Wilma "Dolly" Panella

Mrs. Wilma Lea "Dolly"� Panella, 68, of Asheboro, NC, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. A funeral service is scheduled for 2:00 pm Saturday at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Jonathan Shook, Pastor Thurman Williams, Pastor Mark Spencer and Pastor Russell K. Schmidt officiating. A native of Bay City, MI, Mrs. Panella was born March 10, 1944. She was the daughter of the late Robert Floyd Harris and Evelyn Ruth Davies Harris. She was of the Baptist faith and a faithful member of Skidway Lake Baptist Church in Prescott Michigan for 14 years. She was loved by everyone who knew her. She was devoted to her God, her husband, her children and her grandchildren. Mrs. Panella is survived by her husband of 39 years, Pastor Paul Panella,; daughter, Lori Panella Fuller and husband, Jed, of Asheboro, NC, sons, James Drake, and wife Patty, Tony Panella and wife, Bonnie, all of Crystal River, FL, brother, Curt Harris, of Carlsbad, NM; grandsons, Channing Eymer, Jimmy Drake, Daulton Panella, Tony Panella; granddaughters, Jennifer Delaney and Rachel Fuller. The family will receive friends from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Ridge Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Randolph Cancer Center, Patient Assistance Fund, 373 North Fayetteville Street, Asheboro, NC 27203, and/or American Cancer Society, PO Box 515, Asheboro, NC 27204.