Biography: Mamie was born in Scotland Neck, NC on April 28, 1927 she accepted Christ at an early age and was baptized at Mary’s Chapel, the family’s ancestral , also in Scotland Neck, NC.
 
When she was a teenager the family decided to move to to start a new life.  There, she attended Wadleigh .  She joined Shiloh Baptist , under the late Rev. L. C. Wainwright and remained a member when Rev. Calvin G. Sampson took over the ministry. She became a member of the Willing Working Group and the Seasoned Citizens Group.  Her favorite ministry was Sunday . 
 
She found love when she met Birdell and married him.  They were life partners until he passed in October 1987.  She worked for National for 27 years as a Data Entry and 10 years at District 65 as a Medical Claims Coder.
 
She leaves to morn two sons: Ray and Herb; one daughter-in-law, Adriane; one sister, Mavis Daughetry; three brothers: William, Kenny and Owen; two sisters-in-law, Mary and Bethel (unfortunately, she passed recently); one goddaughter, Olivier Nesmith and adopted sister and brother, Catherine Stuart and Lewis Stokes and a host of nephews and nieces.
 
Mamie was known as “Ma ” to many of her friends and she really thought she was their mother at times.  She will be sorely missed.
 
Ma wanted a simple service with family and friends around her, but the COVID-19 pandemic made that impossible.  So, please, use your imagination.  Imagine and feel her sense of peace as she said good-bye to this world.