ESTHER ROLLINS



YOUNGSVILLE - Esther Lee Underhill Rollins, 84, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at her home. Funeral services were conducted Friday, June 27, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home, Wake Forest. Burial followed in Pine Forest Memorial Gardens.

She was born in Johnston County, the daughter of the late Hester Smith Underhill and Percy F. L. Underhill.

Surviving: her daughters, Patricia Wicker (Timothy) of Garner and Helen Privette (Donald) of Wake Forest; son, Louis Rollins Jr. of Youngsville; sisters, Florence Vernon and Helen Frances Peele, both of Virginia, and Ruby Briley of Tarboro; brother, Percy Underhill of Washington; 11 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Alva Rollins Sr.; a son, Percy E. Rollins; brother, William Henry Underhill; sister, Martha E. Underhill.

Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 1300 St. Mary’s Street, 4th Floor, Raleigh, NC 27605.