WILMINGTON — Josephine Smith Stephens, passed away Saturday, June 8, 2019. Mrs. Stephens was born Oct. 22, 1919, to the late Elijah H. and Minnie Smith in Southport.
Josephine attended Meredith College and graduated from Campbell College in 1938. She married the late George M. Stephens Jr. in February 1945.
During her life, she was employed with the Brunswick County Board of Education, Cannon Heating and Air Conditioning and as secretary at Pine Valley Baptist Church. She and George were longtime members of Pine Valley Baptist Church. Together, they traveled both in the United States and abroad, including Brazil, Germany, Poland the Czech Republic, Armenia and Ukraine on many, many mission trips.
Survivors include her three children, Dorothy Daye Knight of Leawood, Kansas, George M. Stephens III of Clarksville, Georgia, and J. Michael Stephens of Sarasota, Florida; daughter-in-law, Alice W. Stephens of Clarksville, Georgia; and five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Stephens was preceded in death by her husband, George M. Stephens Jr.; and three sisters and two brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 12, at Andrews Mortuary Valley Chapel, 4108 S. College Road, Wilmington. You are invited to attend visitation prior to the service beginning at 1 p.m. at Andrews Valley Chapel. Interment will follow in Northwood Cemetery, Southport.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Pine Valley Baptist Church, Mission Fund, 3940 Shipyard Blvd., Wilmington, NC 28403; or Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 1414 Physicians Drive, Wilmington, NC 28401.
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