Easter Kinlaw Rising, of Bladenboro, age 79, passed away Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Southeastern Hospice House of Lumberton. She was born in Robeson County on July 5, 1935 to the late Robert Franklin and Willa Freeman Kinlaw. Along with her parents, she was also preceded in death by her husband, Furney Bowen Rising, and a son, Jackie Rising. She is survived by three sons, Frankie Rising and wife, Linda, Ronnie Rising and wife, Tammy, and Ricky Rising and wife, Margaret, all of Bladenboro, a daughter, Bonnie Britt and husband, Joe, of Elizabethtown, a daughter-in-law, Sherry Rising, of Bladenboro, a brother, Melton Kinlaw, of Benson, NC, a sister, Betty Allen, of Dublin, NC, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.