Toni Stamper

WILSON - Florence "Toni" Sumner Stamper, 91, died Thursday, September 20, 2012.

Funeral, Sunday, 2 PM, First United Methodist Church followed by visiting.
Burial will then take place in Maplewood Cemetery.

She was a daughter of Morgan Coe and Florence Phillips Sumner. Upon graduation from Charles L. Coon High School, she moved to St. Petersburg, FL, where she lived until her marriage to William Palmer Stamper on February 14, 1940. Their marriage lasted for sixty years until his death in 2000. A son, Robert Emerson Stamper, preceded them in death.

During her years in Wilson, she worked at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Wilson County Sheriff and the Wilson County Tax Department. As a member of the Wilson Woman's Club for over twenty-five years, she held elective offices and numerous chairmanships. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church for over sixty years.

Surviving are her sons, William "Bill" Palmer Stamper, Jr, and Mark Phillips Stamper (Jennifer) of Raleigh; grandchildren, Allison Thorne of Rock Ridge, Blake Stamper of Raleigh and Sabrina Wertz of Williamsburg, VA; great-grandchildren, Cameron Stamper, Connor Thorne and Raven Wertz; great-great granddaughter, Alexis Michelle Buckley; sister, Anne Sumner Brunson (Bobby) of Wilson; daughter-in-law, Susan Baker Stamper; sister-in-law, Pat Fuller Stamper; special cousin, Virginia McKittrick, and close nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the First United Methodist Church, PO Box 1423, Wilson, NC 27894.