Staff

Earl Emory McKeithan, Jr., age 79, of Rocky Mount, passed away on Friday, April 10, 2015. He was born on June 29, 1935 in Columbus County, NC to the late Earl Emory McKeithan, Sr and LuLu Muzelle Dutton McKeithan.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Alice Fipps McKeithan of Rocky Mount; daughters, Donna M. Long and her husband Edward of Rocky Mount, Leanne Collart and her husband William "Bill" of Rocky Mount, Susan Alexander of Fuquay Varina and Patricia Taveras and her husband David of New Bern; 9 grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednesday April 15, 2015 at Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home and Cremation Services, with Rev. Bill Grisham officating. Burial followed at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Whiteville, NC.
Arrangements by Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home and Cremations, Rocky Mount.