ROCKY MOUNT – Joseph Battle, 88, of Rocky Mount, died on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, at Hunter Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rocky Mount.

Visitation was held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, in the Rocky Mount Chapel of H.D. Pope Funeral Home.  A graveside service was held at 1:00 p.m. , also on Tuesday, August 9, 2011, at Gardens of Gethsemane Cemetery in Rocky Mount.