Robert Theodore “Ted” Sears, Sr., 86, of Ellenboro, died Friday, October 30 at Rutherford Hospital. A native of New Holland, GA, he was the son of the late Robert Ernest and Irene Ethel Owens Sears. Mr. Sears was a US Army veteran, serving in World War II as a paratrooper. He was a retired loom fixer for Stonecutter Mills.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Anderson Sears of the home; three sons, Robert Theodore Sears, Jr. of Bat Cave, Phillip Andrew Sears of Clover, SC and Tracy Hollifield of Greensboro; two brothers, Billy Ray Sears of Jacksonville, FL and James Sears of Forest City; one sister Barbara Bell of Asheboro; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday, Nov. 2 at 2 PM at Cane Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Danny Camp officiating. Visitation will be held at the church one hour prior to the service. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with military honors.
Memorials may be made to Cane Creek Baptist Church Building Fund 151 Cane Creek Mtn Road Union Mills NC 28167 or Hospice of Rutherford County, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.