Four Oaks, NC: Mrs. May Belle Griffin Pender, age 83, of 608 North Baker Street died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at SECU Hospice House in Smithfield. Graveside funeral services will be 11:00AM Friday, May 9, 2014, at Sanders Family Cemetery. Pastor Eddie White will officiate.
Mrs. Pender was born in Edge, Texas on April 10, 1931 to the late Charles and Eunice Smith Griffin. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Lee Pender, brothers, and a sister. She was an accountant with the automobile industry.
Surviving are children, Carol Jean Stogner of Atlanta, GA and Freddie Lee Pender & wife, Alisa, of Four Oaks; and several nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to SECU Hospice House, P. O. Box 1376, Smithfield, NC 27577.