ROCKY MOUNT - Mr. Joseph Leroy Freeman, 60, of Rocky Mount, departed this life on Saturday, December 25, 2010.

A visitation for Mr. Freeman was held from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 2, 2011 in the Rocky Mount Chapel of H. D. Pope Funeral Home. Funeral services were held at 1:00 p.m., on Monday, January 3, 2011, also in the Rocky Mount Chapel of H. D. Pope Funeral Home. Pastor Raymond T. Matthews of St. Mark’s Baptist Church in Washington, DC, officiated. The interment took place immediately following the service in Pineview Cemetery in Rocky Mount.