Norma Faye Elliott Wetherington, 88, of Chapel Hill, passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2025, at Signature Heathcare of Chapel Hill.
Born in Durham County, she was the daughter of the late Jasper Bunyon Elliott and Clara Davis Elliott.
Faye attended Seaside Methodist Church of Oak Island while she and her husband were living there. During her beach life years, she and her husband Dewey spent endless hours driving around the island looking at the scenery, finding another great restaurant, fishing, gardening and checking out yard sales. She eventually moved back to Oxford to be closer to family.
Survivors include one son, Douglas Richard Arrington "Rick" (Peggy); three daughters, Deborah Cornell (Timothy), Glenda Botts-Hester and Linda Wetherington; eight grandchildren, Gregory Brown (Angela), Karen Frazier (Ricky), Christina Williams (Samuel), Jennifer Botts, Daniel Cole, Tyler Cole, Matthew Wetherington and Wynnde Smith (Joshua); nine great-grandchildren; and several extended family members. Alongside her parents, she was preceded in death by both of her husbands, Lewis Arrington, and Alfred Dewey Wetherington; and a daughter, Sylvia Cole.
A graveside funeral service will be held Thursday, March 27, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., at Maplewood Cemetery in Durham, NC, conducted by Rev. Johnny Yount.
Flowers are accepted or memorial donations may be made to The Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, 5171 Glenwood Ave. #101, Raleigh, NC 27612.
Arrangements are by Sossamon Funeral Home of Oxford. Online condolences may be made at www.sossamonfuneralhome.com.