MAURICE G. COLBERT


LOUISBURG - Maurice Graham Colbert, 85, died Sunday morning, Nov. 12, 2017 at this home. A graveside service will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Red Bud Baptist Church cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service.

Maurice was a son of the late John O. "Jack" and Susie P. Colbert. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Marshall Colbert; sister, Edna Sutton; brothers, Wallace Colbert and J.W. Colbert.

Surviving: daughters, Patricia C. Branch, Joyce C. (Johnny) Pleasants, Pam C. Forsythe, Donna (Fred) Dancy; sons, Freddie (Florence) Colbert, Jerry (Donna) Colbert; sisters, Minnie Wilson and Evelyn (Macon) Jones; brothers, Richard Colbert and Stanley (Von) Colbert; 10 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren.

Arrangements are by Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, www.stricklandfuneralhome.net.