Janelle L. Lanier

BELMONT, N.C. - Janelle Henderson Lanier, 86, of 5037 Drennan Horne Road, died Saturday, May 27, 2006, in Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte.

A native of Gaffney, she was the widow of Wilkes Eugene Lanier and daughter of the late John Henderson and the late Lula Patterson Henderson. Mrs. Lanier was a retired textile employee and a member of Kirby Memorial Baptist Church in Gaffney. She was a very loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

Surviving are a daughter, Bonita L. Lull of Charlotte; a son, Arnold Dean Lanier of Belmont; three brothers, Dean Henderson of Houston, Texas, Arthur Henderson of Winston-Salem, N.C., and Donald Henderson of Mayo; and a sister, Rosie Dyke of Mayo.

In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Lanier was preceded in death by a son, Gerald Eugene Lanier; two sisters, Jessie Scruggs and Sue Sanders; and a brother, Fred Henderson.

Services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at ShufordHatcher Chapel at Frederick Memorial Gardens, conducted by the Rev. Rich Lancaster. Burial will be in Frederick Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends tonight from 7-8:30 at Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home at Frederick Memorial Gardens and at other times family members will be at their respective homes.

Memorials may be made to Kirby Memorial Baptist Church, 512 Chandler Drive, Gaffney, S.C. 29340.

Arrangements by ShufordHatcher Funeral Home at Frederick Memorial Gardens.