Obituaries
Anita Peterson Suttle
( December 27, 1932 - August 29, 2020 )
That is happiness, to be dissolved into something complete and great.
-Willa Cather-
Anita Peterson Suttle (Neetsie) was born December 27, 1932 in Lakewood, Ohio to Bostonians Anita Durbeck Bates and Walter Edvard Peterson. Her father, an MIT educated engineer and inventor, was moved often in his career, but after the family relocated from Montreal, Canada to Charlotte, NC he asked for that post to be permanent. Neetsie and her brother, Pete, were brought up in the Dilworth and Myers Park areas of Charlotte, and attended the local school and St. Anne’s Catholic Church. Charlotte was a small city then, and Neetsie and her friends enjoyed neighborhood freedom and hanging out at Hardee’s Drug Store. Though they grew up only streets apart, Neetsie met her first and only love, Edward Emerson Suttle, Jr. (Bub) on the Boardwalk in Myrtle Beach, SC. They both graduated from old Central High School in Charlotte. When the Korean War loomed , Neetsie, a student at Queen’s College, and Bub, an ROTC student at UNC Chapel Hill, secretly eloped to SC to be married. Their union happily endured for 51 years until Bub’s death in 2002. After living in Ohio and Charlotte, the Suttles moved to Lincolnton, NC in 1962 for Bub to work in the family owned cotton businesses, Consolidated Knitting and E.E. Suttle and Sons. There they joined St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Neetsie raised four happy children who were endlessly supported, loved, encouraged, and praised by their tireless Mother. As a Den Mother and Girl Scout leader she was proud to see her children become Eagle Scouts and a Gold Award Girl Scout, and never left home without the commiserate pins upon her lapel. Heavily involved in scouting, Neetsie was the Girl Scout cookie chairman for many years, a PTA volunteer, audiologist in the schools, grade Mother, swim team Mom, and sports enthusiast beside many courses, courts, pools, and fields. She and Bub were instrumental in forming LINC meals, for which she drove many years, the Soup Kitchen, which began at St. Luke’s, Hospice, Christian Ministries and much more than can be named. Involved in every aspect at St. Luke’s, she personally reached and encouraged untold numbers of children and adults with true affection and authentic concern. In 1983 she was elected Lincoln County Woman of the Year. Humble and unassuming, she was truly shocked and barely able to accept the honor. Neetsie never met a stranger, no detail was too small or forgotten, and her spontaneous conversations and enthusiastic enjoyment of everything in life, large and small, left happy and grateful people in her wake. Never materialistic, showy, or vain, she was a Lady of refinement in values, morals, and manners. Despite many difficulties and health woes she never complained, felt defeated, or lost her youthful zest for life. She was a quiet and and lovely force for good in a turbulent and ever changing world, and her unselfish and giving nature served her family, her community, and the greater community of man in an ever expanding ripple of goodness. We, her children, can never hope to live up to her shining and pure example. An Angel on Earth, we are all better for having known her. After a valiant struggle with multiple cancers, Neetsie’s body gave out on August 29, 2020, though her mind and spirit never said die.
During this time of Covid a private memorial service will be held for the family. Neetsie stipulated that she wanted all memorials to go to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 315 North Cedar St., Lincolnton, NC 28092. Great thanks also to the Hospice of Lincoln County, and to the Carolina Caring Hospice House of Sherrills Ford, who were wonderfully helpful as we navigated through this last stage of life.
Neetsie was predeceased by her parents, her parents in law-Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Suttle, Sr., her brother, Walter Edward Peterson, her brother in law Gerald McKibbin Suttle, and her sister in law Mary Jane Suttle Howard. She is survived by her sisters in law Judy Suttle Beaver and Linda Peterson, and her brother in law Barrie Howard. Also by her children, Edward Emerson Suttle III (Trey), his children Holly Suttle Jones(Hayes) and Heather Suttle (Sean); Steven Peterson Suttle (B.J.) and their children Christopher Steven Suttle(Jamie) and Sarah Suttle Komarnicki(Scott); Marni Suttle Carpenter(Scott) and their children Larkyn O’Neill(Grayson Downs), Anna Gray LeBlanc(Kyle), Isaac MacFarlane Carpenter(Dani Smith) and Emerson Knox Carpenter(Mariko); Samuel Bates Suttle(Jennifer) and their children Olivia Margaret Suttle, Samuel Bates Suttle, Jr.(Heather), and William Stuart Suttle(Tara Dunn). Also great grandchildren Carly, Carter, and Alice Suttle, Rachel Morgan, Addison and Fischer Komarnicki, Hayes and Catherine Jones, and Jackson and Barrett Suttle. Neetsie is survived, too, by special friend of the family, Susan Anthony, and great friend of many years, Elisabeth Elwell of Lancs, England.
The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star
Hath had elsewhere it’s setting
And cometh from afar;
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But, Trailing Clouds of Glory do we come.
