Extracted from The Smithfield Journal (Smithfield, NC)
Friday, April 29, 1960

Mrs. Mary Stella Lee Dies

Mrs. Mary Stella Lee, 76, of Route 2, Benson, died Tuesday in Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of J. Lib Lee.

The funeral was held Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of a son, Stephen W. Lee of Route 2, Benson. Elder Lester Lee, Elder W. D. Godwin, the Rev. J. L. Powers, and the Rev. Niles Compton officiated. Interment followed in the Lee Cemetery.

Surviving are her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Wilbur H. Alford of Richmond, Va., and Mrs. Floyd Barefoot of Route 2, Newton Grove; two sons, Eugene and Stephen Lee, both of Route 2, Benson; two sisters, Mrs. R. E. Smith of Smithfield and Mrs. Frank Shearin of New Bern; one brother, J. Ruffin Smith of Winston-Salem; and 13 grandchildren.