Thursday, July 16, 2015 8:37 am

Ethel Gantt, 81, of Rocky Mount, passed away on July 15, 2015.

Ethel was preceded in death by her older sister: Irene Mozell; two brothers: Willis, Jr. and William Lloyd Richardson; an uncle and an aunt: Rev. Chester and Rebecca Frazier, and one son, Carlton Gantt.

She married Raymond H. Gantt, Sr.

She is survived by her children: Raymond (Eunice) Gantt, Jr., Carolyn Gantt, Jeanine (William) Little, and Felicia (Keith) Gamble; a daughter-in-law: Amanda Gantt; four brothers: John (Geneva) Richardson, Roosevelt Richardson, James (Erma) Richardson, and Robert Richardson; and a host of grandchildren; great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Services were held Sunday, July 19, 2015 at Red Budd Holy Church in Rocky Mount. The Interment was at Gardens of Gethsemane in Rocky Mount,

Arrangements by H.D. Pope Funeral Home, Rocky Mount.