TARBORO - Katie Denton Savage, 81, passed away  April 5, 2014. She was born on November 10, 1932. She was the daughter of the late Floyd Benjamin Denton and Carrie Lee Baines. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Mack Barnes, her second husband, Aldine Thorne and her third husband, William “Bill” Savage; and her mother-in-law, Nancy Whitley Barnes.
She is survived by   one daughter, Margie Adams of Battleboro; sons Horace Barnes and wife, Barbara of Zebulon; Willie Barnes and wife, Laurie of Radcliff, Kentucky; step-sons, Bruce Savage of Lewis, Delaware and Hal Thorne and wife, Robin of Raleigh. She is also survived by one sister, Emma Adkins of Enfield; two sisters-in-law, Rachael Braswell of Tarboro,  and Pauline Savage of Connecticut; brothers-in-laws, Elie Allen Savage of Florida, and Cecil Savage of Goldsboro. Ms. Savage is also survived by seven grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren and several loving nieces and nephews.
A graveside service was  held on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at Bailey Town Cemetery at   with Pastor Bobby Murrell and Pastor Mike Burnette officiating.
Flowers are welcome or memorials can be made to the American Lung Association, 55 W. Wacker Drive, Suite 1150, Chicago, IL 60601.
Arrangements by Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, Rocky Mount.