ANGIER, NC: Mr. Lubie Mosely Stocks, 97, transitioned to Life Eternal Tuesday, June 16, 2020 at Oak Hill Assisted Living Community, Angier, NC. A native of Beaufort County, NC, he was born August 20, 1922, the son of James Allen and Mary Hodges Stocks.
Following high school, Mr. Stocks served in the US Navy in the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters. During the war, he married the love of his life, Mildred “Micki” Louise Heath. At war’s end, the couple enrolled in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where Mr. Stocks completed Bachelor and Law degrees. Afterwards, Mr. Stocks served as an F.B.I. Agent, based in Northern New Jersey and New York City. He then returned to Greenville, NC, where he practiced law in partnership with Judge J.H. Roberts, prior to retirement.
He is survived by a daughter, Susan Stocks of Hamburg, NY, a son, Lubie Moseley Stocks, Jr. and wife, Karin of Raleigh, and son-in-law, Robert Hellwig, Jr. of Raleigh; grandchildren, Charles Hellwig and wife, Kelley Hagerty, John Hellwig and wife, Jill, Becky Johnson and husband, Kemp, Suzanne Smith and husband, Michael, Palmer Stocks and Caroline Stocks; step grandchildren, Michelle Thorpe and husband Chris, and Paul Volcy and wife Nicole; great-grandchildren, Zackary Byrd, Kayla Johnson, Christian Hellwig, Dylan Hellwig, Jack Hellwig and Bobby Hellwig, III.
Mr. Stocks was preceded in death by his wife Mildred, his daughter Dorothy S. Hellwig and son-in law Paul Volcy.
A Private Memorial Service will be held to celebrate and honor Mr. Stocks’ life, Friday, July 10th. Due to present restrictions for gatherings, live streaming of the service will begin at 11:00 am. You will be able to log in to the Facebook Page of Mitchell Funeral Home at Raleigh Memorial Park to be present in spirit with the family.
In lieu of flowers, memorials in his memory may be made to the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust, 3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, KY 41076 (877-426-2838).
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