All Obituaries

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)...

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...