ROCKY MOUNT - Willistine Manning Pridgen, age 87, passed away on July 6, 2025. Born in Nash County on October 27, 1937, she was the daughter of the late James Willis Manning and Edith Vick Manning Carden. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Edward Moses Manning.

Willistine is survived by her husband of 63 years, Johnie Earl Pridgen, Sr.; her son, Johnie Earl Pridgen, Jr. and his wife, Janet; and several nieces, nephews.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Rocky Mount with Rev. Wray Wheeless officiating. Burial will follow the service at Oakdale Cemetery in Spring Hope. Visitation with the family will be from 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made in Willistine's name to West Mount Baptist Church, 8487 West Mount Dr., Rocky Mount, NC 27803.