (Meredith), Rob Welch (Elizabeth), Heather Welch Jeffries (Jonathan), Mark Correll, Benji Correll (Melissa), Joel Crotts (Lauren) and Molly Speer Connell (Chris); 13 great-grandchildren, Caroline, Edwin and Henry Welch, Sarah Catherine and David Jeffries, Jane, Robert and Harold Welch, Matthew and Chloe Correll, Leah Russell and Addison and Carter Connell; two brothers, James L. Sheek of Mocksville, Alton J. Sheek (Trudy) of TX; two sisters-in-law, Nancy and Geraldine Sheek; and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m., Thursday, February 4, at Concord United Methodist Church with the Rev. Chad Shoaf, the Rev. Darren Crotts and the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Jeffries officiating. The body will be placed in the church thirty minutes prior to the service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 3, at Eaton Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be considered for Concord United Methodist Church Special Concerns Fund, 161 Cherry Hill Road, Mocksville, NC 27028; or Davie Community Foundation, P.O. Box 546, Mocksville, NC 27028, Memo: Homer Crotts Family Fund. Online condolences may be made at www.eatonfuneralservice.com

Sara Jane Sheek Crotts

May 31, 1924 - February 1, 2016