Vara Bizzell

Smithfield:  Mrs. Vara Blackmon Bizzell, age 86, of Barbour’s Court Nursing Home in Smithfield died Sunday. Graveside services will be held 11:00AM Thursday at Hills of the Neuse Memory Gardens in Smithfield. Officiating will be Rev. Jerry Barnes. Mrs. Bizzell was born on May 29, 1928 in Johnston County to the late John Jesse & Victoria Lee Blackmon. Mrs. Bizzell retired from Halls Bar-B-Que in Smithfield and attended Smithfield Church of God.  She was preceded in death by a son, Jesse Albert Bizzell and brothers, Billy & Bobby Blackmon. Surviving are children & spouses, Donald Wayne & Gail Bizzell of Wilson Mills, NC; Joyce B. & Jerry Barnes of Shallotte; & Walter Ralph Bizzell of Smithfield, NC; sisters, Alice B. Stevens of Garner, NC, Ruby B. Creech of Raleigh, NC, Wilma B. Stewart of Apex, NC and Peggy B.  Dunn of Benson, NC; brother, David Blackmon of Four Oaks, NC. Seven Grandchildren and Six Great-Grandchildren. The family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks from 9:30AM-10:30AM, Thursday prior to the service and other times at the home of Donald Wayne Bizzell, 155 Parker Street, Clayton, NC 27527.