Verna Stallings

April 28, 1922 - January 4, 2014

Verna (Himes) Allsup Stallings passed away on January 4, 2014 at Fayette County Hospital. Verna donated her body to science.  No services are being held at this time. Verna was born on April 28, 1922, in Shafter Twp. Fayette County, IL, the daughter of Ernest and Morna (Bess) Himes.  She married Roy Allsup Sr. in August of 1940 in St. Charles, MO, they then moved to San Diego, CA where they had 2 children Judith Ann and Roy E. Jr.  She later married Leslie Stallings in North Carolina in 1968.  She was a healthcare worker, auxiliary member at Fayette County Hospital where she volunteered over 1,000 hours.  She was also a member of Bethel Baptist Church, Ladies the Moose Lodge, volunteered for Red Cross, was a member of HEC.  She loved to knit, crochet and donated them to caring and sharing.  She was a great seamstress, loved gardening and crafts. Verna is survived by her daughter Judith Cole; son Roy Allsup Jr.; brother Clarence and wife Ella Himes; sisters June and husband Maurice Trexler and Betty Snyder; grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by parents, husbands, sisters Esther Traylor, Evelyn Scott, Bernice Roe; brothers Marsden Himes, Raymond Lee Himes, and Maurice Dean Himes.