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Lee
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W. Garland
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Pearl
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(1890 - 1966)

Cordie
Bland
Loftin

(1894 - 1981)

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Lois Virginia Loftin

 

Born: 13 Dec 1908, Catawba County, NC
Died: 04 Jun 2015, Catawba County, NC (Age 106)

 

Lois Virginia Loftin was the second child born to Arthur Lee Loftin and Alice Josephine Gilleland.  Lois was born 13 Dec 1908 in Catawba County, NC.

 
 
Children of Arthur Lee Loftin and Alice Josephine Gilleland
Name  Birth Date Death Date Spouse
Infant Son Loftin 19 Aug 1907 19 Sep 1907  
Lois Virginia Loftin 13 Dec 1908   Preston Mundy
Zettie Marie Loftin 16 Dec 1910   Herman Flake Robinson
Glenn Lee Loftin 01 Dec 1912 24 Dec 1981 Oda Bell Stewart
William Ray Loftin 19 Aug 1914 02 Oct 1988 Martha Null
Frances Bernice Loftin 21 Oct 1916 09 Oct 2012 Raymond Eugene Gilmer
Coyte James Loftin 08 May 1918 16 Feb 1992 Kathleen Morrow
Willard Gilleland Loftin 09 Dec 1919 17 Apr 1921 (died in infancy)
Foy Max Loftin, PFC 24 Jul 1921 01 Dec 1943  
Helen Josephine Loftin 15 Jun 1926 24 Jul 2014
Statesville, NC
Willard White
 
 
 
The 1910 Catawba County Census shows Lee, Josephine and Lois living in the Sherrills Ford Precinct  Lee is 25 and Josie is 20 and they've been married for 3 years.  Lois is 1 4/12 years old.  Lee's occupation is "farmer".
 

1910 Catawba County Census

 
Name Relation Sex Race Age S/M/W Yrs.
Md.
Children Birth Occupation Home
Last First Born Living Own
Rent
House
Farm
Loftin Lee A. Head M W 25 M1 3     NC Farmer O F
----- Josephine Wife F W 20 M1 3 1 1 NC      
----- Lois Daughter F W 1 4/12 S       NC      
 

 

Arthur Lee Loftin and his wife Alice Josephine Gilleland

(Left to Right) Lois, Josephine holding Glenn, Lee holding Marie

 
 

The 1920 Census shows Lee and Josie living in the Catawba Township of Catawba County.  They had seven children: Lois V. (Virginia) age 11, Zettie M. (Marie) age 9, Glenn L. (Lee) age7, William R. (Ray) age 5, Frances B. (Bernice) age 3 2/12, Coyte J. (James) age 1 6/12 and Willard G. (Gilleland) 4/12.  Lee was 34 and Josie was 28.  Glenn (spelled "Gleene" on the Census) was misidentified as a "daughter".

 

1920 Catawba County Census

 
Name Relation Home Sex Race Age S/M/W Read
Write
Birth Occupation Occupation
Last First Own
Rent
House
Farm
Loftin Lee O. Head O F M W 34 M Yes NC Farmer General Farm
----- Jocie A Wife     F W 28 M Yes NC none  
----- Lois V. Daughter     F W 11 S Yes NC none  
----- Zettie M. Daughter     F W 9 S   NC none  
----- Gleene L. Daughter     F W 7 S   NC none  
----- William R. Son     M W 5 S   NC none  
----- Frances B. Daughter     F W 3 2/12 S   NC none  
----- Coyt J. Son     M W 1 6/12 S   NC none  
----- Willard G. Son     M W 4/12 S   NC none  
 
 
 
As a girl, Lois would walk to her grandfather's house (William Alexander "Alec" Loftin).  "Grandpa Alec loved to tell stories and everyone would sit beside of the large fireplace and listen to every word he had to say".
 
Since her parents farmed, Lois was frequently working in the fields hoeing cotton - then eventually picking it.
 
She went to the Waldon School as a young girl, and in high school, she took French and Latin.  He always liked math, but didn't enjoy her geometry class - seeing no practical use in it.
 
