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Surnames: Rector, Causby, Coffey, Cooper, McKee
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The News Herald
Morganton, NC
December 9, 2004
Magdalene Causby
Magdalene Rector Causby, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, 80, of Grace Ridge,
formerly of Powe Street, Morganton, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, at the nursing home
following several years of declining health.
She was born in Burke County on May 25, 1924, and was a daughter of the late Rassie and
Katie Coffey Rector.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Ted Ervin Causby;
brothers, Rayferd Rector and his wife, Lillie and Joe Rector; and sister, Betty Cooper.
Surviving are her husband, Paul Edward Causby; a son and his wife, Donald L. and Margaret
Causby of Morganton; a daughter, Vickie Causby, of Wilmington; grandchildren, Todd Edward
Causby and his wife, Vickie, Jason Ervin Causby and Ashley J'Anna Causby;
great-granddaughters, Madison Blake Causby and Tess Adeline Causby; a special daughter,
Diane Kraft Causby; a brother and his wife, David and Libby Rector of Valdese; a sister,
Colene Rector McKee and her husband, Hillard McKee of Valdese; brother-in-law, Darby
Cooper of Mauldin, S.C.; and sister-in-law, Nita Rector of Valdese.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, in the Colonial Chapel of Sossoman Funeral Home
with the Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Bland Jr. officiating. Entombment will follow at Burke
Memorial Park Mausoleum.
The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Sossoman Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Burke Hospice and Palliative Care, Inc., 1721 Enon
Road, Valdese, NC 28690.