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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...
Gladys Mae Nix Wilkins
Dec 16, 2020
Gladys Nix Wilkins Obituary Ms. Gladys Mae Nix Wilkins, 84, died December 16, 2020 at Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, Tarboro, North Carolina. A Graveside Service for Ms. Wilkins will be held 1:00 on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at the Salem Chapel Cemetary with Rev. Jonah Walston, Eulogist. She leaves to reminisce and reflect on her life, two sons, Oliver William (Angela)...
Malissia Viola Pettaway
Dec 9, 2020
Malissia Pettaway Obituary Ms. Malissia Pettaway 99, died on Wednesday December 9, 2020 at her home. A Chapel Service for Ms. Pettaway will be held 1:00PM on Sunday, December 13, 2020 at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Steve A. Ruffin, Eulogist. She leaves to reminisce and reflect on her life, one son, Charlie Pettaway Jr., Princeville, North Carolina. Two...
Herman Russell Bridgers
Dec 1, 2020
Herman Russell Bridgers Obituary Mr. Herman Russell Bridgers, 80, of Tarboro, North Carolina died Tuesday December 1, 2020. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday December 5, 2020 1:00 pm at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel with Pastor Richard Joyner, Eulogist He is survived by three brothers Lee Holmes, Palmer Park, Maryland, Charles Holmes, Seat Pleasant Maryland, James Holmes, Washington, DC.,...
Irene Stephens
Nov 25, 2020
Irene Stephens Obituary Ms. Irene Stephens, 84, died November 25, 2020 at home. Committal services will held on Sunday November 29, 2020 1:00 pm at Community Cemetery Princeville, North Carolina. She is survived by three sons Billy Ray Stephens, Wilson, North Carolina, Howie Wandell Stephens, Tarboro, North Carolina and Christopher Lynn Stephens, (Sheila) Wake Forest, North Carolina, one daughter Carolyn...
Roosevelt Caine
Nov 24, 2020
Roosevelt Caine Obituary Mr. Roosevelt Caine, 69, of Tarboro, North Carolina died November 24, 2020. Services for Mr. Caine are incomplete and will be announced later by Dickens Funeral Service, Inc. of Tarboro, North Carolina.
John Robert Andrews
Nov 21, 2020
John Robert Andrews Obituary Mr. John Robert Andrews died Saturday, November 21, 2020. A Chapel Services will be held for Mr. Andrews on Saturday November 28, 2020 at 1:00PM. in Dickens Funeral Service Chapel. A Public Viewing wil be held on Friday November 27, 2020 from 2:00PM to 6:00PM. He is survived by two brothers, Jerrry Andrews, Tarboro, North Carolina,...
Jessie Ray Mayo
Nov 16, 2020
Jessie Mayo Obituary Mr. Jessie Ray Mayo, 70, died November 16, 2020 at Vidant Pitt Medical Center, Greenville, North Carolina. A Graveside Service will be held on Saturday, November 21, 2020 at Green Lawn Cemetery, Princeville, North Carolina at 3:00PM Rev. Roosevelt Higgs Eulogist. These services were entrusted to Dickens Funeral Service, Inc., Tarboro, North Carolina.
Dr. Audrey Lucille Price-Battle
Oct 30, 2020
Dr. Audrey Price-Battle Obituary Dr. Audrey Lucille Leathers Price Battle died Friday, October 30, 2020 at Scotland House, Scotland Neck, North Carolina. Graveside Services will be held on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 1:00PM at The Leathers Family Cemetery, Hobgood, North Carolina with Rev. Vincent L. Price Eulogist and Rev. Joseph L. Battle will conduct the Committal Service. The family...
Ms. Annie Rose Morton
Oct 27, 2020
Ms. Annie Morton Obituary Ms. Annie R. Morton, 83, of Tarboro, North Carolina died on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. Graveside Services for Ms. Morton will take place on Sunday November 1, 2020 at 1:00PM at Eastlawn Memorial Gardens with Rev. Robert E. Farmer officiating. She was a longtime member of St. Stephen Missionary Baptist church. She is survived by one...
Bruce Wayne Ellison
Oct 24, 2020
Bruce Ellison Obituary Bruce Wayne Ellison, 57, died Saturday October 24, 2020 at home. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at East lawn Memorial Gardens at 2:00PM with Rev. Tommy King officiating and Rev. Stacey Evans Eulogist. He is survived by his wife Dora Hart Ellison of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, his mother Hattie Savage...
Dr. Miriam Frances Foster
Oct 20, 2020
Dr. Miriam Foster Obituary Dr. Miriam Frances Foster of High Point, North Carolina died on the early morning of Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at the age of eighty - two. Graveside services for Dr. Miriam Frances Foster will be held on Friday at 1:00PM in Pendleton, South Carolina at Silver Spring Baptist Church Cemetery. She is survived by two sisters,...
Ethel Delores Farmer
Oct 5, 2020
Ethel Farmer Obituary Ms. Ethel Delores Farmer, 72, died on October 05, 2020 at home. Funeral services will be held on Monday October 12, 2020 1:00 pm at Leathers family Cemetery with Rev. Vincent Price, Eulogist. She is survived by one son Dwayne Keith Bryant (Sharon) of Bethel, North Carolina, four brothers, Perry Bryant, Jr.. (Patricia) Hobgood, North Carolina, Sherman...
Annie Mae Hayes
Sep 29, 2020
Annie Hayes Obituary Mrs. Annie Hayes, 76, of Stokes, North Carolina passed on Tuesday September 29, 2020 at Prodigy Transitional Rehabilitation. Chapel Services will be held on Saturday October 03, 2020 at 1:00PM at Dickens Funeral Service Chapel, Tarboro, North Carolina with Minister Beatrice Murray officiating. Burial will follow in the Eastlawn Memorial Gardens,Tarboro, North Carolina. She is survived by...
Geraldine Parker Whitaker
Sep 21, 2020
Geraldine Whitaker Obituary Mrs. Geraldine Parker Whitaker,76, departed this life on Monday, September 21, 2020. Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 28,2020 at George H. Weldone Funeral Home Chapel. Geraldine leaves to cherish fond memories, her husband Charles Whitaker, two sons, Wayne Parker (Yolanda) of Bronx, New York and Charles 'Boo' Whitaker (Renee) of Vanceboro, North Carolina, two...
Annie Bell Herring
Sep 19, 2020
Annie Herring Obituary Ms. Annie Bell Herring, 75, died Saturday September 19, 2020 at home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday September 26, 2020 at Salvation and Deliverance church at 2:00PM with Bishop Theodore Herring officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery, Princeville, North Carolina. She is survived by one son Reggie Herring (Bysha), Tarboro, North Carolina, one daughter...
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