All Obituaries

Mr. LaKendrick Terell Powell, 36, of Rocky Mount, N.C. transitioned on May 24, 2023 at home. Services will be held on Sunday June 04, 2023 at 1:00PM at Whites Chapel Missionary Baptist Church 3679 NC Highway 122N, Speed, North Carolina with Rev. Linwood Euwell officiating and Rev. Tommy King, Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Tarboro, North Carolina. There will not be a public visitation at Dickens Funeral Service on Saturday June 03, 2023 but a Public Visitation...

Justina Renee Wiggins, 49, of Greensboro, North Carolina transitioned on Monday May 15, 2023 at Moses H. Cones Memorial Hospital, Greensboro, North Carolina. Services will be held on Tuesday May 23, 2023 at 11:00am at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Association Center. Elder Michael Wiggins, Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Crestlawn Cemetery, Farmville, North Carolina. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the service. She leaves to cherish her memories a son Trevonte' Quartez...

Mrs. Naomi Arnold, 82, of Princeville, North Carolina passed on May 04, 2023 at ECU Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina. Services will be held on Thursday May 11, 2023 at 12 Noon at Weeping Mary Missionary Baptist Church 4188 NC highway 111 North, Tarboro, North Carolina. Rev. Glascoe Mercer, Eulogist and burial will follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Princeville, North Carolina. A Public Viewing will be held one hour prior to the service. She leaves to cherish her memories her...

Mrs. Gracie A. Black Williams, 86, transitioned on Monday, April 24, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York. Services will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023  12:00 noon at Mildred Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 1838 South Shiloh Farm Road, Tarboro, North Carolina. A public viewing will be held at the church 1 hour prior to the funeral service, Rev. Stevie Lawrence officating. Burial will follow in the Eastlawn Cemetery Tarboro, North Carolina. Gracie leaves to cherish her memories, children,...

Mr. Samuel Lee Cooper, 68, transitioned on Monday April 17, 2023 at ECU Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina. Services will be held on Saturday April 22, 2023 at 2:00pm at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel, 3690 Highway 111 North Tarboro, North Carolina. Rev. Roy Gray, officiating. As a request of the family there will not be a public viewing.  He is survived by one son Monte (Angela) Cooper Rocky Mount, North Carolina, two daughters Teresa (Tremayne) Pittman, Tarboro, North Carolina and...

Mr. Paul Gary,74, of Tarboro, North Carolina transitioned on Friday April 14, 2023 at Edgecombe Health Rehabilitation in Tarboro, North Carolina. Services will be held 12 noon on Saturday April 22, 2023 at Whites Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Speed, North Carolina. Elder Jennie Hanson, Officiating and  Rev. Frank Holiday, Eulogist. He survived by two sons, Jeffrey Thomas (Jandra) Williamston, North Carolina, Jermane Gary, Greenville, North Carolina and one step-son Joel McDowell,...

Ms. Adna Davis Rodgers, 69, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina transitioned on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at ECU Health Tarboro, North Carolina.   The Service will be held on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 2:00PM in the Chapel of Dickens Funeral Service, 3690 Highway 111 North Tarboro with Pastor Katrina Leonard, Eulogist, Fellowship of Christ Church, Rocky Mount, North Carolina and Pastor Louvenia Pride, officiating. A Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. She is survived...

Mr. Frank Latham of Baltimore, Maryland the son of the late Vanella Lathan of Princeville, NC transitioned on Thursday 3-09-23. Services will be held on Wednesday March 22, 2023 at Joseph H. Brown Jr. Chapel 2140 N. Fulton Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland at 11:00AM.  A private Viewing will be held one hour prior to the service. He is survived by two sons Quintin Lathan and Frank Lathan of Baltimore, Maryland , two daughters Deborah Ham and Valerie Williams, Baltimore Maryland. One son...

Ms. Ora Pettit, 90, transitioned at home on Wednesday March 08, 2023. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday March 18, 2023 at 1:00pm at Salem Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. J.Russell Harris, Eulogist. Visitation hour will be one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in the  Salem Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. She is survived by two sons, Calvin Henry (Charletta), Ocean City, Maryland and Troy Pettit of Delaware, two daughters, Pattie Deloatch of...

Ms. Helen Flowers Smith, 75, transitioned on February 08, 2023  at ECU Health Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina.  Services will be held on Saturday  2-18-2023 at 12-Noon at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Association Center with Rev. Dwight Flowers, Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Whitehead Flowers Cemetery, Tarboro, North Carolina. Her surivors includes one son Malcom Smith of the home, six brothers Turner  (Ada) Flowers , Virginia Beach, Charles...