ERNESTINE "HESTER" RICHARDSON


CASTALIA - Funeral services for Ernestine "Hester" Mitchell Richardson, 76, who died Monday, March 28, 2016, will be held Saturday, April 2, at 11 a.m. at Luther's Chapel Holiness Church in Castalia, with Elder Sarah Brake officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Hills Cemetery.

Surviving: daughters, Elder Sarah Brake, Lossie Wardrick (Larry) and Deborah Melton (Alonza), all of Castalia; son, Duncan Eric Mitchell of Castalia; sisters, Dorothine Hunter (David) of Castalia, Sandra Sharpe (Bill) of Virginia Beach, Va., and Linda Mitchell of Rocky Mount; brothers, Willie Mitchell (Mary) of Spring Hope, Isaac Mitchell of Whitakers and Anthony Mitchell (Mary Ann) of Rocky Mount; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Open visitation will be held at Richardson Funeral Home in Nashville on Friday, April 1, from 3 to 7 p.m.

Arrangements by Richardson Funeral Home, Nashville.