Mr. Richard Elbert Hardison, age 17, a resident of 1198 Grey Farm Road, Jamesville, died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at Pitt County Memorial Hospital. A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Martin County Auditorium at Riverside High School, 1260 Godwin Ave., Williamston, with pastor Lula Brown officiating. Burial will follow in the C.C. Keyes Family Memorial Cemetery, Williamston. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight at the New Fellowship Christian Center, 7002-A W. Main Street Extension, Williamston. Arrangements are by Puckett-Purkett Funeral Service Inc., Roper.