Ernest Alton Dean, Jr., 73 passed away Thursday, February 11, 2016 at Granville Medical Center.

A native of Granville County he was the son of the late Alton Dean, Sr. and Audrey Lee Dean. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church and was a retired senior shop foreman at Athol Manufacturing for over forty-eight years. He was also an avid farmer.

Funeral services will be conducted 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 13, 2016 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church by Rev. Keith Williams and Rev. Randy Pittman. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Surviving are two daughters, Vickie Dean Boyd (Danny) of Oxford, Joy Lynn Dean of Rougemont, a step-daughter, Kathy Denny of Oxford, two granddaughters, Katie Denny Strickland and Casey Lynn Denny, a grandson, Jordan Dean Doolittle and lifelong companion, Jean Collins Bailey, along with Jean’s children, Scottie Bailey and Chris Bailey and Jean’s grandchildren, Timothy, Collin, Brent and Caleb Bailey.

Visitation will be held Friday evening February 12, 2016 from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. at Eakes Funeral Home in Oxford and at other times at the home of William and Linda Daniel, George Sherman Rd. Rougemont, N.C.