Haywood County — 1936-2012

Pheny Margaret Messer Sutton age 75, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the Heritage of Sugar Mountain in Newland, North Carolina.

Born on October 1, 1936 in Haywood County to the late Loyd and Pearl Conard Messer, she was the oldest of eight siblings. She lived most of her life in Haywood County and retired from Dayco in 1997 after working there for 28 years. She found great pleasure in working in her yard and gardening, but her greatest joy was her time spent with her church family at Fellowship Baptist Church. She was an avid supporter of the Fellowship Christian Academy affiliated with the church in Waynesville.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Mattie Messer Green. She is survived by two sisters, ...