mary Evelyn land baity

Mary Evelyn Land Baity, 89, of Aberdeen, died Sunday (Nov. 13, 2005) at UNC Chapel Hill Hospital.

The funeral service will be held Wednesday (today) at 11 a.m. at Taylor Memorial Baptist Church in Jackson Springs with the Rev. Brent Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park in Newport News, Va., on Friday at 2 p.m. The family will receive friends following the service at the church fellowship hall.

Mrs. Baity was born Oct. 17, 1916, in Greensboro to the late William Thurman Land and Hannah Elizabeth Smitherman. She was the wife of the late Clyde L. Baity. She was a member of Taylor Memorial Baptist Church for 16 years.

She is survived by her daughters, Deanna Stockwell of Jackson Springs, Sandra Reed of King George, Va., and Janice Sprouse of Hampton, Va.; her brothers, Woodrow Land of Greensboro and Jack Land of Winston-Salem; her sister, Winifred Wreen of Greensboro; eight grandchildren, 15 great-grancdhildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, Taylor Memorial Baptist Church, Hoffman Road, Jackson Springs, NC 27281.

Boles Funeral Home and Crematory in Southern Pines is serving the family