Brenda Lee Stutts, 45, of Carthage, died Friday, April 2, 2010, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center after a hard fight with leukemia.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, conducted by Pastor Eugene Ussery and Pastor John Chavis.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
A native of Moore County, she was very active in her community over the years. She was a member of the Carthage Rescue Squad, and graduated from Sandhills Community College, where she received her RN. She was employed with FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital, where she worked as a case manager.
She was preceded in death by her fathers, Lewis B. Stutts and Billy Lee Mercer.
She is survived by: her children, Jason Blackburn and wife, Heather, of Carthage, Whitley Blackburn, of Carthage; mother, Alice Faye Nall Mercer, of Carthage; brother, Tommy Stutts, of Carthage; sister, Felicia M. Phillips and husband, Lee, of Carthage; brother, Billy Mercer II and wife, Cherri, of Carthage; grandson, Triton; four nieces and two nephews.
The family will receive friends at Emmanuel Baptist Church on Monday, April 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. and other times at the residence of Faye Mercer.
Memorials may be made to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Donor Services, P.O. Box 4072, Pittsfield, MA 01202
Fry and Prickett Funeral Home is serving the family.
Condolences: www.Fryand Prickett.com.