Roosevelt Locklear, Sr.

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Birth: Apr. 4, 1907, USA

Death: Sep. 7, 1976 Laurinburg Scotland County North Carolina, USA

Roosevelt, Sr. was the son of Emily Locklear.

The following was taken from the Sep. 8, 1976 edition of THE ROBESONIAN:

Roosevelt Locklear, 69, of Route 2, Pembroke, died Tuesday in Scotland Memorial Hospital, Laurinburg.

The funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Greenpine Free Will Baptist Church, with burial in Lumbee Memorial Gardens. Officiating ministers will be the Rev. T. M. Swett, the Rev. Bobby D. Locklear and the Rev. Ertle Dial.

Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Genora Locklear; seven sons, Donald and Jerry Locklear of Baltimore, Md., Ray Locklear of Detroit, Mich., Roosevelt Locklear, Jr., of Pembroke, and Michael, Mitchell and Ronald D. Locklear, all of the home; eight daughters, Mrs. Jean Locklear, Mrs. Jessie L. Locklear, and Mrs. Regina Locklear, all of Pembroke, Mrs. Marilyn Locklear of Lumberton, Miss Jacqueline Locklear of Davis, Ill., and Misses Maxine, Mesea and Maria Locklear, all of the home; 14 grandchildren; a brother, Hugh W. Dial of Detroit, Mich.; five sisters, Mrs. Straudie Oxendine of Pembroke, Mrs. Maude Hunt, Mrs. Margie Chavis, and Mrs. Annie Blue, all of Lumberton, Mrs. Ella Revels of Maxton.

The body will be removed from Locklear & Son Funeral home to the residence Thursday afternoon to remain until the service Friday.

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Parents:

• Emily Locklear Dial (1880 - 1950)

Siblings:

• Roosevelt Locklear (1907 - 1976)
• Annie Lee Dial Blue (1914 - 2014)*
• Hugh Will Dial (1916 - 1995)*
• Calculated relationship

Burial: Lumbee Memorial Gardens Lumberton Robeson County North Carolina, USA

Created by: melanie Record added: Jul 10, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 73131323