She was born in Proctor, North Carolina on August 29, 1925, to Mary Jane and Willis Welch. In her early teens she went to live with her aunt and uncle where she attended Bethel High School, this is also where she met her future husband, Norvelle C. Singleton. She worked as a telephone operator until she took on the roll that would shape the rest of her life, being a mother and grandmother.
She spent most of her life watching her children and grandchildren bloom as well as her garden. She loved to watch the flowers, birds and butterflies almost as much as her family.
She was a proud and devoted Navy wife to her beloved husband of 72 years, Norvelle C. Singleton, who passed in 2018.
Mrs. Singleton is survived by three of her four children, Linda Starrett, Melita Bradford, and Ronald Singleton. Her sister-in-law Lois Payne. Her grandchildren , Kristin Gibson, Damon Starrett, Leia Uleski, Shawna Singleton, Audrey Harding, Andrew Bradford, Cody Singleton, and Janna Singleton, as well as her great grandchildren, Sierra Gibson, Katherine, Samantha and David Starrett, Aurora Uleski, Cypress and Iris Godwin, and Jasmine Harding.
She was preceded in death by her son Michael Allen Singleton in 1995 and her husband Norvelle C. Singleton in 2018.
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