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Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Catherine Howard Yarrell
Dec 25, 2020
Catherine Howard Yarrell Obituary Ms. Catherine Yarrell, 89, passed away on Friday December 25, 2020. The graveside service for Ms. Yarrell will be held at 2:00PM on Saturday, January 2, 2021 in the Eastlawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery. She is survived by four grandchildren, Alex Yarrell, Washington D.C., Rodney Whitehead (Maria), Winston Salem, North Carolina, DeAndrew Willoughby, Rocky Mount, North Carolina...
Tracy Lynn Grimes
Dec 24, 2020
Tracy Lynn Grimes Obituary Ms. Tracy Lynn Grimes,46, passed away on Thursday December 24, 2020. Funeral services for Ms. Grimes will be held 1:00 pm on Wednesday December 30, 2020 at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens with Rev. Richard Joyner, Eulogist. Her memories will be cherished by her parents Stella and Jeffery Moore of Tarboro, North Carolina, sister Tiffany (Ebony) Roberts of...
Patricia Tidwell
Dec 18, 2020
Patricia Tidwell Obituary Ms. Patricia Tidwell, 53, passed away on Friday December 18, 2020. Funeral Services for Ms. Tidwell will be held 1:00PM on Sunday December 27, 2020 in Dickens Funeral Service Chapel. She is survived by two sons, Demetric Cherry (Danielle) Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Antwan Cherry (Marlena Joyner) Rocky Mount, North Carolina, one daughter Cynthia Harris ( Larry...
Pearline Mccoy
Dec 17, 2020
Pearline McCoy Obituary Mrs. Pearline Watson McCoy peacefully passed away at age 86, on December 17, 2020, following complications of a stroke, in Raleigh North Carolina. She was comforted by loving family at bedside during final days. She was born in Halifax County, near the town of Hobgood, on September 20, 1934. Pearl, as she was fondly called, lived a...
James T. Knight
Dec 17, 2020
James Knight Obituary Mr. James T. Knight passed away on Thursday December 17, 2020. A Graveside Service for Mr. Knight will be held 1:00PM on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at the Greenlawn Cemetery, Princeville, North Carolina with Rev. Rodney Sherrod, Eulogist. He leaves to reflect on his life his wife Lossie B. Knight of the home, two sons, Chester Earl...
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