HENDERSON – Francis Cotton Jr., a native of Halifax County, died Monday, June 11, 2012 at the Maria Parham Hospital, Henderson. Funeral Services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, June 18, 2012 at the Lionel Whidbee Funeral Home Chapel, Scotland Neck. Burial will follow in the Young’s Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery, Henderson. Hunter’s Funeral Home, Ahoskie, is handling the arrangements.