Mary Jane (Rhyne) McCarter

Mary Jane Rhyne McCarter, age 87 of Gastonia, NC passed away on Monday, March 25th, 2024.

The family will receive friends from 10-11am on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024 at St. Matthews Lutheran Church, 201 N Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountain, NC. A memorial service celebrating the life of Mary Jane will begin in the church sanctuary at 11am with Reverend John Yost officiating.

Mary Jane was born on February 4th, 1937 in Gaston County. She was the daughter of the late Leonard O. Rhyne and Alice Beatty Rhyne and was the widow of Andy Leo McCarter. She worked as a teller then CSR in banking and was a member of St. Matthews Lutheran Church in Kings Mountain, NC.

Mary Jane is survived by her daughters, Nancy Faulkner (Jimmy), Gretchen McCarter, her grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Mattox (BJ), A.J. Faulkner, and Victoria Marie Breckenridge (Hayden) and one great grandson that is on the way, Baby Mattox. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Jan Rhyne, Margie McCarter, and her brothers-in-law, Wylie McCarter and David Brown.

In addition to her husband and parents, Mary Jane was preceded in death by her sisters, Bonnie Sanford, Elizabeth Barnes and her brothers, Samuel Rhyne, Lawrence Rhyne, Luther Rhyne, and John Rhyne, Sr.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Matthews Lutheran Church, 201 N Piedmont Ave. Kings Mountain, NC 28086.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.brattonfuneralhome.com.

Bratton Funeral Home of York, SC is serving the McCarter family.

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