Carl Franklin Bottoms

Pikeville – Mr. Carl Franklin Bottoms, 75, of 600 W. Main Street, died Monday at Wayne Memorial Hospital.

A native of Wilson County, he was the son of the late Norman Bottoms and Lillian Hawkins Bottoms and was co-owner of KLB, Inc. Mr. Bottoms was a member of St. Joseph United Methodist Church and served his country in the United States Navy.

Funeral services will be Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bryan Huffman officiating. A private family interment will be held Thursday at Pikeville Cemetery.

Mr. Bottoms is survived by his wife, Edna Fleming Bottoms; his daughters, Sue B. Wade and husband, Leslie of Fredericksburg, VA, Cynthia B. Furcron of Goldsboro and Jane Bottoms of Kernersville; his grandchildren, Jason Thomas Furcron, Jennifer Leigh Furcron, Michael Bryan Higgins, Della Marie Higgins and Emily Clark; and his sister-in-law, Dalen Bottoms of Wilson.

He was preceded in death by his brothers, Jake Bottoms, Reese Bottoms and Donahue Bottoms; and his sister, Rubenia Daniels.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made to the Eastern Alzheimers Association, 400 Oberlin Road, Suite 208, Raleigh, NC 27605 or to St. Joseph United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 43, Pikeville, NC 27863.

The family will receive friends Wednesday following the service at Seymour Funeral Home and other times at his home.