Lee & Josephine Loftin's Children
Helen, Foy, Coyte, Bernice, Ray, Glenn, Marie, Lois

 
Sisters - Lois, Marie, Bernice and Helen

 
 
Lois married Harlon Preston Mundy.  They had met at school and he used to carry her books for her.  Preston was the son of Ransom T. Mundy and Dorothy L. Punch and was born 31 May 1908.  Ransom was born about 1882 and Dorothy was born about 1884. [Ransom died with a bad heart.  Dorothy became unwell after supper one evening and took some soda to calm her stomach (as was common then).  Apparently she took much more soda than she should have and that is what they said killed her.]
Addition information about Ransom and Dorothy Punch Mundy from Joe Lippard

 

 
Children of Lois Virginia Loftin and Harlon Preston Mundy
Name Birth Date Death Date Spouse
Dorothy Josephine Mundy 18 Aug 1928
Catawba Co, NC
   
Harlon Gray Mundy 18 Aug 1930
Catawba Co, NC
   
James Greene Mundy 13 Feb 1933
Catawba Co, NC
   
Carroll Lee Mundy 08 Oct 1939
Catawba Co, NC
   
 
 

The Children of Arthur Lee Loftin & Alice Josephine Gilleland (and their Spouses)

(Left to Right) Flake Robinson, Marie Loftin Robinson, Ray Gilmer, Martha Null Loftin, Ray Loftin, Bernice Loftin Gilmer, Helen Loftin White, Oda Bell Stewart Loftin, Preston Mundy, Glenn Loftin, Loise Loftin Mundy, Coyte Loftin and Kathleen Morrow Loftin

 
 
Lois recounted to Curtis Loftin & Peggy Brotherton in August 2010 how her son Gray had been named after his father (Harlon Preston Mundy); son James Green Mundy  was named after a former Pastor she and Preston had (James Greene); and that son Caroll Lee Mundy was named after her father (Arthur Lee Loftin).
 
 
As a young woman, Lois worked at Elliot's Hosiery Mill in Catawba as an Inspector, as well as at Yount's Hosiery Mill in Newton.
 
 

Home of Preston & Lois Loftin Mundy

(Photo taken in Jun 2013 when Lois was 104)

 
 
Lois loved church and recounted to Curtis & Peggy how she had been saved as a child of 12-years-old.  A preacher had preached about the 2nd Coming of Christ and she had a hard time sleeping at night after that - eventually giving her heart to the Lord.  She always had a desire to be a missionary but felt she couldn't since she had never gone to college - only completing high school.  She eventually did become a "Lay Person" in the Methodist church and was allowed to preach at several Methodist churches in Catawba and surrounding counties.  One of her sermons was entitled, "Are the Days of Revival Over?".  Lois played the piano at both Center and Shiloh Methodist Churches for many years.

 

 
 

A small group of Lee Loftin's children

Ray, Marie, Bernice, Lois, Coyte, Glenn, Helen

 
 
 
Preston died 08 Nov 1991 at the age of 83.
 
Lois and Preston purchased an A-Model car after they were first married and Lois learned to drive.  She didn't have to have a driver's license when she first started to drive.  She continued to drive until around age 97.
 
 

Lois Loftin Mundy is presented with a birthday cake at the 2008 Loftin Family Reunion recognizing her 100th birthday which would take place in December 2008

 
 
 

Lois Loftin Mundy
Daughter of Arthur Lee Loftin
Granddaughter of William Alexander Loftin

 

     Lois, age 100, recounted how she had learned to drive using her father's Model A car.  She also said that she had just quit driving at the age of 98.
     Lois said that when she was a little girl the family attended Center Methodist Church.  The church had two doors on the two sides of the church - one for the men and one for the women.  She also said that when people entered the church that the men would sit together on the left side of the church while the women would sit on the right side.

