Janice Freeman Lambert, 71, of Bear Creek passed away on Saturday, June 19, 2021, at UNC Hospice, Pittsboro.
Mrs. Lambert was born in Alamance County on March 4, 1950, the daughter of Willie C. and Mildred Brewer Freeman. Janice was a graduate of Chatham Central High School. She spent her working years at Brookwood Farms. Janice loved to crochet using her talents to give baby blankets to UNC and Randolph hospitals. She would always pick and cut up with her friends and family. Janice is preceded in death by her mother, Mildred Brewer Freeman and her husband, Eddie Ray Lambert.
She is survived by her father, Willie C. Freeman of Bear Creek; sons, Rodney Testerman and wife Frances of Denton, Tryon Lambert of Biscoe; sisters, Kathy Hefner of Bear Creek, Tina F. Gaines and husband Steve of Goldston, Ann Ray and husband Dale of Bear Creek, and Betty Stephens of Wendell; two grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was held on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at 4 p.m. at Bear Creek Baptist Church,1278 Bonlee-Carbonton Road, Bear Creek with Rev. Bob Wachs officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bear Creek Baptist Church, 1269 Bonlee-Carbonton Rd., c/o Joe Oldham, Bear Creek, N.C. 27207.
Smith & Buckner Funeral Home is assisting the Lambert Family.
Online condolences may be made at www.pughfuneralhome.com.