LOUISBURG - Zoila Maria Garcia Flannagan, 97, died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 at Louisburg Nursing Center in Louisburg.

A religious service will be conducted at 11 a.m. today (Saturday, Aug. 23) at Christ Church in Raleigh, a Parrish of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina. The Rev. Nancy J. Allison will officiate. Her ashes will be interred in the Christ Church Memorial Garden immdiately following the service. There will be a reception in the parlor and lobby after the interment.

She was born in Havana, Cuba. She was the publisher of three books of poetry and was active in the Raleigh Little Theatre for many years as a wardrobe mistress, and was given an award.

Surviving: her son, Dennis Broadus Flannagan (Nora, a native of Bunn) of Raleigh; and two nephews.

Arrangements are by Strickland Funeral Home, Louisburg.