Lena Deese Obituary
Funeral Services will be held at 12:00pm on Monday, December 15, 2025 at Midway Baptist Church, 4615 Olive Branch Rd, Wingate, NC 28174. Ms. Deese will be laid to rest at the Wingate City Cemetery immediately following the service.
The family will receive friends at the church prior to the service from 11:00am until 11:45am.
She was preceded in death by husband John B. Deese, brother, Carmen Rushing; four sisters, Margie Haigler, Odell Beaver, Jessie Jordan and Polly Granillo.
Survived by her brother Pete Newsome, sister Billy French, and an abundance of nieces and nephews.
Holland Funeral Service is serving the Deese family.
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