All Obituaries

Troyce Walters, 57, died Tuesday July 27, 2021 at Vidant Pitt  Hospital , Greenville, North Carolina. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Dickens Funeral Service Inc, Tarboro, North Carolina.

Mr. Gary Lee Porter, 66, died Saturday, July 24,2021 at Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh North Carolina. Service for Mr. Porter will be held on Saturday July 31, 2021  at 12 noon at Lewis Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 5422 Raeford Rd. Fayetteville, North Carolina. Rev. Dr. Christoppher D. Stackhouse, Eulogist. A Viewing and Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Commital and Burial will be held on Sunday August 1, 2021 at 1:00PM at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens,...

In Loving Memory of Jane Overton Beamon of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. She is the mother of Mr. Vincent A. Beamon, funeral director for Dickens Funeral Service, Inc. of Tarboro, North Carolina. Eulogistic Service for Ms. Beamon will be held on Monday July 12, 2021, St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church at 1:00PM 506 York Street, Elizabeth, North Carolina. Burial will take place at West lawn Cemetery, Elizabeth City, North Carolina. A Visitation will...

Jaquater Staton, 31, died Friday July 02, 2021 at home. Arrangements for Ms. Staton will be held on Saturday, July 17, 2021 at 1:00pm at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Roy Gray, Eulogist. She is survived by her mother Belinda (Harvey) Cotton of Macclesfield, North Carolina, father Richard (Maryanne) Staton,Tarboro, North Carolina. Two sons,  Jayden Maldonado- Johnson, Jayjuan Jazir Maldonado- Johnson, Tarboro, North Carolina, two daughters Jaziyah...

  Richard Staton, Sr., 71, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina passed on June 28, 2021 at Nash UNC Hospital of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Arrangements for Mr. Staton will be held on Friday  July 02, 2021 at 2:00PM at Leggett Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Mitchell Harris officiating. A public Viewing will be held one hour prior to the service. He is survived by one son Richard (Mary) Staton, Speed, North Carolina, three daughters Patricia Staton (Judith), Rocky...

Mr. Lynn Sherrod, 64, of Rocky Mount passed away on Sunday June 27, 2021.  Services for Mr. Sherrod will be held on Friday, July 9, 2021 at 1:00PM at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel, Tarboro, North Carolina with Assistant Pastor  Arthur Manning officiating. A viewing will be held one hour before the service at 12 noon. He is survived by his wife Deloris M. Sherrod of the home, two step daughters, Tarnette Anthony (Marcel), Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Danyell...

Rev. Asbury C. Batchelor ,92, of Tarboro, North Carolina passed on Saturday June 19, 2021 at his home. Funeral Service for Rev. Batchelor will be held on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 11:00am at Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church located at 200 Railroad St. Conetoe, North Carolina  with Rev. Roy Gray, Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Tarboro, North Carolina. We will be following the COVID-19 operational and church attendance guidelines. He is...

Ms. Maggie Lene Bullock ,80, of Whitakers, North Carolina  died Friday May 21, 2021 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina. Funeral services for Ms. Bullock will be held on Saturday May 29, 2021 at 12:00 noon at Kingdom Empowerment Worship Center (1600 W Howard Ave, Tarboro, NC 27886) with Rev. Wayne Hines as the Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Eastlawn Memorial Gardens (Tarboro, NC).  She is survived by three sons, Julius Bullock Jr. (Gwendolyn), Halifax, Henry...

Ms. Emma Jean Pollard  Weaver, 72, of Tarboro, North Carolina passed away May 8, 2021 at home. Service for Ms. Weaver will be held 2:00PM on  Sunday, May 16, 2021 at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church highway 111, Tarboro, North Carolina , Elder Robert Williams, Pastor and  Rev. George Terry, Eulogist, burial will follow in the Dancy Cemetery. She is survived two sons, Darren Hines, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Calvin Alonza Hines, (Angela)...

Ms. Annie Shields, 66, of Speed, North Carolina died Thursday April 29, 2021 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina. A Graveside Service for Ms. Shields will be held on Saturday May 15, 2021 at 2:00pm at the Eastlawn Memorial Gardens in Tarboro, North Carolina, Rev. Rodney Sherrod. Eulogist.  She is survived by 2 daughters, Kiliaha Rorie, (Keith) Lexington Park, Maryland, Christine Hill, Atlanta, Georgia. Ms. Shields is also survived by one sister, Mary Roberts, Speed,...