Vanna Lou Rives Adkins, 77, died Saturday, September 22, 2012.
A graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 27, 2012 at Elmwood Cemetery in Enfield. The Reverend Alvin Davis will be presiding.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 26, 2012 at Letchworth Funeral Home in Scotland Neck.
Vanna Lou was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and special friend to many.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Nicholson Adkins; and her grandson, Cory Glenn Adkins.
Vanna Lou is survived by her daughters, Deborah Pierce and husband Joseph and Barbara Matthews and husband Michael all of Rocky Mount; son, Robert Adkins and wife Beverly of Oakwood, GA and six grandchildren, Wesley Matthews, Colin Matthews, Kristen Pierce, Chandler Pierce, Heather Salters, and Jami Adkins.
Flowers are welcome or memorial contributions may be made to the Halifax County Humane Society, P.O. Box 652, Halifax, NC 27839.
Arrangements are being handled by Letchworth Funeral Home in Scotland Neck.