Edith Emma Popplewell Dilley, 104, of Lewisburg, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2024, at the Seasons Place.
Born March 24, 1920, in Butler, Missouri, she was a daughter of the late Dell and Dessie Thompson Popplewell.
Over the years, Edie worked as a hairdresser and telephone operator and co-owned a restaurant with her husband, Joe, in California. After they moved to West Virginia, she went to work as a secretary at Bath County Pump Storage (VEPCO), and Yarid’s at The Greenbrier.
After her husband passed away, Edie moved back to Missouri to be close to family. She was there for 26 years until the age of 100 when she decided to return to White Sulphur Springs to finish out her life. She called her adopted daughter, Rita Kincaid, to come to get her and she has been her caregiver ever since.
She was a 50-year member of Marlinton #97 OES, BPW, Daughters of the American Revolution, Gray Hair Ladies Democrats and on the board of many organizations in Butler, Missouri. She loved to play cards with her friends.
Edie moved into The Season’s Assistance Living Center in 1999. She loved it there and they took very good care of her. She will be missed by many of her friends.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Butler Dilley; brothers, James and Pleas; and several nieces and nephews.
She is survived by a great-niece, Marjory Poppelwell; and great-great nephew, J.T Popplewell, both of Butler, Missouri.
In keeping with her wishes, the body will be cremated, and a celebration of life will be held Sunday April 28, 2024, at 2 p.m. at May Chapel with Pastor Lowell O’Dell officiating.
Inurnment of the cremains will follow in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the May Chapel Cemetery fund, 23445 Pocahontas Trail, White Sulphur Springs, WV 24986
Online condolences may be made at Lantzfuneralhome.com
