Brenda Lee Blanchard Sheffield

'On Monday at 4:30am Brenda Lee Blanchard Sheffield took her first stroll down the streets of gold.  She entered her heavenly home at ECU Medical Center in Greenville surrounded by her loving family.  Brenda was a person of great faith and strong convictions.  She was a hard worker, shown by working along beside her husband in the business they owned for years.  Brenda loved to work in her yard, keep her flowers up.  And she loved people.

Brenda was born November 27, 1949 in Wayne County to the late Edwin Lee Blanchard and Fannie Atlee Frederick.   Brenda grew up in a relatively large farm family where they got their roots for hard work.

A visitation will be held at 10:00am Saturday, May 9, 2026 at Community Funeral Home.     A memorial service will be held at 11:00am Saturday, May 9, 2026 at Community Funeral Home Chapel of Warsaw.

Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Rev. Jerry Sheffield, daughter, Christi Sheffield and fiancee Chris Powers of  Wilmington; grandchildren, Jack, Greer, Ethan, Laney and Christian; sisters, Betty Gail Purdee of Warsaw, Lorraine Jackson of Beulaville, and Kelly Chestnutt and husband, Michael  of Clinton; brother, Edwin Blanchard and wife, Liz of Warsaw; and numerous nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers  the family request that memorial donations be made to the American Diabetes Association, P. O. Box 7023, Merrifield, VA 22116-7023, or online to diabetes.org/donate or St Judes Children's Research Hospital, 501 Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.

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