LOUISBURG - Howard Washington Faulkner, 85, of the Alert Community, died Saturday afternoon, May 30, 2015. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Alert Pentecostal Holiness Church.

He was a son of the late William "Mann" and Pattie Faulkner. He retired from Harriett Henderson Cotton Mill after 31 years of service.

Surviving: his wife, Blanche Faulkner; daughter Connie F. (Keith) Tharrington; sons, Tommy Faulkner and Randy Faulkner; brother, James (Susan) Faulkner, all of Louisburg; sister, Rachel Finch of Garner; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Arrangements are by Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, Louisburg, www.stricklandfuneralhome.net.