 

Mae Loftin (Mrs. Roy Loftin) (age 99) chats with Lois Loftin Mundy (age 100)
at the Loftin Family Reunion in 2009

 
 
Arthur Lee Loftin's daughters
at the 2010 Loftin Family Reunion

[Left to Right]
Lois Loftin Mundy (age 102 in Dec 2010), Helen Loftin White (age 84 in Jun 2010),
Marie Loftin Robinson (age 100 in Dec 2010), Bernice Loftin Gilmer (age 94 in Oct 2010),
 
 

Lois Loftin Mundy Video Files

 
Peggy Loftin Brotherton (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt "Speedo" Loftin & Marie Hoke) and I (Curtis Loftin) went to visit with Lois on August 31, 2010.  She was 101 years old - almost 102 - at the time.  We videoed Lois - asking her questions about herself, her family and other family relations.
 
 

 

 
 

Video 1:

Lois discusses her birth, growing up, going to school and campmeeting,
early church life and the flu in 1918 that her family endured.

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Video 2:

Lois continues her discussion of the 1918 flu, how she met Preston Mundy,
her marriage in 1927, homes she & Pres lived in,
and her children (Josephine & Gray).

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Video 3:

Lois discusses her children (Jim & Carrol), being "saved" at age 12,
Pres' burial at Center Church, her siblings, Evangelist Jim Greene
and his brother Rev. John Greene, the 2nd Coming of Chirst,
and driving a car till age 97.

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Video 4:

Lois discusses her parents (Lee & Josephine Loftin), Lee's work,
dating, typhoid fever and Marie, Dr. Fred Long,
Grandpa William Alexander "Alec" Loftin,
Grandma Laura Cranford Loftin
and Great Uncle James Edward Loftin (Alec's brother).

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Video 5:

Lois discusses James Edward Loftin's 2nd wife (Fannie),
William Alexander "Alec" Loftin's death,
Alec's marriage to Juanita Beatty,
the Methodist Church & the Second Blessing (Sanctification).

Peggy Loftin Brotherton remembers
William Alexander Loftin's death.

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Video 6:

Lois & Peggy discussed Juanita Beatty Loftin (2nd wife of William Alexander Loftin),
Josephine Gilleland Loftin & infant buried together, Josephine loved to sing & quote scripture,
the small village on Pump Alley Road, brother Willard's death.

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Video 7:

Lois & Peggy discussed Alonzo Lester Loftin & his wife Ida Lillian Setzer Loftin,
and confronting a minister at campmeeting for his views.

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Video 8:

Lois & Peggy discussed Shiloh Bible Study Class
and how Lois wanted to be a missionary to China.

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Video 9:

Lois & Peggy discussed her grandchildren & great-grandchildren,
how she enjoys reading & loved to preach,
sermon "Are the Days of Revival Over?", the Gospel of John,
being a Christian.

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Video 10:

Lois discusses things her mother Josephine taught her and her siblings
and walking to church.

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Video 11:

Lois discusses playing the piano at Center & Shiloh Churches.

 

Peggy recalls how Lois taught her how to sing
and singing "Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" at the funerals
of Wonda Sigmon in 1946 and Larry Sigmon in 1948
(children of Floyd & Helen Goble Sigmon).

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Video 12:

Lois discusses working at Elliot's Hosiery in Catawba & Yount's Hosiery in Newton,
studying Latin & French in high school, liking Math but not Geometry.

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Peggy Loftin Brotherton & Lois Loftin Mundy  - August 31, 2010

 
 

Curtis talks briefly with Lois, Marie & Helen at the 2011 Loftin Family Reunion

 
 
 
Lois Virginia Loftin Mundy passed away on Thursday, 04 Jun 2015 in Catawba County, NC, at the age of 106.  She will be greatly missed.  Lois & Preston were buried at Center Methodist Church Cemetery in Catawba, Catawba County, NC.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

SOURCES

 

Thanks to Phyllis White Mills for her help with the Arthur Lee Loftin lineage. 
You can contact Phyllis at pmills@ju.edu

 

A special thanks to Lois Loftin Mundy, Cathleen Morrow Loftin and Peggy Loftin Brotherton for the photos of Lee.

 
 
                             
                             

If you have additional photos or information about the Lois Loftin Mundy family, please contact me.