Daisy Matthews Conner, 97, died Friday, July 17, 2015, in Breckenridge Retirement Center in Rocky Mount.
She was a member of South Rosemary Methodist Church.
After many years of service, she retired from the Halifax County Schools Nutrition Program in 1984.
She enjoyed baking breads and desserts for students at Aurelian Springs and Northwest High School.
Her great joy was preparing food for others who weren’t able to prepare meals for themselves.
When she was no longer able to live alone, she became a resident of the Bayberry Inn in Roanoke Rapids.
She spent the last two years at Breckenridge Retirement Center in Rocky Mount.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Conner was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Huff Conner; nine brothers and sisters and two sons, James Willie Conner and Richard Wayne Conner.
Surviving are daughter, Diane Conner Dickens and husband, Sammy, of Littleton, and son, Huff Wilson Conner and wife, Ruby, of Kinston; sister, Barbara Ann Matthews of LaCrosse, VA; eight grandchildren, Michelle Conner Sutton and husband, Brent and Lynn Conner Vinson and husband, Rod, all of Kinston, Dawn Conner White and husband, Chris of Winston-Salem, Michael Conner and wife, Megan of Red Oak, Matthew Dickens and wife, Jewel, of Youngsville, Jessica Dickens Hamill and husband, Brent, and Sam Conner and wife, Angie, all of Littleton, Wendy Conner Jenkins and husband, Gary of Roanoke Rapids.
Also surviving are sixteen great- grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Rev. Sue Owens will conduct a graveside service Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm at Crestview Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the graveside service at Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service beginning at 1:30 pm and all other times at the home of her daughter, Diane Conner Dickens, 8733 Hwy 48, Littleton, NC.
Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com