Alice Mae Bowers Strutton

Alice Mae Bowers Strutton, age 78, of 646 Church Street went home to be with her Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ early Sunday morning, March 17, 2019 at UNC Rockingham Health Care. 

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, March 20, 2019 in Fair Funeral Home Chapel with Pastors Ron Culp, Buddy Reed, and Johnny Cox officiating.  Burial will follow the service in Woodlawn Cemetery.  The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from 6 -8 PM at Fair Funeral Home and other times at her residence.

Mrs. Strutton was born in the Draper section of Eden on April 2, 1940 to the late George M. Bowers and Octavia Armstrong Bowers.  She was a retiree from E.I. DuPont with 33 years of service.  Alice was of the Christian faith and a faithful member of Central Christian Church and was the choir director until her declining health.  She loved to quilt and was a member of the Quilters Guild of Rockingham County.  Alice was also a volunteer for UNC Rockingham Health Care.  Mrs. Strutton was a Godly woman that loved her family deeply and will be greatly missed by all that knew of her loving spirit.

Alice is survived by her two sisters, Doris Nelson and husband, Lewis and Ann Quesinberry and husband, James all of Eden; a special nephew but known to Alice as her own son, Darin Quesinberry and wife, Dawn of Reidsville along with their children, Ashley McDonald and husband, James, Brooke Acord and husband, Tyler and Anna Quesinberry; several loving nieces and nephews; special great-great niece, Megan Patterson and sister-in-law and caregiver, Garnetta Bowers of Eden.

Along with her parents she is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Joe Strutton; and her four brothers, George Bowers, Jr., Melvin Bowers, Charles Bowers and Eddie Bowers.

The family wishes to give a special thank you to the caregivers from UNC Rockingham Health Care and UNC Rockingham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests all memorial contributions be made to Central Christian Church, 233 E. Stadium Dr.  Eden, NC  27288.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com