Brookie Creech Stephenson

Brookie Creech Stephenson, 84, of Temperanceville, Virginia passed away peacefully surrounded by her two loving daughters on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Riverside Shore Rehabilitation Center in Parksley, Virginia.

Born June 2, 1932 in Four Oaks, North Carolina, she was predeceased by her parents Florence Keen Creech and Hervie Whitfield Creech.  She was married on September 3, 1955 to her late husband, Jimmy L. Stephenson, of Smithfield, North Carolina.

Brookie (also known as "Nannie" by her family) was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, baking, reading, and attending auctions.  She and her family have been members of Atlantic Baptist Church since 1969. 

Survivors include her daughters, Leslie Furman of Assawoman, VA, and Jennifer Taylor (husband Tommy) of Painter, VA; and grandchildren, Doug Furman and wife Kayla, Susan Furman and fiancé John Lewis, and Brooke Taylor.  She is also survived by three great-grandchildren, Austin, Hunter, and Charlotte Furman.

Brookie grew up with a large family of eight siblings and step-siblings.  She is survived by three sisters, Sarah Moore, Willie Massengil, and Faye Williams; and was predeceased by sisters, Viola Johnson and Jean Mangum and brothers Wilson, Ray, and James A. Creech.

Funeral services will be conducted from the chapel of the Williams-Parksley Funeral Home on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., with The Reverends Maury Enright and Richard Inman officiating.  Interment will follow in the John W. Taylor Cemetery.  There will be a visitation at the funeral home on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the National Stroke Association, 9707 East Easter Lane, Suite BZ, Centennial, CO 80112, or to the S.P.C.A., P.O. Box 164, Onley, VA 23418.

Memory tributes may be shared with the family at www.williamsfuneralhomes.com.

Arrangements by the Williams-Parksley Funeral Home.