[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ theme_builder_area=”post_content” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” theme_builder_area=”post_content” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”]Summer Leighann Harwell, 46, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2024 at Robin Johnson Hospice House with her loving family by her side.<\/p>\n
She was born in Gaston County, North Carolina, to James and Melinda Harwell. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Thomas L. Ottinger, Sr., Nancy L. Ottinger, J.D. Harwell, and Willie Harwell; and her great aunt Pearl.<\/p>\n
Summer was a dedicated member of Flint Groves Baptist Church where she claimed the Lord as her own, referring to Him as \u201cMy Big ol\u2019God!\u201d She loved people, especially working with handicap, those with special needs people, and children. Summer earned a bachelors in marketing from Western Carolina University and worked as an elementary teachers assistant. She enjoyed swimming, going to the beach, and shopping. Anytime someone said they were going somewhere she would be ready to go and say \u201clet me get my flipflops on.\u201d Most of all she loved her family and was very close to her cousins. Summer leaves many happy memories to be cherished by all who knew and loved her.<\/p>\n
Summer is survived by her parents, James and Melinda Harwell; brother, James L. Harwell; uncles, Thomas Ottinger, Jr (Lisa) and Jeffery Harwell (Donna); aunts, Lisa Bradley, Nancy Stevens, Billie Long (Darrell); many loving cousins; her best friend, Jan Haney; and her beloved Dachshund, Bruiser.
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Summer L. HarwellSummer Leighann Harwell, 46, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2024 at Robin Johnson Hospice House with her loving family by her side. She was born in Gaston County, North Carolina, to James and Melinda Harwell. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Thomas L. Ottinger, Sr., Nancy L. Ottinger, J.D. Harwell, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3396,"featured_media":10223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
Summer Leighann Harwell, 46, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2024 at Robin Johnson Hospice House with her loving family by her side.\u00a0<\/p>
\u00a0She was born in Gaston County, North Carolina, to James and Melinda Harwell. She is preceded in death by her grandparents, Thomas L. Ottinger, Sr., Nancy L. Ottinger, J.D. Harwell, and Willie Harwell; and her great aunt Pearl.\u00a0<\/p>
\u00a0Summer was a dedicated member of Flint Groves Baptist Church where she claimed the Lord as her own, referring to Him as \u201cMy Big ol\u2019God!\u201d She loved people, especially working with handicap, those with special needs people, and children. Summer earned a bachelors in marketing from Western Carolina University and worked as an elementary teachers assistant. She enjoyed swimming, going to the beach, and shopping. Anytime someone said they were going somewhere she would be ready to go and say \u201clet me get my flipflops on.\u201d Most of all she loved her family and was very close to her cousins. Summer leaves many happy memories to be cherished by all who knew and loved her.\u00a0<\/p>
\u00a0Summer is survived by her parents, James and Melinda Harwell; brother, James L. Harwell; uncles, Thomas Ottinger, Jr (Lisa) and Jeffery Harwell (Donna); aunts, Lisa Bradley, Nancy Stevens, Billie Long (Darrell); many loving cousins; her best friend, Jan Haney; and her beloved Dachshund, Bruiser.\u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[168,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-168","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11015,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11012\/revisions\/11015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/classnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}