ELIZABETHTOWN -- Gayle B. Hauser, age 66, of Elizabethtown, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 17, 2013. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who enjoyed helping others. She had a passion for working in the Food Pantry and Clothes Closet Ministry programs at Open Door Ministry Church. She will be missed greatly. She is preceded in death by her husband, Gary Lee Hauser Sr. and her parents James and Rachel Barnhill. She is survived by one son Gary Lee Hauser Jr. and wife Tracy of Fayetteville; one daughter Judy Dufault and husband Jim of Elizabethtown; seven grandchildren, Rachel Price and husband Glenn Jr., David Lee Russ, James Anthony Russ, Alexis Monroe, Michael English, Josh Pomeroy, and Benjamin Pomeroy; and two great-grandchildren, Summer Lynn Price and Brandon James Price. The family will receive friends from 1until 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, at Open Door Ministry Church in Elizabethtown followed by a funeral service at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Randy Andrews officiating. Burial will follow services at Suggs Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Live Oak. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that soft blankets be donated to the Oncology Dept. of Chapel Hill Hospital in Durham. Paid

North Carolina Cooperative Extension in Bladen County will hold a class to teach the basics of preserving foods by canning and freezing including pickling, and making jams. The class will be held on Monday, July 1, from 3 until 6 p.m. at the Powell-Melvin Agricultural Center in Elizabethtown. Updated food preservation guidelines will be discussed. There is no charge to attend but spaces are limited. To put your name on the list, please call Sandra Cain at 910-862-4591.