Bobbie Karen Tedder Stephenson

WILLOW SPRING – Bobbie Karen Tedder Stephenson, 47, passed away peacefully on Monday, surrounded by her loving family. A native of Wake County, she was the daughter of Bobby Tedder and the late Betty Bass Tedder. Karen was employed with Waste Industries for the past 22 years as the Systems Administrator. She was preceded in death by her mother Betty Tedder on April 25, 2013. Funeral Service will be Thursday at 7:00 PM in the Chapel of Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier. Graveside Service will take place on Friday at 11:00 AM at Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Willow Spring. The family will receive friends and relatives Thursday from 5:00 – 7:00 pm, prior to the service at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Angier. Surviving are her husband of twenty three years, Brian Stephenson; her father, Bobby Tedder of Raleigh; sisters, Wanda Perkinson (John) of Knightdale, Melonie Williford of Raleigh, Chris Driver of Wendell; mother-in-law, Pat Stephenson of Willow Spring; sister-in-law Kim Kerby of Lillington;  brother-in-law Scott Stephenson of Willow Spring; ten nieces and nephews and six great-nieces and nephews. Flowers are appreciated or memorial contributions may be made to Heartland Hospice, 3200 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Raleigh, NC 27604.