Mary Frances Stephens

Mary Frances Bevis Stephens, 105, of Hickory born August 4, 1911 in Coweta County, Georgia, left this life to be with her Lord and Savior on December 17, 2016. Throughout her life she served as a Sunday school teacher, pianist, organist, choir member, WMC director, and Home Bound director. In her early adult years she worked as a telephone operator. She was a great lover of music and continued to play the piano as she was able into the last year of her life. She enjoyed sewing and particularly quilting quilts for her family. She loved her family and was greatly loved in return. Longevity seems to run in her Mother's family with her Mother and one Sister living into their 90's, but she has topped them all and lived all these 105 years well.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jesse Wade Stephens, Sr., her parents, Anna Miller Bevis and Asbury Lee Bevis, brothers, J.W. Bevis, Durwood Bevis, Thomas Bevis, and A.L. Bevis, Jr., sisters, Nellie Bevis Reed and Annie Bevis Feagans, nephews, Jerry Bevis, Lynn Bevis, and David Feagans, nieces, Rosa Lewallen, Jerene McIntosh, and Helen Jane McDonald.

She is survived by son, J. Wade Stephens, Jr. (Betty) of Taylorsville, NC, daughters, Julia S. Pascu (Dan) of Bethesda, MD, Mary N. Stephens of Oakland, CA, and Rosa S. Boyer of Taylorsville, NC. Grandchildren, Cindy Law of Taylorsville, NC, Greg Stephens, Mindy Rector (Jesse), Jessica Kunze (Joel) all of Hickory, NC, Michaela Parks (Dale) of Berkley, CA, David Pascu (Gana) of Hawthorne, CA, Mark Pascu of Washington, D.C., Adam Pascu (Misty) of San Diego, CA, John Boyer of Murfreesboro, TN, fifteen great grandchildren and one, great-great grandson. She is also survived by a great many nieces and nephews.

Visitation will be December 21, 2016 at 3:00 pm at Mt. Pisgah Lutheran Church, Hickory with Memorial Service following at 4:00 pm with Pastor Mike Stone officiating. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Gideon's Memorial Bible Fund; The Gideon's International; PO Box 517, Taylorsville, NC 28681.

Graveside Service and Burial of cremains will be December 27, 2016 in Macon, GA; Macon Memorial Park at 11:00 am with Rev. Fred Anderson officiating.