Franklin Andy Frank Mabe Obituary (1939 - 2019)

DANBURY Franklin "Frank" Andy Mabe, 79, passed away, Monday, July 1, 2019 at his residence. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 4, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel. Visitation will be two hours prior to the service. Interment will follow in Wilson Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Mabe was born November 9, 1939 in Stokes County to the late Carl Odell and Dessie Ann Mabe Mabe. Mr. Mabe was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother. Frank was a member of Shining Light Baptist Church and was a hard working man. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Lucy Jane Mitchell Mabe, a son, Kenneth Mabe, a grandson, Matthew Sexton, and a sister, Mary Booth. Survivors include sons, Michael (Carol) Mabe and Tim Mabe; daughters, Joy (Sammy) Sexton and Karen (Lewis) Neal; brother, Larry Mabe; sisters, Doris (Danny) Shaffer and Jeanette (Paul) Joyce; grandchildren, Brandon, Cameron, and Austin Mabe, Brook Neal, Jennifer Tilley, Angie Whitener, Stevie Sizemore, Samuel Sexton, Jr., Nick Mabe, and Kendal Alvarado; nineteen great-grandchildren. The family will also receive friends at the home of Karen (Lewis) Neal at 1235 Watt Stevens Rd., Danbury, NC 27016 Donations may be made to the American Heart Society, 202 Centreport Drive, Suite 100, Greensboro, 27409. Colonial Funeral Home Stokes Chapel in Sandy Ridge is serving the family. Online condolences may be offered at www.colonialfh.net.