Sara Stevens

CAMP CREEK – Sara Bailey Stevens, 53, of Camp Creek, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at her home. Born November 17, 1959 at Princeton, she was the daughter of Gene Bailey of Camp Creek and the late Betty Brock Bailey. Mrs. Stevens was a 1978 graduate of Princeton High School. She received her Bachelor's Degree from Concord College in 1982 and her Master's Degree from WVU in 1987. She taught for six years at Spanishburg Elementary School from 1982-1988. She educated her six children in her home from 1993-2013. She was a member of Covenant Baptist Church in Princeton, the Spanishburg Ruritan Club and served as treasurer of the Hearth Home School Group. She worked with her parents and children in the Bluestone Nursery Christmas Tree Farm at Camp Creek and was a member of the Board of Directors of the WV Christmas Tree Growers Association. In addition to her father, survivors include her husband of 31 years, Dave Stevens; six children, Bethany Johns and her husband Josh of Middleburg, VA, Caleb Stevens and his wife Mandy of Pensacola, FL and Luke Stevens, Jesse Stevens, Hannah Stevens and Libby Stevens all of the home; one brother, Steve Bailey and his wife Ruth of Princeton; and two sisters, Sonya Shrewsberry and her husband Steve and Sabrina Mick all of Rock. Funeral services will be conducted at 12:00 p.m. Friday, August 23, 2013 at the Rowland H. Bailey Funeral Chapel of the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton with Pastor Kevin Howerton officiating. Interment will follow at the Pisgah Cemetery in Princeton. In honor of Sara's life, her love for her family and her service to the community, memorial contributions may be made to the Concord University Foundation for the "Elizabeth Brock Bailey Scholarship Fund," P.O. Box 1000, Athens, WV 24712 or the Pisgah Cemetery Association, c/o Mike Stafford, Treasurer, 208 Bee St., Princeton, WV 24740. The family will receive friends Thursday, August 22, 2013 from 6-8 p.m. at the Bailey-Kirk Funeral Home in Princeton. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.bailey-kirk.com.

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Sara Stevens

August 20, 2013