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Surnames: Blanton, Bowen, Causby, Poston, Scruggs, Preston, Ellis, McBrayer
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Dehlia was my dear step-grandmother...
The Star
Shelby, NC
January 18, 2002
Dehlia Causby
SHELBY - Mrs. Dehlia Blanton Bowen Causby, 95, of 2015 Clay Road, died Thursday, Jan. 17,
2002, at Crawley Memorial Hospital.
A native of Cleveland County, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Belle Poston
Blanton. She was retired from Lily Mill as a hand weaver. She was a member of Flint Hill
Baptist Church and Mother's Sunday school class.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Hoyle Bowen;
her second husband, Joe Causby; a brother, Forrest Blanton; and a sister, Effie Scruggs.
She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Albert and Frances Bowen and Clyde and
Pat Bowen, all of Shelby; a daughter, Ruth Preston of Shelby; a sister, Thelma Ellis of
Shelby; two stepsons and their wives, Leonard and Anna Catherine Causby and Bryan and
Irene Causby, all of Shelby; two stepdaughters, Myrtle Causby and Margaret Causby, both of
Shelby; five grandchildren, Greg Bowen, Debbie McBrayer, Gregory D. Bowen, Van Bowen and
Neil Preston; 10 great-grandchildren, Geoff Bowen, Jenny Faircloth, Cher Bridges, Chris
Goodwin, Dani Bowen, Cayla Bowen, Karmyn Bowen, Gunner Bowen, Shelby Bowen and Roger
Bowen; three great-great-grandchildren, Christie Faircloth, Kayla Mote and Ashley Bridges;
five stepgrandchildren; and 13 stepgreat-grandchildren.
The funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Flint Hill Baptist Church with the Revs. Keith
Dixon and Ed Sessom officiating. The body will be placed in the church 30 minutes before
the funeral. Burial will be in Cleveland Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at Clay-Barnette Funeral Home and
other times at the home of Ruth Preston, 2013 Clay Road, Shelby.
Memorials may be made to Flint Hill Baptist Church Building Fund, 2207 Flint Hill Church
Road, Shelby, NC, 28152.