Barbara Stephens Jackson of Fayetteville, formerly of Raeford, died Thursday, September 23, 2021, at Cape Fear Valley Hoke Hospital at age 63.
She was born in Cumberland on March 17, 1958 to the late Douglas Stephens and Isabel Grimes Stephens. She was an avid gardener and will be dearly missed by her family.
She was preceded in death by her siblings, Johnny Stephens, Helen Davis, and Peggy McMillan.
She is survived by her husband Billy Joe Howell of Fayetteville; two daughters Amanda J. Jackson Lee and her husband David Lee of St. Pauls, and Kimberly Ann Jackson Holmes of Fayetteville; a stepdaughter Melissa Daniels of Fayetteville; six grandchildren, Brandy, David, Alexis, Jamie, Halie, and Codie; two great-grandchildren, Jason and Micah; two brothers Douglas Stephens II of Raeford, and Clifford Stephens and his wife Barbara of Raeford; and a sister Deene Tighe and her husband Edward of Conway, South Carolina.
Visitation will be held 2-3 p.m. on Sunday, September 26, 2021, at Crumpler Funeral Home in Raeford.
The funeral will follow at 3 p.m. with her nephew Chaplain Douglas Stephens III officating. Burial will be in the Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery in Rockfish.