October 30, 2023, 54, LaGrange —

Stefanie Diane Watkins Wright, 54, of La Grange passed away Monday, October 30, 2023, at UNC Health Wayne in Goldsboro.

Visitation will be held Friday, November 3, 2023, from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. at Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.

Ms. Wright was born in Louisiana on February 25, 1969, to the late Ronald Joe and Deiva Stuard Watkins.  

She is survived by her step-father, Chris Burket; two daughters, Jammie Legg and husband, Joseph and Bailey Nation; two sons, Brandon Wright and Aaron Wright; two sisters, Clara Legg and Amanda Dunston; three grandchildren, Justice Legg, Jayden Legg and Layken Wright and many nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews that loved her.

In addition to her parents, Ms. Wright was preceded in death by her sister, Starlet Fowlkes.

The family is in the care of Howell Funeral Home & Crematory in Goldsboro.