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Raymond Earl Exum Sr.

Raymond Earl Exum Sr.

Apr 26, 2021

Raymond Exum Sr. Obituary Mr. Raymond Earl Exum Sr., 77, died Monday April 26, 2021. Funeral services for Mr. Exum will be held on Tuesday May 04, 2021 at 1:00pm at Free Union Missionary Baptist church with Rev. Jonah Walston officiating. Burial will follow in the Salem Chapel Church Cemetery. He is survived by three sons, Raymond Exum Jr. (Karen),...

Ernest Pettaway

Ernest Pettaway

Apr 4, 2021

Ernest Pettaway Obituary Mr. Ernest Pettaway, 63, died April 4, 2021. Funeral Service for Mr. Pettaway will be held on Sunday April 11, 2021 at 2:00PM at Saint Mark Church 1204 Hwy. 111 South, Pinetops, North Carolina. Bishop Annie Pettaway, Pastor and Rev. Acey Pettaway, eulogist. Burial will follow in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Princeville North Carolina. He is survived by...

Eddie Bullock

Eddie Bullock

Apr 2, 2021

Eddie Bullock Obituary Mr. Eddie Bullock, 69 of Tarboro, Died on Friday April 2, 2021. Chapel Service for Mr. Bullock will be held on Saturday April 10, 2021 at 2:00PM. Eulogist, Rev. Calvin Pierce. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Tarboro, North Carolina. He is survived by six sons, James Murphy (Yvonne) Rocky Mount, NC, Eddie Pierce, Greenville, NC,...

Harvey Columbus Howell

Harvey Columbus Howell

Mar 25, 2021

Harvey Howell Obituary Mr. Harvey C. Howell, 67, died Thursday March 25, 2021 in Newport News, Virginia. Services for Mr. Howell will be held on Saturday April 03, 2021 at 12 noon at Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Conetoe, North Carolina with Bishop Antoino Gregory, Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Conetoe Family Cemetery, Conetoe, North Carolina. Harvey was a...

Elder James Smith

Elder James Smith

Mar 19, 2021

Elder James Smith Obituary Elder James Smith, 93, of Pinetops North Carolina died Friday March 19, 2021 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital. Service for Elder Smith will be held on Saturday March 27, 2021 at 1:00PM. at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Association Church, Pinetops, North Carolina. Eulogist Elder Anthony Sharpe. A public visitation will be held from 12noon to 1:00PM prior...

Phillip Ray Howell

Phillip Ray Howell

Mar 14, 2021

Phillip Howell Obituary Mr. Phillip Howell Sr. 64, of Plymouth, North Carolina died Sunday March 14, 2021. Services for Mr. Howell will be held on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 1:00PM at Mayo Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, with Rev. Walter Cherry, Eulogist. Burial will follow in Dancy Cemetery, Princeville, North Carolina. He is survived by two sons, Phillip Howell Jr.,...

Rudolph Dickens

Rudolph Dickens

Mar 4, 2021

Rudolph Dickens Obituary Rudolph Dickens, 73, of Waterbury, CT. passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family on Thursday, March 4, 2021 at the Vitas Unit of St. Mary`s Hospital. He was the widower of Bennie (Wilkins) Dickens. Rudy was born August 11, 1947 in Tarboro, NC son of the late James D. and Mary (Haywood) Dickens. Rudolph was a meter...

Penelope Rogers Vaughan

Penelope Rogers Vaughan

Mar 1, 2021

Penelope Vaughan Obituary Mrs. Penelope Leigh Rogers Vaughan, 65, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina received her angel wings on Monday March 01, 2021. Funeral services are slated for noon March 6, 2021, at The New Morning Star Church of Christ 225 South Glendale Avenue, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. with public viewing one hour prior to the service. The interment will...

Arthur Lee Lyons

Arthur Lee Lyons

Feb 28, 2021

Arthur Lyons Obituary Mr. Arthur Lee Lyons, 70, 0f Pinetops died Sunday February 28, 2021. A Graveside Service will be held on Sunday March 7, 2021 at 1:00PM at the Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Farmville, NC. He is survived by his wife Christine Lyons of the home, three daughters, Regina James (Edward) Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Karen Tabron (James)...

Cleamon Jones

Cleamon Jones

Feb 22, 2021

Cleamon Jones Obituary Cleamon Jones, 86, of Washington D.C. passed on Monday February 22, 2021. A Private Celebration of Life Service for the immediate family will be held at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel. He is survived by two sisters, Ernestine Bonds, Speed, North Carolina, Ruby Kenney, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, and Benjamin Jones, Washington, DC, several nieces and nephews. There...

