George Dennis Batts

GEORGE DENNIS BATTS, USN RETIRED, AGE 56, DIED SUNDAY.
HE WAS A NATIVE OF SHARPSBURG, SON OF THE LATE CHARLIE M. AND FANNIE JOYNER BATTS. HE RETIRED FROM THE US NAVY IN 1969 AFTER 30 YEARS SERVICE.
SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE, PAULINE SMITH BATTS; THREE SONS, PHILLIP OF MECHANICSVILLE, MD., GEORGE D. JR. OF JACKSONVILLE, FL., AND JOSEPH E. BATTS OF THE HOME; THREE DAUGHTERS, MRS. PAULETTE BURROUGHS OF MECHANICSVILLE, MD., MISS MARY KATHY BATTS AND MISS DEBRA BATTS, BOTH OF THE HOME; FOUR GRANDCHILDREN; SIX BROTHERS, CHARLIE L., WILLIAM C., JOHN H., JAMES D., RICHARD E. AND THOMAS A. BATTS, ALL OF ROCKY MOUNT; FIVE SISTERS, MRS. ESTELLE DAVIS, MRS. JESSIE LANCASTER AND MRS. RACHEL WILLIAMS, ALL OF ROCKY MOUNT; MRS. ELIZABETH LONG OF GOLDSBORO AND MRS. POLLY FUSSELL OF MILLBROOK.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED TUESDAY AT 2PM AT JOHNSON FUNERAL HOME BY THE REV. WADE GOLDSTON. BURIAL WILL BE IN ROCKY MOUNT MEMORIAL PARK.
FRIENDS MAY CALL AT THE HOME, 640 POWELL DRIVE OR AT THE FUNERAL HOME.