Mary Burroughs Lassiter

Mary was a member of Member of Aversboro Road Baptist Church. At seventeen, she met and married the late Royce Campbell Lassiter. She graduated from Hardbargers Business School in Raleigh. Mary worked at the Hood Bank in Raleigh for several years after her marriage to Royce. She then went to work at the State Revenue Department where she worked until her retirement.

She was a charter member of the State Employees Credit Union and was an instrumental part of getting the organization started, and at the time of her death, she was their oldest member. She was a member of the Eastern Star organization.

At 95 years old, she was recognized by the News and Observer and the State Motor Vehicles Department as being one of the oldest drivers in the area. She wrote her own book of the early years of her life and lectured to several groups related to the book and her early life on the farm.

She spent much of her time in later life knitting and crocheting baby blankets for friends and acquaintances. If at times she would meet a young mother who was expecting a child, she would make a blanket for a complete stranger.

GG, as she was affectionately known by her great grandchildren, loved to sit on her back porch in her swing and watch the birds. Sitting and swinging with her will be a cherished memory for them.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her son, Robert Campbell Lassiter.

Surviving are her son, Albert Burroughs Lassiter and wife Fran; granddaughter, Mary Lassiter Batts and husband David Batts; great grandson, Henry Parker Batts, great-granddaughter, Hattie Elisabeth Batts.

A funeral service will be held Monday February 24, 2014 at 1:00 pm at Aversboro Road Baptist Church, 1600 Aversboro Road, Garner, NC 27529. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow the service at Montlawn Memorial Park.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 250 Hospice Circle Raleigh, NC 27605.

Arrangements by Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 300 Saint Mary’s St. Raleigh, NC. Condolences may be made through www.brownwynne.com.