VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Helen Marie Dickens, 76, of Virginia Beach, VA, formerly of Northampton County, died Monday, March 7, 2011 at Halifax Regional Medical Center, Roanoke Rapids. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 12, 2011 at Boone’s Chapel Baptist Church, Jackson. Burial will be in Crestview Memorial  Cemetery, Roanoke Rapids. Wilder’s Funeral Home Inc., Rich Square, is handling the arrangements.