Virginia Seleta Fisher Rose, age 81, passed away May 1, 2014. Born on her family’s farm in Whitakers to the late John (Jack) Thomas Fisher, Jr. and Virginia Seleta Turner Fisher. She was also preceded in death by her brother Kenneth Fisher and sister-in-law Almeta.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Eugene Wilson Rose, Sr.; son Eugene Wilson Rose, Jr.(Hope) of Red Oak; daughter Lisa Ray (Tony) of Norman, Oklahoma; daughter Donna Cooper (David) of Whitakers; 8 grandchildren; one great grandchild; two step grandchildren and four step great grandchildren; sister,  Minnie Jo Gay (Norman) of Whitakers, and two brothers John Fisher (Sylvia) and Donald Fisher (Cynthia) of Rocky Mount.
A funeral service was held Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at  Sunset Avenue Baptist Church with Dr. Robin Fisher and Rev. Steve Roberson officiating. Burial  followed at Rocky Mount Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Friends of Hospice of Nash General, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive, Rocky Mount NC 27804 or the UNC Womens Cancer Research Center for Peritoneal Cancer Research “UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, CB#7295 UNC, at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-7295.C 27599-7295.
Arrangements by Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, Rocky Mount.