Oct 10, 2013

Member of Washington Alliance Church

Julia Elizabeth Fetherlin, 89, of Washington, died Thursday, October 10, 2013, in Good Samaritan Hospice, Cabot.

She led a life of humility, goodness and grace. She had a servant’s heart, an unending devotion to God and her church, and she left a lasting legacy of love to her children, grandchildren and to all who knew her. “Well done, my good and faithful servant” – Matthew 25:23

Mrs. Fetherlin was born April 13, 1924, in Washington, a daughter of the late Clyde Wilbert Hufford and Minnie Ethel Reese Hufford.

She was a cashier at McWreath Dairy and Baltimore Life Insurance. She also taught kindergarten at Washington Christian School.

Mrs. Fetherlin was a member of Washington Alliance Church, where she sang in the choir, was past president of the Prayer Fellowship, taught Sunday School and was a member of the Christian Women’s Club and the Women’s Missionary Fellowship.

On October 9, 1951, she married George Bernard Fetherlin, who died October 16, 2002.

Surviving are a son, Dr. Robert (Esther) L. Fetherlin of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two daughters, Nancy (Michael) K. Mattice of Vero Beach, Fla., and Ruth (Richard) A. Grassel of Ambridge; a sister, Katherine Vaughn of Washington; seven grandchildren, David (Debra) Fetherlin, Suzanne (Sean) McLean, Nathan, Graham and Christopher Mattice, Jeremiah (Becca) Grassel and Jordan Grassel; three great-grandchildren, Samuel, Titus and Anna Fetherlin; and a great-niece, Susan Sonson.

Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in William G. Neal Funeral Homes, 925 Allison Avenue, Washington. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, October 12, in Washington Alliance Church, 246 Sanitarium Road, Washington, with the Rev. Clarence Croscutt officiating. Burial will follow in Washington Cemetery.

Additional information and guest book are available at www.NealFuneralHome.com.