MERRY HILL – Annie Blanche Heckstall Freeman, 80, of Old Merry Hill Road, Merry Hill, died Monday, April 11, 2011 at Bertie Memorial Hospital, Windsor. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Peterson Chapel Baptist Church, Merry Hill. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Gilliam Funeral Home, Windsor, is handling the arrangements.