Elma Peele Temple

Elma Peele Temple

June 8, 1924 – September 13, 2014

Elma Peele Temple, 90, of Wilson passed away Saturday.  A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday in Evergreen Memorial Park.  The Rev. Richard Cuddington will officiate. The family will receive friends 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Monday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway, Wilson. Elma was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.  She was employed for over thirty years at Belk’s. Elma is survived by her daughter, Carolyn T. Lamm and husband, Isaac of Kansas; her son, Ralph Allison Temple of Wilson; her grandsons, Michael A. Lamm and wife, Shannon of Kansas and Jason M. Lamm of Florida and her great-grandson, Nathaniel A. Lamm of Kansas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph S. Temple, her grandson, Ralph Allison Temple, JR. and her parents, Christopher Columbus and Florina Taylor Peele. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be directed to the American Heart Association, c/o Phyllis Babb, 1108 Windermere Drive, Wilson, NC  27896 or the Alzheimer’s Association, 1305 Navaho Drive, Suite 101, Raleigh, NC  27609. Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.