Professional Services Entrusted To

Knotts Funeral Home 719 Wall Street

Sanford, North Carolina 27330

Phone: (919) 776-4345 / Fax: (919)776-0911

www.knottsfuneralhome.com

1:00 PM Thursday, October 10, 2019

719 Wall Street Sanford, North Carolina

Sunset October 6, 2019

Free Your strength is larger than life,

Your smile is easy to see. Your heart is as wide as the world,

Your spirit is easy and free. As you go to your heavenly home,

May the angels take you under their wings. Your spirit allowed to fly free,

May your voice and nobility sing! We’ll remember your giving self, Your truth and your honesty, too.

Forever you’ll be in our hearts, Warm thoughts in remembrance of you.

- Scherron Rushia Lytch

Acknowledgements The family would like to thank the wonderful people of

the following organizations:

Moore Regional Hospital, Pinehurst, NC

FirstHealth Hospice House, West End, NC

Knotts Funeral Home, Sanford, NC

Thank you to all of Juanita’s family, friends, and acquaintances for helping us through this difficult time.

~The Family

Celebration Of Life For

Sunrise December 17, 1918

Order of Service Elder Robert Jackson, Officiating

Prelude…………………………………………..…….Musician

Processional…………………………..……..Clergy and Family

Hymn……………….……...“What A Friend We Have In Jesus”

Scripture Readings:

Old Testament ~ …………………………..….Shelly Lassiter

New Testament ~ ……….……………….....…Edwin Lassiter

Prayer of Comfort…………………………..Rev. William Tyson

Music Selection…………………………….……Randy Shepard

Obituary Reading Silently

Remarks

Solo...…………...“That Other Shore”……….....Randy Shepard

Eulogy…………………...………………..Elder Robert Jackson

Recessional………………...… “Just a Closer Walk With Thee”

Obituary

Juanita Rushia McQueen Lassiter Jackson was born December 17, 1918 in Haw Branch, North Carolina. She was born to Mattie McQueen and Dude Martindale. She was raised by her grandmother, Ella McQueen.

Juanita left Cameron, North Carolina, for New York around the age of nineteen and stayed in the Northeast for over 40 years. Her job as a

seamstress spanned over her lifetime. She returned to North Carolina in 1977, where she resumed her seamstress career. In her late seventies, Juanita decided it was time for a career change! She wanted to get her GED in order to become a CNA. At the age of 80, she obtained her GED from Sandhills Community College in 1998. She then started working as a nursing assistant at Pine Lake Health and Rehabilitation Center in Carthage, NC. She worked there until the age of 90.

Juanita was preceded in death by her husband, Vadie Lassiter; her son, Clark Lassiter; and two brothers, John Lee Mutunga and Leo McQueen.

She leaves to mourn one daughter, Scherron Rushia Lytch; ten grandchildren, and they are: William Tyson, Derrick Lassiter, Edwin Lassiter, Greg Lassiter, Joseph Lassiter, Andre Lassiter, Aprill Lassiter, Arlitha (Shelly) Lassiter, Corey Lytch, and Kendra Lytch. She has sixteen greatgrandchildren; one niece, Alice Alston, and a host of relatives and friends.

Juanita departed this life on October 6, 2019. She was a loving mother, grandmother and friend. May she rest in peace.