Mary Sandra Smith McNeely, 68 of 7731 West Hwy 27, Vale passed away
Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Wake Forest Medical Center.

She was born April 5, 1948 in Richland County, South Carolina to the late
James Richard Smith and Norma Wright Smith Worley. She was retired from
Carolina Care as a housekeeper. Her hobbies included going to the mountains
and beach, fishing, going on cruises, singing in the church choir, walking,
exercising and collecting teddy bears. She was a member of Hebron United
Methodist Church, church choir member, United Methodist Women member, past
sunday school teacher and
Unit 100 American Legion Ladies Auxiliary member in Cherryville.

In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by an infant son, Melvin
Hutto.

Survivors include her husband of 45 years, Larry Dean McNeely; son, Jason
McNeely of Charlotte; daughter, Kim Edmondson of Kings Mountain, brother,
James Richard Smith, Jr. of Myrtle Beach, SC, two sisters, Elizabeth Ann
Bass of Myrtle Beach, SC and Rebecca Lynn Bridges of Sumpter, SC; three
grandchildren, Amber Edmondson of Grover, Jacob Edmondson of Kings Mountain
and Joshua Edmondson of Mooresville; great grandchild, Karsyn Grace Stroup
of Grover.

The visitation will be Saturday at 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Hebron United
Methodist Church.

The funeral service will be Sunday at 3:00 PM at Hebron United Methodist
Church with Rev. Cathy Turman officiating.

Burial will follow in the Hebron United Methodist Church Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the SECU family house in Winston Salem, 1970
Baldwin Ln, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 or The National Pancreatic Cancer
Foundation, 3 Bethesda Metro Center Suite 700 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 or to
the Hebron United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 183 Howard Lingerfelt
Road, Vale, NC 28168.

A guest register is available at www.stameytysingerfuneralhome.com.

Stamey - Tysinger Funeral Home is serving the McNeely family.