Grace Marie Mcrorie

Mrs. Grace Marie Taylor McRorie, age 98 passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 13, 2018.

The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:50 pm Monday, October 15 at New Gilead Reformed Church with a funeral service to follow at 2 pm with Rev. Robert Palisin officiating. Burial will be held at Carolina Memorial Park.

Grace was born July 12, 1920 in Cabarrus County, a daughter of the late George G. Taylor and Rosanna Jane Misenheimer Taylor. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Howard S. McRorie, Sr. and an infant brother, George.

Grace attended school at Winecoff, and later, worked in a hosiery mill. She enjoyed doing seamstress work and for several years had a small shop at her home. She liked working in her flower gardens, and you could always find her reading God’s word and spending time in prayer. Grace was a longtime member of New Gilead Reformed Church.

Those left to cherish Grace’s memory are, her only sister, Elizabeth Taylor Burgess; daughter, Barbara “Dot” McRorie Bost and husband, Marvin Bost, Jr.; son, Howard “Bill” McRorie, Jr. and wife, Becky; grandson, Randy Bost and wife, Lisa; granddaughters, Mia Whitley and husband, Ken and Anne Marie McRorie; great-grandsons, Khrishna Beri, Nolan and Harrison Whitley; step-great-granddaughters, Alex Bearder and Emmy Earnhardt; loving family caregivers, Lisa Wall and Amber Hall; and other relatives and friends who will miss Grace dearly.

Memorials may be made to New Gilead Reformed Church, 2400 Old Salisbury Concord Road, Concord, NC 28025.