Wilma Stevenson

Wilma Whitaker Stevenson, age 75 of Benson, North Carolina,, formerly of Vallscreek, West Virginia, passed away at her home on March 13, 2008 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Vallscreek, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Thomas and Virgie Stafford Jackson, former McDowell County, West Virginia natives. She was former employee of General Instrument Corporation in Tazewell and was a former member of the Rebekah Lodge of Jacobs Fork WV. She had attended the Hartwell Church of God and had spent most of her life in the Vallscreek, WV area. Wilma was a loving mother, sister, grandmother and great-grandmother, she will be truly missed by all who knew and loved her. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first husband, Dock Whitaker, her second husband, Hubert Stevenson, one sister, Virginia Altizer, two brothers Junior and Edward Jackson. Those who remain to carry on her spirit are: Daughters: Mrs. Diane Hamilton and husband Ernie of Benson, N.C. Mrs. Crystal Carter and her husband Michael of Dunn, NC Sisters Geneva Stevenson of Canebrake, West Virginia Ehtel Patterson and husband, Calvin of North Tazewell, Virginia Vada Norris and husband, Ray of Charleston, West Virginia Edna Carucci of Frazier, Michigan Very Special Niece, Margie Quesenberry Grandchildren Caleb Carter, Misty Keen and husband, John, Deedee Cocknell and husband, David, Ernie Hamilton and wife, Julie, April Starling, John Garrett Keene, Madison Starling, Haven Starling, Justin Warren, Joshua Robbins, and Cody Hamilton Funeral services for Wilma Stevenson will be conducted at 1:00pm Sunday, March 16, 2008 at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia with the Rev. Wade Quesenberry officiating. Interment will follow in Hartwell Cemetery at Hartwell, West Virginia. Pallbearers will be Justin Warren and Family and Friends. The family will receive friends at the Hurst-Scott Funeral Home in Richlands, Virginia form 6:00 until 9:00pm Saturday evening. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to Liberty Home Care and Hospice, 105 Hunt Valley Drive, Dunn, North Carolina 28334.

Wilma Stevenson

December 25, 1932 - March 13, 2008