Audrey Primrose Ingles, 87, passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Columbus after a brief illness.

She is survived by her husband, John S. Ingles of Tryon Estates, Columbus; two sons, John S. Ingles Jr., (Susie) of Greenville, S.C. and Paul A. Ingles (Melissa Franklin) of Albuquerque, N.M.; and one daughter, Elizabeth I. Christensen (Eric), of Bothell, Wash. She is also survived by five grandchildren: Jay, Sally and Andy of Greenville, S.C. and Grace and Carl of Bothell, Wash.

Audrey was born in Atlantic City, N.J. and graduated from Atlantic City High School and from the New Jersey College of Commerce. She worked as a secretary in the Bell Telephone System (New Jersey Bell, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone and AT&T) for 10 years before leaving in 1953 to raise a family. In 1951, she married John S. Ingles with whom she enjoyed 60 years of marriage.

Through the years, Audrey and her family lived in the Washington D.C. area, Summit N.J., Boston, Mass., Lake Wylie, S.C. and Columbus, N.C. She was active in the affairs of the Catholic parish church wherever she lived. Her hobbies included dancing, genealogy, collecting miniatures and following the Atlanta Braves. Audrey made and kept friends from everywhere she went.

A memorial will be held at Tryon Estates on Friday, September 23rd at 2:00pm. Burial will be held at the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, Black Mountain N.C. on Monday, September 26 at 10 a.m.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, 130 Forest Glen Drive, Columbus, NC, 28722 or St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 190 Laurel Ave, Tryon, NC, 28782.

An online guest register is available at www.mcfarlandfuneralchapel.com. McFarland Funeral Chapel, Tryon.