Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameMary Alice Shuping
Birth10 May 1917, Rowan County, NC
Death6 Dec 2017, Pittsboro, Chatham County, NC
Burial9 Dec 2017, Greenlawn Memorial Park, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC
FatherWilliam Andrew Shuping (1891-1959)
MotherMary Ann Sapp (1891-1983)
Spouses
Birth15 Oct 1915
Death31 Mar 2003
BurialGreenlawn Memorial Park, Wilmington, New Hanover County, NC
FatherJames Rowan Lindsay Bame (1883-1959)
Marriageabt 1937
ChildrenLarry Cecil (1939-2014)
 Alice Joanne
 Eloise
 Suzanne
Notes for Mary Alice Shuping
Mary Alice Bame

Mary Alice Shuping Bame, 100, of Cary, formerly of Carolina Beach, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017 at the University of North Carolina Hospice in Pittsboro.

Born May 10, 1917 in Salibury, she was a daughter of William Andrew Shuping and Mary Ann Sapp Shuping.

Mrs. Bame was raised on a farm in Salisbury where she helped with all aspects of the farm before she moved to the beach in 1938. She was a charter member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Carolina Beach where she was active with United Methodist Women. She was an integral factor in the success of her husband's enterprises, always helping out when needed. In her leisure, she enjoyed playing rummy and bingo. Every Sunday she attended the chapel service held at Jordan Oaks in Cary. Her family will remember her as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her high school sweetheart and husband of 66 years, James Cecil “Mike” Bame and her son, Larry Cecil Bame.

Mrs. Bame is survived by her children, Alice Joanne Bame Graham, Eloise Bame Walker and her husband Peter and Suzanne Bame Brandon and her husband Carter; her grandchildren, Sheryl Graham Moody, Mary Ann Graham, William D. Graham Jr., Melissa Bame Miller, Jeffrey Todd Bame, Jay Webster, Cecil Webster, Faith Webster Johnson, Alysia B. Mounteer, Carrie Carpenter and Dot B. Brown; and her 13 great-grandchildren.

Service & Visitation: A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 300 Harper Ave, Carolina Beach, NC, 28428. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Saturday at the church. Interment will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park.

Memorials: In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made, in Mrs. Bame's name, to St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Carolina Beach, NC.

Andrews Mortuary & Crematory, Wilmington, is assisting the Bame family.

Salisbury Post, 8 Dec 2017
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