GASTON – Edythe Lucas James, 99, of Gaston died Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at Halifax Regional Medical Center, Roanoke Rapids. Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Roanoke Salem Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery, Garysburg. H.D. Pope Funeral Home, Roanoke Rapids, is handling the arrangements.