The 1910 Catawba County Census shows Lee, Josephine and Lois
living in the Sherrills Ford Precinct Lee is 25 and Josie
is 20 and they've been married for 3 years. Lois is 1 4/12
years old. Lee's occupation is "farmer".
1910 Catawba County Census
Name
Relation
Sex
Race
Age
S/M/W
Yrs.
Md.
Children
Birth
Occupation
Home
Last
First
Born
Living
Own
Rent
House
Farm
Loftin
Lee A.
Head
M
W
25
M1
3
NC
Farmer
O
F
-----
Josephine
Wife
F
W
20
M1
3
1
1
NC
-----
Lois
Daughter
F
W
1 4/12
S
NC
Arthur Lee Loftin and his wife Alice Josephine Gilleland
(Left to Right) Lois, Josephine holding Glenn, Lee holding Marie
The 1920 Census shows Lee and Josie living in
the Catawba Township of Catawba County. They had seven
children: Lois V. (Virginia) age 11, Zettie M. (Marie) age 9,
Glenn L. (Lee) age7, William R. (Ray) age 5, Frances B.
(Bernice) age 3 2/12, Coyte J. (James) age 1 6/12 and Willard G.
(Gilleland) 4/12. Lee was 34 and Josie was 28. Glenn
(spelled "Gleene" on the Census) was misidentified as a
"daughter".
1920 Catawba County Census
Name
Relation
Home
Sex
Race
Age
S/M/W
Read
Write
Birth
Occupation
Occupation
Last
First
Own
Rent
House
Farm
Loftin
Lee O.
Head
O
F
M
W
34
M
Yes
NC
Farmer
General Farm
-----
Jocie A
Wife
F
W
28
M
Yes
NC
none
-----
Lois V.
Daughter
F
W
11
S
Yes
NC
none
-----
Zettie M.
Daughter
F
W
9
S
NC
none
-----
Gleene L.
Daughter
F
W
7
S
NC
none
-----
William R.
Son
M
W
5
S
NC
none
-----
Frances B.
Daughter
F
W
3 2/12
S
NC
none
-----
Coyt J.
Son
M
W
1 6/12
S
NC
none
-----
Willard G.
Son
M
W
4/12
S
NC
none
As a girl, Lois would walk to her grandfather's house (William
Alexander "Alec" Loftin). "Grandpa Alec loved to tell
stories and everyone would sit beside of the large fireplace and
listen to every word he had to say".
Since her parents farmed, Lois was frequently working in the
fields hoeing cotton - then eventually picking it.
She went to the Waldon School as a young girl, and in high
school, she took French and Latin. He always liked math,
but didn't enjoy her geometry class - seeing no practical use in
it.
Lois married Harlon Preston Mundy. They had met at school
and he used to carry her books for her. Preston was the son of Ransom T. Mundy and Dorothy L.
Punch and was born 31 May
1908. Ransom was born about 1882 and Dorothy was born about
1884. [Ransom died with a bad heart. Dorothy became unwell
after supper one evening and took some soda to calm her stomach
(as was common then). Apparently she took much more soda
than she should have and that is what they said killed her.]
Addition information about Ransom and Dorothy
Punch Mundy from Joe Lippard
Children of Lois Virginia Loftin and Harlon Preston Mundy
Name
Birth Date
Death Date
Spouse
Dorothy Josephine
Mundy
18 Aug 1928
Catawba Co, NC
Harlon Gray Mundy
18 Aug 1930
Catawba Co, NC
James Greene Mundy
13 Feb 1933
Catawba Co, NC
Carroll Lee Mundy
08 Oct 1939
Catawba Co, NC
The Children of Arthur Lee Loftin & Alice Josephine Gilleland
(and their Spouses)
(Left to Right)
Flake Robinson, Marie Loftin Robinson, Ray Gilmer, Martha Null
Loftin, Ray Loftin, Bernice Loftin Gilmer, Helen Loftin White,
Oda Bell Stewart Loftin, Preston Mundy, Glenn Loftin, Loise
Loftin Mundy, Coyte Loftin and Kathleen Morrow Loftin
Lois recounted to Curtis Loftin & Peggy Brotherton in August
2010 how her son Gray had been named after his father (Harlon
Preston Mundy); son James Green Mundy was named after a
former Pastor she and Preston had (James Greene); and that son
Caroll Lee Mundy was named after her father (Arthur Lee Loftin).
As a young woman, Lois worked at Elliot's Hosiery Mill in
Catawba as an Inspector, as well as at Yount's Hosiery Mill in
Newton.
