FRANKLINTON - Willie Henry Bragg Jr., 77, died Friday, Oct. 31, 2008 at Wake Medical Center. Funeral services were Monday morning, Nov. 3, in the chapel of Bright Funeral Home in Wake Forest, with the Rev. David Averette officiating. Burial followed in Fairview Cemetery.

He was born in Vance County, son of the late Elizabeth Dixon Bragg and Willie Henry Bragg Sr., and was preceded in death by two sisters, Margaret Harris and Dorothy Collery.

He was retired from Burlington Mills as a supervisor and was a member of Franklinton Baptist Church.

Surviving: wife, Frances Bragg; daughter, Debbie Dorsey of Franklinton; sons, Wayne Bragg of Raleigh, Tommy Bragg of Franklinton and Dennis Bragg of Wake Forest; brother, Raymond Bragg of Franklinton; sister, Ruby Maroney of Franklinton; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren; www.brightfunerals.com