Cellia Burrell Hylton
Feb 24, 1916
Jan 9, 2010
MARSHALL - Cellia Burrell Hylton, 93, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2010 having lived a faithful, fulfilling life, and surrounded by her large family. A lifelong member of Foster Creek Baptist Church, she is also survived by a multitude of brothers and sisters in Christ.
Mrs. Hylton was preceded in death by her husband Carnell; brothers, John Burrell of Georgia, Shay Burrell, Frank Burrell and Arnold Burrell, of South Carolina, and brother Dolph Burrell of North Carolina; sisters, Annabelle Burrell and Margaret Gilbert, both of South Carolina. She was also preceded in death by two daughters, Ruby Roberts of Weaverville and Annie Norton of Marshall; daughter-in-law, Wilma Hylton; sons-in-law, Roy Metcalf of Marshall, and Bill Roberts and Jr. Brown, both of Weaverville; along with grandchildren, Eddie Brown of Weaverville and Jason Edwards of Marshall; great grand children, Adeline and Anna Chandler of Marshall and Robert Woody of Mars Hill.
She is survived by her brother W.J. Burrell and wife Eunice of South Carolina; daughters, Ellia Brown of Weaverville and Maude Woody and husband Jimmy of Mars Hill; son, James Hylton, of Marshall, daughter, Viola Rice and husband Carmon, of Marshall, daughter, Berlia Cox and husband Gary, of Weaverville, son, C.B. Hylton and wife Edna, of Marshall, daughter, Ruth Edwards and husband Keith, of Marshall. In addition, she is survived by 21 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren along with countless honorary grandchildren from the staff at Madison Manor, where they all called her "Granny".
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday in the chapel of Madison Funeral Home conducted by the Reverends Eb Jenkins, Ken Parker and Harry Culbertson, Jr. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday in the Cody Cemetery on Grapevine Road.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday prior to the service.
“True Pioneer Woman”
Cellia Burrell moved to Western North Carolina when she was nine years old by covered wagon. She told us that she and her brother Frank would walk down hill and when the wagon started up hill, they would ride. She broke her foot on the way, the first of many hardships she would face over the more than nine decades that spanned her life. In her teens, she met and married her husband Carnell Bascombe Hylton and bore nine children. They had a hard life of poverty and farming. Though money may have been scarce, food and motherly love were in plentiful supply.
Cellia was a devout Christian woman who said what she meant and meant what she said. She was slow to criticize, but quick to state the truth. Our lives consisted of big Sunday dinners after Church with tons of food and cakes decorated with gumdrops. If the Church doors were open she was there singing "Had a Vision of Heaven", and expected all of us to be in the pews. Money was always scarce but, to my knowledge, everyone always had a gift under the tree at Christmas and, as the grandchildren and great-grandchildren came along she bought them all a bible until she wasn't physically or mentally able to do so.
She embroidered every piece of cloth she could find and, even though characters may have had distorted faces; they are works of art to all of us. She leaves behind a legacy far greater than just the countless members of our immediate and extended family. We will miss her more than words can say. Perspectives of a family put into words by granddaughter Tena.
Mrs. Hylton was preceded in death by her husband Carnell; brothers, John Burrell of Georgia, Shay Burrell, Frank Burrell and Arnold Burrell, of South Carolina, and brother Dolph Burrell of North Carolina; sisters, Annabelle Burrell and Margaret Gilbert, both of South Carolina. She was also preceded in death by two daughters, Ruby Roberts of Weaverville and Annie Norton of Marshall; daughter-in-law, Wilma Hylton; sons-in-law, Roy Metcalf of Marshall, and Bill Roberts and Jr. Brown, both of Weaverville; along with grandchildren, Eddie Brown of Weaverville and Jason Edwards of Marshall; great grand children, Adeline and Anna Chandler of Marshall and Robert Woody of Mars Hill.
She is survived by her brother W.J. Burrell and wife Eunice of South Carolina; daughters, Ellia Brown of Weaverville and Maude Woody and husband Jimmy of Mars Hill; son, James Hylton, of Marshall, daughter, Viola Rice and husband Carmon, of Marshall, daughter, Berlia Cox and husband Gary, of Weaverville, son, C.B. Hylton and wife Edna, of Marshall, daughter, Ruth Edwards and husband Keith, of Marshall. In addition, she is survived by 21 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren along with countless honorary grandchildren from the staff at Madison Manor, where they all called her "Granny".
Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday in the chapel of Madison Funeral Home conducted by the Reverends Eb Jenkins, Ken Parker and Harry Culbertson, Jr. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday in the Cody Cemetery on Grapevine Road.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Monday prior to the service.
“True Pioneer Woman”
Cellia Burrell moved to Western North Carolina when she was nine years old by covered wagon. She told us that she and her brother Frank would walk down hill and when the wagon started up hill, they would ride. She broke her foot on the way, the first of many hardships she would face over the more than nine decades that spanned her life. In her teens, she met and married her husband Carnell Bascombe Hylton and bore nine children. They had a hard life of poverty and farming. Though money may have been scarce, food and motherly love were in plentiful supply.
Cellia was a devout Christian woman who said what she meant and meant what she said. She was slow to criticize, but quick to state the truth. Our lives consisted of big Sunday dinners after Church with tons of food and cakes decorated with gumdrops. If the Church doors were open she was there singing "Had a Vision of Heaven", and expected all of us to be in the pews. Money was always scarce but, to my knowledge, everyone always had a gift under the tree at Christmas and, as the grandchildren and great-grandchildren came along she bought them all a bible until she wasn't physically or mentally able to do so.
She embroidered every piece of cloth she could find and, even though characters may have had distorted faces; they are works of art to all of us. She leaves behind a legacy far greater than just the countless members of our immediate and extended family. We will miss her more than words can say. Perspectives of a family put into words by granddaughter Tena.
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