WALNUT COVE, NC ~ Beulah Mabe, 89, moved on to her Heavenly reward surrounded by her children on August 24, 2016 at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer.

Beulah always considered the number 13 to be lucky for her. The baby of thirteen children, Beulah was born January 17, 1927 to Joe William Mabe and Beulah Richardson Mabe in the Dillard Community of Stokes County. She attended Pine Hall School and graduated in 1944 with a class of thirteen. She married the love of her life, Dixon Mabe, on November 7, 1947. Dixon was born on a Friday the 13 in 1922. The couple was blessed with four children.

Beulah began seasonal work for R. J. Reynolds in 1968 at their Brook Cove plant in Walnut Cove. Later she went to work full Time at their Whitaker Park location and retired in 1987 from the company's Tobaccoville facilities.

Beulah enjoyed sewing. She made her daughters' prom and wedding dresses. She loved flowers and found it hard to resist ordering bulbs from catalogs long after her ability to dig had declined. Her passion, however, was feeding her family and anyone else who happened to drop by. Beulah made great biscuits from scratch, usually thirteen. Up until the early part of 2016 you could count on her cooking enough food for an army each Sunday. She knew this would bring her family home.

Beulah was preceded in death by her husband, James Dixon Mabe, Sr., on August 11, 2009; her parents; five brothers: Pink Mabe, Joe Mabe, Woodrow Mabe, William Mabe, and Roscoe "Curly" Mabe; seven sisters: Lillie Gatewood, Rosie Bullins, Bessie Bullins, Mary Wall, Willie Ruth Alcorn, Nora Hazelwood, and Martha Louise Smith

She is survived by her children: Barbara (Sandy) Sandrs of Durham, Wanda (Bill) Whitaker of Walnut Cove, Jim (Susan) Mabe of Walnut Cove; seven grandchildren: Robbie (Miranda Bell) Sanders of Kannapolis, Will (Lisa) Whitaker of Wake Forest, Jason (Kristen) Whitaker of Mocksville, Beckie (Henry) Haupt of Speedwell, VA, Ronnie (Mandy) Sanders of Creedmore, Whitney (Ben) Harrison of Tobaccoville, Shelby (Bradley) Sweatt of Madison; nine great-grandchildren: Jordan, LeeElla and Emily Williams of Leander, TX, Savanna and Evan Sanders of Kannapolis, Kristina Whitaker of Wake Forest, Cooper Sanders of Creedmore, Andrew Haupt of Speedwell, VA, and Ava Lane Whitaker of Mocksville; sisters-in-law: Elizabeth Mabe of Greensboro and Shirley Mabe of Madison; brother-in-law, Ray (Bonnie) Rhodes of Madison; numerous nieces and nephews; plus may loving neighbors and friends.

Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 pm on Friday, August 25, 2016 at Burroughs Funeral Home in Walnut Cove.

A service of remembrance will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Oak Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Jason Whitaker and the Rev. Jim Cohn officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 4543 NC Highway 773, Madison, NC 27025; Bethesda United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 1253 Bethesda Church Rd, Madison, NC 27025; or the charity of the donor's choice.

The family would li9ke to thank Dr. Martin Murphy of Winston-Salem HealthCare, Dr. Wes Benson of Gastroenterology Associates of the Piedmont, the staff of the Eighth Floor Palliative Care Unit of Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center, including Martha Mount, P.A., Hope Evans, N.P.; RNs Sarah, Maureen, Karen, Dillon, and Kristin; CNAs Shea, Katherine, Erin, and Kristin; and Glenn McDaniel from Nutrition for their care of Beulah and her family.

Burroughs Funeral Home in Walnut Cove is serving the Mabe Family.
(Winston-Salem Journal (NC) ~ Friday, August 26, 2016)