Mary Staley

Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Shoffner Staley, 93, formerly of Whitsett, died Wednesday, May 9, 2007 at Clare Bridge Nursing Center. A native of Guilford County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. Shoffner and the late Nora Greeson Shoffner and was married to the late John Joseph Staley, who died in 1994. She was a home maker and a long time member of Mt. Hope United Church of Christ, where she was active in the Ladies Guild. She was a member of the Mt. Hope Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and the Mt. Hope Garden Club. Mrs. Staley is survived by two daughters, Betty Neese and her husband, Jimmy, and Marie Linnens and her husband, George, all of Whitsett; two sons John Staley and his wife, Beverly, of Whitsett and J.D. Staley and his wife, Margie, of Randleman; eleven grandchildren; nineteen great grandchildren; one great great grandchild; three sisters, Maggie Lee Coble of Julian, Mazie Coulman of FL, and Osa Rea McAdoo of Greensboro; and three brothers, Richard Shoffner, Thomas Shoffner and Leonard Shoffner all of Burlington. She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; and two sisters, Georgie May and Swannie Belle Johnson. The funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 AM Saturday, May 12, 2007 at Lowe Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Walter Patten. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope United Church of Christ Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 Friday evening. Memorials may be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Alamance-Caswell, 914 Chapel Hill Rd., Burlington, NC 27215. Condolences may be sent to the family at info@lowefuneralhome.com.