Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Fannie Applewhite

April 3, 1903 - May 22, 2008

 

South Bend Tribune 5/28/2008
SOUTH BEND - Mrs. Fannie Applewhite, 105, passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 22, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband, Love Applewhite; a daughter, Katie Palmer; and eight siblings. Fannie was born second of 10 siblings to Arthur and Katie Elliot-Love (three children) and stepmother, Sally Burt-Love (seven children), on April 3, 1903, in Decatur, Alabama. She journeyed north to reside with her aunt, Lucy Elliot-Hunter in Gary, Indiana, then to Chicago, IL, Detroit, MI, and lastly to South Bend as a contented resident of Rabbi Albert Shulman Senior Apartments and a dedicated member of Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church.

 

In 2000 she was admitted to the Suburban Rehabilitation Center, Homewood, Illinois, to acquire special professional support and access to family care. Mrs. Applewhite is survived by granddaughters, Lilliette Irby-Bailey (Michael) and Octavia (Steve) Houser; three great-grandchildren, Robert (Sandra) Irby, Kimberly (Joseph) Young and Jadeia Houser; two great-great-grandchildren, Eboni Irby and Joseph Young; one sister, Emma Brown; caregivers: nephew, Homer Swader, and wife, Dorothy Swader; many other nieces and nephews; and a host of friends and admirers.

 

Visitation and brief services will be held on Friday, May 30, at 1:00 p.m. in Alford's Mortuary where arrangements have been entrusted. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery.