Doris Marie Bame Burleson, 88, of Albemarle, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019 at her home.
Her funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2019 in the Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care Chapel of Albemarle with the Rev. Adam Hatley officiating. Burial will follow in Stanly Gardens of Memory. The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. prior to the service.
Doris was born Feb. 16, 1931 in Stanly County and was the daughter of the late Mitchell Bernard Bame and Fannie Mae Austin Bame.
Mrs. Burleson was a retired employee of Allison Manufacturing. She was a member of West Albemarle Baptist Church. Doris loved to make plastic canvas crosses and hand them out to everyone she met. She enjoyed gardening and she truly loved her Lord and reading her Bible.
Mrs. Burleson was preceded in death by her husband, E.H. Burleson Jr., on April 14, 2005.
She is survived by three sons, Randy Burleson and JoAnne, Mark Burleson and Annette and Tony Burleson and Angie, all of Albemarle; seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to West Albemarle Baptist Church, 336 Church St, Albemarle, NC 28001 or Community Home Care & Hospice, 1024 Albemarle Road, Suite 904, Troy, NC 27371.
Stanly Funeral and Cremation Care of Albemarle is serving the Burleson Family.