Dorothy Mae Meadows Curling, age 96, of Roanoke Rapids, died Thursday, January 12, 2017.

Dorothy, a native of Halifax County, was the daughter of the late Harvey Leon and Edith Toler Meadows. She is also preceded in death by a son, George O. Roberts; a great-granddaughter, Jilead Cates; three sisters and four brothers.

Dorothy was retired from J.P. Stevens and was a member of Victory Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, Harold L. Curling; her daughter, Cheryl R. Jordan and Donald “Bubba” Baird of Roanoke Rapids; her son, R. Wayne Roberts and his wife, Angela, of Winston-Salem; daughter-in-law, Carolyn Roberts of Roanoke Rapids; three stepsons, Harold Curling, Jr. and his wife, Rebecca, of Pagosa, CO, Robert Alton Curling and Colleen of New Orleans, LA, Warren Keith Curling and Robbie of Baja, MS; five grandchildren, Phillip Roberts of Raleigh, Dr. Sonya Cates and her husband, Jeffery, of Winston-Salem, Kelly Roberts and his wife, Karon, of Raleigh, Marty Roberts and his wife, Teresa, of Ocean Side, CA, and Nicky Roberts and his wife, Karan, of Knightdale; ten great-grandchildren, Samantha Cates, Susanna Cates, Jesse David Cates, Luaran, Kelsey, Cassidy, Maegan, Joseph, Karson and Makenna Roberts; and seven stepgrandchildren.

Memorial services will be held on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 2:30 P.M. in the chapel of Askew Funeral and Cremation Services with Rev. Jeremy Kobernat officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Victory Baptist Church, 2360 Bolling Road, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870.

The family will receive friends on Sunday from 1:30 until the service time at the funeral home.