LOUISBURG - Willie "Pete" Horton Jr., 81, died Sunday morning, Feb. 10, 2019. A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at New Hope Christian Church cemetery.

He was a retired truck driver. He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie Horton Sr. and Martha Tharrington Horton; and stepmother, Virginia Horton.

Surviving: sisters, Kannie Perry, Jewell Mullen, Edna Faye Cash and Barbara Massey (Garry); brothers, Freddie Horton (Jane) and Milton Horton (Connie); several nieces and nephews.

Arrangements by Strickland Funeral Home, 103 W. Franklin St., Louisburg. www.stricklandfuneralhome.net