Jerolene Diggs Dyson, 79, of 408 Five Bridge Road, Clinton, died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at her home.

The funeral will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, at First United Methodist Church in Clinton, with the Reverend Robert Redmond officiating.

An Interment service will be held at 3 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, at East-Side Cemetery in Rockingham.

The family will receive friends following the funeral service on Thursday afternoon at First United Methodist Church in Clinton and other times at the home.

Dyson, born in Richmond County, was the daughter of the late Henry Clay Diggs and Addie Marie Grant Diggs. She was a retired teacher’s aide and a member of First United Methodist Church in Clinton.

She is survived by her husband, Danny Dyson of the home; three children, Jan Edwards of Clinton, Danny Dyson and wife Sandy of Raleigh, and Mary Ann Dyson of Clinton; a brother, Jack Diggs (JoAn) of Rockingham; a sister, Sue Cummings (Don) of Garner and three grandchildren.

Arrangements are by Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral Home, 118 Fayetteville Street, Clinton, NC 28328.