Elner J. Dildy, age 75, passed away at home on February 23, 2014. Born in Johnston County on August 11, 1938, she was the daughter of the late William Franklin Jones and Nettie Worley Jones. Mrs. Dildy was predeceased by her husband John B. Dildy; plus three brothers and three sisters.
She is survived by two daughters, Darlene D. Pellum and Kay D. Denton; three sons, Johnny Lynn Dildy, Edgar Dale Dildy and William Earl Dildy; sister, Billie Jean Allen; 9 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; special sister-in-law, Olga Strickland; and many nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at  Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Wilson with Rev. Timothy Mather officiating.
Arrangements by Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home,  Rocky Mount.