Donyell L. Powell

Donyell L. Powell

Feb 16, 2021

Donyell L. Powell Obituary Donyell Lemont Powell age 46, of Tarboro, North Carolina died Tuesday February 16, 2021. A Chapel Service for Mr. Powell will be on Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 1:00PM at Dickens Funeral Service, Tarboro, North Carolina. A Public Viewing and Visitation will be Friday, February 26, 2021 from 4:00PM to 6:00PM at Dickens Funeral Service. We...

Sandra Whitehead

Sandra Whitehead

Feb 14, 2021

Sandra Whitehead Obituary Mrs. Sandra Williams Whitehead,67, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina died Sunday February 14, 2021 at Nash General Hospital, Rocky Mount, North Carolina. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday February 20, 2021 at 1:00PM at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel. She is survived by her husband Randolph Whitehead of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, three sisters, Kathy Little,...

Essie Mae Dew

Essie Mae Dew

Feb 14, 2021

Essie Dew Obituary Ms. Essie Dew, 84, of Suitland, Maryland formerly of Tarboro, North Carolina, died on Sunday February 14, 2021 at home. A Chapel Service will be held on Saturday February 20, 2021 at 4:00PM at Dickens Funeral Service, Tarboro, North Carolina with Rev. Robert C. Farmer, Eulogist. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. She is survived...

Vernice Lyons

Vernice Lyons

Feb 12, 2021

Vernice Lyons Obituary Ms. Vernice (Maxine) Lyons 77 died Friday February 12, 2021 at The Lodge Nursing Facility, Rocky Mount, NC. Chapel Services for Ms. Lyons will be held Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 1:00PM with Rev. Jonah Walston, Eulogist She is survived by one precious daughter Benita Lyons-Giles (Tony) Camp Springs, Md., two sons Charles Richard Lyons (Gwendolyn) Chesapeake,...

Clarence E. Wheeler

Clarence E. Wheeler

Feb 7, 2021

Clarence E. Wheeler Obituary Clarence E. Wheeler, 69, passed away on Sunday February 7, 2021. Chapel Services for Mr. Wheeler will be held Saturday February 13, 2021 at 1:00PM with Rev. Jerry Parker, Eulogist. He is survived by his wife Earlene Wheeler of the home, two sons, Cory Wheeler, Princeville, North Carolina, Trevis Dickens, Tarboro, North Carolina. One daughter Fiona...

Mamie Mitchell

Mamie Mitchell

Feb 3, 2021

Mamie Mitchell Obituary Ms. Mamie Ruth Mitchell, 81, of Tarboro, North Carolina died on February 03, 2021. A Chapel Service for Ms. Mitchell will be held Monday,1:00 pm February 8, 2021 at Dickens Funeral Home Chapel, Tarboro, North Carolina, Rev. Glascoe Mercer, Eulogist. Burial will follow in Eastlawn Memorial Gardens, Tarboro, North Carolina. She is survived by one son, Willie...

Ethel Ruth Jones

Ethel Ruth Jones

Jan 28, 2021

Ethel Jones Obituary Ms. Ethel Ruth Jones,83, died Thursday January 28, 2021 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina. Services for Ms. Jones will be held on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 1:00 PM at Conetoe Chapel Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Richard Joyner, Eulogist. Burial will follow in the Jones Family Cemetery. She was a member of Conetoe Chapel...

Ethel Hines Garrison

Ethel Hines Garrison

Jan 17, 2021

Ethel Hines Garrison Obituary Ms. Ethel Hines Garrison, 93, passed away on Sunday January 17, 2021. A graveside service for Ms. Garrison will be held at 2:00PM on Sunday, January 24, 2021 in the Pineview Cemetery. She is a former graduate of Carver High School, Pinetops, North Carolina and attended Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina. She is survived by one...

Antera Wheeler

Antera Wheeler

Jan 17, 2021

Antera Wheeler Obituary Antera Wheeler, 72, passed away on Sunday January 17, 2021. A Chapel Service for Mr. Wheeler will be held 1:00PM on Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel. with Rev. Jonah Walston, eulogist. Burial will take place at Salem Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery. A walk through visitation will be held on Friday from 2-6PM...

Mr. Robert Morris

Mr. Robert Morris

Jan 1, 2021

Mr. Robert Morris Obituary Elder Robert Morris, 80, passed away on Friday January 1, 2021. The funeral service for Elder Robert Morris will be held 1:00 pm on Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Leggett Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Leggett, North Carolina, eulogist Rev. Edward Hooker. The walk through viewing will be held on Friday from 2-6 pm at the...

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