FRANKLINTON—Funeral services for Joe Alston, 89, who died Sunday, March 10, 2013, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, with the Rev. Samuel Tunstall officiating. Burial will follow in the Union Grove Church cemetery.

Surviving: sister, Naomi Alston of Irvington, N.J.

Open visitation will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 16, at Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg.

Arrangements by Richardson Funeral Home, Louisburg.