Benson: Mrs. Josephine Puckett Stanley, age 70, of 763 Aquilla Road died Friday, October 10, 2014, at Rex Hospital in Raleigh. Funeral services will be 2:00PM Sunday, October 12, 2014, at the Benson Pentecostal Holiness Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Mark Fields. Burial will follow in Devotional Gardens, Dunn.
Mrs. Stanley was born December 17, 1943 in Johnston County to the late Worth and Ruth Byrd Puckett. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Carl Puckett, and a son-in-law, Ricky Register. Mrs. Stanley worked at Campbell University in the housekeeping department, and was a member of the Benson Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are her husband of 54 years, Ledford Stanley; daughters & sons-in-law, Brenda & Charles Jernigan of Benson, Norma Jean Register of Benson, Lynn & Lee Blalock of Angier, and Judy Stanley & fiancé, Bill Dillon, of Blackwood, NJ; brothers & sisters-in-law, David & Marsha Puckett and Donald & Vonya Puckett, all of Benson; 6 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren.
Family will receive friends at Benson Pentecostal Holiness Church from 1:00PM to 1:45PM Sunday prior to the service and other times at the home of Donald & Vonya Puckett, 489 Aquilla Road, Benson, NC.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Ledford Stanley, 763 Aquilla Road, Benson, NC 27504.