Jesse Stephenson

Jesse David Stephenson, age 92 of 60 Sandy Lane died Saturday, September 21, 2002 at Haywood Regional Medical Center.

He was a native of Swain County and had resided in Haywood County most of his life. He was the son of the late Thomas and Martha Jane Crowe Stephenson. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter.

He retired from Canton Block and Pipe Company and was a member of East Canton Baptist Church.

In addition to his wife of 30 years, Mary Whitaker Stephenson, he is survived by a daughter, Alice Carol Ardesser of Murphy; two sons, Charles Roland Stephenson of Biloxi, MS and Lewis Jenkins of CA; a brother, Hardin Stephenson of FL as well as ten grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 24th in the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the Reverends Millard Grant and Ronald Green officiating. Burial will follow at Cane Creek Cemetery in Fairview. The family will receive friends from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. prior to the services at the funeral home. At other times, the family will be at the home.

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