Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call today his own: He who, secure within, can say, Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today. Be fair or foul or rain or shine The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine. Not Heaven itself upon the past has power, But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.

Mr. Oliver Cedric Jones, age 58, of 4808 Swift Creek School Road in Whitakers, North Carolina departed this life on Friday, September 27, 2019 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

Funeral services will be conducted Friday, October 4, 2019 at 1:00 PM at St. Paul Baptist Church in Warrenton, North Carolina. Burial will follow at church cemetery.

He leaves to cherish his memories; two sisters, Maggie Harrison (Jerome) of Rocky Mount, North Carolina and Tanya Jones Carter of Warrenton, North Carolina; two brothers, Steve Richardson (Sheila) of Macon, North Carolina and Reggie Jones of Dallas Texas; one aunt, Hermenia Silver of Enfield, North Carolina; three uncles, Roark Silver, Elbert Richardson and Waverly Richardson (Addie) all of Macon, North Carolina; special friends, Darlene “Doll-Baby” Williams, Sarah Richardson, Haszal Mills, Jr. and Charlie “Bernie” Silver; a circle of nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, cousins, classmates and friends.

The body will be on view at the funeral home on Thursday, October 3, 2019 starting at 11:00 AM until 5:00 PM.