Margaret Eloise Brantley Bissette, 91 of Bailey passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019. She was born December 25, 1928. Her funeral services were held Thursday, January 2, at Joyner's Funeral Home, Wilson. Interment followed in Bailey Town Cemetery, Bailey. The Rev. Charles Robl and Rev. Carlos Castano officiated.

Eloise is survived by her sons, Larry Bissette and wife, Joyce of Bennett and Mark Bissette and wife, Cindy of Naples, Florida; one grandson; one great-granddaughter; sister, Peggy Frazier of Hampstead.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William Lawrence Bissette and her parents, Albert Lee and Bessie Collie Brantley. Flowers are welcome or memorials may be directed to Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, 6048 Mt. Pleasant Road, Bailey, North Carolina 27807 or the Children's Home Society of North Carolina, PO Box 14608, Greensboro, North Carolina 27415.