Survivors are: children, Tessie Dockery, Ronnie, Patrick, Darrell and Lavonda; companion, Bernice Taylor; sisters, Doretha, Clarrie, Belinda, Jessie; brothers, Hubert, John; and 23 grandchildren.
The funeral was held Saturday, July 4 at 3 p.m. in J.W. Turlington School. Burial was in Center Grove Church cemetery in Red Springs