Mary Smith Mabe Obituary (1932 - 2021)

STOKESDALE - Mary Elizabeth Smith Mabe, 88, left this earthly life on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at Moses Cone Hospital. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, April 9, 2021 in the Colonial Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Eden United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the residence, 4155 Ellisboro Road, Stokesdale. Mrs. Mabe will lie in state from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Thursday and from 9 a.m. until the funeral hour on Friday at Colonial Funeral Home for those wishing to sign a register and pay their respects. **The funeral service may be viewed LIVE by clicking the TRIBUTE WALL tab above. Mrs. Mabe was born on June 4, 1932 in Stokes County to the late Leslie Frank Smith and Mentory Hall Smith. Mary was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed music and vacationing in the mountains. She was an excellent cook and enjoyed having her family over on Sundays to eat. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Lester Mabe, Jr.; brothers, Bobby, Leslie, Harvey and Junior Smith and sisters, Ella Doss, Sudie Southern and Gladys Mabe. Survivors include her children, Margie Wood (Cub Moore), George Mabe, Lewis Mabe, Carolyn Hazelwood (James), Brenda Lawson (Joseph) and Joann Mabe; grandchildren, Junior Wood (Amanda), Tina Lilly (Tom), Monte Wood (JoAnn), Will Wood and Justin Lawson and great-grandchildren, Tiffany Lilly, Tracy Lilly, Holly Wood and Colton Wood. In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial contributions to the Eden United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 844 Eden Church Road, Madison, NC 27025. Colonial Funeral Home in Madison is serving the family. Online condolences may be offered at www.colonialfh.net