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Deaths in Rocky Mount and Surrounding Areas
Stanley C. Whitaker died in a Rocky Mount hospital Sunday afternoon about 5 30 Funeral services were Tuesday afternoon at 3 30 conducted by Rev P F Newton and Rev Stubbins Interment was in Whitakers Chapel Cemetery Surviving are his wife the former Blanche Brevans one sister Mrs D A Ricks three brothers Lawrence John Cary and Hubert Lizzie Sewell 77 died Thursday at her daughter's home in Norfolk Funeral services were Saturday at Rosemary Baptist Church Roanoke Rapids Burial was in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery Survivors include two sons Clarence and George Sewell a daughter Mrs Thelma Long and 15 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Ernest E Dickens 57 died Sunday morning at his home in Hills Cross Roads Halifax County Funeral services were held Monday at 2 from the Scotland Neck Funeral Home Burial was in the Baptist Cemetery in Scotland Neck beside his wife who died 22 years ago He is survived by two sons Hut Enfield and Danford Scotland Neck a daughter Mrs James Neal of Portsmouth two brothers Cleveland and Percy Scotland Neck two sisters Mrs Jerry Wilson and Mrs C G Barnhill Scotland Neck He was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.