Mary Sellers

Lumberton

Mary Louise Sellers, 64, of Lumberton, died Nov. 23, 2011, at Highland Acres Nursing Center.

The funeral will be 3 p.m. Saturday at East Lumberton Church of God, the Revs. Bruce Brumfield and L.F. Hatchell officiating. Burial will follow in New Hollywood Cemetery.

She was born in Robeson County on Nov. 9, 1947, a daughter of the late Rufus and Margaret Williams Holmes. She was a member of the East Lumberton Church of God and a former employee of Jasper Textiles.

She was preceded in death by sisters, Treana L. Holmes and Nancy Holmes.

Surviving are her husband, Steve Sellers of the home; a son, Michael Shon Henderson and wife Laurdes, both of Kannapolis; a daughter and her husband, Lisa and Buddy Middlesworth, both of Lawrenceville, Ga.; four brothers, Buddy and wife Wanda Holmes, Ray and wife Donna Holmes, Rex and wife Ann Holmes, all of Lumberton, Anthony and wife Jessie Holmes of Charlotte; six sisters, Ruby and husband Maxie Williams and Kay and husband Don Hicks, all of Charlotte, Gail and husband Robert Edwards and Libby and husband Lonnie Kizar, Mantha and husband Byron Harper, Joyce and husband H.B. Hunt, all of Lumberton; two special sisters, Wanda and Ann Holmes; five grandchildren; a great-grandchild; a fiance of the late sister, Rick Thorton; several nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Revels Funeral Home in Lumberton and at other times at the home of a sister, Wanda.


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