Naomi Stevens Isaacs

Naomi Stevens Isaacs passed away on Wednesday, January 1, 2025. She was 86.  She was born on June 27, 1938 in Watauga County to Olen and Mamie Pennel Stevens. 

Naomi was a wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker.  She and her husband Earl were married for 66 ½ years and worked alongside each other and always had a beautiful vegetable garden.  Together they would freeze and can all the produce to be enjoyed long after summer was over.  Naomi was an amazing cook.  It was a privilege to sit at her table.  Every week you could find a delicious homemade pie or cake on the kitchen counter.  If you drove by their house in the summer, you would see a variety of beautiful flowers.  She certainly had a green thumb.  She enjoyed working at some local greenhouses.  She loved the Lord and was an active member of Willow Valley Baptist Church for many years.  She was so proud of and loved her family.  She adored her only son, Steve “Stevie” as she called him.  She loved her daughter-in-law Lynne and treated her as her own.  She was so proud of her grandson Thomas, “T Tom” as she called him.  Not only because he was her beloved grandson, but she was also so very proud of his musical talent.  Naomi and Earl “Nanny and Pa” often traveled to see Tom and his band perform.  Naomi loved listening to music and was particularly fond of bluegrass and gospel.  She would sometimes play her autoharp in church and was thrilled when Tom would occasionally ask her to play a song or two on stage with him.  She was so happy when Tom and Sydeena started singing together in church.  When Sydeena became part of our family, she also became a dear granddaughter to Naomi and Earl.  Naomi became a great-grandmother when Leora was born.  When those two were together there was always fun to be had and lots of giggles.  What incredible fun she would have had with little great-grandson, Ransom.  Naomi had a big family and many friends and she loved and cherished each one.  She had some very devoted nieces that were so precious to her.  What a beautiful promise of being reunited when the Lord takes us all home to live together forever. 

Naomi was preceded in death by her parents, sisters, Mildred Cornett, Virginia Lewis, Artruda Wagoner and infant twin sister, Remona and two brothers, Irvin and Wesley Stevens.

Family will receive friends on Saturday, January 4, 2024 from 1:30 PM with Pastor Ray Greene officiating until 2:30 PM with the funeral service starting at 2:30 PM at Willow Valley Baptist Church.  Burial will follow at Willow Valley Baptist Church Cemetery.

Flowers are appreciated and memorial contributions may be made to Gideon International, PO Box 3602, Boone, NC 28607 or to Willow Valley Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 436 Clark Swift Rd., Vilas, NC 28692

Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com  Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Isaacs family.

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