SPRING HOPE - Annie Beatrice Joyner Richardson, 77, passed away August 15, 2008. Funeral services were conducted on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 1:00 p.m. at Bunn Chapel Baptist Church, Nashville. Burial was at Spring Hope Memorial Gardens.

Survivors include daughters, Connie Lucas, of Spring Hope, Diane Avent, of Rocky Mount, Elvira Pearce, of Annandale, VA, Stephanie Richardson, of North Cape May, NJ; sons, Ricky Richardson, of Rocky Mount, Kenneth Richardson, of North Cape May, NJ, and Johnny Richardson, of Rocky Mount; sisters, Dorothy Drake and Mildred Richardson, of Rocky Mount, Bertha McClain, of Pinetops; Shirley Evans, of Raleigh, Dixie Lucas, of Spring Hope, Annette Joyner and Hattie Joyner, both of Red Oak and Gloria Congleton, of Roanoke Rapids; brothers, James Joyner, of Spring Hope and Bobby Joyner, of Va Desto, GA; 22 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren.

Services entrusted to William Toney’s Funeral Home, Spring Hope.