PRAYER REQUEST

Mrs. Irene Avant Bledsoe, 80, of Rockingham, went to be with her Lord, Saturday, July 24, 2010, at First Health Richmond Memorial Hospital.

She was born in Richmond County, Feb. 3, 1930, daughter of Guthrie T. Avant and Olivia Simmons Avant. Mrs. Bledsoe was a member of New Covenant Christian Fellowship and a homemaker.

Visitation will be Monday, July 26, 2010 at Harrington Funeral Home from 7-9 p.m. At other times the family will be at the home of her son, 241 Lakeview Trail, Rockingham.

Funeral Services will be Tuesday, July 27, 2010, at 2 p.m. at New Covenant Christian Fellowship with Rev. Chris Young officiating. Burial will follow at Northam Cemetery.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her late husband, Wayne Bledsoe; sister, Daisy Dennis; and brothers, G.T., Oscar, Roy, Cecil and Leo Avant.

Survivors include her daughter, Teresa B. Morton and husband Tommy of Lilesville; son, Phillip Bledsoe and wife, Wanda of Rockingham; four grandchildren, Brent Bledsoe, Jason Miller, Dennis Miller, and Stacy Bledsoe; two great-grandchildren, Madison Bledsoe and Branson Miller; close friends, Joan Ginn & Connie Benoist; and a number of nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made in Irene’s memory to New Covenant Christian Fellowship, 120 Hamer Road, Rockingham, NC 28379, a place Irene truly loved.

Harrington Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the family of Mrs. Bledsoe.

Online condolences may be made @www.harringtonfuneralhome.com

JAMES 5: 13 -16 IS ANY ONE OF YOU IN TROUBLE? HE SHOULD PRAY. IS ANY ONE HAPPY? LET HIM SING SONGS OF PRAISE. IS ANY ONE SICK? HE SHOULD CALL THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH TO PRAY OVER HIM AND ANOINT HIM WITH OIL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. AND THE PRAYER OFFERED IN FAITH WILL MAKE THE SICK PERSON WELL; THE LORD WILL RAISE HIM UP. IF HE HAS SINNED, HE WILL BE FORGIVEN. THEREFORE CONFESS YOUR SINS TO EACH OTHER AND PRAY FOR EACH OTHER SO THAT YOU MAY BE HEALED. THE PRAYER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN IS POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE.