Marleen retired from AT&T after 36 years of service. She loved her Lord and was active in Lake Gaston Baptist Church. She loved traveling and especially with the Lake Gaston Baptist Adventurers.

She was an active member and past regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy chapter 2332 Roanoke Rapids.

She loved her home on Lake Gaston and spent hours communicating with her Lord taking in the lakes beauty.

She leaves to cherish her memory her husband of 54 years Lonnie Edwards, son Chris Edwards and his fiancé Jennifer Williams of Rocky Mount; Brother Jerry Dempsey and his wife Sue of Soddy Daisy, TN;
Sister-in-laws, Judy Edwards and June Hedgepeth both of Nashville; brother-in-law Kemp Edwards and his wife Terry of Castalia; three nieces, two nephews, five great nephews and one great niece.

A celebration of her life will be held Tuesday March 22, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. at Lake Gaston Baptist Church in Littleton, NC with Rev. Todd Stout and Rev. Patrick Edwards officiating.

Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

The Family will receive friends from 10 A.M. until service time at the church.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Lake Gaston Baptist church building fund 128 Lynwood Road Littleton, NC 27850.

Askew Funeral and Cremation Services in Roanoke Rapids is handling the arrangements.

Online condolences maybe made to the family at www.askewfs.com

Jimbo was born, November 19, 1944, in Bostic, NC, to the late Francis Marion Dickens and Pearl Dycus Dickens.

He was a graduate of Weldon High School and North Carolina State University.

After college, he attended Officer Candidate School in FT. Benning, GA and later served his country as a Lieutenant in the United States Army where he was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska.

After he was honorably discharged from the military, he came home to work in the family business, Dickens & Hux Awning Company.

He also loved being in the outdoors where he loved hunting and was an avid fisherman.

In addition to his father, Jimbo was preceded in death by his grandson, Cody Gainey.

Surviving are his wife, Betty “Scottie” Dickens, of the home; son, Jamie Dickens and girlfriend, Jamie, of Roanoke Rapids; daughters, Michele Wilson and husband, Tim, of Littleton and Traci Roberts and husband, Curry, of Roanoke Rapids; mother, Pearl D. Dickens of Roanoke Rapids; sister, Susan Lynch and husband, David, of Warrenton; grandchildren, Kayla & Cody Dickens, Brandon Love, Brooke Gainey, Coleman Glasgow, Joshua, Zach & Cameron Wilson, Gabriel, Isabella, Curry II, and Noah Roberts. Also surviving are his niece, Sydney Lynch and his nephew, Will Lynch.

The family will receive friends Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service from 6-8 pm.

Rev. Jeremy Kobernat will conduct funeral services Thursday, March 24, 2016 in the chapel at Hockaday at 2:00 pm.

Interment will immediately follow in Crestview Memorial Cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com

She was also pre-deceased by her paternal grandparents Bennie C. Barnes Jr. and Mary P. Barnes, her maternal grandmother, Linda Hutchinson, her uncles and aunt, B.J. Hutchinson and Bennie Edison Barnes.
Robyn was a Freshman at North Carolina Wesleyan College where she was majoring in Business Administration. She was a 2015 graduate of Northeast Academy in Lasker, NC, where she enjoyed attending school and enjoyed playing sports, including Tennis, Basketball, Softball and as a member of the Shooting Team.
She is survived by her mother, Lori Hutchinson Barnes, her sister, LeAnn Howard and her husband Neal and her brother, Larry “L.J.” Barnes.
Her maternal grandparents, James Hutchinson and his wife Joyce. Her fiancé, William Martin. Her uncles and aunts, Jamie Kirkland, Michael Hutchinson, Billy and Anna Turner, Larry and Rachel Bolton, Thelma Barnes, and Clarence And Ann Barnes. Also many friends.
Funeral services will be held, Friday, March 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM at Conway Baptist Church, Conway, NC with Rev. Willie McLawhorn and Rev. Darren Lambert officiating.

Burial will follow at the Town of Conway Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Conway Baptist Church, Thursday, March 24, 2016 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Robyn Barnes Memorial Fund, Conway Baptist Church, Conway, NC 27820.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.haroldmasseyfuneralhome.com 

She was also pre-deceased by her paternal grandparents Bennie C. Barnes Jr. and Mary P. Barnes, her maternal grandmother, Linda Hutchinson, her uncles, B.J. Hutchinson and Bennie Edison Barnes.
Robyne was a Freshman at North Carolina Wesleyan College where she was majoring in Business Administration. She was a 2015 graduate of Northeast Academy in Lasker, NC where she enjoyed attending school and enjoyed playing sports, including Tennis, Basketball, Softball and as a member of the Shooting Team.
She is survived by her mother, Lori Hutchinson Barnes, her sister, LeAnn Howard and her husband Neal and her brother, Larry “L.J.” Barnes.
Her maternal grandparents, James Hutchinson and his wife Joyce. Her fiancé, William Martin. Her uncles and aunts, Jamie Kirkland, Michael Hutchinson, Billy and Anna Turner, Larry and Rachel Bolton, Thelma Barnes, and Clarence And Ann Barnes. Also many friends.
Funeral services will be held, Friday, March 25, 2016 at 2:00 PM at
Conway Baptist Church, Conway, NC with Rev. Willie McLawhorn and Rev. Darren Lambert officiating. Burial will follow at the Town of Conway Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Conway Baptist Church, Thursday, March 24, 2016 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Robyne Barnes Memorial Fund, Conway Baptist Church, Conway, NC 27820.,

Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.haroldmasseyfuneralhome.com 

Death closes one door and opens another...

On Monday, March 21, 2016, in Rocky Mount, NC, that door was opened for Kandid K. McBride-Jones, 19, of Littleton, NC.

She was a freshman college student at North Carolina Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, NC.

There will be a private viewing for immediate family only, Friday, March 25, 2016 at 12:30 p.m. at the funeral parlor.

A public viewing will be from 1 to 6 p.m.

Kandis K. McBride-Jones rests in the comfort of Coleman Funeral Home, Garysburg, NC.

Funeral Service

Saturday, Mar 26, 2016

1 p.m.

Shearin Chapel Missionary Baptist Church 1892 Thelma Road. Roanoke Rapids, NC

Prophet Robert Ward, Officiating; Rev. Maxine Bradley-Caine, Pastor

Burial: Love of God Church Cemetery, Thelma Road, Roanoke Rapids, NC  

He served his country in the United States Navy during the Vietnam Conflict.

Mr. Powell was retired as an electrician for Bryant Durham Construction Company for 37 years.

He is survived by his special friend Corinne Holmes of Conway; his brother Benjamin Powell and his wife, Connie of Roanoke Rapids; his niece Margaret Bunch and her husband Marty of Roanoke Rapids; his nephews Delbert Powell and his wife Seretha of Roanoke Rapids; and Michael Powell and his wife Jamie also of Roanoke Rapids. Mr. Powell also leaves behind two great nephews Colby Powell and Matthew Bunch; a great niece, Madison Bunch; and his Aunt Velma Marie “Sister” Nowell.

Funeral Services for Mr. Powell will be held on Friday, March 25, 2016, at 2:00 P.M. in the chapel of Askew Funeral and Cremation Services with Rev. Jimmy King officiating.

Interment will follow in Crestview Memorial Cemetery with Military Rites.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 24, 2016, from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M. at Askew Funeral and Cremation Services and other times at 1406 East Circle Drive in Roanoke Rapids.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.askewfs.com

Entombment will follow at Crestview Memorial Cemetery in Roanoke Rapids.
The family will receive friends at Massey Funeral Home, 839 Jackson Street, Roanoke Rapids, NC, Friday, March 25, 2016 from 7:00 until
8:30 PM.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.haroldmasseyfuneralhome.com

Bertha attended Good News Baptist Church and loved her church family.

She is survived by her daughter: Patricia Louise Brewer of Leechburg, PA; her sisters: Agnes Lee and her husband Bob of Cheasepeake, VA, Mary Ann Clemens, Irene Francis Clemens and Agusta Catherine Boyd; her brother: James Sylvester Clemens.

Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 1, 2016 at Good News Baptist Church with Rev. Jimmy King officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends prior to the service at the church.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com.

He was a welder, a loving father and friend.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Sara Faison Maccleman, a brother Dale Turner, his grandparents, Reuben and Barbara Turner and his wife Bonnie Carroll Turner.
He is survived by his father, Bobby “Punk” Turner (Rhonda), his fiancé Britney Shaw, five children, Matthew Turner, Joshua “Jabug” Turner, Allison Turner, Lucus Turner and Jade Turner. His brothers, Tony Turner and Chris Turner. His sisters, Bobbie Smith and Dawn Maccleman. Three grandchildren, Mason, Little Matt and Aden.
A Memorial Service to celebrate Kenny’s life will be held Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 7:00 PM at Massey Funeral Home in Roanoke Rapids, NC, with Rev. Dennis Gregory Jr. officiating.
The family will receive friends after the service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family to help with expenses.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.haroldmasseyfuneralhome.com   

Beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, Rosalie Ross Thomason, of Roanoke Rapids, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2016, at WakeMed following a long illness.

She was surrounded by her family.

Rosalie was 77.

Born on June 17, 1938 in Roanoke Rapids, she is the daughter of Eula Taylor Jones and Willie Harrison (Buck) Jones.

She graduated from Roanoke Rapids High School before marrying Robert Edward (Bobby) Thomason at New Hope Methodist Church on January 29, 1960.

The two were married fifty-six wonderful years.

During the life they made together, she dedicated herself to making a lovely and welcoming home and to raising her children.

She supported her husband in all his efforts including his commitments to the United States Naval Reserve. She was honored with a plaque from the Navy when Bobby retired from service.

Rosalie loved trees, flowers, and everything beautiful in the natural world.

From her kitchen window, she watched tiny birds at the feeder. Her favorite activity was to work in her yard with its twenty, majestic oak trees and scattered pink azalea bushes.

She was a member of the Arbor Day Foundation. The sound of a chainsaw made her cringe.

Rosalie also enjoyed collecting art and going to the NC Ballet with her daughter and grandson.

Her favorite song was La Vie en Rose.

She read mysteries and historical novels voraciously, sometimes late into the night.

Most of all, she loved her family.

She was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1973, and tried to live according to her beliefs. Rosalie is survived by her husband, Bobby Thomason; of the home, her daughter, Catherine Sue Thomason of Roanoke Rapids; her son Robert Edward Thomason II, also from Roanoke Rapids; her beloved grandson Taylor Jade Stevison of Roanoke Rapids; her cherished sister Sonja Jean Kidd of Roanoke Rapids; her niece Victoria Leigh Kidd of Winchester Virginia, with whom she had a special bond; her niece Stephanie Jean Brown of Roanoke Rapids; her nephew Michael James Liagoure of Garysburg; her niece Haley Ann Cribbs of Valparaiso, Indiana; her niece Julie Ann Smith of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; her nephew John David Cribbs of Tempe, Arizona; her sisters in law Ann Bynum of Edenton, North Carolina, and Lucia Cribbs of Valparaiso, Indiana; and her mother in law, Lattie Thomason, whom she greatly admired of Roanoke Rapids.

Rosalie is preceded in death by her father, Willie Harrison Jones of Hampton, Virginia; her mother Eula Taylor Jones of Roanoke Rapids; and her father in law John Benjamin Thomason of Roanoke Rapids. The family will hold a graveside service at the old Cedarwood Cemetery on Friday, April 1 at 3:00 p.m. Brother Pete Jones of the Riverside Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses will preside over the ceremony.

Memorials may be given to the Arbor Day Foundation.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com.   

She was a resident of The Crossings at Ironbridge, an Assisted Living facility near her family in Chester, Va.

Born in South Rosemary on January 14, 1933, she spent all but 6 months of her 83 years in Roanoke Rapids.

She was a longtime employee of Sears Roebuck where she made friends with everyone she met.

She was preceded in death by her loving husband Tom Myrick, Sr., her parents Walter and Lela Bowers, and her brothers Willard Bowers and George Nethercutt.

She is survived by her two sons, Tom Myrick, Jr. and wife Pamela of Colonial Heights, Va., and Randy Myrick of Petersburg, Va., four grandchildren, Peggy Elizabeth, Tom III, Brittany, and Kristen, and two great grandchildren Jack and Alice.

Graveside services will be held at 2PM on Friday April 1 at Cedarwood Cemetery in Roanoke Rapids with Reverend Randy Martin officiating.

The family will receive friends at the graveside following the service.

Askew Funeral and Cremation Services in Roanoke Rapids is handling the arrangements.

She was also preceded in death by her husband Henry J. Hoscila.

She is survived by her four sons, Frederick J. Hoscila and his wife, Barbara of Suttons Bay, Mich.; Edward T. Hoscila and his wife June of Croswell, Mich.; Gary A. Hoscila and his wife, Carol of Temperance, Mich. and James C. “Jim” and his wife Karen of Roanoke Rapids, NC; nine grandchildren, five great grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.

Funeral Mass will be held Monday April 4, 2016 at 12 noon at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Rev. Wekesa Pius officiating.

Funeral Services will be held at Assumption Grotto Church

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Graham Arnold Baker, her second husband, Bobby Smith, as well as her parents, five brothers and a sister.
Over the years prior to her retirement Mrs. Smith worked for Ahoskie Manufacturing Company, Kellwood Company, the Tomahawk Restaurant for her brothers Odie and Randy Bracy and Smith Plumbing Company with her husband Bobby Smith. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Ahoskie.
Her survivors include her son Ronald G. Baker and his wife, Clara R. Baker; her son Jerry L. Baker and his wife, Elizabeth A. Baker; her grandson, Ronald Graham “Grae” Baker, Jr.; her granddaughters, Erin Baker Fritsch and Carole Baker Morton; and her great grandchildren Levi Morton, Penelope Morton, Walker Fritsch, Baker Fritsch and Kamryn Baker.
Graveside services will be held on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. at the Ahoskie Cemetery with Rev. Dr. Jesse J. Croom officiating.
The family will receive friends after the service at the cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the First Baptist Church of Ahoskie.
Massey Funeral Home of Aulander, NC is in charge of arrangements.

He was preceded in death by his Sister Elizabeth R. Quay.

Mr. Rooker, a native of Halifax County was born July 21, 1941, to William Henry Rooker and Rebecca Carroll Rooker.

He was a 1959 graduate of Roanoke Rapids High School where he played football and baseball. He taught karate for many years and was a 5th degree black belt.

Mr. Rooker loved cooking, gardening, fishing, hunting and dancing at the Chattahoochee Country Club in Gaston. He worked as an electrician and EMT at Champion International Paper Company where he retired after 40 years of service.

He is survived by his loving wife Aline Stokes Rooker; his three sons Larry W. Rooker Jr. and his wife, Lynn of Roanoke Rapids, Howard Rooker and his wife, Chris of Roanoke Rapids, and Russell Rooker and his wife, Julie also of Roanoke Rapids; four sisters, Lucy R. Scott of Littleton, Carolyn R. Boucher of Littleton, Jean Jones and her husband, Tom of Gaston, and Faye Rooker of Roanoke Rapids; brother, Ray Rooker and his wife, Kathy of Roanoke Rapids; six grandchildren, Kaitlyn Rooker Smith and her husband Kevin, Jacob Rooker, Justin Rooker, Candace Rooker, Cory Rooker, Melissa Rooker; and one Great Grandson, Kevin Ayden Smith.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, April 7, 2016 from 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. at Askew Funeral & Cremation Services.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the diabetes association.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.askewfs.com

“Winky” was born, September 13, 1945, in Halifax County to the late William Richard Bullock and Lula Mae Bullock King.

He was a veteran having served in the United States Navy and later was a mechanic with Jim Redwine’s Garage.

In addition to his parents, “Winky” was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Ann Bullock; brothers, Mike and Dennis King; sister, Judy Johnston and his faithful companion, Fat Cat.

Surviving are his sons, Ronald Bullock, Jr. and wife, Susan, of Eden, Thomas E. “Winky Jr.” Bullock and April Pittman of Roanoke Rapids and Richard Ray Bullock of Daytona Beach, FL; daughters, Elizabeth B. Mills, Teresa B. Shearin and husband, Dean, both of Roanoke Rapids, and Christina Marie Bullock; brothers, Winky’s twin brother Donald Wayne “Rooster” Bullock and his wife, Belinda, of Skippers, VA, Herbert Wilson King, Jr., David Lynn King and fiancé, Kim Shaw, both of Roanoke Rapids, Bill King of Gasburg, L.C. King, David “Pollock” Bullock, both of Roanoke Rapids, and Richard Bullock of Raleigh; sisters, Gloria Jean Mills and husband, Carol, of LaCrosse, VA, Pricilla Bullock of Emporia, and Deborah Bullock of Greensboro; grandchildren, Austin Bullock and wife, Katie, Justin Bullock, Raven B. Barnes and husband, Andre, Kenneth Mills and wife, Breanna, Melissa Butler and husband, Corey, Cole Ray Bullock, Jacob Bullock, Gary Shearin and Brad Shearin. Also surviving are 6 great grandchildren and two very special friends who were like daughters, Pam Martin and Sue Bullock.

The family will receive friends at Hockaday Funeral & Cremation Service Thursday, April 7, 2016, from 6-8 pm.

Rev. Annie Smith will conduct funeral services in the chapel at Hockaday Friday, April 8, 2016 at 11:00 am with interment to follow in Cedarwood Cemetery.

Online condolences may be sent to www.hockadayfs.com