ROCKY MOUNT –– Nathan Columbus Alston, 81, of Rocky Mount, passed away Thursday, April 17, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at St. Paul’s Baptist Church in Rocky Mount. The Interment will take place immediately after the Service, in Rocky Mount Memorial Park in Rocky Mount. Arrangements by H.D. Pope Funeral Home in Rocky Mount.