Evelyn Lassiter

Smithfield, NC:  Mrs. Evelyn Benson Lassiter, age 73 of 301 Shady Lane Drive died Wednesday at her residence. Funeral Services will be 11:00AM Saturday at Rose & Graham Funeral Chapel in Four Oaks.  Officiating will be Pastor Buddy Sasser. Burial will follow at Hills of Neuse Memory Gardens in Smithfield.   Mrs. Lassiter was born September 9, 1941 in Johnston County to the late Silas Ruffin and Betty Florence Benson.  Mrs. Lassiter had worked as a inspector at Nortel in RTP.  She was a member of West Calvary Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are her husband of fifty-three years, Linwood Ottis Lassiter; daughters and son-in-law, Wendy L. and Dwight Stephenson of Selma and Melodie L. Phillips of College Station, TX; son and daughter-in-law, Linwood Ottis, Jr. & Paula Lassiter of Four Oaks; brother and sister-in-law, Larry Wayne and Pat Benson of Selma; grandchildren, Caleb Michael Stephenson, Zachary Garrett Stephenson, Rebekah Lynne Stephenson, Blake Cole Messer, and Carlie Grace Phillips; and nephew, Corey Wendell Benson. The family will receive friends Saturday from 10:00AM until 10:45AM at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks and other times at the residence. Flowers are welcomed or memorials may be directed to West Calvary Free Will Baptist Church, 309 Powell St., Smithfield, NC 27577.