ROCKY MOUNT - Bessie M. Mann, 96, of Rocky Mount, died on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Heritage Hospital in Tarboro.

There was a visitation from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with the funeral service beginning at 12:00 Noon, on Saturday, May 7, 2011, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, NC. The interment took place immediately following the service in the Oakland Cemetery in Nashville.