Courtland – Rudolph Ezzell, 63, died September 27, 2008. Born in Columbus County, N. C., he was a son of the late Alma Mae Richardson and William Odell Ezzell. He was predeceased by two sisters, Alma Blythe and Alene Andrews. Rudolph was a retired millwright from Union Camp Corporation and a member of Sedley Baptist Church.
Left to cherish his memory is a daughter, Vanessa E. Pair and husband, William, of Lawrenceville; a son, Stevie L. Ezzell, Sr. and wife, Nancy, of Courtland; 10 grandchildren; two sisters, Alice Hewitt of Sedley, Pansy Hardwick of Pearl, Ms; two brothers, Paul Ezzell and Roger Ezzell, both of Whiteville, NC.; his former wife, Vera Blythe Copas of Franklin.
The funeral service will be conducted Thursday at 3 pm at Sedley Baptist Church with the Rev. Armand Jalbert and the Rev. David Dillon officiating. Internment will follow at Lankford Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 7 to 9 pm at Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, and suggests memorials be made to Sedley Volunteer Fire Department, 18080 Johnson's Mill Road, Sedley, Va. 23878.
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