Omie Lee Josey

Funeral services for Omie Lee Josey, age 88, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, July 21, 2017 at the Richard N. Stanley Memorial Chapel with interment to follow at New Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. David Brown and Rev. M.D. Cabe will officiate. Mrs. Josey was born April 28, 1929 in South Carolina; she was preceded in death by her parents, the late Leon Bunjo Brown and Pearl Evelyn Peavy Brown, her husband, Howard F. Josey, two daughters, Gloria Josey and Karen Josey, a brother, Leon C. Brown and a sister, Betty J. Josey. She was a member of Josey Baptist Church and was retired from the Washington County Board of Education as a librarian and teachers aid. She was also formerly employed by Southern Bell Telephone as an operator. Mrs. Josey passed away Tuesday, July 18, 2017. She is survived by her son, Howard Deran (Jennifer) Josey and a daughter, Janet Lane both of Riddleville, A brother, Mickey Brown of Tennille, GA, a sister, Ann (Stan) Verrill of Riddleville, six grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the funeral home. Stanley Funeral Home and Crematory/Wrightsville Chapel has charge of funeral arrangements.