A graveside service for Hilda Lee Respress Stoudt, 82, of Asheville, N.C., was held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, June 20, 2013 at Ashelawn Gardens of Memory in Asheville. She died Saturday, June 15, 2013.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Curtis James and Nina Hudgins Respress of Foster, and her husband, Earl M. Stoudt.

Mrs. Stoudt was an ordained minister.

Survivors include a son; three daughters; sister, Audrey Faulkner, and brother, Bobby Respess, of Foster; 13 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren.