Maxton

Hilton James Bullard, 33, of 1763 Preston Road, died Dec. 13, 2006, at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville.

The funeral will be 3 p.m. Monday at Preston Gospel Chapel in Maxton, the Revs. Tracy "Dave" Bullard and Simmie Barton officiating. Burial will follow in the Bullard family cemetery.

Surviving are his wife, Shana Locklear Bullard of the home; parents Hugh Bullard Sr. and Georgia Bullard, both of Maxton; four brothers, Hugh "Buck" Bullard Jr. of Rockfish, Lessie Canady Bullard of Pembroke, Scott Phillip Bullard of Pembroke, and Leon Jones Jr. of Maxton; four sisters, Sheila B. Deese of Pembroke, Sharon B. Locklear of Maxton, Sonya B. Sampson of Hope Mills, and Cheryl Lucus of Tampa, Fla.; and two grandmothers, Lucille Bullard and Emma T. Bullard, both of Maxton.

Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at Thompson's Funeral Home.