Teresa Ann Cataldo

Teresa Ann Cataldo (formerly Reavis), age 59, passed away suddenly Wednesday evening, November 11th at her home. She was born November 22, 1960 in Yadkinville, NC to the late Mary Ruth Higgins Kennedy and Clarence Alonzo Reavis. Teresa grew up in the mountains of Sparta, NC, raised with her sister Linda among her many aunts whom she remained as close as sisters to. As a girl, she grew up very poor but was a voracious reader, a straight-A student, and a spelling bee winner. An adventurous soul, Teresa loved road trips, and moved to the beach Miami, FL while still a teenager where she met her partner, Lázaro Betancourt. Teresa later relocated to Wake County as an adult, remarried, and resided in Johnston County with her late husband Butch and on her own in her final decades. Teresa enjoyed spending time with family and friends, at church and worship, trips to the mountains, the beach, boating and fishing with Butch, reading, hiking, consignment-shopping, and listening to classic rock and worship music. A person of deep compassion, she worked for most of her adult years in nursing and home healthcare. Teresa was a faithful believer in God. In her final years, she was a devoted student and believer of Christ. As a grieving widow she found solace in a new church family at New Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Clayton, NC. Teresa lived to be of emotional support and encouragement to others, and was a proud and supportive mother to Amber and grandmother “Granny” to special granddaughter, Adelyn. Although Teresa endured many personal struggles in her years, mental, emotional, and physical, they rarely kept her from reaching out to and making effort to support and spend time with her family, her friends, and her neighbors on a daily basis. No matter her personal trials, she had an enormous, open, and sensitive heart. She cared about everybody and was never more than a phone call away. Teresa will be greatly missed by many. Teresa was preceded in death by her husband Rosario Cataldo (Butch), her sister, Linda Carol Reavis, her brother in law, Bernie Barnes, her parents, aunts Ethel Halsey, Gladys Richardson, and uncle Joe Bill Higgins. Surviving are her daughter, Amber Reavis, and granddaughter, Adelyn Reavis, of Cary, NC, son-in-law to be, Zachary Fontaine of Holly Springs, NC, her stepsister Inez Carter of Franklinville, NC, her aunts, Ollie Evans and Peggy Hines of Sparta, NC, aunt Brenda Sturgill of King, NC, uncle Jimmy Higgins of Glade Creek, NC and sister and brother-in-law JoAnn and Wayne Roberson of Louisburg, NC. She will be remembered with a socially-distanced memorial service at Calvary Chapel Cary, 1600 Center Street, Apex, NC 27502 on November 21, at 1pm. Family will be received after the service at the Fontaine home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent in her name to New Trinity Missionary Baptist Church, in Clayton, NC, Mailing Address: PO Box 827, Clayton, NC 27528 (919) 553-3970.

Teresa Ann Cataldo

November 22, 1960 - November 13, 2020