Essie Baker Stanley

Four Oaks, NC:  Mrs. Essie Baker Stanley, age 95, of 115 Holley Rd died Sunday at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Funeral Service will be held 2:00PM Tuesday at Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Four Oaks. Officiating will be Mr. Durwood Jackson and Rev. Steve Lawson. Burial will follow in Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens, Smithfield.      Mrs. Stanley was born November 18, 1919 in Johnston County to the late Archie and Lalon Johnson Baker.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilbert R. Stanley; sisters, Beatrice Baker, Nellie Baker; brothers, Leonard Baker, Vaden Baker, Otis Baker. Mrs. Stanley was a farmer and a member of Beulah Hill Christian Church.      Surviving include daughter and son-in-law, Jackie S. and Randall Jackson of Four Oaks; son and daughter-in-law, Raeford and Patricia Stanley of Four Oaks; four grandchildren and spouses, Wendy J. and Chad Massengill, Emily J. and Jason Allen, Troy Stanley, Paige Evans; four great-grandchildren, Kendall Evans, Katie Evans, Connor Allen, Macie Allen; Several Nieces and Nephews.      Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks 6:00PM-8:00PM Monday and other times at the home.      Flowers are welcome however, memorials may be made to SECU Hospice House P. O. Box 1376 Smithfield, NC 27577.