The Shadow
ROANOKE – After a five-month battle with liver cancer, our beautiful mother and grandmother, Mrs. Stephanna Craghead McFadden, went home to be healed by her Lord and Savior, in her home in Roanoke Tuesday, October 20, 2009.
Stephanna is preceded in death by her first husband of 52 years, Kenneth S. Craghead; her mother, Gertrude L. Tucker; father, Stephen Lawrence; and step-father, Everett Tucker; and husband, Henry B. McFadden.
Stephanna is survived by her son, Stephen Craghead of Staunton; daughter Judy Whitson of Roanoke; son, Alan Craghead and wife Rebecca of Navarre, Fla.; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and playful companion Jake the Dog.
Stephanna was a long time member of Bethel Baptist Church in Salem. She retired from Kroger’s Division Office in Salem after 38 years of service.
Mom, we know that you are happy in the presence of our Savior today, but OH! How we will miss you so, here! We will miss your smile, your warm embrace, your prayers for us, your loving instruction, and your peanut butter balls! Heaven is a more joyous place now than it was before, for there is a treasure there more precious than any earthly treasure – You. Until we see you again, Your Blessed Family.
Visitation will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at John M. Oakey and Son, Salem.
A graveside service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens on Airport Road in Roanoke, with the Rev. Hilton Jeffreys officiating.
To send condolences online, please register at www.johnmoakey.com.
