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Julius Flowers

Julius Flowers

May 17, 2022

Julius Flowers Obituary Mr. Julius Flowers, 67, transitioned on Tuesday May 17, 2022 at Vidant ECU Health Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina. Services for Mr. Flowers will be held on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 1:00PM Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Association Center with Minister Dwight Flowers, eulogist. Burial will follow in the Whitehead & Flowers Cemetery, He is survived by two sons,...

Robert Earl Tillery

Robert Earl Tillery

May 1, 2022

Robert Tillery Obituary Mr. Robert E. Tillery, 78, of Tarboro, North Carolina transitioned from this earthly life into eternal rest on Sunday, May 01, 2022 at home. Services will be held on Friday, May 06, 2022 at 12 noon at Leggett Chapel MB Church, Leggett, North Carolina with Reverend Mitchell Harris, presiding and Elder Lisa T. Chance, Eulogist. Burial will...

Lossie B. Knight

Lossie B. Knight

Mar 28, 2022

Lossie Knight Obituary Ms. Lossie B. Knight, 76, died on Monday March 28, 2022 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital. A Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, April 05, 2022 at 1:00pm in Greenlawn Cemetery, Princeville, North Carolina She is survived by two sons, Chester Sherrod, Capital Heights Maryland and James Knight of Tarboro, North Carolina, two daughters Angela Sherrod and...

Elbert Ray Powell

Elbert Ray Powell

Mar 27, 2022

Elbert Powell Obituary Mr. Elbert Powell, 75, of Princeville, North Carolina passed away on Sunday March 27, 2022. Funeral service 10:00am, Monday, April 04. 2022 at Whites Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, hwy. 122 North, Speed, North Carolina with Reverend Tommy King, officiating. Burial will follow at Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, 164 Longs Plant Farm Road, Goldsboro, North Carolina. He...

Linda Darnell Mayo

Linda Darnell Mayo

Mar 9, 2022

Linda Mayo Obituary Linda Mayo, 64 of Conetoe, North Carolina transitioned on Wednesday, March 09, 2022 at Vidant Medical Center. Funeral service will be held at Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church on Saturday March 19, 2022 at 2:00PM. with Rev. Richard Joyner, eulogist. Burial will follow in the Conetoe Community Cemetery, Conetoe, NC. Her survivals includes her son, Kimdric Mayo...

Gloria Hart

Gloria Hart

Mar 4, 2022

Gloria Hart Obituary Gloria Pittman Hart, 74 transitioned on Friday March 04, 2022 at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, N.C. Funeral Services for Ms. Hart will be held in Dickens Funeral Service Chapel on Saturday March 12, 2022 at 1:00PM. Burial will follow at Staton 's Cemetery, Scotland Neck, North Carolina. She is survived by two daughters, Cassandra Pittman, Greenville, North...

Queen Smith

Queen Smith

Feb 15, 2022

Queen Smith Obituary Ms. Queen Pitt Smith,98 of Tarboro, North Carolina died Tuesday February 15, 2022 at home. Funeral Service for Ms. Smith will be held 2:00PM on Sunday February 20, 2022 at St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church, Tarboro, North Carolina with Rev. Robert C. Farmer officiating. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Tarboro, North Carolina. Ms. Smith leaves...

Alphonso Pittman

Alphonso Pittman

Feb 12, 2022

Alphonso Pittman Obituary Mr. Alphonso Pittman, 70, of Greenville, N.C. Transitioned on Saturday, February 12, 2022 . Services for Mr. Pittman will be held on Saturday, February 19, 2022 at 1:00PM in the Chapel of Dickens Funeral Service, Inc. There will be a public viewing one hour prior to the service from 12noon to 1:00PM. Burial will follow in Staton's...

Adell Gary

Adell Gary

Feb 12, 2022

Adell Gary Obituary Mrs. Adell Gary, 73 of Speed, N.C. transitioned on February 12, 2022 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina Funeral Services for Mrs. Gary will be 1:00PM on Sunday February 20, 2022 at Whites Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Speed, North Carolina with Rev. Tommy W. King officiating. Burial will follow in the East Lawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery,...

Joseph C. Thigpen Sr.

Joseph C. Thigpen Sr.

Feb 7, 2022

Joseph Thigpen Sr. Obituary Reverend Joseph C. Thigpen, Sr. transitioned on 2-07-2022 in Florida. Celebrating the Life, Love, Leadership & Legacy of Reverend Joseph C. Thigpen will be held on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 12 noon at Philippi Church of Christ, 3760 Philippi Dr. Greenville, North Carolina. Bishop C. Sterling Davis ll, officiant, Rev. Da'Shaun Burell, Eulogist. He is...

Nancy Anne Thornton

Nancy Anne Thornton

Feb 4, 2022

Nancy Thornton Obituary Nancy Anne Thornton, of Landover, Maryland better known to most as 'Brenda or Lil Nancy' departed this life on Friday, February 4, 2022 at her home in Landover, Maryland with her loved ones. She leaves behind to mourn, her loving husband, Macklin Thornton, Sr. of the home. Three children Andrea Ann (Lionel), Tiffany Mellisa, and Macklin Thornton,...

Eddie Junior Dickens, Lll

Eddie Junior Dickens, Lll

Jan 16, 2022

Eddie Dickens, lll Obituary Mr. Eddie Junior Dickens, lll 65 of Pinetops, North Carolina quickly departed this life on Sunday January 16, 2022 at his home. Services for Mr. Dickens will be held on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 2:00PM at Bethlehem Association Center with Rev. William T. Keys officiating. A public viewing will be held one hour prior to...

Mattie Berna Knight

Mattie Berna Knight

Jan 7, 2022

Mattie Knight Obituary 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...

Joseph Thompson

Joseph Thompson

Jan 1, 2022

Joseph Thompson Obituary 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...

Bonanza Lyons

Bonanza Lyons

Nov 15, 2021

Bonanza Lyons Obituary 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...

Mary L. Williams

Mary L. Williams

Sep 29, 2021

Mary Williams Obituary 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,...

Magnolia Spencer Bryant

Magnolia Spencer Bryant

Sep 26, 2021

Magnolia Bryant Obituary 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,...

Mr. Willie James Jones, Jr.

Mr. Willie James Jones, Jr.

Sep 16, 2021

Mr. Willie Jones, Jr. Obituary 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,...

Josie Vernell Cofield

Josie Vernell Cofield

Sep 8, 2021

Josie Cofield Obituary 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...

Julia Mae Clinton

Julia Mae Clinton

Sep 1, 2021

Julia Clinton Obituary 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...

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