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Louisburg, NC -- Funeral services for Early "Bay" Thomas, age 87, who died on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, will be held on Saturday, February 21, at 12 p.m. from the Old Liberty Baptist Church in Louisburg, NC.

BUNN, NC -- Edith Jewell Bailey, age 103, of Bunn, NC, died the morning of February 11, 2026.

Jewell was born on November 16, 1922, to the late Clyde Blythe Mullen and Bertha Brewer Mullen. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thurston Bailey, and her siblings, O'Deyne Mullen, Ann Mullen Williams, Bertha Mullen Kearney and Maurice Mullen.

Louisburg, NC -- Funeral services for Harris "Truman" Hedgepeth, age 80, who died on Friday, February 13, 2026, will be held on Sunday, February 22, at 3 p.m. from the Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, NC.

Nashville, NC -- Funeral services for Jeanetta Alston, age 82, who died on Saturday, February 14, 2026, will be held on Saturday, February 21, at 5 p.m. from the Richardson Funeral Home in Louisburg, NC. She was born March 5, 1943.

ZEBULON, NC -- Mattie Pearce Whitley, 95, of Zebulon, died Friday morning, February 13, 2026, at Wake Med.

Born February 26, 1930, Mattie was the daughter of the late Joe and Florence Perry Pearce. She was preceded in death by her, husband, Joe Whitley; daughter, Janet Phelan; two grandchildren; brother, Joe Lee Pearce; sisters, Helen Leonard, Mary Wilson, and Florine Johnson.

Kittrell, NC -- Funeral services for Melvin L. White Jr., age 62, who died on Wednesday, February 11, 2026, will be held on Saturday, February 21, at 2 p.m. from the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Louisburg, NC with Rev. Angie Brown, officiating.