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LOUISBURG, NC--George Wilson Hunter Jr., 74, of Louisburg, passed away on December 1, 2021. He was born on March 11, 1947 to the late George and Estelle Rogers Hunter.

FRANKLINTON, NC--John Boyce Manning, 63, of Franklinton, died November 27, 2021. He was born on July 10, 1958, in Rocky Mount, NC to the late Patria Gurganus and Charles Muriel Manning Jr. . In addition to his parents , John was predeceased by, Scarlett Bailey Manning, the mother of his children.

Rosenell Lewis Van Deusen, 89, died Wednesday, December 1, 2021. She was born on February 15, 1932, in McColl, South Carolina. Rosenell served in the Women's Air Force (WAF) from 1956-57, where she met and married the love of her life, Leo Joseph Van Deusen, I. They were married 53 years at the time of Leo's death in 2011. After the Air Force, Rosenell worked at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center as a Medical Records Clerk. In 1969, she graduated from Worth Business College with a degree in Secretarial Science. Later, Rosenell graduated from Vance-Granville Community College with an Associate in Nursing. She worked as an LPN at Dorothea Dix Hospital, North Carolina Department of Corrections Women's Prison and Central Prison, all in Raleigh, North Carolina.

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY--Funeral services for Willie Mae Kenon, age 91, formerly of Louisburg, NC, who died on Saturday, December 4, 2021 will be held 12 noon, Monday, December 13, from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg with Rev. Timothy Walker officiating. Burial will follow in the Mitchell Church Cemetery.