Leta Grace Cline, 73, of Panther, WV, reunited with her family in Heaven on December 23, 2019.
Gracie was born April 30, 1946 in Panther, WV, a daughter of the late Hobart and Maudy Kennedy Lockhart.  She was a teacher and evaluator for the McDowell County School System.  
Gracie was greeted with open arms by her husband, George Cline Sr., her children, George Cline Jr. and Bonita Gayle Cline; and her parents, Hobart and Maudy Kennedy Lockhart   
Those left here awaiting the reunion are her grandchildren, Tiffany England and husband Jason of Ironton, OH and George Cline III of Huntington, WV; the loves of her life: her great grandchildren, Cutler Jake and Harper Faith England. Gracie was blessed with lifelong best friends: her four sisters, Anna Ruth Short and husband Arthur of Welch, WV, Belinda R. Dancy of Dublin, VA and friend Randall Dority of Havaco, WV, Mary Elizabeth Spence and husband James of Welch, WV, Gloria Mae Carter and husband Roger of Panther, WV, brother-in-law, Roy “Micky” Cline and wife Mildred if Sparta, TN; daughter-in-law, Melanie Cline of South Carolina;  and a host of nephews, nieces and cousins.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, December 28, 2019 at 1 o’clock at the Little Zion Old Regular Baptist Church at Greenbrier near Panther, WV.  Officiating the services will be Elders Iven Blankenship, Phillip Estep, Fred Bailey, Zeb Justice, Jerry Overstreet, Roy Lester, and all others welcome. Burial will follow in the Lockhart Cemetery at Short Pole near Panther, WV, with Pastor Randall Dority officiating the committal services. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. 
Friends may visit with the family Friday, December 27, 2019 after 6 p.m. at the Little Zion Old Regular Baptist Church at Greenbrier near Panther, WV.
After the committal services the family invites all to dinner at the Little Zion Old Regular Baptist Church; all are welcome.
Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, WV, is assisting the Cline family.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.fanningfuneralhomes.com