Wilbur Robin Pridgen
March 8, 1924 – January 26, 2012

Wilbur Robin Pridgen, 87, of Wilson died Thursday.  Funeral Services will be 7 p.m. Sunday at Joyner’s Funeral Home, 4100 Raleigh Road Parkway.  The Pastor Leo Bennett will conduct the service.  Burial will be Monday at 11 a.m. in Evergreen Memorial Park.

The family will receive friends Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
 
Wilbur was a loving husband, father, grandfather and friend to all.  He was a Wilson County Sheriff and law officer for thirty three years.  He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during War World II. He was a lifetime member of Mt Zion United Methodist Church.  

He is survived by his wife, Janet Gay Mercer Pridgen; daughter, Robin Bess Pridgen Mercer of Wilson; step- daughter, Gail Joyner and husband, Dean of Wilson; step-son Ray Mercer and wife Mary Jo of Bailey; daughter-in-law Martha Pridgen of Wilson; grandsons Jonathan Pridgen and wife, Sharon of Wilson; Robbie Mercer of Wilson; Matthew Mercer and wife, Natalie of Wilson; great-grandsons, Jackson and Jacob Pridgen of Wilson; step-grand-daughter, Renee Vick of Wilson; step-grandson Brandon Mercer and Bradley Mercer of Bailey; step-great-grandson, Matthew Vick of  Wilson; sisters, Huldah Hart of Elm City and Dora Jane Joyner of Elm City; brother, Fred Pridgen and wife Doris of Elm City; special friends Dewayne and Elaine Honeycutt of  Bailey.

He was preceded in death by his parents; Thomas and Lillie Duke Pridgen; his first wife Marjorie Thompson Pridgen; son Wilbur  T. “Butch” Pridgen;  sister Patsy Pridgen Finch and three brothers, Richard, Thomas and William “Dub” Pridgen.

Flowers are welcome or memorial donations may be made to Mt. Zion United Methodist  Church, 5326 London Church Road, Elm City NC 27822 or the Silver Lake Volunteer Fire Department,  5215 Hornes Church Road, Wilson NC  27896.   

Condolences may be directed to www.joyners.net.