MERRY HILL – Emmett L. Heckstall, 80, of Old Merry Hill Road, Merry Hill, died Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Creekside Care Nursing Home, Ahoskie. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 19, 2013 at Peterson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Merry Hill. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Gilliam Funeral Home, Windsor, is handling the arrangements.