Ruth P Vinson

ROCKY MOUNT – Ruth “Polly” Price Vinson, age 92, passed away on Monday, October 30, 2017.  Born in Norfolk, VA on February 22, 1925, she was the only child of the late Herbert R. Price and Ruth Burton Price.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Nelson Paige Vinson.
Polly leaves behind to cherish her memory, son, Nelson P. Vinson of Battleboro; daughters, Cindy Pridgen and husband, Dale, of Rocky Mount, Ruth Coker and husband, Matt, of Rocky Mount, Vicki Evans and husband, Gene, of Nashville, and Leslie Medlin and husband, Jimmy, of Rocky Mount.  She is also survived by grandchildren, Kathy Vinson, Jennifer Harriss and husband Meader, Justin Tant, Elizabeth Tant and husband, Brian Blackmon, Mark Evans and wife, Amanda, Robin Jackson and husband, Adam, Leigh Anne Thurston and husband, Randy, and Melissa Medlin; great-grandchildren,    O. R. Harriss, Lee Harriss, Benjamin Blackmon, Tommy Evans, Seth Evans, Abby Thurston, Jackson Thurston, and Micah Thurston.
A Celebration of Polly’s Life will be held on Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church, 200 S. Church Street, Rocky Mount with Rev. Larry Curtis and Rev. Bill Grisham officiating.  Visitation with the family will be from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM prior to the service in the Narthex of First Baptist Church.
Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 200 S. Church Street, Rocky Mount, NC  27804; St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude’s Place, Memphis, TN  38105; or Meals on Wheels, 1501 Sunset Ave., Rocky Mount, NC  27804.
Arrangements entrusted to Wheeler & Woodlief Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 1130 N. Winstead Avenue, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.  You may share memories and condolences with the family by visiting www.wheelerwoodlief