Obituaries

Shirley Pearson

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Surrounded by family and friends, died September 17, 2018 at Beason Place in Greensboro, N.C.
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Elma Ernestine "Tina" Ross Griffin

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Wakefield VA - died peacefully on September 27, 2018. She is preceded in death by her husband, Dr. C.W. “Jack” Griffin Sr.; her parents, Elmer E. Ross and Hattie Borrell Ross; two sisters, Irma Molloy, Margie Hicks, and a brother, J.D. Ross. She is survived by her brother, Wallace Edwards; two sons, Clarence Wayne Griffin, Jr. and his wife, Susan Reagan Griffin, and Ross Laine Griffin and his wife, Heather Hill Griffin; four grandchildren, Reagan Griffin, Whitney Griffin, Alexis Watkins and Allie Watkins.
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William Douglas Weaver

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Tarboro, North Carolina, William Weaver, age 78, passed away on December 2, 2018. He was born December 10, 1939 in Norfolk, VA to the late Johnny Weaver and Mary Porter.
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Dr. Wilbert L. Chetty, 71, formerly of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina transitioned on September 26, 2021 at Nash UNC Health Care, Rocky Mount, NC.

A Visitation will be held for Dr. Chetty on Saturday, October 2, 2021 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Chapel of H.D. Pope Funeral Home, Roanoke Rapids, NC. 

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Graveside services will be held on Sunday, October 3, 2021 beginning at 1:00 pm at London Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids, NC. The Interment will immediately follow the service.

These professional services have been entrusted to H.D. Pope Funeral Home, 520 Smith Church Rd., Roanoke Rapids NC.

Due to COVID-19, H.D. Pope Funeral Home requires that all attendees to any service or visitation wear a face covering and practice social distance at all times. H.D. Pope Funeral Home staff has been trained to properly disinfect our chapels, lobbies, and restrooms after each service or visitation using state of the art Fog Sanitation.