Brenda Stephens

Brenda “Little Joe” Stephens, 66, of Hillsboro passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center in Waco. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, April 20, 2012, at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Hillsboro with Rev. Darrel Phillips, Rev. Robyn Young, and Bro. Willie Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Garden of Memory near Hillsboro. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 19, 2012, at the funeral home.

Brenda was born June 21, 1945 in Waco to Joe Fulton and Nellie Lobelia (Brown) Humphrey. She grew up on a farm between Irene and Bynum and had lived in Hill County most of her life. A 1963 graduate of Bynum High School, she also graduated from Hill Junior College in 1965. That same year she married Bobby Stephens. For many years, she worked as a seamstress for Malouf’s and other manufacturers. Most recently, she had been a loan officer at First Finance in Corsicana for the past 9 years. She was a member of Line Street United Methodist Church in Hillsboro. Brenda loved spending her spare time with her grandchildren.

Preceding her in death was her father and a grandson, Dondrell Williams.

Survivors include her former husband, Bobby Stephens of Mertens; mother, Lobelia Humphrey of Hillsboro; two daughters, Debbie Green and Sherri Green and husband, Tim, all of Hillsboro; brother, Joe Humphrey and wife, Barbara, of Palm Coast, FL; six grandchildren, Sandra Batson and Marcus Williams, Nikki Green, Arianna Phillips, Dexter Green, Dusty Green, and Talana Green all of Hillsboro; two great-grandchildren, Dauntae Batson and Tra-vion Ephraim both of Hillsboro; and uncle, William Brown and wife, Lorie, of Irene.

Memorial may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1700 Lake Success Dr., Waco, TX 76710.

Visitation

Thursday April 19, 2012 , 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors

Funeral Service

Friday April 20, 2012 , 11:00 A.M. at Marshall & Marshall Funeral Directors

Burial

Friday April 20, 2012 at Hillcrest Garden of Memory