Mildred Hooks Lancaster

Mrs. Mildred Hooks Lancaster, 83, of Pikeville, NC and widow of Tommy Bryant Lancaster, died Saturday at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington where she lived with her daughter for the past year and a half. She was the daughter of the late Fred Lonnie Hooks and Maggie Iona Edgerton Hooks.

She was a member of Antioch Original Free Will Baptist Church where she had been an active member for many years.

Mrs. Lancaster is survived by her daughter, (Tommie) Ann Lancaster Rothrock of Wilmington; grandchildren, Stacey Pate and Joy A. Pate of Pikeville, Bryant Fred Lancaster, Jeff Lancaster, Mark Lancaster and Sherri L. Ball of Lake Norman area; and five great-grandchildren, Damon Pate, Sarah Virginia Lancaster, Nikki Lancaster, Cory Lancaster, and Maggie Ann Lancaster.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Ginny Lancaster Pate and a son, Bryant Fred "Bud" Lancaster.

The family will receive friends at 2113 Big Daddy’s Road, Pikeville, NC Monday, and Tuesday from 10:00 – 11:45 a.m. at Seymour Funeral Home, where the funeral service will be held at 12 noon with the Reverend Otis Hamm officiating. A sunset burial service will be held at the Pikeville Cemetery at 5:30 p.m. for family and friends.

Memorials may be made to Antioch Original Free Will Baptist Church, 1718 Antioch Church Road, Pikeville, NC 27863.