Violet Leona Richert East, 90, of Fleetwood, N.C., went home to be with Jesus on July 3, 2013 at Margate Health & Rehab Center in Jefferson, NC. Born in Dorothy, NJ.,October 31, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Andrew E. Richert and Frances Tepel Richert. Mrs. East was a member of the First Assembly of God Church, Jefferson, NC. She was a true inspiration to her family and friends. She was a loving Mother and Grandmother and lived to serve her Lord and Savior. Throughout the years she was a Sunday School teacher, a leader in the Women's Ministry, a Board Member of Evangelical Bible Missions to the Philippines and volunteered hundreds of hours at Baptist Hospital of Miami, FL (where she resided prior to Fleetwood, NC). Mrs. East was preceded in death by her husband Richard E. East of 66 years, brothers Charles Richert and Frank Richert; and sisters Lillian Jordan and Flo Allen. Survivors include son and daughter-in-law Ronald and Sharon East of Blue Ridge, GA; daughter and son-in-law Beverly and Timothy Thompson of Fleetwood; sisters Beatrice Davidson of Humble Texas; Mildred Pleis of Vineland, NJ; Ethel Josephsen of Pennsville, NJ; Edith Winsinger of West Palm Beach, FL and brother and sister-in-law George and Chrisanna Richert of West Palm Beach, FL; grandchildren David East, Kimberly Weaver and husband Jeff, Amy Holt and husband Brannon, Zachary Thompson, and Kaessey Thompson; great- grandchildren Erica East, Megan Lovell, Skylar Ramey and Olivia Weaver; and many nieces and nephews. Family will receive friends from 10 - 11 a.m., Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Funeral services will follow at 11:00 a.m. at the Boone Family Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Keith Styron officiating. Burial followed in the Mount Olive Baptist Church cemetery. Friends may send the family condolences at the website www.boonefuneralhome.com/. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Assembly of God, 210 Faw Roland St., Jefferson, NC 28640 or Evangelical Bible Missions, P.O. Box 220565, WPB, FL 33422, both of which Violet held close to her heart. Boone Family Funeral Home of West Jefferson, N.C. was in charge of the arrangements.