BATTLEBORO –– James “Booga Rat” Columbus Whitaker, 80, of Battleboro, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Funeral Services were held Saturday, March 22, 2014 in Light of Peace Missionary Baptist Church in Rocky Mount; Bishop Lonnie Braswell officiated. The Interment took place immediately after the Service, in Gardens of Gethsemane in Rocky Mount. Arrangements by H.D. Pope Funeral Home in Rocky Mount.