GENEVA P. COLBERT


CASTALIA - Geneva Patterson Colbert, 96, died Saturday morning, July 1, 2006.

Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 4, at Red Bud Baptist Church, with the Rev. Leo Lowery and the Rev. Jack Edge officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

Surviving: daughters, Virgie C. Halstead of Ardmore, Okla., Agnes C. Layton (Jimmy) of Spring Hope; sons, Henry N. Colbert (Frances) of Spring Hope, Furman Colbert (Kay) of Apex; 10 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren.

Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to Red Bud Baptist Church, Building Fund, 1284 NC Hwy. 58, Castalia, NC 27816 or Duke Memorial Baptist Church, Building Fund, c/o Eva Medlin, 1293 Edward Best Rd., Louisburg, NC 27549.

Arrangements handled by Strickland Funeral Home, Louisburg.