-Wordsworth-
-Willa Cather-
Anita Peterson Suttle (Neetsie) was born December 27, 1932 in Lakewood, Ohio to Bostonians Anita Durbeck Bates and Walter Edvard Peterson. Her father, an MIT educated engineer and inventor, was moved often in his career, but after the family relocated from Montreal, Canada to Charlotte, NC he asked for that post to be permanent. Neetsie and her brother, Pete, were brought up in the Dilworth and Myers Park areas of Charlotte, and attended the local school and St. Anne’s Catholic Church. Charlotte was a small city then, and Neetsie and her friends enjoyed neighborhood freedom and hanging out at Hardee’s Drug Store. Though they grew up only streets apart, Neetsie met her first and only love, Edward Emerson Suttle, Jr. (Bub) on the Boardwalk in Myrtle Beach, SC. They both graduated from old Central High School in Charlotte. When the Korean War loomed , Neetsie, a student at Queen’s College, and Bub, an ROTC student at UNC Chapel Hill, secretly eloped to SC to be married. Their union happily endured for 51 years until Bub’s death in 2002. After living in Ohio and Charlotte, the Suttles moved to Lincolnton, NC in 1962 for Bub to work in the family owned cotton businesses, Consolidated Knitting and E.E. Suttle and Sons. There they joined St. Luke’s Episcopal Church. Neetsie raised four happy children who were endlessly supported, loved, encouraged, and praised by their tireless Mother. As a Den Mother and Girl Scout leader she was proud to see her children become Eagle Scouts and a Gold Award Girl Scout, and never left home without the commiserate pins upon her lapel. Heavily involved in scouting, Neetsie was the Girl Scout cookie chairman for many years, a PTA volunteer, audiologist in the schools, grade Mother, swim team Mom, and sports enthusiast beside many courses, courts, pools, and fields. She and Bub were instrumental in forming LINC meals, for which she drove many years, the Soup Kitchen, which began at St. Luke’s, Hospice, Christian Ministries and much more than can be named. Involved in every aspect at St. Luke’s, she personally reached and encouraged untold numbers of children and adults with true affection and authentic concern. In 1983 she was elected Lincoln County Woman of the Year. Humble and unassuming, she was truly shocked and barely able to accept the honor. Neetsie never met a stranger, no detail was too small or forgotten, and her spontaneous conversations and enthusiastic enjoyment of everything in life, large and small, left happy and grateful people in her wake. Never materialistic, showy, or vain, she was a Lady of refinement in values, morals, and manners. Despite many difficulties and health woes she never complained, felt defeated, or lost her youthful zest for life. She was a quiet and and lovely force for good in a turbulent and ever changing world, and her unselfish and giving nature served her family, her community, and the greater community of man in an ever expanding ripple of goodness. We, her children, can never hope to live up to her shining and pure example. An Angel on Earth, we are all better for having known her. After a valiant struggle with multiple cancers, Neetsie’s body gave out on August 29, 2020, though her mind and spirit never said die.
During this time of Covid a private memorial service will be held for the family. Neetsie stipulated that she wanted all memorials to go to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 315 North Cedar St., Lincolnton, NC 28092. Great thanks also to the Hospice of Lincoln County, and to the Carolina Caring Hospice House of Sherrills Ford, who were wonderfully helpful as we navigated through this last stage of life.
Neetsie was predeceased by her parents, her parents in law-Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Suttle, Sr., her brother, Walter Edward Peterson, her brother in law Gerald McKibbin Suttle, and her sister in law Mary Jane Suttle Howard. She is survived by her sisters in law Judy Suttle Beaver and Linda Peterson, and her brother in law Barrie Howard. Also by her children, Edward Emerson Suttle III (Trey), his children Holly Suttle Jones(Hayes) and Heather Suttle (Sean); Steven Peterson Suttle (B.J.) and their children Christopher Steven Suttle(Jamie) and Sarah Suttle Komarnicki(Scott); Marni Suttle Carpenter(Scott) and their children Larkyn O’Neill(Grayson Downs), Anna Gray LeBlanc(Kyle), Isaac MacFarlane Carpenter(Dani Smith) and Emerson Knox Carpenter(Mariko); Samuel Bates Suttle(Jennifer) and their children Olivia Margaret Suttle, Samuel Bates Suttle, Jr.(Heather), and William Stuart Suttle(Tara Dunn). Also great grandchildren Carly, Carter, and Alice Suttle, Rachel Morgan, Addison and Fischer Komarnicki, Hayes and Catherine Jones, and Jackson and Barrett Suttle. Neetsie is survived, too, by special friend of the family, Susan Anthony, and great friend of many years, Elisabeth Elwell of Lancs, England.
The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star
Hath had elsewhere it’s setting
And cometh from afar;
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But, Trailing Clouds of Glory do we come.
-Wordsworth-
Posted on 03 Sep 2020
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