MARY C. GUPTON


RALEIGH - Mary Conn Gupton, 76, died Monday morning, Aug. 17, 2015 at her home. A funeral service will be held 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, at Friendship Baptist Church. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday at Lancaster Memorial Park.

Mary was the daughter of the late Willie and Mattie Bell Conn. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Beverly Gupton, and her brother, Willie Bunn Conn.

Surviving: husband, Alex S. Gupton; daughter, Amanda (Bill) Hensley of Raleigh; and one grandson.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Friendship Baptist Church, Men for Missions Ministry, 5510 Falls of Neuse Road, Raleigh, NC 27609 or Transitions Life Care, 250 Hospice Cr.; Raleigh, NC 27607.

Arrangements are by Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, Louisburg, www.stricklandfuneralhome.net.