Annie Lou Evans Denham

ANNIE LOU EVANS DENHAM PASSED FROM THIS EARTH TO HEAVEN ON DECEMBER 30, 2008. ANNIE LOU, A WILMINGTON NATIVE, ATTENDED NEW HANOVER HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1955. ANNIE LOU WAS BORN AUGUST 6, 1933 TO LOUIE JAMES AND RUBY THOMAS EVANS. ANNIE LOU WAS A LOVING, KIND AND DETERMINED WOMAN WHO ENJOYED WORKING IN HER YARD, DECORATING, SHOPPING, SPENDING TIME WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY AND HER DOG ""RASCAL"". SHE WAS LOVED AND WILL BE REMEMBERED AND SORELY MISSED BY MANY LIFELONG FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS , GLAD TIDINGS CHURCH AND HER FAMILY. ANNIE LOU IS SURVIVED BY HER ""BROTHER"" LOUIE JAMES EVANS, JR. OF SAVANNAH AND 1ST COUSINS BOBBY AND JIMMY WILLIAMS OF WILLMINGTON. SURVIVING ANNIE LOU ALSO IS HER DAUGHTER KAREN BORDEAUX GASKILL AND SON-IN-LAW KYLE HART GASKILL ALONG WITH THREE OTHER CHILDREN SUSAN W. HARPER, RICHARD AND STEVEN WATERS. ANNIE LOU HAD FOUR GRANDCHILDREN ALLISON HOMICK, LYNDSEY PRESLEY, KYLE- HART GASKILL, JR. AND ETHAN GASKILLGRANDMA'S SPONGE BOBFOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN NOAH AND JOEL PRESLEY, GABRIEL AND MICAH HOMICK. SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF THEM ALL AND LOVED BEING ""GRANNIE ANNIE"". HER DAUGHTER KAREN WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS HER GRATITUDE TO HER NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, HOSPICE NURSES AND DOCTORS FOR THEIR CONTINUED LOVE, SUPPORT, AND ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH THIS TIME. BECAUSE OF YOU, HER LIFE WAS MADE EASIER. YOU WERE HER ""ANGELS"". A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 AM SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2009 AT ANDREWS MORTUARY MARKET STREET CHAPEL WITH THE REV. HENRY CARROLL OFFICIATING. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS AT THE MORTUARY FROM 10AM SATURDAY UNTIL THE SERVICE HOUR. THOSE WISHING TO REMEMBER ANNIE LOU CAN CHOOSE TO SEND FLOWERS OR MAKE A DONATION TO LOWER CAPE FEAR HOSPICE, 2222 SOUTH 17TH STREET, WILMINGTON, NC 28401.