MRS. GENEVA GADDY GATEWOOD

Passed 05/06/2021

Obituary For MRS. GENEVA GADDY GATEWOOD

Mother Geneva Rachel Gaddy Gatewood was born September 26, 1920 in Anson County, North Carolina to the late Clyde S. Gaddy and Lillie Davis Gaddy. She made a peaceful transition from her earthly blessed life of holiness on May 6, 2021. As a child, she joined Poplar Hill Missionary Baptist Church where her father served as Chairman of the Deacon Board, and her mother served in the Missionary Circle. Her parents set strong examples of what it meant to serve a true and living God in spirit and in truth. As a young adult, Mother Gatewood was an active member in her church where she served faithfully as the secretary of the Sunday School. She later joined West Rocky Ford Missionary Baptist Church after her holy matrimony to Mr. Wade Hampton Gatewood in 1939. Their holy union was eventually blessed with ten boys and four girls. The children wholeheartedly loved and respected their mother and father. Their emphasis on the Word of God and the value of education resulted in all 14 children graduating from high school and pursuing various levels of higher education. Mother Gatewood served as her children’s constant spiritual teacher, holding Bible classes at home for edification of the Ten Commandments and the Holy Scriptures. Her commission as a pastor’s wife began shortly after her husband was called into the ministry in 1951. Their blessed spiritual journey together as Reverend and Mrs. Wade H. Gatewood (Pastor and Pastor’s wife) spanned almost 60 years of their marriage in nine church congregations. As a true woman of God in the Body of Christ, Mother Gatewood had “A Charge to Keep” and a God to glorify. She was a blessing and a guiding light in her family, church, and community. Her journey in life was a living testimony of love, humility, virtue, wisdom, holiness, faith, patience, perseverance, and God’s “Amazing Grace”. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:16) A Faithful Daughter of Cherished Parents: Mr. Clyde S. Gaddy and Mrs. Lillie Davis Gaddy (deceased) A Devoted Wife to her Beloved and Anointed Husband: Reverend Dr. Wade H. Gatewood (deceased) A Nurturing and Beloved Mother of 14 Children and Grandmother to their Children Geneva Gatewood Farmer (Robert-deceased); Wade Gatewood Jr. (deceased)-(Carolyn); Johnny Gatewood (deceased); Clyde Gatewood (Emma); Julius Gatewood (Hazel); Evelyn Gatewood Allison (John-deceased), Lillian Gatewood Rorie (Marvis Sr.); Joseph Gatewood (Patricia); Aaron Gatewood (deceased); Robert L. Gatewood (Peggy); Leon Gatewood; Curtis E. Gatewood (Odessa); Angela R. Gatewood; Daniel Gatewood (Alice). A Loving and Caring older Sister to her Brothers and Sisters (all deceased) and Aunt to their Children: Mr. Clyde Gaddy Jr., Mrs. Letha Gaddy Chambers, Mr. Calvin Gaddy, Mrs. Aggie Gaddy Dean, Mr. Walter Ray Gaddy, Dilcey Rae Gaddy (passed away in her childhood) A Loving and Caring Daughter-in-Law to her Husband’s Father and Mother and Sister-in-Law and Aunt to their Descendants: Mr. Anderson Gatewood and Mrs. Estella Boggan Gatewood (deceased) A Life and Legacy of Stewardship and Discipleship as God’s Good and Faithful Servant

A humble servant and Pastor’s wife in her husband’s nine pastoral congregations, including the most recent: New Hope Missionary Baptist Church (Hamlet, NC), Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church (Polkton, NC), and Pee Dee Missionary Baptist Church (Lilesville, NC) Secretary of the Sunday School, Poplar Hill Baptist Church President of the Missionary Department, West Rocky Ford Missionary Baptist Church Treasurer of the Anson County Woman’s Baptist Home and Foreign Missionary Union Secretary to the District 5 Group 1 Conference of the WBH&FMC of NC Special Worker for the Anson County Baptist Training Union Group Leader for the Community 4-H Branch Part-time Teacher’s Assistant Volunteer Certified Nurse’s Assistant (CNA) - Anson Technical College-March 27, 1987 Co-Founder and first President of the Davis-Gaddy Family Reunion

The Services to Honor the Life and Legacy of Mother Gatewood will be on Tuesday, May 11, 2021,11:00am, at Smith's Memorial Chapel. The Services will be PRIVATE for Mother Gatewood's immediate family (children and their spouses and grandchildren). The Family will greet friends at the Interment immediately following the service at Westview Memorial Park, Highway 74-West, Wadesboro, North Carolina at approximately 12:30pm.

The public viewing for Mother Gatewood will be on Monday, May 10, 2021 from 2:00-6:00pm at Smith's Funeral Home, 604 Salisbury Street, Wadesboro, North Carolina.