Blanche Page

June 21, 1928 - March 3, 2021

Blanche Foster Page, 92, died peacefully at her home on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, surrounded by her children. Born June 21, 1928, she was the daughter of the Tom Franklin & Josie Slaughter Foster. She was a graduate of Bartlett Yancey High School, & the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She taught Business Education for seven years in Ellerbe, NC, & 31 years at Bartlett Yancey. She was head of the Business Department & treasurer for the school at BY for many years. She was a member of the NEA & NCAE. She was a member & past president of the Alpha Delta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma (an honorary organization for women teachers), the Purley-Blanch Home Demonstration Club, & the Caswell Chapter 239, Order of the Eastern Star. She was a lifetime & faithful member of First Baptist Church of Yanceyville, where she served many years as a Sunday School teacher. She was predeceased by the love of her life, Bedford J. “Buck” Page; her parents, & sisters Glenna Steagall & Joann Foster. She is survived by her loving children; Jo Sicz (Jeff), Sandra Tate (Wesley), Beth Slade (Rick), & Jack Page (Robert); grandchildren Michael Tate, Ashley Morgan, Brad Slade and Abbye Slade; great-grandchildren Kaitlyn, Emily & Maggie Tate, Addy & Ivy Morgan, & Malia Slade; brother Tommy Foster (Jan), sisters Jean Gwynn (Bill) & Marie Jordan (Gene); & many nieces, nephews & cousins. The family acknowledges Sarah, Dorothea & Lori from Hospice, Ann Carpentier, Alicia McKennon, Bria Loftis, & many friends who helped Blanche stay at home where she wanted to be. Graveside rites will be held at 1 PM on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at First Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will be at the residence on County Home Road. Memorials may be made to Authoracare (Hospice), 914 Chapel Hill Road, Burlington, NC 27215, or First Baptist Church, 378 W. Church St, PO Box 66, Yanceyville, NC 27379. Wrenn-Yeatts Yanceyville Chapel is serving the Page family.