Myrtle Gilmore Hancock

Mrs. Myrtle Gilmore Hancock, 84, a woman of love for all, never seeing wrong in anyone, she was always happy and willing to do for others in need. Her main focus was her children and their families, making sure they were happy and healthy. She went on to her heavenly home, Friday, March 14, 2008 at Carolinas Medical Center�NorthEast. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, March 16, 2008; at Lady's Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Jim Grigg will officiate. Burial will follow at Carolina Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:30 until 2:45 p.m. prior to the service. Mrs. Hancock was born in Mt. Croghan, SC, on June 6, 1923, a daughter of the late Bunyan Tyler Gilmore and Ida Lugene Gilmore. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew Durant Hancock, who died on June 4, 2006. She had been a longtime member of Franklin Heights Baptist Church, where she was a pre-school Sunday school teacher for over 30 years. Survivors include a son, Harry Hancock and wife, Reta, of Anderson, SC; three daughters, Janice Hancock and husband, Gary, of Kannapolis, Patty Eller and husband, Tim, of Mooresville, Gail Cole and husband, Lex, of Columbia, SC; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Her family chooses to share this, her prayer of blessing found on a note left in her bible from a day in the past. "Father, we come into your presence now, to thank you for this home of ours. Thank you for our four children you have blessed us with. Bless their homes and their families. May we all be back together for a blessed Christmas next year. Bless this food to our bodies that maybe we can be a light for your kingdom. Bless our children that could not be with us today and take care of them. We can have faith that God's power will see us through times of discouragement, He's there ready and waiting", Amen. Memorials may be sent to Franklin Heights Baptist Church, 526 Wright Avenue, Kannapolis, NC 28083.