Home of Preston & Lois Loftin Mundy
(Photo taken in Jun 2013
when Lois was 104)
Lois loved church and recounted to Curtis & Peggy how she had
been saved as a child of 12-years-old. A preacher had
preached about the 2nd Coming of Christ and she had a hard time
sleeping at night after that - eventually giving her heart to
the Lord. She always had a desire to be a missionary but
felt she couldn't since she had never gone to college - only
completing high school. She eventually did become a "Lay
Person" in the Methodist church and was allowed to preach at
several Methodist churches in Catawba and surrounding counties.
One of her sermons was entitled, "Are the Days of Revival
Over?". Lois played the piano at both Center and Shiloh
Methodist Churches for many years.
A small group of Lee Loftin's children
Ray, Marie, Bernice, Lois, Coyte, Glenn, Helen
Preston died 08 Nov 1991 at the age of 83.
Lois and Preston purchased an A-Model car after they were first
married and Lois learned to drive. She didn't have to have
a driver's license when she first started to drive. She
continued to drive until around age 97.
Lois Loftin Mundy is presented with a birthday cake
at the 2008 Loftin Family Reunion recognizing her 100th birthday
which would take place in December 2008
Lois, age 100,
recounted how she had learned to drive using her father's Model
A car. She also said that she had just quit driving at the
age of 98.
Lois said that when she was a little girl the family
attended Center Methodist Church. The church had two doors
on the two sides of the church - one for the men and one for the
women. She also said that when people entered the church
that the men would sit together on the left side of the church
while the women would sit on the right side.
Arthur Lee Loftin's daughters
at the 2010
Loftin Family Reunion [Left to Right]
Lois Loftin Mundy (age 102 in Dec 2010), Helen Loftin White (age
84 in Jun 2010),
Marie Loftin Robinson
(age 100 in Dec 2010), Bernice Loftin Gilmer (age 94 in Oct 2010),
Peggy Loftin Brotherton (daughter of Theodore Roosevelt "Speedo"
Loftin & Marie Hoke) and I (Curtis Loftin) went to visit with
Lois on August 31, 2010. She was 101 years old - almost
102 - at the time. We videoed Lois - asking her questions
about herself, her family and other family relations.
Video 1:
Lois discusses her birth, growing up, going to
school and campmeeting,
early church life and the flu in 1918 that her family endured.
Lois continues her discussion of the 1918 flu,
how she met Preston Mundy,
her marriage in 1927, homes she & Pres lived in,
and her children (Josephine & Gray).
Lois discusses her children (Jim & Carrol),
being "saved" at age 12,
Pres' burial at Center Church, her siblings, Evangelist Jim
Greene
and his brother Rev. John Greene, the 2nd Coming of Chirst,
and driving a car till age 97.
Lois discusses her parents (Lee & Josephine
Loftin), Lee's work,
dating, typhoid fever and Marie, Dr. Fred Long,
Grandpa William Alexander "Alec" Loftin,
Grandma Laura Cranford Loftin
and Great Uncle James Edward Loftin (Alec's brother).
Lois discusses James Edward Loftin's 2nd wife
(Fannie),
William Alexander "Alec" Loftin's death,
Alec's marriage to Juanita Beatty,
the Methodist Church & the Second Blessing (Sanctification).
Peggy Loftin Brotherton remembers
William Alexander Loftin's death.
Lois & Peggy discussed Juanita Beatty Loftin
(2nd wife of William Alexander Loftin),
Josephine Gilleland Loftin & infant buried together, Josephine
loved to sing & quote scripture,
the small village on Pump Alley Road, brother Willard's death.
Lois & Peggy discussed her grandchildren &
great-grandchildren,
how she enjoys reading & loved to preach,
sermon "Are the Days of Revival Over?", the Gospel of John,
being a Christian.
Lois discusses playing the piano at Center &
Shiloh Churches.
Peggy recalls how Lois taught her how to sing
and singing "Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" at the funerals
of Wonda Sigmon in 1946 and Larry Sigmon in 1948
(children of Floyd &
Helen
Goble Sigmon).
Lois discusses working at Elliot's Hosiery in
Catawba & Yount's Hosiery in Newton,
studying Latin & French in high school, liking Math but not
Geometry.
Curtis talks briefly with Lois, Marie &
Helen at the 2011 Loftin Family Reunion
Lois Virginia Loftin Mundy passed away on Thursday, 04 Jun 2015
in Catawba County, NC, at the age of 106. She will be
greatly missed. Lois & Preston were buried at Center
Methodist Church Cemetery in Catawba, Catawba County, NC.
SOURCES
Thanks to Phyllis White
Mills for her help with the Arthur Lee Loftin lineage.
You can contact Phyllis at
pmills@ju.edu
A special thanks to Lois Loftin
Mundy, Cathleen Morrow Loftin and Peggy Loftin Brotherton for
the photos of Lee.
If you have additional photos or information
about the Lois Loftin Mundy family, please contact me.