Agnes Phelps

Four Oaks, NC:  Mrs. Agnes Cornelia Wilkins Phelps, age 100, of 702 Tucker Street died Tuesday at her residence.  Graveside Service will be 3:00 PM Friday at Piney Grove PFWB Church Cemetery. Officiating will be Rev. Calvin Edgerton.Mrs. Phelps was born on December 4, 1917 in Johnston County to the late Charnie Longbranch and Mamie Ila Wallace Wilkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Edward Phelps; son, Charles Phelps; daughter, Margaret P. Batten; and brothers, Merlin Wilkins and Herman Wilkins.   Mrs. Phelps was a homemaker, avid quilter, as well as having raised many children in the Four Oaks community who called her "Granny" and was a member of  Piney Grove PFWB Church.Surviving are her daughter, Dianne Harper of Four Oaks; 7 grandchildren; 18 Great Grandchildren; 14 Great-Great Grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.Family will receive friends Thursday from 6:00PM to 8:00PM at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks and other times at the home.Flowers are welcomed; however memorials maybe made to The Lighthouse Ministries 9856 Hwy 210 Four Oaks, North Carolina 27524 .Arrangements by Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Four Oaks, NC 27524.Service Information