All Obituaries

Mr. Eddie Junior Dickens, lll of Pinetops, North Carolina died January 16, 2022 at his home. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announce later by Dickens Funeral Service, Inc. of Tarboro, North Carolina.

Ms. Mattie Berna Johnson Knight, of Tarboro, North Carolina entered her eternal rest on January 7, 2022 at her home. Services for Ms. Mattie Knight will be held on Saturday January 15, 2022 at 12 Noon at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Walter Adkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Princeville, North Carolina. Mattie was educated in the Edgecombe County School System in Tarboro, North Carolina, and is a 1958 graduate of W.A. Pattillo High...

Mr. Joseph Stanely Thompson Jr, 41, of Greenville, North Carolina died January 01, 2022 at Vidant Medical, Greenville, North Carolina. Services for Mr. Thompson will be held on Saturday January  08, 2022 at 2:00PM in the Dickens Funeral Service Chapel. Rev. Acey Pettaway, Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Eastlawn Cemetery, Tarboro, North Carolina. He is survived by a daughter Jayla Thompson, Pinetops, North Carolina, his mother and stepfather, Alice Thompson Pettaway(Kennedy...

Mr. Bonanza Lyons, 61, of Tarboro, North Carolina transitioned on Monday, November 15, 2021 at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina. Services for Mr. Lyons will be held on Friday 11-19-2021 at 1:00PM at  Dickens Funeral Service Chapel, Tarboro, North Carolina, Rev. Zina Pittman, Eulogist.  He is survived by his mother, Irene Lyons, Tarboro, North Carolina, a daughter Sara Harper, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, two sons Chad Harper, Raleigh, North Carolina and...

Ms. Mary Louise Williams, 72, died September 29, 2021 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina. Services for Ms. Williams will be held on Saturday October 9, 2021 at 11:00AM at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church highway 111-122 South, Tarboro, North Carolina. Elder Robert Williams, Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Garden of Gethsemane Cemetery, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. She is survived by a daughter Latisa M. Wilkes, of the home, two  sisters, Jennifer (Chris) Ellis,...

Ms. Magnolia Spencer Bryant, 100, died on 9-26-2021 at Edgecombe HR, Tarboro, N.C. Funeral Services for Ms. Bryant will be held on Saturday. October 09, 2021 at 11:00AM at Martin Millennium School 400 East Johnson Street, Tarboro, North Carolina with Minister Terrill Adams, presiding and Rev. George Terry, Eulogist. Burial will follow in  East Lawn Memorial Gardens, Tarboro, North Carolina. She is a long-time member of St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, Tarboro,...

Mr. Willie James Jones, Jr. died Thursday September 16, 2021. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2021 at 1:30pm at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel, 3690 Highway 111 North Tarboro, N.C. He is survived by his mother Fannie Jones, Old Sparta, N.C., three sons Randy E. Jones, Durham, N.C., Willie D. Harris, and Jeremy J. Jones both of Tarboro, N.C. one daughter Lakeisha Harris, Rocky Mount, N.C. Three brothers Bobby Jones (Shirley, Pinetops, N.C., Larry Jones (Charice) ,...

  Mrs. Josie Vernell  Dickens Cofield of Speed, N.C. died peacefully at home on Wednesday 9-08-2021. Services for Mrs. Cofield will be held at 11:00AM on Friday 9-17-2021 at Whites Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Speed, North Carolina, Rev. Tommy King, Pastor and Rev. Dennis Walston, Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Tarboro, North Carolina.  A Public Viewing will be held on Thursday from 2:00PM to 6:00PM at Dickens Funeral Service, Inc....

Ms. Julia Mae Evan Clinton, 107, died Wednesday September 1, 2021 at Edgecombe Health and Rehabilitation Center, Tarboro, North Carolina. She is survived by one daughter, Rosalyn Elizabeth Andrews, Tarboro, North Carolina. A viewing will be held Thursday September 9, 2021 from 2:00PM to 6:00PM at Dickens Funeral Service, Tarboro, North  Carolina. We will follow the COVID-19 guidelines, we ask that you please wear masks during the visitation. These services were entrusted to Dickens...

Troyce Walters, 57, died Tuesday July 27, 2021 at Vidant Pitt  Hospital, Greenville, North Carolina. Services for Ms. Walters will be held on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at 2:00PM at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Walter Adkins, Eulogist. A viewing will be held one hour prior to the service. She is survived by one daughter Octavia Walters of Tarboro, North Carolina, three brothers Antonio K.Ross (Monique), Washington DC, Joseph Walters Jr. (Kimberly)...