Mrs. Thelma Rowe Bennett, 85, a resident of Blounts Creek, died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Vidant Inpatient Hospice, Greenville. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2013, at Smyrna Free Will Baptist Church, Blounts Creek. Burial will be private at Esau Rowe Cemetery. Arrangements are by Paul Funeral Home & Crematory, Washington.