WASHINGTON D.C. - Funeral services for William Ray Rosser, 58, formerly of Hollister, who died Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009 were conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, with the Rev. Ricky Battle officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Surviving: wife, Pauline E. Rosser of the home; daughters, Paulette Watkins of Oxon Hill, Md., and Nita Rosser of Washington, D.C.; sons, William J. Rosser and Jerry Rosser, both of Washington, D.C.; sisters, Dorothy Lynch of Castalia, Julie Lumpkin of New Carrollton, Md., Pattie Henry of Landover, Md., and Evangeline Battle of Capital Heights, Md.; brother, Napoleon Coley of Hollister; and five grandchildren.

Wake services were from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17 at Richardson Funeral Home in Nashville.