ROCKY MOUNT - Mr. Alford “Al” Lou Sweatt, Jr. 86, died Saturday, August 21, 2010. He was born on January 6, 1924 to the late Alford Lou Sweatt, Sr. and Jessie F. Murray Sweatt. He was preceded in death by sisters: Ada Beatrice Roberts; Lottie Juanita Perkins; Anna Mary Evelyn Cobb; Jessie Louise Kimmer; and brothers James Fred Sweatt; John Murray Sweatt; Harrell Gordon Sweatt, Alvin Eugene Sweatt, and William Branch Sweet.

Funeral services were held at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, August 23, 2010 in the Chapel of Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home. The Rev. Charles F. Jones officiated. The family received friends from 6:00 until 7:00 p.m., one hour prior to the service, at the funeral home.
Mr. Sweatt was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery in Concord, NC on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 2:00 p.m., with a graveside service.

Arrangements by Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount.