Mrs. Geneva Hudgins Fitts

Obituary For Mrs. Geneva Hudgins Fitts

Our destination is a place,
Far greater than we know.
For some the journey's quicker,
For some the journey's slow.
And when the journey finally ends,
We'll claim a great reward,
And find an everlasting peace,
Together with the lord.

Geneva Hudgins Fitts was born in the Embro community of Warren County on November 6, 1921, to Arthur and Penola Hudgins. She peacefully left this earthly life on October 8, 2024, just weeks short of her 103rd birthday. She attended John Hawkins High School and the Deshazor College of Cosmetology, which reinforced her lifelong standards of grace and style.

She left her own and operated beauty shop in Littleton NC to marry Norwood Fitts whom she referred to as the “love of her life”. They resided in NYC where she raised her two sons, was active in community affairs, Trinity Lutheran Church and continued her work as a beautician. Later she worked at a home for unwed mothers and became a paraprofessional at Planned Parenthood NYC, working directly with the renown Dr. Ruth Westheimer.

Geneva and Norwood’s plans to return to North Carolina for retirement were interrupted by his death in 1978. Returning to Embro, she finished building her home and became actively involved in Abiding Savior Lutheran Church in Durham, the Warren County Community Health Board and the Garden Club.

Geneva served on national committees for the Lutheran Church, the Board of Trustees for the Lutheran Southern Seminary but was heavily focused on the formation and support of Lakeside Lutheran Church. There she has served on the First Call Committee, Women of ELCA, Bible Class, ELCA Virgina Synod, Global Mission, Anti Racism and the Exercise Group.

Geneva is survived by her sister Louise Somerville, two sons Gilford Fitts and wife Treva of Durham, NC, Anthony Charles Fitts and wife Jeanne; Four grandchildren, Michael and Dr. Ian Fitts, Carmen Johnson and Denise Danek and three great grandsons Alexander Richard Fitts, Nicholas and Blake Danek; Five nephews Arthur, Gaynall and Gregory Hudgins, Melvin Kearney and Alexander Turner Jr; Four Nieces Cheryl Bell, Cheryl Williams, Chandra Cookson, Penny Canada countless wonderful friends and family.

“My life has been full, and all of my commitments have been easy to keep because I learned to be quiet and listen to His will”.

Celebration of life for Mrs. Fitts will be held on Friday, October 18, 2024, at 12noon at Lakeside Lutheran Church 2427 Eaton Ferry Rd. Littleton, North Carolina. Interment will follow at Greater Lovely Hill Baptist Church 404 Embro-Odell Rd. Macon, North Carolina.

Visitation for Mrs. Fitts will take place on Friday, October 18, from 11-12noon at Lakeside Lutheran Church.