Mrs. Eva Baxley Sessoms, age 85, of Lumberton, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2013 at Wesley Pines Retirement Center in Lumberton. She was born in Robeson County on July 8, 1927.

Mrs. Sessoms was preceded in death by her parents, Melvin Baxley and Mary Meares Baxley; her husband, Robert Franklin Sessoms and her brothers, Rudolph Baxley, Julius Baxley, Carl Baxley, Rowland Baxley and Raymond Baxley.

She is survived by two daughters, Barbara Fitzgerald and husband, Thomas and Gail Lassiter and husband, Mitchell, all of Lumberton; her sister, Myrtle Miller of Lumberton; two grandchildren, Amy Schneider and Mitch Lassiter; and six great-grandchildren, Brianna, Katelyn, Dylan, Ayden, Grace and Ava.

A time of visitation will be held on Saturday, January 5, 2013 from 7:00-9:00PM at Floyd Mortuary & Crematory, Inc., 809 East 5th Street, Lumberton.

A funeral service will be held on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 2:00PM at Floyd Memorial Chapel with Rev. Richard Hicks officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Faith Cemetery in Lumberton.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: East Lumberton Baptist Church, 201 Whiteville Ave., Lumberton, NC 28358.