Judy Ann Deans

December 23, 1959 – October 10, 2021

ZEBULON – Judy Ann Deans, 61, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday. She was born in Wake County to the late Carl Linnett Pope, Sr. and Ellen Overby Pope. She devoted her life to being a homemaker for her family. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her sisters, Linda Munn and Faye Moore.

She is survived by her husband of 32 years, Rickey Glenn Deans; children, Dennis Ray Coley, Jr. (Kellie Cooper), Steven Wayne Coley (Kellie Coley), LaDonna Ann Coley Jones (Bart Jones), Daphne Hope Deans; brothers, Mike Pope, Carl Pope Jr.; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Graveside service, 1pm, Wednesday, Mt. Zion Free Will Baptist Church, 9300 Johnson Farm Rd, Kenly, NC 27542. Arrangements with Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, 211 W. Third Street, Wendell, NC. www.stricklandfuneral.com