Sally Johnson Wiley | Eastern North Carolina Now

December 9, 1939 – February 26, 2021

    Sara Johnson Wiley, (Sally), 81, passed away peacefully at Iredell Memorial Hospital on Friday, February 26, 2021.

    Sally was born on December 9, 1939, in Washington, NC, and lived there until her husband of 53 years passed away in 2014. At that time, she moved to Statesville, NC, to be closer to her children. Sally worked in the Beaufort County Schools for 32 years as a teacher's assistant and computer instructor, and when she retired, worked at the Washington Daily News as a part-time receptionist. As a teenager, she wrote "Talk of the Teen" for the newspaper and enjoyed returning to the paper in her retirement years.

    Sally loved her hometown of Washington and the Pamlico River. She was a graduate of Washington High School and then attended Flora MacDonald College in Red Springs, NC, where she developed a love for all things Scottish. After graduation, she moved to Raleigh to work, but quickly returned home to marry the love of her life and to raise a family. She was president of the Pine Needles Garden Club and a devoted member of First Presbyterian Church where she served in many roles including deacon. Sally also loved her friends in the Tea and Topics Book Club of which her mother had been a charter member.

    When Sally moved to Statesville, NC, she missed her friends and family in Washington, but she adapted quickly to life at her retirement community, the Gardens of Statesville, and participated in all of the activities offered there with her dog, Little Bit, by her side. She made many friends and became the head "bingo caller". A special thanks to the staff at the Gardens and to Wilma and Sydney Harmon who helped make Statesville her second home.

    Sally was preceded in death by her husband, William Russell Wiley (Billy), her infant son, William Russell Wiley, Jr., her parents, Sara Long and Jimmy Johnson, and her brother, Jimmy Johnson, Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Sara Gray Horne and her husband Mike, her son, Rusty Wiley, and daughter-in-law, Janie, and her beloved grandchildren, Morgan, Grayson (Liz), and Maddie Wiley. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law, Gayle Morgan, Kathy Lassiter (Doug), and Susan Wiley, and her brother-in-law, Steve Wiley (Pat), and numerous nieces and nephews who remember her caramel cakes and biscuits fondly.

    A graveside service, officiated by Reverend Jay Martin, will be held at Oakdale Cemetery on March 11 at 11:00. Social distancing guidelines will be in place, and the family respectfully requests that masks be worn. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 211 W. Second Street, Washington, NC, or to the charity of your choice.


Services

Graveside Service

Thursday, March 11
11:00 AM
Oakdale Cemetery
180 East 15th Street
Washington, NC 27889

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