LOUISBURG--Blanche Dickerson Faulkner, 83, of the Alert Community, died Monday morning, April 23, 2018. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

She was a daughter of the late Ernest and Lillie Belle Dickerson. She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Faulkner; one grandson; sisters, Annie Pendergrass and Florence Clark; brothers, Steve Dickerson, Sam Dickerson and Lee Dickerson.

Surviving: daughter, Connie F. (Keith) Tharrington; sons, Tommy Faulkner and Randy Faulkner; sister, Mary (Peter) Ayscue, all of Louisburg; one grandchild; one great-grandchild.

Arrangements are by Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, Louisburg, www.stricklandfuneralhome.net.