Shirley Bledsoe

Willow Spring, NC:  Mrs. Shirley Stephenson Bledsoe, age 77, of 221 Mt. Pleasant Road died Sunday, June 9, 2013, at her home. Funeral services will be 11:00AM Tuesday, June 11, 2013, at the Rose & Graham Funeral Home Chapel in Benson. Officiating will be the Rev. Dr. Charles Ennis. Burial will follow in Pinecrest Memorial Park in Clayton.    Mrs. Bledsoe was born January 9, 1936 in Johnston County to the late Ralph S. and Pauline Sullivan Stephenson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Roy David Bledsoe, Sr.; sister, Marie Stephenson; and brother, James F. Stephenson.  Mrs. Stephenson was a homemaker and a member of Fellowship Baptist Church.    Surviving include daughters & sons-in-law, Paula & Danny Coates of Benson and Jeannette & Tim Parrish of Four Oaks; son, Roy D. Bledsoe, Jr. of Willow Spring; grandchildren, Brandy C. Jernigan, Jaime Leigh Lassiter and husband, Brandon, Bradley Coates, Joshua Jernigan, Brett Coates, and Dolton Bledsoe; 4 great grandchildren; and brothers, Ralph G. Stephenson of Willow Spring, Robert S. Stephenson of Willow Spring, Charles R. Stephenson of Danville, VA, and Ronald W. Stephenson of Willow Spring.    Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Benson from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Monday, June 10, 2013.    Flowers are welcomed; however memorials may be made to Fellowship Baptist Church Radio Ministry Fund, P. O. Box 535, Clayton, NC  27520.