Annabel Allen Mrs. Stanback

Wadesboro - Mrs. Annabel Allen Stanback, 87, died Friday, May 10, 2013, at her home. The family will greet friends Wednesday at 1:00PM at Leavitt Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 2:00PM. Burial will be in Eastview Cemetery. Annabel was born May 24, 1925, in Wadesboro, the fourth child of Dr. Charles Insley Allen and Louise Lambeth Allen. She graduated from Wadesboro High School, Salem College with a B.S. degree in Biology, and then received a Medical Technology degree from Bowman Gray. After working a few years at Lexington Memorial Hospital and Rex Hospital in Raleigh, she married Pickett Moss Stanback in 1950, and became a full-time homemaker and mother of four. Annabel grew up in First Baptist Church of Wadesboro and has the honor of being the first person baptized in their new sanctuary in 1937, at age 12. After marrying Pickett, she joined his church, First United Methodist. She became an active member and belonged to the United Methodist Women, the Tex Ledbetter Sunday School Class, the Suzanna Wesley Circle and held many offices in each one. She was ready and willing to do any job that needed doing in her church. She is a charter member of the Anson County Hospital Auxiliary and also a past president. She began serving on the juice cart which she did for many years. She also delivered 'Meals on Wheels' in the community and in 2002 was one of five chosen as a recipient of the N.C. Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service. She was a member of the Anson County Arts Council and the Anson County Historical Society. She played an integral part in establishing the Ashe-Covington Medical Museum in uptown Wadesboro. She was a frequent visitor to shut-ins and those in the nursing home and hospital. Annabel loved her Lord and her family. She was preceded in death just three months ago by her husband of nearly sixty-four years, Pickett Moss Stanback; her daughter, Louise Allen Hough (Woody) in 2004; her sister, Effie Allen Tillman and brothers, Charles and Burgess Allen. Survivors include her son, George M. Stanback II (Jocie) of Statesville; daughters, Julia Powell Russell (Ron) of Charlotte and Nancy Lambeth Harman (Ted) of Jackson Springs; grandchildren, Catharine Lambeth Hough Phifer, Julia Allen Hough Tarlton (Stephen), Jason Moore Harman (Christin), Luke Lambeth Harman (Celeste), and Daniel Allen Harman; great-grandchildren, Brittany Louise Phifer and Annalee Naomi Harman; brother, Fulton Coleman Allen (Pat) of Ocean Isle Beach, NC; and many nieces and nephews. The family extends their sincere thanks to the staff of Richmond County Hospice for their dedicated and professional care and to Annabel's devoted in-home caregivers, Lori, Jennifer, Beth, Gail, Susie and Mindy. Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 115 E. Morgan St., Wadesboro, NC 28170 or to Anson County Historical Society, 206 E. Wade St., Wadesboro, NC 28170, or to the donor's choice.