Naoko Stevens: Charleston

    Naoko Stevens of Charleston, formerly of Tabor City, died Friday, April 19, in Bon Secours Saint Francis Hospital, Charleston. She was 73.
    Born in Osaka, Japan, she was the daughter of the late Shigeru and Kazuko Sakihara Sada. She was the widow of the late Glenwood Stevens.
    She is survived by a daughter, Linda Dickerson of Charleston; a son, Danny Stevens of Myrtle Beach; a sister, Etsuko Sada of Miyazaki City, Japan; three grandchildren of Japan and grandchild Danaka Stevens of Myrtle Beach.
    Funeral services were planned for 3 p.m. Monday, April 22, in the Inman Funeral Home Chapel in Tabor City. Visitation took place an hour prior to the funeral in the funeral home chapel. Burial followed in the Buffkin Rowe Cemetery in Green Sea.
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