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Florene Crocker Rose

August 31, 1922 ~ May 22, 2011

M. Florene "Flo" Crocker Rose, age 88 of Highland, IL died Sunday, May 22, 2011. She was born August 31, 1922 in Nash County, NC, the daughter of Walter Owen and Emma Elizabeth (nee Qualls) Crocker. On May 04, 1940, she married James E. Rose who passed away on June 4, 1994. She was a member of Falls Road Baptist Church of Rocky Mount, NC. She was also a member of the Retired Railroad Workers. Mrs. Rose was born in Nash County on a farm in Nash County, North Carolina. She grew up on various farms before her marriage in 1940. She and her husband lived in Rocky Mount until November 2008 when she moved to Illinois to be with her daughter, Sandra. She liked to travel. She and her husband had visited the Holy Land. She liked to go to nursing homes and entertain the residents with singing. She loved her friends. Mrs. Rose had worked for Sears and J.C. Penneys. Survivors include two daughters, Sandra L. Reinacher and husband Darwin of Highland, IL and Emily J. Green of Mauldin SC; sister, Lois V. Davis of Rocky Mount, NC; brother, Elijah Houston "Dick" Crocker and wife Janice of Panama City, FL; son-in-law, Bill Creekmore of Riverside, NJ; and brother-in-law, Thomas H. Rose and wife Estelle of Roswell, GA. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; daughter, Jane Creekmore who died 11/28/2010 in Riverside, NJ; special friend, Ed Williams who died December 2005; and three brothers, Arvey Crocker, Bernard Crocker, and Wilton Crocker. Visitation will be held from 4:00pm to 8:00pm, Friday, May 27, 2011 at Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home in Rocky Mount NC. Funeral services will be held at 11:00am on Saturday, May 28, 2011 in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Steven D. Harduck officiating. Interment will be held at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimers Association, 1305 Navoho Drive, Suite 101, Raleigh NC 27609 or Shriners Childrens Hospital Fund, P.O. Box 490, New Bern NC 28563 or to the family. Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount NC 27804. You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief.com. Visitation Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services 1130 N. Winstead Ave. Rocky Mount, NC 27804 ID ) ); ?>"> --> 252-451-8800 --> | Friday 5/27, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Service Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services 1130 N. Winstead Ave. Rocky Mount, NC 27804 ID ) ); ?>"> --> 252-451-8800 --> | Saturday 5/28, 11:00 am Cemetery Rocky Mount Memorial Park 4454 Dortches Blvd., Hwy 43 Rocky Mount, NC 27804

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