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Mary
Frances
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Zettie
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(1881 - 1956)

Arthur
Lee
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(1884 - 1950)

W. Garland
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(1887 - 1912)

Hattie
Pearl
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(1890 - 1966)

Cordie
Bland
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(1894 - 1981)

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Lois Virginia Loftin   Born: 13 Dec 1908, Catawba County, NC Died:    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   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   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.     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 Ranson T. Mundy and Dartha L. (Unknown) and was born 31 May 1908.  Ranson was born about 1882 and Dartha was born about 1884.     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       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.     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.       (Below) 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.     (Below) 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 campeeting, early church life and the flu in 1918 that her family endured. Click Here     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). Click Here     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. Click Here     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). Click Here     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. Click Here     Video 6: Lois & Peggy discuss Juanity 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. Click Here     Video 7: Lois & Peggy discuss Alonzo Lester Loftin & his wife Ida Lillian Setzer Loftin, and confronting minister at campmeeting for his views. Click Here     Video 8: Lois & Peggy discuss Shiloh Bible Study Class and how Lois wanted to be a missionary to China. Click Here     Video 9: Lois & Peggy discuss 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. Click Here     Video 10: Lois discusses things her mother Josephine taught her and her siblings and walking to church. Click Here     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 Sigmon). Click Here     Video 12: Lois discusses working at Elliot's Hosiery in Catawba & Yount's Hosery in Newton, studying Latin & French in high school, liking Math but not Geometry. Click Here       Peggy Loftin Brotherton & Lois Loftin Mundy  - August 31, 2010           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.