DOROTHY L. PEMBERTON


LOUISBURG - Dorothy Melissa Leonard Pemberton, 88, died Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 in New York City, N.Y. Funeral services were conducted Monday, Sept. 18, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, with Evangelist Joseph Henry Leonard officiating. Burial was in Oakwood Cemetery in Louisburg.

She was the daughter of the late Hugh and Martha Debnam Leonard. Mrs. Pemberton was employed by St. Luke’s Hospital in New York City. She retired in 1985 after 29 years of service.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alexander Pemberton, and her six siblings, Edward, Lanier, Zophia, Margaret, Venus and Joseph.

Surviving: one nephew; three nieces; and a number of cousins and friends.