Willa Harvester

Smithfield:  Mrs. Willa Mae Johnson Harvester, age 82 of 7531 NC HWY 210, died Monday at the SECU Hospice House in Smithfield.  A Celebration of Life will be held 3:00PM Thursday at Four Oaks United Methodist Church.  Officiating will be Rev. Joey Yow.    Mrs. Harvester was born on February 14, 1933 in Johnston County to the late Albert Dewey & Fannie Davis Johnson.  She was preceded in death by husbands,  R.C. Lassiter and Charles Harvester. Mrs. Harvester was a retired bookkeeper and receptionist at Willowrun Veterinary Hospital and Johnston Animal Hospital. She was a member of Four Oaks United Methodist Church. Surviving are sons, Dean Lassiter of Greensboro; Richard Lassiter and wife, Julie, of Raleigh;  grandchildren, Alex Lassiter and Megan Lassiter, sisters, Shirley Stephenson of Smithfield; and Lois Lee of Four Oaks; many nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 2:00PM-3:00PM prior to the service at Four Oaks United Methodist Church in Four Oaks. Family suggest memorials be sent to Four Oaks United Methodist Church, PO Box, 177 Four Oaks, NC 27524 or to the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, PO Box 54, Four Oaks, NC 27524.